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Filter by:The goal of this clinical trial is to see the comparison of normal walking vs brisk walking on body fat, hypertension, diabetes, and level of happiness in over-weight adults. The main question it aims to answer is: Will there be a difference between the effectiveness of normal walking and brisk walking on improving body fat, hypertension, diabetes, and level of happiness in over-weight adults.. The participants will be divided into two groups; group A and group B. Group A will perform normal walk and Group B will perform brisk walk.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro conduct a single-arm intervention trial to investigate the efficacy of a music-based group exercise program for community-dwelling older adults. Up to forty participants will be recruited to participate in a music-based light-to-moderate intensity group exercise program for 20 weeks (30 - 40 min/day, up to 6 days/week), which is designed for older adults with or without functional limitations to exercise with chairs for the improvement of aerobic capacity, upper and lower body strength, and balance control at a gradually increasing pace. During the exercise sessions, participants will be trained to move in time with music playlists in synchronous tempos. Primary outcomes are cognitive performance, mobility, and health-related quality of life measured before and after the intervention. Secondary outcomes are adherence to the exercise program as a potential mediator of the treatment.
The biomechanical parameters studied in non-specific chronic low back pain patients in a locomotion task have so far focused on straight line walking. Although locomotion is primarily an automated action composed of repetitive patterns allowing movement from one place to another, walkers must respond to the environmental demands.These modifications show a flexible and adaptive approach to the constraints of the environment. In this study, we are particularly interested in a task of passage through a horizontal opening, similar to a doorway, which is a standardized task that has shown its interest in the study of perceptual-motor co-ordinations. In particular, it allows to consider anthropometric and functional abilities of individuals, reflecting their action capacities.
The primary goal of this study is to examine the effect of one-hour walking exercise on sleep quality in adults. The second goal of this study is to explore a feasible exercise method to promote sleep quality to all age groups, in order to improve sleep quality in overall population. The study attempts to unfold how the daily exercise, such as walking, benefits sleep quality. This study hypothesis that one-hour walking improves sleep quality in general population.
Investigators investigate the patterns of cortical activation using the NIRST in patients with peripheral neurological injury caused by lower extremity burns.
This study will determine whether an Actigraph GT3X accelerometer can identify body position and quantify step count in a ward based population recovering from critical illness.
Involuntary muscle activity, often called spasticity, is a common problem following spinal cord injury (SCI) that can make it hard to move. Many things can cause spasticity including: muscle stretch, movement, or it can happen for no reason, and it is often described as an uncontrolled muscle spasm or feeling of stiffness. Drugs are typically used to treat spasticity, but they often have side effects, like muscle weakness, which can add to movement problems. Rehabilitation therapies offer alternatives to drugs for treating involuntary muscle activity, and rehabilitation can also improve daily function and quality of life. These benefits may be greater when several rehabilitation therapies are used together. Walking ability can be improved with a type of therapy called "locomotor training". This type of therapy may also have the benefit of decreasing spasticity. When locomotor training (LT) is combined with electrical stimulation, the benefits of training may be increased. In this study, investigators will use a kind of stimulation called transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation ("TSS") to stimulate participants' spinal cord nerves during locomotor training.
This study will determine if a structured walking intervention will help maintain or improve physical activity levels, physical function and quality of life in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients.
Walking is encouraged for people with type 2 diabetes but there is little evidence that performing a bout of walking can improve glucose control. Furthermore, it is unknown how participant characteristics (e.g., age, sex, medications) impact the acute glucose responses to walking in people with type 2 diabetes. The primary purpose of this study is to examine how a standardized bout of walking impacts glucose control assessed over 24 hours using continuous glucose monitoring. A secondary purpose is to determine whether responses are influenced by age, sex, and medication use.
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.