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Filter by:The aim of this study is to 1. register possible changes to uteroplacental circulation in relation to physical tests, 2. to register energy and nutritional intake, relationship towards the body during pregnancy and during the early period after giving birth, 3. register the experience of guidance given related to exercise, nutrition, and recovery, 4. register elite athletes' experience of combining the role of being a mom and an elite athlete, and 5. register attitudes and reactions from the support system when it comes to being an elite athlete and being pregnant. Material and method: 30 pregnant female elite athletes and 30 moderately physically active pregnant women will be recruited for the completion of physical testing and questionnaires and questionnaires only, respectively. 20 national team leaders/coaches and 10 sponsors will be recruited for a semi-structured interview about attitudes, reactions and guidance towards athletes who become pregnant and still wish to continue their career as an athlete after pregnancy.
This study will employ a 3-arm randomized clinical trial to determine the effects of a 6-month home-based exergaming intervention on preschoolers' physical activity, health-related fitness, cognition, and screen time, across time, at 3, 6 and 12 months, and as an exploratory outcome, will explore the moderating effects of parent involvement and physical home environment on the intervention role of exergaming across time. Briefly, a total of 330 child-parent dyads from the Twin Cities area in Minnesota will be individually randomly assigned to: 1) an exergaming intervention group (30 min. per session, 5 sessions exergaming play per week for a 6-month period); 2) a traditional PA group (phone consultations and workshops for parents to offer 5 times 30 min. PA at home for 6 months); and 3) an attention control group (continue with usual activities at home with emailed PA tips).
Hospitalization creates opportunities for older adults to accumulate prolonged periods of sitting and lying (defined as sedentary behavior) which can result in mobility loss. We propose a Type 1 Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial with 1:1 randomization to test the effect of a caregiver intervention on older patients' physical activity at 3 months (home). We will recruit 61 patients and family caregivers from hospital units and follow them for 3 months; the primary outcome is patients' daily step count at 3 months.
Researchers are trying to assess exercise patterns during and after cardiac rehabilitation participation and to compare changes in blood markers and the microbiome before and after rehabilitation.
This randomized intervention is designed to compare the influence of physical activity in natural and urban environments on cognitive and physical health. Half of the participants will participate in a six-week physical activity class based in a natural environment, and half of the participants will participate in a six-week physical activity class based in an indoor environment. The investigators hypothesize the nature-based intervention will produce lower cognitive fatigue (measured using neurophysiological measurements), better cognitive performance (measured using cognitive assessments), and increased physical fitness (measuring using fitness testing).
The study investigates the effects of high intensity interval training (HIIT) versus continuous training (CT), combined or not with fasting, on capillary density, microvascular function, cardiometabolic risk markers, functional capacity, and quality of life, in overweight or obese sedentary women with cardiometabolic risk factors. The use of HIIT could promote greater improvements in these parameters than CT. Furthermore, the positive effects of exercise may increase when it is performed in the fasting state, compared to exercise performed in the fed state.
Prior to discharging admitted patients, current UAB Hospital policy recommends physical therapy intervention for patients with impaired functional mobility. However, UAB Hospital currently does not have a standardized physical therapy protocol to rehabilitate admitted patients with impaired functional mobility who require moderate assist (defined as physical therapist expending 25-50% effort to assist the patient in standing). In order to reduce the effect of impaired mobility, numerous interventions have been employed at UAB. As a result, there is great variability of treatment procedures performed by various physical therapists to help moderate assist patients return to their level of functioning prior to hospital admission. The purpose of the study is three-fold: 1) to evaluate whether a proposed physical therapy protocol using a commercially available medical device, the Movi chair, contributes to improved mobility for moderate assist patients, 2) to investigate how patient rate of rehabilitation to prior level of functioning is similar/different with the proposed physical therapy protocol using Movi vs the current non-standardized practice for moderate assist patients, and 3) to compare patient confidence in physical therapy with Movi vs the current non-standardized practice using survey for moderate assist patients. In addition, we will track participant's disposition i.e. continued motor and functional change following discharge from the hospital through review of physical therapy records.
The investigators will assess the efficacy and safety of utilizing high-intensity interval training in stable heart failure patients on functional outcomes. Specifically, an assessment of baseline peak oxygen uptake and peak cardiac output will be assessed before and 8 weeks after intense interval training. Measurements of quality of life will be assessed before and after training as well as the number of arrhythmic events before and after training. The control group will be a group that will follow a moderate exercise training protocol over a similar period.
This is a 4-week, five-arm, randomized, controlled trial to compare a standard wellness incentive program for physical activity to four other designs.
The purpose of this pilot study is to estimate the efficacy of a mobile phone based physical activity intervention in sedentary men and women.