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Functional and cognitive impairment prevention through early physical activity for geriatric hospitalized patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2015)
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Background: Frail older adults have reduced functional and physiological reserves, rendering them more vulnerable
to the effects of hospitalization, which frequently results in failure to recover from the pre-hospitalization ...
High muscular fitness has a powerful protective cardiometabolic effect in adults: influence of weight status
(BioMed Central, 2016)
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Background: Low levels of muscular fitness (MF) are recognized as an important marker of nutritional status and a
predictor of metabolic complications, cardiovascular disease and death, however, the relationship between ...
The insulin-like growth factor system is modulated by exercise in breast cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(BioMed Central, 2016)
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Background: Insulin-like growth factors (IGF´s) play a crucial role in controlling cancer cell proliferation,
differentiation and apoptosis. Exercise has been postulated as an effective intervention in improving ...
Exercise during pregnancy on maternal lipids: a secondary analysis of randomized controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2017)
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Background: Today, scientific evidence has supported the popular belief that physical activity is associated
with biological health in pregnant women. A randomized controlled trial was used to assess the benefits of
physical ...
Construct validity and test-retest reliability of the International Fitness Scale (IFIS) in Colombian children and adolescents aged 9-17.9 years: the FUPRECOL study
(PeerJ, 2017)
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Background: there is a lack of instruments and studies written in Spanish evaluating physical fitness, impeding the determination of the current status of this important health indicator in the Latin population, especially ...
The chronic effects of low- and high-intensity resistance training on muscular fitness in adolescents
(Public Library of Science, 2016)
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To compare the effects of high-load, low-repetition maximum (LRM) and low-load, high-repetition
maximum (HRM) resistance training regimens on muscular fitness in untrained adolescents.
Forty-five untrained adolescents ...
Relative contribution of arms and legs in 30 s fully tethered front crawl swimming
(Hindawi, 2015)
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The relative contribution of arm stroke and leg kicking to maximal fully tethered front crawl swimming performance remains to
be solved. Twenty-three national level young swimmers (12 male and 11 female) randomly performed ...
Effects of order and sequence of resistance and endurance training on body fat in elementary school-aged girls
(Termedia Publishing, 2017)
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The purpose of this study was to analyse the effects of order and sequence of concurrent
resistance and endurance training on body fat percentage (BFP) in a large sample of elementary school-aged
girls. One hundred and ...
Relationship between handgrip strength and muscle mass in female survivors of breast cancer: a mediation analysis
(MDPI, 2017)
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This study explored the mediating factors of sarcopenia in a group of women survivors
of breast cancer in Bogotá, Colombia. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study with 98 women
survivors of breast cancer, who were ...
Reliability of health-related physical fitness tests among Colombian children and adolescents: the FUPRECOL study
(Public Library of Science, 2015)
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Substantial evidence indicates that youth physical fitness levels are an important marker of
lifestyle and cardio-metabolic health profiles and predict future risk of chronic diseases. The
reliability physical fitness ...