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Evaluation of physical fitness in relation to performance and injury severity in contemporary dance [PDF]

, 2010
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton for the degree of Doctor of PhilosophyDance has attracted little scientific interest on the effects of physical fitness improvements on performance and injury
Angioi, Manuela
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Fitness is positively associated with hippocampal formation subfield volumes in schizophrenia: a multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging study

Translational Psychiatry, 2022
Hippocampal formation (HF) volume loss is a well-established finding in schizophrenia, with select subfields, such as the cornu ammonis and dentate gyrus, being particularly vulnerable.
Isabel Maurus, Lukas Roell, Daniel Keeser, Boris Papazov, Irina Papazova, Moritz Lembeck, Astrid Roeh, Elias Wagner, Dusan Hirjak, Berend Malchow, Birgit Ertl-Wagner, Sophia Stoecklein, Alkomiet Hasan, Andrea Schmitt, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Peter Falkai   +15 more
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Aerobic fitness is associated with greater white matter integrity in children

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014
Aerobic fitness has been found to play a positive role in brain and cognitive health of children. Yet, many of the neural biomarkers related to aerobic fitness remain unknown.
Laura eChaddock-Heyman, Kirk I Erickson, Joseph eHoltrop, Michelle W Voss, Matthew B. Pontifex, Lauren eRaine, Charles H Hillman, Arthur F Kramer   +7 more
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ASSOCIATION OF AEROBIC FITNESS AND BODY COMPOSITION IN PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME

Journal of Physical Education, 2022
People with Down Syndrome (DS) present metabolic differences when compared to the general population, which ends up at a higher prevalence of overweight and lower rates of aerobic fitness.
Gabriel Renaldo de Sousa, Eloise Werle de Almeida, Fábio André Castilha, Marcia Greguol   +3 more
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Measuring fitness of Kenyan children with polyparasitic infections using the 20-meter shuttle run test as a morbidity metric. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: To date, there has been no standardized approach to the assessment of aerobic fitness among children who harbor parasites. In quantifying the disability associated with individual or multiple chronic infections, accurate measures of physical ...
Isabel M. Parraga, Bustinduy, Amaya L, Kitron Uriel, King, CH, Eric M. Muchiri, King, Charles H, Mungai Peter L., Fiutem, JJ, Justin J. Fiutem, Mutuku, Francis, Charles H King, Amaya L Bustinduy, Justin J Fiutem, Parraga Isabel M., Parraga, IM, Kitron, Uriel, Peter L Mungai, Peter L. Mungai, Uriel Kitron, Fiutem, Justin J, Thomas Charles L., Charles L. Thomas, King Charles H., Bustinduy Amaya L., Isabel M Parraga, Eric M Muchiri, Mutuku Francis, Mungai, Peter L, Bustinduy, AL, Muchiri, Eric M, Mutuku, F, Muchiri, EM, Fiutem Justin J., Thomas, Charles L, Charles H. King, Kitron, U, Parraga, Isabel M, Amaya L. Bustinduy, Mungai, PL, Francis Mutuku, Muchiri Eric M., Charles L Thomas, Thomas, CL   +42 more
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Skin microvascular reactivity in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes in relation to levels of physical activity and aerobic fitness [PDF]

, 2008
No studies to date have evaluated the relationship between exercise and microvascular function in youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Twenty-nine complication free children and adolescents with T1DM were assessed for skin microvascular reactivity,
Cable, Tim, Roche, Denise, Stratton, Gareth, Roche, Denise M., Edmunds, Sarah, Didi, Mo   +5 more
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Aerobic fitness mediates the intervention effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance. The school in Motion study – A cluster randomized controlled trial

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021
Little information exists on the mechanism of how physical activity interventions effects academic performance. We examined whether the effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance were mediated by aerobic fitness. The
Runar Barstad Solberg, Jostein Steene-Johannessen, Morten Wang Fagerland, Sigmund A. Anderssen, Sveinung Berntsen, Geir K. Resaland, Esther M.F. van Sluijs, Ulf Ekelund, Elin Kolle   +8 more
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The influence of aerobic fitness status on ventilatory efficiency in patients with coronary artery disease

Clinics, 2015
OBJECTIVE: To test the hypotheses that 1) coronary artery disease patients with lower aerobic fitness exhibit a lower ventilatory efficiency and 2) coronary artery disease patients with lower initial aerobic fitness exhibit greater improvements in ...
Danilo M.L. Prado, Enéas A. Rocco, Alexandre G. Silva, Priscila F. Silva, Jaqueline M. Lazzari, Gabriela L. Assumpção, Sheyla B. Thies, Claudia Y. Suzaki, Raphael S. Puig, Valter Furlan   +9 more
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Lung volumes related to physical activity, physical fitness, aerobic capacity and body mass index in students

SHS Web of Conferences, 2016
The aim of this study was to estimate the correlation between the function parameters of the respiratory system and the amount of physical activity, body mass index and aerobic and physical fitness in Daugavpils University students.
Mihailova A., Kaminska I.
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Quality of life is associated with physical activity and fitness in cystic fibrosis [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Health-related and disease-specific quality of life (HRQoL) has been increasingly valued as relevant clinical parameter in cystic fibrosis (CF) clinical care and clinical trials.
Helge Hebestreit, Schmid, K, Junge, Sibylle, Hebestreit, Helge Uwe, Hebestreit, H, Schindler, C, Schmid, Kerstin, Kriemler, Susi, Christian Schindler, Schenk, T, Hebestreit, Alexandra, Ballmann, Manfred, Hebestreit, A, Kerstin Schmid, Stephanie Kieser, Hans-Georg Posselt, Manfred Ballmann, Thomas Schenk, Roth, K, Schenk, Thomas, Junge, S, Posselt, H G, Posselt, Hans-Georg, Sibylle Junge, Alexandra Hebestreit, Kieser, Stephanie, Hebestreit, Helge, Ballmann, M, Susi Kriemler, Schindler, Christian, Roth, Kristina, Kristina Roth   +31 more
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