exercise

Summary

Summary: Physical activity which is usually regular and done with the intention of improving or maintaining PHYSICAL FITNESS or HEALTH. Contrast with EXERTION which is concerned largely with the physiologic and metabolic response to energy expenditure.

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Whole-body fat oxidation determined by graded exercise and indirect calorimetry: a role for muscle oxidative capacity?
    P Nordby
    Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Department of Medical Physiology, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Scand J Med Sci Sports 16:209-14. 2006
  2. ncbi Relations between obesity and hypertension: preliminary data from a cross-sectional study in primary schoolchildren: the children study
    P D Angelopoulos
    Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
    Eur J Clin Nutr 60:1226-34. 2006
  3. ncbi Adaptations to endurance training in the healthy elderly: arm cranking versus leg cycling
    S Pogliaghi
    Laboratorio di Fisiologia dell esercizio, Facoltà di Scienze Motorie, Universita degli Studi di Verona, Via Casorati, 43, 37131 Verona, VR, Italy
    Eur J Appl Physiol 97:723-31. 2006
  4. ncbi What can we learn about diet and physical activity from master athletes?
    Christine Rosenbloom
    College of Health and Human Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA
    Holist Nurs Pract 20:161-6; quiz 167-8. 2006
  5. ncbi Exercise can be pyrogenic in humans
    Carl D Bradford
    School of Physical Education, University of Otago, P O Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 292:R143-9. 2007
  6. ncbi Compendium of physical activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities
    B E Ainsworth
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 32:S498-504. 2000
  7. ncbi Physical activity and public health: updated recommendation for adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association
    William L Haskell
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 5705, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:1423-34. 2007
  8. ncbi International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity
    Cora L Craig
    Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:1381-95. 2003
  9. ncbi Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study
    Salim Yusuf
    Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton General Hospital, 237 Barton Street East, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 2X2
    Lancet 364:937-52. 2004
  10. ncbi Prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus by changes in lifestyle among subjects with impaired glucose tolerance
    J Tuomilehto
    Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
    N Engl J Med 344:1343-50. 2001

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Publications266 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Whole-body fat oxidation determined by graded exercise and indirect calorimetry: a role for muscle oxidative capacity?
    P Nordby
    Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Department of Medical Physiology, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Scand J Med Sci Sports 16:209-14. 2006
    During whole-body exercise, peak fat oxidation occurs at a moderate intensity...
  2. ncbi Relations between obesity and hypertension: preliminary data from a cross-sectional study in primary schoolchildren: the children study
    P D Angelopoulos
    Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
    Eur J Clin Nutr 60:1226-34. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The current study revealed an increased prevalence of overweight, obesity and hypertension among schoolchildren in Ioannina, indicating the need for early preventive measures in one of the less privileged regions of Europe...
  3. ncbi Adaptations to endurance training in the healthy elderly: arm cranking versus leg cycling
    S Pogliaghi
    Laboratorio di Fisiologia dell esercizio, Facoltà di Scienze Motorie, Universita degli Studi di Verona, Via Casorati, 43, 37131 Verona, VR, Italy
    Eur J Appl Physiol 97:723-31. 2006
    ..The aim was to determine the benefit of each training modality on specific and cross exercise capacity...
  4. ncbi What can we learn about diet and physical activity from master athletes?
    Christine Rosenbloom
    College of Health and Human Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA
    Holist Nurs Pract 20:161-6; quiz 167-8. 2006
    ..Learning what motivates master athletes to stay highly active may help health professionals develop strategies to encourage exercise in the sedentary population of older adults.
  5. ncbi Exercise can be pyrogenic in humans
    Carl D Bradford
    School of Physical Education, University of Otago, P O Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 292:R143-9. 2007
    b>Exercise increases mean body temperature (T(body)) and cytokine concentrations in plasma. Cytokines facilitate PG production via cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes, and PGE(2) can mediate fever...
  6. ncbi Compendium of physical activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities
    B E Ainsworth
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 32:S498-504. 2000
    ..The updated version includes two new major headings of volunteer and religious activities, extends the number of specific activities from 477 to 605, and provides updated MET intensity levels for selected activities...
  7. ncbi Physical activity and public health: updated recommendation for adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association
    William L Haskell
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 5705, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:1423-34. 2007
    ..The Committee on Exercise and Cardiac Rehabilitation of the American Heart Association endorsed and supported these recommendations...
  8. ncbi International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity
    Cora L Craig
    Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:1381-95. 2003
    ..The short IPAQ form "last 7 d recall" is recommended for national monitoring and the long form for research requiring more detailed assessment...
  9. ncbi Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study
    Salim Yusuf
    Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton General Hospital, 237 Barton Street East, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 2X2
    Lancet 364:937-52. 2004
    ..Therefore, the effect of such factors on risk of coronary heart disease in most regions of the world is unknown...
  10. ncbi Prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus by changes in lifestyle among subjects with impaired glucose tolerance
    J Tuomilehto
    Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
    N Engl J Med 344:1343-50. 2001
    ..Whether type 2 diabetes can be prevented by interventions that affect the lifestyles of subjects at high risk for the disease is not known...
  11. ncbi Physical activity and public health in older adults: recommendation from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association
    Miriam E Nelson
    John Hancock Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:1435-45. 2007
    ..To issue a recommendation on the types and amounts of physical activity needed to improve and maintain health in older adults...
  12. ncbi The ABC of Physical Activity for Health: a consensus statement from the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences
    Gary O'Donovan
    School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
    J Sports Sci 28:573-91. 2010
    ..Therefore, the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences convened a panel of experts to review the literature and produce guidelines that health professionals ..
  13. ncbi Health benefits of physical activity: the evidence
    Darren E R Warburton
    School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, and the Healthy Heart Program, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
    CMAJ 174:801-9. 2006
    ..There appears to be a linear relation between physical activity and health status, such that a further increase in physical activity and fitness will lead to additional improvements in health status...
  14. ncbi Physical activity and public health: updated recommendation for adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association
    William L Haskell
    Stanford University, USA
    Circulation 116:1081-93. 2007
    ..The Committee on Exercise and Cardiac Rehabilitation of the American Heart Association endorsed and supported these recommendations...
  15. ncbi The anti-inflammatory effect of exercise
    Anne Marie W Petersen
    Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Section 7641, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
    J Appl Physiol 98:1154-62. 2005
    Regular exercise offers protection against all-cause mortality, primarily by protection against cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes mellitus...
  16. ncbi Antioxidants prevent health-promoting effects of physical exercise in humans
    Michael Ristow
    Department of Human Nutrition, Institute of Nutrition, University of Jena, Jena D 07743, Germany
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:8665-70. 2009
    b>Exercise promotes longevity and ameliorates type 2 diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance. However, exercise also increases mitochondrial formation of presumably harmful reactive oxygen species (ROS)...
  17. ncbi Television viewing time and mortality: the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)
    D W Dunstan
    Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, 250 Kooyong Rd, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia 3162
    Circulation 121:384-91. 2010
    ..We examined the associations of prolonged television viewing time with all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, and non-CVD/noncancer mortality in Australian adults...
  18. ncbi A brief review on correlates of physical activity and sedentariness in youth
    Klazine van der Horst
    EMGO Institute, Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:1241-50. 2007
    ..The main goal of this systematic review is to summarize and update the existing literature on correlates of young people's physical activity, insufficient physical activity, and sedentary behavior...
  19. ncbi Comparison of overweight and obesity prevalence in school-aged youth from 34 countries and their relationships with physical activity and dietary patterns
    I Janssen
    Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
    Obes Rev 6:123-32. 2005
    ..Increasing physical activity participation and decreasing television viewing should be the focus of strategies aimed at preventing and treating overweight and obesity in youth...
  20. ncbi Reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes with lifestyle intervention or metformin
    William C Knowler
    Diabetes Prevention Program Coordinating Center, Biostatistics Center, George Washington University, 6110 Executive Blvd, Suite 750, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    N Engl J Med 346:393-403. 2002
    ..9 would have to receive metformin. CONCLUSIONS: Lifestyle changes and treatment with metformin both reduced the incidence of diabetes in persons at high risk. The lifestyle intervention was more effective than metformin...
  21. ncbi Lifestyle, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk factors 10 years after bariatric surgery
    Lars Sjöström
    Department of Body Composition and Metabolism, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden
    N Engl J Med 351:2683-93. 2004
    ..Weight loss is associated with short-term amelioration and prevention of metabolic and cardiovascular risk, but whether these benefits persist over time is unknown...
  22. ncbi Television watching and other sedentary behaviors in relation to risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus in women
    Frank B Hu
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
    JAMA 289:1785-91. 2003
    Current public health campaigns to reduce obesity and type 2 diabetes have largely focused on increasing exercise, but have paid little attention to the reduction of sedentary behaviors.
  23. ncbi Effective exercise for the prevention of falls: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Catherine Sherrington
    Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    J Am Geriatr Soc 56:2234-43. 2008
    To determine the effects of exercise on falls prevention in older people and establish whether particular trial characteristics or components of exercise programs are associated with larger reductions in falls.
  24. ncbi Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity from ages 9 to 15 years
    Philip R Nader
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093 0927, USA
    JAMA 300:295-305. 2008
    ..Although at least 60 minutes per day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is recommended, few longitudinal studies have determined the recent patterns of physical activity of youth...
  25. ncbi Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory
    Kirk I Erickson
    Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:3017-22. 2011
    ..adults, and physical activity training increases hippocampal perfusion, but the extent to which aerobic exercise training can modify hippocampal volume in late adulthood remains unknown...
  26. ncbi Physical activity from childhood to adulthood: a 21-year tracking study
    Risto Telama
    LIKES Research Center, Keltavuokko 4C, 40520 Jyväskylä, Finland
    Am J Prev Med 28:267-73. 2005
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  27. ncbi Older adults, chronic disease and leisure-time physical activity
    Maureen C Ashe
    Rehabilitation Research Laboratory, GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, University of British Columbia, Canada
    Gerontology 55:64-72. 2009
    ..However, there is limited information on current physical activity levels for older adults and even less for those with chronic diseases...
  28. ncbi Effect of aerobic exercise on blood pressure: a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials
    Seamus P Whelton
    Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
    Ann Intern Med 136:493-503. 2002
    ..This meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials was conducted to determine the effect of aerobic exercise on blood pressure. DATA SOURCES: English-language articles published before September 2001...
  29. ncbi Defining accelerometer thresholds for activity intensities in adolescent girls
    Margarita S Treuth
    Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:1259-66. 2004
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  30. ncbi Sedentary behaviour and obesity development in children and adolescents
    Juan Pablo Rey-López
    HELENA Study Group, School of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Edificio Cervantes, 2nd Floor, C Corona de Aragón 42, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
    Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 18:242-51. 2008
    ..Mechanisms that explain the link between sedentariness and obesity are also discussed. Finally, future studies should take into account important mediators such as socioeconomic status and family structure...
  31. ncbi European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: executive summary
    Ian Graham
    Department of Cardiology, The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
    Eur Heart J 28:2375-414. 2007
  32. ncbi Moderate exercise is an antioxidant: upregulation of antioxidant genes by training
    Mari Carmen Gomez-Cabrera
    Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Blasco Ibañez, 15, 46010 Valencia, Spain
    Free Radic Biol Med 44:126-31. 2008
    b>Exercise causes oxidative stress only when exhaustive. Strenuous exercise causes oxidation of glutathione, release of cytosolic enzymes, and other signs of cell damage...
  33. ncbi Exercise: a behavioral intervention to enhance brain health and plasticity
    Carl W Cotman
    Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 4540, USA
    Trends Neurosci 25:295-301. 2002
    Extensive research on humans suggests that exercise could have benefits for overall health and cognitive function, particularly in later life...
  34. ncbi Reducing children's television viewing to prevent obesity: a randomized controlled trial
    T N Robinson
    Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif 94304, USA
    JAMA 282:1561-7. 1999
    ..Some observational studies have found an association between television viewing and child and adolescent adiposity...
  35. ncbi Exercise-induced oxidative stress: cellular mechanisms and impact on muscle force production
    Scott K Powers
    Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
    Physiol Rev 88:1243-76. 2008
    The first suggestion that physical exercise results in free radical-mediated damage to tissues appeared in 1978, and the past three decades have resulted in a large growth of knowledge regarding exercise and oxidative stress...
  36. ncbi Systematic review of school-based interventions that focus on changing dietary intake and physical activity levels to prevent childhood obesity: an update to the obesity guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    T Brown
    School of Health and Social Care, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK
    Obes Rev 10:110-41. 2009
    ..Physical activity interventions, particularly in girls in primary schools, may help to prevent these children from becoming overweight in the short term...
  37. ncbi Using self-determination theory to promote physical activity and weight control: a randomized controlled trial in women
    Marlene N Silva
    Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada, 1495 688, Lisbon, Portugal
    J Behav Med 33:110-22. 2010
    ..intervention based on self-determination theory (SDT) on theory-based psychosocial mediators, physical activity/exercise, and body weight and composition. Participants were 239 women (37.6 +/- 7.1 years; 31.5 +/- 4...
  38. ncbi Effects of exercise programs to prevent decline in health-related quality of life in highly deconditioned institutionalized elderly persons: a randomized controlled trial
    Arnaud Dechamps
    Department of Physical Activity and Exercise Psychology, LACES 4140, Faculte des Sciences du Sport, Bordeaux, France
    Arch Intern Med 170:162-9. 2010
    Our objective was to assess the effects of targeted exercise programs on health-related quality of life compared with usual care based on the ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL) and the Neuropsychiatric Inventory scores in ..
  39. ncbi Aerobic exercise training increases brain volume in aging humans
    Stanley J Colcombe
    Beckman Institute, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:1166-70. 2006
    ..Twenty young adults served as controls for the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and did not participate in the exercise intervention...
  40. ncbi Objectively measured sedentary time, physical activity, and metabolic risk: the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)
    Genevieve N Healy
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    Diabetes Care 31:369-71. 2008
    ..We examined the associations of objectively measured sedentary time and physical activity with continuous indexes of metabolic risk in Australian adults without known diabetes...
  41. ncbi Is housework good for health? Levels of physical activity and factors associated with activity in elderly women. Results from the British Women's Heart and Health Study
    D A Lawlor
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 56:473-8. 2002
    ..To determine the prevalence of achieving new recommended levels of physical activity, the types of activity involved, and their determinants among elderly British women...
  42. ncbi Exercise builds brain health: key roles of growth factor cascades and inflammation
    Carl W Cotman
    University of California, Irvine Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, 1113 Gillespie Building, Irvine, CA 92617 4540, USA
    Trends Neurosci 30:464-72. 2007
    Human and other animal studies demonstrate that exercise targets many aspects of brain function and has broad effects on overall brain health...
  43. ncbi Effect of exercise on total and intra-abdominal body fat in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial
    Melinda L Irwin
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA
    JAMA 289:323-30. 2003
    ..Physical activity may promote weight and body fat loss. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of exercise on total and intra-abdominal body fat overall and by level of exercise...
  44. ncbi Gene X environment interaction of vigorous exercise and body mass index among male Vietnam-era twins
    Jeanne M McCaffery
    Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Brown Medical School and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 89:1011-8. 2009
    ..However, twin models that incorporate a gene-environment correlation and gene x environment interaction have not been applied to elucidate specific environmental factors that affect the heritability of BMI...
  45. ncbi Interventions to promote walking: systematic review
    David Ogilvie
    Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow G12 8RZ
    BMJ 334:1204. 2007
    ..To assess the effects of interventions to promote walking in individuals and populations...
  46. ncbi The continuing epidemics of obesity and diabetes in the United States
    A H Mokdad
    Data Management Division, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS E62, 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    JAMA 286:1195-200. 2001
    ..Recent reports show that obesity and diabetes have increased in the United States in the past decade...
  47. ncbi The effect of social desirability and social approval on self-reports of physical activity
    Swann Arp Adams
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 161:389-98. 2005
    ..30, 0.005). Body size was not associated with reporting bias in this study. The authors conclude that social desirability and social approval may influence self-reported physical activity on some survey instruments...
  48. ncbi Position statement. Part one: Immune function and exercise
    Neil P Walsh
    School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Bangor University, UK
    Exerc Immunol Rev 17:6-63. 2011
    ..volume of peer-reviewed publications speaks to the recent and rapid growth in both scope and understanding of exercise immunology...
  49. ncbi Associations between objectively assessed physical activity and indicators of body fatness in 9- to 10-y-old European children: a population-based study from 4 distinct regions in Europe (the European Youth Heart Study)
    Ulf Ekelund
    MRC Epidemiology Unit, Strangeways Research Laboratories, Wort s Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, United Kingdom
    Am J Clin Nutr 80:584-90. 2004
    ..The rising prevalence of obesity in children may be due to a reduction in physical activity (PA)...
  50. ncbi Exercise and type 2 diabetes: the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Diabetes Association: joint position statement
    Sheri R Colberg
    Human Movement Sciences Department, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
    Diabetes Care 33:e147-67. 2010
    ..High-quality studies establishing the importance of exercise and fitness in diabetes were lacking until recently, but it is now well established that participation in regular ..
  51. ncbi The effect of exercise training on anxiety symptoms among patients: a systematic review
    Matthew P Herring
    Department of Kinesiology, Ramsey Center, The University of Georgia, 330 River Road, Athens, GA 30602 6554, USA
    Arch Intern Med 170:321-31. 2010
    Anxiety often remains unrecognized or untreated among patients with a chronic illness. Exercise training may help improve anxiety symptoms among patients...
  52. ncbi Evidence for microRNA involvement in exercise-associated neutrophil gene expression changes
    Shlomit Radom-Aizik
    Pediatric Exercise Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University Children s Hospital, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA 92868, USA
    J Appl Physiol 109:252-61. 2010
    b>Exercise leads to a rapid change in the profile of gene expression in circulating neutrophils. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been discovered to play important roles in immune function and often act to attenuate or silence gene translation...
  53. ncbi BMI-referenced standards for recommended pedometer-determined steps/day in children
    Catrine Tudor-Locke
    Department of Exercise and Wellness, Arizona State University East, Mesa, AZ 85212 0180, USA
    Prev Med 38:857-64. 2004
    ..The purpose of the present study was to establish criterion-referenced standards for PA (using pedometer-assessed steps/day) related to healthy body composition...
  54. ncbi Physical activity and likelihood of depression in adults: a review
    Megan Teychenne
    Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Vic, Melbourne, Australia
    Prev Med 46:397-411. 2008
    ..This review examines original research which has investigated associations between physical activity (PA) dose (i.e. frequency, intensity and duration) and domain and depression or symptoms of depression in adults...
  55. ncbi Objective measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour: review with new data
    J J Reilly
    University Division of Developmental Medicine, 1st Floor Tower Block QMH, Yorkhill Hospitals, Glasgow G3 8SJ, Scotland
    Arch Dis Child 93:614-9. 2008
    ..We also consider unresolved practical issues in paediatric accelerometry by critically reviewing the existing evidence and by providing new evidence...
  56. ncbi Exercise training versus diet-induced weight-loss on metabolic risk factors and inflammatory markers in obese subjects: a 12-week randomized intervention study
    Tore Christiansen
    Dept of Medicine and Endocrinology C, Aarhus Univ Hospital, Aarhus Sygehus, Denmark
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 298:E824-31. 2010
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of exercise training and diet-induced weight loss alone or in combination on inflammatory markers in circulation, in adipose tissue (AT) and in skeletal muscle (SM) in obese subjects...
  57. ncbi Physical activity assessment in children and adolescents
    J R Sirard
    Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
    Sports Med 31:439-54. 2001
    ....
  58. ncbi Antioxidant response to oxidative stress induced by exhaustive exercise
    Antoni Aguilo
    Laboratori de Ciències de l Activitat Física and Department de Biologia Fonamental i Ciències de la Salut, Edifici Guillem Colom, Facultat de Ciencies, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Balears, Spain
    Physiol Behav 84:1-7. 2005
    The aim of this work was to demonstrate the occurrence of oxidative stress during exhaustive exercise and to determine the antioxidant response. Eight voluntary male subjects participated in this study...
  59. ncbi PGC-1alpha regulation by exercise training and its influences on muscle function and insulin sensitivity
    Vitor A Lira
    Center for Skeletal Muscle Research, Robert M Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 299:E145-61. 2010
    ..proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) coactivator-1alpha (PGC-1alpha) is a major regulator of exercise-induced phenotypic adaptation and substrate utilization...
  60. ncbi Circulating ghrelin is sensitive to changes in body weight during a diet and exercise program in normal-weight young women
    H J Leidy
    Noll Physiological Research Center and the Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:2659-64. 2004
    ..We examined the effects of a 3-month energy deficit-imposing diet and exercise intervention on circulating ghrelin in normal-weight, healthy women...
  61. ncbi Increase in kinins on post-exercise hypotension in normotensive and hypertensive volunteers
    Milton R Moraes
    Department of Biophysics, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Biol Chem 388:533-40. 2007
    Post-exercise hypotension is an important event for blood pressure regulation, especially in hypertensive individuals. Although post-exercise hypotension is a well-known phenomenon, the mechanism responsible is still unclear...
  62. ncbi Leukocyte telomere length is preserved with aging in endurance exercise-trained adults and related to maximal aerobic capacity
    Thomas J Larocca
    Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
    Mech Ageing Dev 131:165-7. 2010
    ..To determine if age-associated reductions in TL are related to habitual endurance exercise and maximal aerobic exercise capacity (maximal oxygen consumption, VO(2)max), we studied groups of young (18-32 ..
  63. ncbi Randomized controlled trial of resistance or aerobic exercise in men receiving radiation therapy for prostate cancer
    Roanne J Segal
    Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Center University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    J Clin Oncol 27:344-51. 2009
    ..We report results from the Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy and Exercise Versus Normal Treatment study examining the effects of 24 weeks of resistance or aerobic training versus usual ..
  64. ncbi Quality of life in obese postmenopausal women
    G L Jones
    Health Services Research Section, ScHARR, Sheffield, UK
    Menopause Int 14:26-32. 2008
    ..Thus, clinical management of obese postmenopausal women should focus on weight reduction and exercise in an attempt to improve wellbeing in these areas...
  65. ncbi Effective techniques in healthy eating and physical activity interventions: a meta-regression
    Susan Michie
    Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness, University College London, UK
    Health Psychol 28:690-701. 2009
    ..This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of active BC interventions designed to promote physical activity and healthy eating and investigate whether theoretically specified BC techniques improve outcome...
  66. ncbi Exercise-based rehabilitation for patients with coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
    Rod S Taylor
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Am J Med 116:682-92. 2004
    To review the effectiveness of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary heart disease.
  67. ncbi Physical activity and exercise recommendations for stroke survivors: an American Heart Association scientific statement from the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Subcommittee on Exercise, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Prevention; the Council on Cardiovascula
    Neil F Gordon
    Circulation 109:2031-41. 2004
  68. ncbi Effects of a workplace physical exercise intervention on the intensity of headache and neck and shoulder symptoms and upper extremity muscular strength of office workers: a cluster randomized controlled cross-over trial
    Tuulikki Sjögren
    Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, P O Box 35, FIN 40014 Jyvaskyla, Finland
    Pain 116:119-28. 2005
    The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of a workplace physical exercise intervention on the perceived intensity of headache and the intensity of symptoms in the neck and shoulders, as well as on the extension and flexion ..
  69. ncbi The role of NF-kappaB in protein breakdown in immobilization, aging, and exercise: from basic processes to promotion of health
    Marina Bar-Shai
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 9649, Haifa 31096, Israel
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1057:431-47. 2005
    ..The activation of NF-kappaB has been observed also in muscles subjected to acute and intense exercise, implying that inflammatory processes may take place under the conditions of intense exercise...
  70. ncbi Evaluation of the SenseWear Pro Armband to assess energy expenditure during exercise
    John M Jakicic
    Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:897-904. 2004
    To assess the accuracy of the SenseWear Pro Armband for estimating energy expenditure during exercise.
  71. ncbi Total mortality after changes in leisure time physical activity in 50 year old men: 35 year follow-up of population based cohort
    Liisa Byberg
    Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Orthopaedics, and Uppsala Clinical Research Centre, Uppsala University, SE 75185 Uppsala, Sweden
    BMJ 338:b688. 2009
    ..To examine how change in level of physical activity after middle age influences mortality and to compare it with the effect of smoking cessation...
  72. ncbi Angiogenesis during exercise and training
    Colin M Bloor
    Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, California 92037, USA
    Angiogenesis 8:263-71. 2005
    ..the extracellular matrix to facilitate sprouting angiogenesis which is a major part of the angiogenesis seen in exercise and exercise training. A key role in angiogenesis is played by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)...
  73. ncbi The effects of physical activity on serum C-reactive protein and inflammatory markers: a systematic review
    Christos Kasapis
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 45:1563-9. 2005
    ..We searched PubMed for articles published between 1975 through May 2004 using the terms exercise, physical activity, or physical fitness combined with C-reactive protein, inflammation, inflammatory markers, or ..
  74. ncbi Objectively measured light-intensity physical activity is independently associated with 2-h plasma glucose
    Genevieve N Healy
    Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    Diabetes Care 30:1384-9. 2007
    ..We examined the associations of objectively measured sedentary time, light-intensity physical activity, and moderate- to vigorous-intensity activity with fasting and 2-h postchallenge plasma glucose in Australian adults...
  75. ncbi Exercise and bone mass in adults
    Amelia Guadalupe-Grau
    Department of Physical Education, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
    Sports Med 39:439-68. 2009
    There is a substantial body of evidence indicating that exercise prior to the pubertal growth spurt stimulates bone growth and skeletal muscle hypertrophy to a greater degree than observed during growth in non-physically active children...
  76. ncbi Effects of aerobic exercise on mild cognitive impairment: a controlled trial
    Laura D Baker
    Departments of Psychiatry and BehavioralScience, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
    Arch Neurol 67:71-9. 2010
    To examine the effects of aerobic exercise on cognition and other biomarkers associated with Alzheimer disease pathology for older adults with mild cognitive impairment, and assess the role of sex as a predictor of response.
  77. ncbi Promoting physical activity participation among children and adolescents
    Jo Salmon
    Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia
    Epidemiol Rev 29:144-59. 2007
    ..Further evidence of the effectiveness of interventions promoting young people's physical activity in family and community settings is needed...
  78. ncbi Barriers and motivations to exercise in older adults
    Karen A Schutzer
    Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL 33314, USA
    Prev Med 39:1056-61. 2004
    Although exercise is an established component in the management of many chronic diseases associated with aging, activity levels tend to progressively decline with increasing age...
  79. ncbi Exercise, physical fitness, and dietary habits of first-year female nursing students
    Amaia Irazusta
    School of Nursing, , University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
    Biol Res Nurs 7:175-86. 2006
    The objective of the present study was to evaluate the practice of regular physical exercise, the anthropometrical and physiological characteristics, and the dietary habits of a group of female nursing students (n=46) and of a control ..
  80. ncbi Correlations between physiological variables and performance in high level cross country off road cyclists
    F M Impellizzeri
    Human Performance Laboratory, S S Mapei, Castellanza 21053, Italy
    Br J Sports Med 39:747-51. 2005
    ..To examine the relations between maximal and submaximal indices of aerobic fitness and off road cycling performance in a homogeneous group of high level mountain bikers...
  81. ncbi Electrical stimulation of unloaded muscles causes cardiovascular exercise by increasing oxygen demand
    Prithwish Banerjee
    Department of Academic Cardiology, University of Hull, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, Kingston-upon-Hull, UK
    Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 12:503-8. 2005
    ..The purpose of this study was to show that this form of EMS is capable of eliciting a cardiovascular exercise response in healthy adults. DESIGN: An observational study...
  82. ncbi Waist circumference and BMI are independently associated with the variation of cardio-respiratory and neuromuscular fitness in young adult men
    M Fogelholm
    The UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
    Int J Obes (Lond) 30:962-9. 2006
    ....
  83. ncbi [Physical (in)activity in childhood and adolescence]
    U Walter
    Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Prävention und Rehabilitation in der System und Versorgungsforschung an der Abt Epidemiologie, Sozialmedizin und Gesundheitssystemforschung, 30623 Hannover
    Dtsch Med Wochenschr 130:2876-8. 2005
    ..International recommendations suggest daily 60 minutes or more moderate to vigorous physical activity and less than 2 hours sedentary activity in leisure...
  84. ncbi Effects of dominant somatotype on aerobic capacity trainability
    M Chaouachi
    Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Nutrition, Faculte des Sciences de Tunis, El Manar 1060, Tunis, Tunisia
    Br J Sports Med 39:954-9. 2005
    ..This study examined the association between dominant somatotype and the effect on aerobic capacity variables of individualised aerobic interval training...
  85. ncbi Non-invasive assessment of oxidative capacity in young Indian men and women: a 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy study
    Poonam Rana
    NMR Research Centre, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences INMAS, Defence R and D Organisation, Brig S K Mazumdar Marg, Timarpur, Delhi 110054, India
    Indian J Biochem Biophys 45:263-8. 2008
    ..Healthy subjects (8 young males and 9 females, age-matched) performed plantar flexion exercise within a magnet and MRS measurements of inorganic phosphate (Pi), phosphocreatine (PCr), ADP, and pH of the calf ..
  86. ncbi Effects of aerobic training on gene expression in skeletal muscle of elderly men
    Shlomit Radom-Aizik
    Pulmonary Institute, Tel Hashomer, Israel
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:1680-96. 2005
    ..It is highly likely that many of these genes are mediators of the beneficial effects of physical activity on health and fitness...
  87. ncbi Exercise training and heart rate variability in older adult female subjects
    Kenneth M Madden
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Seattle Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
    Clin Invest Med 29:20-8. 2006
    ..In a randomized trial, this study sought to prospectively compare the effects of endurance and strength training on HRV in 45 healthy elderly females (average age 69.9 +/- 0.9 years)...
  88. ncbi Self-reported physical activity compared with maximal oxygen uptake in adults
    Mette Aadahl
    Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark
    Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 14:422-8. 2007
    ..Physical activity questionnaires are often validated against objectively measured maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max)...
  89. ncbi Myocellular triacylglycerol breakdown in females but not in males during exercise
    Charlotte H Steffensen
    Department of Human Physiology, Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 282:E634-42. 2002
    The resting content and use of myocellular triacylglycerol (MCTG) during 90 min of submaximal exercise [60% of peak oxygen uptake (VO(2 peak))] were studied in 21 eumenorrheic female and 21 male subjects at different training levels [..
  90. ncbi [Man's unhealthy behaviours--somatic and motor level]
    Janusz Brudecki
    Katedra Antropologii, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego 31 571 Kraków
    Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig 57:141-6. 2006
    ..Only standing board jump significantly depends from BMI category...
  91. ncbi Plasma lactate accumulation is reduced during incremental exercise in untrained women compared with untrained men
    Charli Sargent
    Exercise Physiology Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Eur J Appl Physiol 101:91-6. 2007
    ..not different between sexes, yet lower blood lactate concentrations have been reported in women during submaximal exercise. The purpose of the present study was to measure the changes in plasma lactate concentration [La(-1)] in men and ..
  92. ncbi The aerobic forearm exercise test, a non-invasive tool to screen for mitochondrial disorders
    Ann Meulemans
    Center for Medical Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    Acta Neurol Belg 107:78-83. 2007
    ..Therefore, new approaches and diagnostic criteria are being developed. One of these tests is the aerobic forearm exercise test, a screening tool that can contribute to assess whether or not the patient suffers from a mitochondrial ..
  93. ncbi Effects of individual components of multiple behavior changes: the PREMIER trial
    Eva Obarzanek
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7936, USA
    Am J Health Behav 31:545-60. 2007
    ..To assess contributions of individual lifestyle changes on systolic blood pressure (SBP) changes...
  94. ncbi Effect of adding exercise to a diet containing glucomannan
    William J Kraemer
    Department of Kinesiology, Human Performance Laboratory, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
    Metabolism 56:1149-58. 2007
    The aim of this study was to examine the effect of adding a total-body exercise program to an 8-week diet supplemented with glucomannan on weight loss, body composition, blood parameters, and physical performance in overweight men and ..
  95. ncbi Neuromuscular and circulatory adaptation during combined arm and leg exercise with different maximal work loads
    Thibault Brink-Elfegoun
    Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
    Eur J Appl Physiol 101:603-11. 2007
    Cardiopulmonary kinetics and electromyographic activity (EMG) during exhausting exercise were measured in 8 males performing three maximal combined arm+leg exercises (cA+L)...
  96. ncbi Habitual physical activity, physical fitness and heart rate variability in preadolescents
    M Buchheit
    Louis Pasteur University of Strasbourg, Medical Faculty, Strasbourg, France
    Int J Sports Med 28:204-10. 2007
    ..study on 12-year-old preadolescents is to evaluate the association of two PA patterns, corresponding to different exercise intensities, with some health-related indexes...
  97. ncbi Lower extremity muscle size and strength and aerobic capacity decrease with caloric restriction but not with exercise-induced weight loss
    Edward P Weiss
    Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Sciences, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
    J Appl Physiol 102:634-40. 2007
    ..These effects may not occur with exercise-induced weight loss (EX) because of the anabolic effects of exercise on heart and skeletal muscle...
  98. ncbi Need for population specific validation of a portable metabolic testing system: a case of sedentary pregnant women
    SeonAe Yeo
    University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Division of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0482, USA
    J Nurs Meas 13:207-18. 2005
    ..Measurements, when repeated, were not consistent...
  99. ncbi Chocolate milk as a post-exercise recovery aid
    Jason R Karp
    Dept of Kinesiology and Applied Health Science, Human Performance Laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405, USA
    Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab 16:78-91. 2006
    ..Immediately following the first exercise bout and 2 h of recovery, subjects drank isovolumic amounts of chocolate milk, fluid replacement drink (FR), or ..
  100. ncbi [Health-related fitness of sedentary elderly in the Netherlands]
    M de Greef
    Interfacultair Centrum Bewegingswetenschappen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
    Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr 37:103-11. 2006
    ..Deterioration in physical functioning may be improved through an exercise programme...
  101. ncbi [Maximal workload prediction models in the clinical cardio-pulmonary effort test]
    Fernando dos Santos Nogueira
    Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
    Arq Bras Cardiol 87:137-45. 2006
    ..70 and 0.69, with standard errors of 28.4 and 15.8 Watts, respectively, for men and women. CONCLUSIONS: This study exhibits valid generalized equations for determining the maximal cycle ergonometer workload for men and women...

Research Grants86

  1. RCT of exercise on aromatase inhibitor side effects in breast cancer survivors
    Melinda L Irwin; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Nonpharmacologic methods of managing the side effects of the AI's are especially desirable. Exercise has been shown to improve bone metabolism in healthy women, and to be beneficial for people with fibromyalgia, ..
  2. COX Inhibition & Musculoskeletal Responses to Exercise
    Wendy Kohrt; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..As noted by the new title, COX Inhibition & Musculoskeletal Responses to Exercise, the application is a continuation of the study of factors that influence bone and muscle metabolism in aging...
  3. RCT of exercise on aromatase inhibitor side effects in breast cancer survivors
    Melinda Irwin; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Nonpharmacologic methods of managing the side effects of the AI's are especially desirable. Exercise has been shown to improve bone metabolism in healthy women, and to be beneficial for people with fibromyalgia, ..
  4. Effects of Standardized Aerobic Exercise-Training on Neurocognitive and Neurodege
    Thomas Obisesan; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..to determine whether African Americans (AA) with mild AD (AD) can be enrolled and retained in a 6-month aerobic exercise-training study...
  5. Aging, Sex, and Neural Cardiovascular Control During Dynamic Exercise
    PAUL FADEL; Fiscal Year: 2009
    Older individuals are increasingly being encouraged to exercise to maintain their physical well being and independence...
  6. Integrative Cardiovascular Control During Exercise in Hypertension
    DONAL S O apos LEARY; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Although the beneficial effects of daily exercise are well known, in patients with established hypertension abnormally large increases in sympathetic nerve ..
  7. ACETAMINOPHEN VS IBUPROFEN ON RENAL FUNCTION DURING EXERCISE
    W Kenney; Fiscal Year: 1999
    ..b>Exercise, salt restriction, and/or dehydration cause transient reductions in renal functions that may be buffered by ..
  8. Effects of Standardized Aerobic Exercise-Training on Neurocognitive and Neurodege
    Thomas O Obisesan; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..to determine whether African Americans (AA) with mild AD (AD) can be enrolled and retained in a 6-month aerobic exercise-training study...
  9. Impact of exercise on ovarian cancer prognosis
    Melinda Irwin; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Although the impact of exercise on ovarian cancer survival is unknown, it may play a role via weight control, since obesity has been shown in ..
  10. Exercise Training to Reduce Claudication: Arm Ergometry Versus Treadmill Walking
    DIANE JEANETTE TREAT JACOBSON; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Treadmill exercise training has been shown to be very effective at improving walking distance and functional status, with the ..
  11. Exercise Training to Reduce Claudication: Arm Ergometry Versus Treadmill Walking
    Diane Treat Jacobson; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Treadmill exercise training has been shown to be very effective at improving walking distance and functional status, with the ..
  12. HEART RATE RECOVERY AND MORTALITY
    Michael Lauer; Fiscal Year: 2002
    Although there has been considerable attention paid to the prognostic significance of the heart rate rise during exercise, only recently has it been noted that the heart rate fall after exercise, or "heart-rate recovery," may be an even ..
  13. Impact of Exercise on Sarcopenia
    Judd Aiken; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Our data is consistent with a rapidly growing body of literature that indicates the level of exercise necessary for beneficial adaptation declines with age...
  14. COX Inhibition & Musculoskeletal Responses to Exercise
    Wendy Kohrt; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..As noted by the new title, COX Inhibition & Musculoskeletal Responses to Exercise, the application is a continuation of the study of factors that influence bone and muscle metabolism in aging...
  15. Exercise as a novel strategy to target methamphetamine-induced cerebrovascular to
    MICHAL J TOBOREK; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..b>Exercise is a modifiable behavioral factor known to have numerous health promoting effects that are mediated in part by an ..
  16. Aging, Sex, and Neural Cardiovascular Control During Dynamic Exercise
    Paul J Fadel; Fiscal Year: 2010
    Older individuals are increasingly being encouraged to exercise to maintain their physical well being and independence...
  17. Insulin sensitivity and fatty acid partitioning in skeletal muscle after exercise
    Jeffrey F Horowitz; Fiscal Year: 2010
    b>Exercise is a key component of the successful management of many obesity-related metabolic complications, including insulin resistance...
  18. The role of traumatic brain injury stress response on exercise therapy
    GRACE GRIESBACH; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..However most of the knowledge concerning the effects of exercise on recovery from TBI has been based on observation, and scientifically based research regarding the effects of ..
  19. The role of traumatic brain injury stress response on exercise therapy
    Grace Sophia Griesbach; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..However most of the knowledge concerning the effects of exercise on recovery from TBI has been based on observation, and scientifically based research regarding the effects of ..
  20. Integrated Teleconferencing Unit For Home-Based Interactive Exercise For Elders
    LAWRENCE KEYES; Fiscal Year: 2007
    Supervised group exercise has been shown to be an effective component for improving balance and preventing falls among elders who have suffered falls or exhibit a fear of falling due to frailty...