Aim: To examine the effect of a 12-week home-based exercise intervention on the cardiac autonomic nervous system (ANS) in older adults. Method: Twenty-two older subjects (male; n=12, female; n=10, >65 yr.) were divided into either an exercise intervention group (EX) or a control group (CO). The EX group participated in a 12-week intervention mainly consisting of home-based bench stepping exerci...

BACKGROUND Low physical activity has been shown to be one of the most common components of frailty, and interventions have been considered to prevent or reverse this syndrome. The purpose of this systematic review of randomized, controlled trials is to examine the exercise interventions to manage frailty in older people. METHODS The PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane Central Register of Con...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of an educational intervention explaining symptoms to encourage graded exercise in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Chronic fatigue clinic and infectious diseases outpatient clinic. SUBJECTS 148 consecutively referred patients fulfilling Oxford criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome. INTERVENTIONS Patient...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether a 12-week home-based exercise program is more effective than usual care for alleviating depressive symptomology in the postpartum. METHODS Eighty-eight women experiencing postpartum depressed mood were randomly assigned to a 12-week home-based exercise program or usual care. Outcomes assessed immediately post-treatment and 3-months post-treatment were the Hamilto...

The aim of this study is to develop a practicable worksite physical fitness program for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Community-based intervention consisting of a three-month exercise course was conducted, and its benefits evaluated. A self-administrated structured questionnaire and physical fitness examination were designed to compare the difference between pre and post interventi...

Heart disease and related sequelae are a leading cause of death and healthcare expenditure throughout the world. Although many patients opt for surgical interventions, lifestyle modification programs focusing on nutrition and exercise have shown substantial health benefits and are becoming increasing popular. We conducted a year-long lifestyle modification program to mediate cardiovascular risk...

Background: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic condition related to dysfunctional central pain processing mechanisms, which affects 3-6% of the world population, leading widespread pain, stiffness, and tenderness muscles, tendons, joints, as well restless sleep, fatigue, depression, anxiety. Exercise most effective way reducing improving global well-being in people with FM, but such patients presen...

The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of changing a laboratory physiology course for undergraduate students from a traditional step-by-step guided structure to an inquiry-based approach. With this aim in mind, quantitative and qualitative evaluations of learning outcomes (individual subject-specific tests and group interviews) were performed for a laboratory course in cardi...