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Filter by:Using FitBit activity monitors, physical activity levels will be monitored in first year medical students. Body Composition will be measured as well.
The investigators propose a single-blind randomized clinical trial to determine if seniors show improved mobility (walking speed) and cognition following motor imagery (imagined walking) training. They hypothesize that imagined walking can be used as a rehabilitative tool for improving walking speed and cognition in the elderly, because it engages and strengthens similar neural systems as actual walking and cognition.
There are over 8.75 million people in the United Kingdom with osteoarthritis in their knees. The effect of this condition can be debilitating. Symptoms are due to wear and tear of the knee joint. Some people can suffer with knee pain and stiffness. This study will look at whether walking improves the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis. Investigators will recruit anyone with knee pain over the age of 45 years in Nottingham. Participants will undergo a full assessment by a qualified Doctor. After assessment, Participants meeting the eligibility criteria will be invited to join the study. Participants will be randomly allocated into 2 groups. One group will receive standard health and exercise advice. The other group will be allocated a walking activity. This group will undertake 6,000 walking steps each day. Participants will provide pedometers to monitor this walking activity. The effect of walking will be compared using questionnaires. These will look at pain levels, quality of life and physical activity. The participants will complete these questionnaires before the study, at the 6 week midpoint and at the end of the 12 week intervention.
Several studies have shown relationship between exercise intensity and improvement cardiometabolic health such as body composition, endothelial function, blood pressure and blood lipids. It has been suggested that high intensity interval training and also strength or resistance training generate positive effects on metabolic risk factors, nevertheless the comparison between both types of training and their combination has not yet provided conclusive evidence. Also, it has been shown that dietary restriction has similar or more positive effects that exercise alone and the effect is greater when it is combined with exercise. For these reasons, it is necessary to clarify which type of training, in combination with a dietary restriction, is more effective to improve cardiometabolic health
This project proposes the development and design of a motor intervention using a cognitive video game and describes the feasibility, safety and acceptability of virtual augmented video gaming device named Virtual Reality on the Intensive Care Unit (VRICU). The project in two phases is performed in healthy participants (Phase 1) and heart patients after elective heart surgery on the Intensive Care Unit (Phase 2). Furthermore, brain function will be measured during exer-gaming with the VRICU device with non-invasive instruments (fNIRS/EEG) in both the healthy participants and the heart patients. The VRICU device is a patient friendly construction to allow a patient exergaming in bed. The project is a cooperation between scientist at the USZ (physiotherapist / anaesthsiologists / engineers), human movement scientist at the ETHZ and (poly- / electro-) mechanics at the Paul Scherrer Institut.
This study is designed to investigate effects on attentional performance and motoric activity of 100 mg microencapsulated glycine (Bidicin® from Biotiki®) compared to placebo after treatment with t.i.d. sublingual doses over 3 weeks each. The primary objective of the study is to determine the effects on attentional performance and motoric activity of 100 mg microencapsulated Glycine (Bidicin® from Biotiki® ) compared to placebo after treatment with t.i.d. sublingual doses over 3 weeks each in children with low attentional performance and high motoric activity. A number of 30 prepuberal boys and girls aged 6 - 14 years with low attentional performance and high motoric activity will be enrolled in this study. The prepuberal status will be determined by Tanner stages ≤ 3.
The purpose of this study is to determine and link cadence (the number of steps taken in a minute) to the intensity of physical activity (e.g. low-, moderate- and vigorous-intensity) in adults (21-85 years old). The investigators anticipate that cadence will be a good indicator of exercise intensity. Identifying how cadence relates to activity intensity will allow for physical activity guidelines to be communicated to the public in a manner that is more accessible to the lay person.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the new sport concept of the Swiss Armed Forces influences the physical and psychological fitness of the recruits.
Physical exercise has been identified as a major beneficial factor in the management of patients suffering from many chronic diseases especially cancer and in the context of cardiac or pulmonary transplantation. It contributes to an improvement of the quality of life and decreases treatment side effects and mortality. Aerobic fitness is constantly altered in cirrhotic patients and correlated to the severity of the hepatic disease. Moreover, in this setting, other etiological factors may be added like chronic obstructive bronchitis and alcoholic cardiomyopathy. In this population, muscle abnormalities with fatigue and cramps have been described. Muscle weakness in this condition may be comparable to that described in patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis and contributes to the decrease of aerobic fitness. Different causes such as muscle deconditioning, hypoxemia, denutrition, anti-rejection drugs increase this phenomenon after liver transplantation. Finally, the aerobic capacity or VO2max is a prognostic factor for survival and is linked to the number and the length of hospitalizations after liver transplantation (LT). Therefore, physical activity is a valid and relevant way to improve quality of life, increase survival, and limit costs of hospitalizations. The aim of this study is to assess the effects of a personalized physical activity retraining program on aerobic capacity, strength and fatigue, in a population awaiting liver transplantation. Purpose: The hypothesis is that an at home adapted retraining program conducted before LT, and including physical activity (aerobic and strength training), will improve aerobic fitness, peripheral strength, quality of life and decrease the hospitalization length in intensive care unit after LT.
The investigators propose to conduct a single-blind randomized clinical trial to test the efficacy of a computerized cognitive remediation intervention program on improving locomotion in sedentary seniors, a group at an especially high risk for disability. The hypothesis is that executive functions will respond to the cognitive remediation program and in turn enhance locomotion.