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It is strongly recommended to use objective measurements for the assessment of physical activity among children and adolescents. However, as some activities such as bicycling/inline skating/scooter are incorrectly recorded by accelerometer, assisting methods are needed to obtain correct data. The aim of the study was to examine ...
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Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) demonstrate attenuation or absence of nocturnal reductions in blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) (Rosado-Rivera et al., 2011; J Spinal Cord Med, 34, 395). Diminished rhythmicity is associated with increased incidence of cardiovascular disease and mortality (Verdecchia et al., 1993; Circ, 88; 986). Differences in the levels of ...
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Regular physical activity (PA) in older adults is critically important to ensure healthy aging. The link between PA and prevention of disease, maintenance of independence, and improved quality of life is supported by strong evidence. However, there is a lack of data on population levels of PA among older ...
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Project FFAB is an exploratory controlled before and after study of the effects of a practical and engaging low-volume high-intensity training (HIT) intervention on cardio-metabolic risk markers. The extent to which adaptations to HIT can be maintained is unknown (Gibala & McGee, 2008). We aimed to evaluate the maintenance of ...
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Relapse in the first 3-5 years following weight loss is a common problem in obesity management (Ross, 2009). The extent to which physiological (Jackman et al., 2008) vs behavioural adaptations contribute to weight loss relapse is not clearly understood. Moreover, there is some indication that an ‘energy gap’ or leading to ...
Background
Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) have a reduced exercise capacity. Studies suggest that prolonged hospitalization might contribute to deconditioning in exercise capacity. This study examined the postoperative physical activity among children with CHD after a hospital stay.
Methods
34 children and adolescents with CHD (21 girls, 8.0 years [IQ: 6.0-11.0 years]) ...
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Accelerometers have been seen as gold-standard objective tool for monitoring childrens’ habitual physical activity. To become biologically meaningful, the activity levels have generally been estimated on the basis of cut-off points. However, there is a lack of general agreement on how to choose the cut-off points (Bornstein et al., 2011). ...
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Stress is the result of several factors, such as work demands, fatigue, sleep, diet and others. Psychological stress depends not only on the magnitude and density of the stress factors, but also from subject’s perception of his/her own capacities to deal with each situations. Psychological stress has ...
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Participation in physical activity on a regular basis is important for maintaining health, yet many people do not meet the levels recommended by scientific and health organizations. Physical activity behavior during the late adolescence/early college period in life is of particular importance as behaviors adopted during this time ...
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Research lacks knowledge regarding the intensity of physical activity (PA) that preschool children need for the sufficient fundamental motor skills (FMS) necessary to be physically active (Stodden et al. 2008). This study aims at determining if different intensities of PA and FMS are related at the age of four.
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