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Filter by:The aim of this multicenter randomized crossover design study is to evaluate a sample of 500 boys and girls from public and private schools in the Principality of Asturias, aged between 6 and 12 years, with the objective of determining the level of physical condition, as well as to evaluate the effect of the use of FFP2/N95 face masks during the execution of the ALPHA Fitness battery, and the emotional effects caused by the use of these masks. This is a sample obtained by accessibility, in which the sampling will be stratified by age and academic year.
Research Design This study adopted randomized clinical trials design, with two groups of pre-tests and post-tests, a single-blind test, a single-blind test, and intentional sampling. Four well-organized community care centers with the proper number of elderly people and the willingness to participate in Taipei City were selected to carry out the pre-test to screen out the qualified research subjects, and then, they were randomly assigned to the experimental group or control group. The experimental group received music therapy and routine activities, while the control group only received routine activities, and the researchers were the leaders of the music therapy activities. Data collection and fitness testing were performed by trained, certified, and qualified personnel. Before program implementation, a consensus meeting on testing consistency was conducted for the testers to obtain consistency in testing technology and scale questionnaires. The researchers were not involved in the testing, in order to ensure the independent position and blindness of the fitness testers. The study intervention was conducted for 12 weeks, once a week, 90 minutes each time. In the 13th week, the two groups performed the first post-test, while the second post-test was in the 16th week. Research Structure The independent variables include demographic data, and one or more of the five indicators of disease state and physical status decline. The intervention measures include various music therapy activities, and the dependent variables are the performance indicators including: frailty indicators (BMI, grip strength, 2.44 meters of timed get-up-and-go, 30 seconds of sit-to-stand, 2 minutes of knee bending and leg raising), physical activity, conscious health status, and depression. This study explores the effectiveness of music therapy in improving the physical fitness, degree of activity, and depression of elderly in the community.
The ultimate goal for every health-care system is to have a healthy population by maintaining good physical fitness levels and lifestyle habits, including regular physical activity, good sleep quality, smoking and alcohol abstinence. The main components of physical fitness include body composition, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and cardiovascular endurance. National research based on actual and perceived physical fitness levels in University of Malta (UM) students where both physical and non-physical testing are included, is lacking. Also, to the knowledge of the researcher, no such research investigated the relationship between the actual and perceived levels of physical fitness with lifestyle habits (smoking, alcohol consumption and sleep). This study aims to investigate the correlation between the actual and perceived levels of physical fitness (body composition, cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and endurance and flexibility) by physical and non-physical testing, the correlation between lifestyle patterns (smoking, alcohol consumption and sleep.
Police work is extreme in terms of the physical activity and physical exertion spectrum as it is composed of a mixture of enforced sitting and sudden physical exertion. Police officers remain sitting for the majority of their working hours. In theory, regular physical activity exerts a number of health and fitness benefits that could act on most issues that police officers suffer from. Supra high-intensity interval training (supra HIIT) appears to be a perfect solution for police officers as the training modality can be accomplished in less than 5 minutes. The primary purpose of this proposal is to create and assess supra HIIT program that is suitable for police officers and then to assess feasibility of such exercise program in a small pilot study.
Indonesian Hajj Health Officers have the responsibility and very important role in providing health services for Indonesian pilgrims during embarkation and debarkation. One of the main indicators of success is they have excellent physical fitness. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of an intervention program by comparing the results of (intervention) intervention groups, namely the effect of physical exercise interventions (endurance exercise) measured before and after the intervention. This research is an intervention study, and I understand that the process of taking blood can occur with fear, pain due to being pricked by a needle, can faint or be infected. However, previous blood pressure tests, sterile collection techniques and performed by experts, are very unlikely to cause side effects.
Aging decreases the physical fitness levels in living beings. The environmental factors also have a major effect on the physical fitness levels. The objective of this study was to compare the physical fitness levels of nursing home residents and community-dwelling elderly people. This study employed 118 participants, who consisted of nursing home residents and community-dwelling elderly people. The physical fitness levels of the elderly people were measured by Senior Fitness Test. The physical fitness levels of the elderly people were measured by Senior Fitness Test. Chair stand test, arm curl test, 2-minute step test, chair sit and reach test, back-scratch test, 8-foot up and go test and body mass index were measured.
Hemodialysis (HD) is an important and commonly used renal replacement therapy (RRT) for End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients worldwide. Inadequate HD, impaired exercise capacity and declined peripheral muscular strength resulted by HD and ESRD are still disturbing problems, which also predicts poor renal prognosis and poor quality of life. The results of systematic reviews by the investigators have shown that aerobic exercise and combined exercise can improve dialysis efficacy (alleviate uremia symptoms), improve aerobic exercise capacity and muscle strength, and improve patients' quality of life, which also supports the notion that the National Kidney Foundation Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) recommends exercise as cornerstone of ESRD rehabilitation. Therefore, this study used the effective exercise type of the systematic review results - combined exercise as an intervention method to observe its effects on dialysis efficacy, blood pressure, aerobic exercise capacity, muscle strength and quality of life. The study hypothesized that combined exercise can not only improve dialysis efficacy, but also has an interaction effect with intervention duration, which deserves researches' attention. Combined exercise will also improve blood pressure (including systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure) in patients with ESRD and reduce the symptoms of renal hypertension. It will also improve the exercise capacity and muscle strength of ESRD patients and improve their quality of life.
The purpose of this study was to examine the variation in physical and physiological characteristics according to sports age in adolescent and adult male team handball (TH) players. Adolescent (N.=19, aged 18.1±1.4 yr) and adult (N.=23, 28.6±5.7 yr) players were examined for anthropometric characteristics, somatotype and body composition, and performed the physical working capacity test, a force-velocity test, the lateral scapular slide test (LSST), shark skill test, Davies test, squat jump (SJ), countermovement vertical jump without (CMJ).
Background: Stroke is a cerebrovascular disease which leads to ischemic damage of brain tissue and subsequent neurologic impairment. Aerobic capacity has become an effective prognosis for overall and cardiovascular mortality, but current protocols using in cardiopulmonary test (CPET) are not feasible for the hemiplegics due to balance or coordination deficit. The peak oxygen uptake should be underestimated for survival prediction. The calculation of the oxygen uptake efficiency slope (OUES) is independent of incremental exercise protocol, and patient effort, and is, therefore, suitable for patients who are not able or willing to attain maximal exercise values, just like stroke population. Study Purpose: This project will enroll stroke patients to evaluate their aerobic capacity by CPET. Compared retrospectively with previous data from heart failure patients and healthy subjects, the investigators may know the aerobic capacity of stroke patients is underestimated or not. By collecting other parameters from exercise test (cardiac output and local tissue perfusion and oxygenation), the investigators could investigate the exercise intolerance of stroke patients is contributed from neurological origin mainly or several factors synergically.
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.