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..The purpose of this study was to examine the evidence for causal relationships between physical activity (PA) and low back pain (LBP), osteoarthritis (OA), and osteoporosis (OP), and for dose-response relations involved...

..The aim of this study was to assess the effects of exercise training on myocardial diastolic function in T2D patients without ischemic heart disease...

..However, several important issues regarding the effects, effectiveness, feasibility, and safety of exercise to improve various aspects of musculoskeletal health and functional capabilities need further research...

..Bone fragility and decreased functional performance are risk factors for osteoporotic fractures. The influence of long-term recreational gymnastics on the maintenance of bone rigidity and physical performance was evaluated...

..This finding may be an indication of the difficulty to increase physical activity in an industrialized country with already relatively high levels of physical activity even when systematic, long-term policies and measures are applied...

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..Five of the nine fitness tests demonstrated plausible associations with PA patterns among adults suggesting activity-related validity. An exercise intervention study is needed to evaluate the sensitivity of the tests to fitness changes...

..Thus, both physical activity and nutrition have to be given strong emphasis in policies, strategies and programmes that will be developed and implemented for improving the health of Europeans...

..To investigate age, period, and cohort effects on functional status...

..Reasons for this are largely unknown, but a cohort effect toward a healthier aging population and increased average body weight and improved functional ability among elderly Finns could partly explain the phenomenon...

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..The purpose of the present study is to analyze the protective effect of LTPA against the risk of decline in perceived health in a cohort of 19- to 63-year-old Finnish men (n = 1205) and women (n = 1148) with good perceived health...

..Polymorphisms of the APOE gene regulatory region are suggested to be involved in explaining variation of lipoprotein levels within the APOE epsilon2/epsilon3/epsilon4 genotypes...

..However, HRT had no effect on physical fitness, which is highly associated with the risk of falling, the most important cause of fractures...

..032). Leukocytes seem to have an independent role in the early arterial damage and they may reflect subclinical disease. This implies that leukocyte count is undervalued in the diagnostics and prognostics of carotid atherosclerosis...

..Based on these results, it was evident that to maintain the benefits of alendronate or exercise, therapy should be continued...

..MPO gene has a functional promoter polymorphism -463G/A which leads to high- (GG) and low-expression (AG, AA) genotypes...

..PA seemed to benefit particularly the weight-bearing tibia, whereas calcium intake was not associated with the tibia...

..These beneficial effects in reflectory autonomic regulation and glucose control caused by exercise may be associated with improved prognosis of type 2 diabetes patients...

..We have shown in this study that a single bout of whole body vibration transiently improves muscle performance of lower extremities and body balance in young healthy adults...

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..This randomized controlled study was designed to investigate the effects of a 4-month whole body vibration-intervention on muscle performance and body balance in young, healthy, nonathletic adults...

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..CONCLUSION: These results show that S-TRACP5b, S-CTX, and S-PINP are useful markers for monitoring alendronate treatment...

..In conclusion, the studied whole body vibration program had no effect on bones of young, healthy adults, but instead, increased vertical jump height. Future human studies are needed before clinical recommendations for vibration exercise...

..Thorough preparticipation medical examination including indicated laboratory tests and avoidance of heavy exertion at the time of respiratory infection might have helped to avoid some of the lethal events...

..The objective of this study is to assess the impact on insomnia symptoms of somatic diseases, psychological factors, living habits and life events during the previous year...