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Filter by:This training program is a part of Happy Family Kitchen Movement Project, which is a community-based research project with 3 main components for data collection - training programs, community-based family interventions and public education events. The training program involves various organizations, including non-government organizations and schools across districts in different regions of Hong Kong. In the study, the investigators would use training programs as a capacity building method and an essential media delivering the holistic health knowledge (positive psychology, physical activity, healthy diet) to the public. The project team will provide training program for the participants, including: (i) train-the-trainer workshops for the social service workers, who will conduct community-based family intervention programs; and (ii) train-the-trainer ambassadors for the volunteers who may assist to implement health-related activities for the public.
The primary purpose is to evaluate the benefit of an education action of exercise on the level of physical activity in patients with knee osteoarthritis with the waning of a spa treatment for three weeks, three months after the start of the cure.
The multi-level 12 week peer-led walking intervention incorporates aspects from all three levels of the ecological model (with the aim of producing sustained (>6months) physical activity behaviour change in older adults living in independent living communities.
Physical activity levels of hospitalised older inpatients is low and this results in many adverse health outcomes. Studies have shown that interventions designed to promote increased physical activity of older inpatients using paid staff have shown improvement in physical function of older inpatients, resulting in shorter hospital stay and reduced admissions to nursing home. This study aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of using trained volunteers to increase physical activity of older people in hospital. Volunteers will be recruited and trained to encourage older inpatients to mobilise or perform chair-based exercises. Patients will be encouraged to walk or exercise with the volunteers twice a day during their hospital stay. Quantitative analysis will be conducted on the outcome measures. Patients, volunteers and staff members will also be interviewed to assess the acceptability of the intervention. This feasibility study will help inform a future controlled trial.
This study addresses an important public health concern; impoverished cognitive function associated with treatment of breast cancer. Due to increased awareness of breast cancer combined with advances in medical care, there are over 2.8 million women living with a history of breast cancer in the U.S. alone. Chemotherapy and adjuvant therapy to remove cancerous tissue can result in deficits in attention, speed of processing, memory, and quality of life. Physical activity has been associated with a number of health benefits for breast cancer survivors including improvements in cognitive function. However, most of the literature is cross-sectional and it is unclear whether acute (single) bouts of physical activity affect cognition and, if they do, how long this effect lasts. This study will be the first, to the investigators' knowledge, to examine the effects of an acute bout of aerobic exercise on cognitive functioning in breast cancer survivors. Specifically, the investigators will determine the effects of a 30-minute moderate intensity aerobic exercise session (treadmill walking) on immediate and one hour follow up changes in measures of processing speed, memory, and executive function. Additionally, accelerometer cut-points for physical activity intensities in breast cancer survivors will be assessed. Finally, the investigators will examine the association of cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity with changes in cognitive function. Findings from this study will allow researchers to determine whether any acute effects of exercise on cognition are retained over time and therefore have real meaning in the context of one's daily life.
This pilot study represents an initial foray into delivering home-based individually-tailored physical activity interventions for cancer risk reduction among African American women in the Deep South.
This is a 36-week, three-arm randomized, controlled trial using a team-based model to compare two weight loss programs to control. Each intervention will use insights from behavioral economics to leverage social incentives and gamification.
The primary goal of this study is to determine experimentally the relationship between affective response to exercise and future exercise behavior. A secondary goal is to examine potential mediators and moderators of this relationship, specifically four variables considered to contribute to the volitional control of exercise behavior - planning, attention, resource commitment, and affect regulation. An additional goal is to examine how symptoms of depression might influence the affective response to exercise, and the relationship between affective response to exercise and exercise behavior.
Cardiovascular disease accounts for 1 in 3 deaths among US adults and is strongly related to physical activity. Most older adults do not participate in healthy levels of physical activity. Physical activity promotion and counseling from a primary health care provider is important for disease prevention. In addition to counseling, an activity monitor can increase physical activity through self-regulation. Two types of monitors are available: pedometers and electronic activity monitors (EAMs). Research shows that both monitors are motivational devices that can increase physical activity. Pedometers count steps of the wearer. EAMs can monitor steps, monitor burned calories, quality of sleep, and sedentary time. EAMs may also offer more behavioral change techniques and opportunities for self-monitoring. The goal of this study is to compare the effectiveness of EAMs compared to a pedometer on increasing physical activity and decreasing cardiovascular risk within older adult, primary care patients. The study will include sedentary, overweight primary care patients, 55-74 years of age with access to a smart phone or tablet. All participants will receive brief physical activity counseling. Participants will then be randomized to receive a self-monitoring device (Digi-walker CW-700/701 or UP24 by Jawbone) to wear for 3 months. Investigators will evaluate the following outcomes: physical activity, cardiovascular risk (Framingham risk calculator, fitness), psychological feeling toward exercise, physical function, health status, exercise motivation and self-regulation. The investigators hypothesize that EAMs will be more effective than pedometers in improving these outcomes. The results of this pilot test will aid in the translation of effective physical activity intervention components to primary care clinics for cardiovascular disease prevention.
The investigators propose that post-exercise milk protein feeding will enhance the mitochondrial protein synthesis (biogenesis) response to an exercise-training program. In addition, the investigators propose that this stimulatory effect of protein feeding will overcome the potential blunting effect of metformin on exercise responses. The investigators will investigate these outcomes over a 12-week exercise-training program in older adults with pre-diabetes with or without metformin treatment.