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Filter by:The study examine possible changes in physical activity, nutrition, and psychosocial health following the intervention "Active and Healthy Kids in Telemark". The intervention schools will received the intervention, whereas the control schools will continue as usual.
To investigate if motivational-interviewing will enhance the expected effect from physical activity monitors, on physical activity in older adults, we will conduct a two-arm randomized controlled trial in 2019. Both groups in the trial will receive a physical activity monitor for everyday use in the 12-week intervention period and a folder with information about the benefits of physical activity in older age. Participants in the intervention group will in addition to the use of the physical activity monitors receive a motivational feedback session by phone of about 20 minutes constructed from the theoretical framework of Motivational interviewing by Rollnick, Miller & Butler and Social Cognitive Theory by Bandura. The content of the session focuses on investigating the most relevant possibilities and barriers for the participant to increase his or her levels of PA. The primary outcome will be between group difference in average steps per day throughout the intervention period, measured objectively by the physical activity monitor (Garmin Vivofit 3). Secondary outcomes include participant reported outcome measures such as 'International Physical Activity Questionnaire', 'Nordic Physical Activity Questionnaire', 'EQ5D Quality of life questionnaire', 'UCLA Loneliness Scale', 'Self Efficacy for Exercise', and 'Outcome expectancy for Exercise'. To ensure 80% power with an alpha-level on 0.05, we will include 128 participants. The study will enroll in March 2019.
The goal of "PLAY" is to adapt and test a developmentally appropriate intervention delivered on a mobile app to parents, with the goal of teaching fundamental motor skill (FMS) proficiency to their preschool-aged children (ages 3 to 5 y). Seventy-two children (3 to 5 y of age) were randomized. Of these children, 36 parents were randomized to use the FMS app and 36 were randomized to use a version of the app that promotes unstructured PA as a comparator group. Parents in the FMS condition accessed instructional lessons, peer modeling videos, and activity breaks to deliver 720 minutes of targeted, structured FMS instruction time to their child over a 12-week period. Parents in the comparator arm used a version of the app that provides instructional lessons to promote the equivalent amount of unstructured PA for their child. Parents were asked to guide the intervention, as parental support, modeling, and co-participation predict children's engagement in PA.
Despite the evidence and the potential of physical activity related to cognition and academic performance in children, the effects of a before-school physical activity program on these parameters remains unknown.
This project examines the effects of implementing sport education model in university required physical education lessons on perceived physical literacy and physical activity levels of the students.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients are able to participate in a prehabilitation program (prior to the beginning of treatment) which includes: (1) a home-based exercise program or (2) just a prehabilitation education session.
Through a cluster randomized control trial, 148 male adolescents' students were randomly assigned into either intervention group who received an educational program for two months (n=79), or control groups (n=69) who didn't attend the program. The principle outcomes were the changes in physical activities, consumption of healthy diet, sedentary life habits and anthropometric measurements. The outcomes of the intervention group were compared with their own baseline readings, as well as with the readings of the control group. Rationale: - Saudi adolescents are in need for more exploration of their health problems and related health behaviors and application of intervention preventive services. - As a National Guard community medicine resident : I have a major interest in the health of adolescent and in fulfilling the aim of the school health programs of application of interventional preventive service that will target this vulnerable risky group. Aim: - Promote healthy life style among National Guard adolescents age group by application of interventional preventive program. Objectives: I. To measure physical activity patterns , sedentary behaviors and dietary habit among randomly selected adolescent in intervention and control group at National Guard Schools in Jeddah city 2014-2015. II. To implement an interventional school promotional program among the school children from the addressed age group in 2014-2015. III. To measure the effect of the interventional school promotional program among the two groups in relation to demographic, socioeconomic and other factors related to health in 2014-2015 .
TITLE: Effects of a high-intensity progressive-cycle program on quality of life and motor symptomatology in Parkinson's disease population BACKGROUND: The benefits of aerobic exercise in persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) have been widely studied; however, little research has been done on the effect of high-intensity aerobic exercise in this group. HYPOTHESIS: The high-intensity aerobic training in pedaliers, combined with balance training, improves motor symptoms and quality of life in a population with Parkinson Disease, Hoehn & Yahr 1-3. OBJETIVES: To ascertain whether high-intensity aerobic training with exercise peddlers and balance training can improve motor symptoms and quality of life in a PD population of Hoehn &Yahr (H&Y) disability score 1-3. METHODOLOGY Setting: Rehabilitation centers in secondary care. Design: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Participants: A total of 14 patients participated in the 8-week study. Interventions: They were comprised of a control group (n=7) that followed a balance protocol and an experimental group (n=7) that performed high intensity (70%) aerobic workout using an exercise peddler + a balance protocol once a week. Main Outcome Measures: The primary outcome measures included the 8-Foot Up and Go, test, 6-minute walk test, test 2-minute step tets, Parkinson Disease Questionnaire-39 (PDQ39), Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) and Tinetti test.
The purpose of this study is test the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Family Media Use plan among teens and their parents through a randomized intervention and assess impact on outcomes including family media rules and health behavior outcomes.
Although the importance of regular physical activity in patients with knee osteoarthritis is known, and fear of movement is considered as one of the causes of physical inactivity and is widely researched in terms of its role in the pathogenesis of pain, there remains to be limited number of studies on kinesiophobia in these patients. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the levels of kinesiophobia and physical activity in patients with knee osteoarthritis and to investigate whether they were associated with demographic characteristics, body mass index, pain intensity, depression, disability, radiological grade, and quality of life.