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Whole body vibration training and its application to age-related performance decrements:an exploratory analysis [PDF]

, 2015
Middle age is associated with a pronounced decline in power and flexibility. Whilst whole body vibration training (WBVT) improves performance in a range of populations, whether WBVT can improve muscle power and flexibility in a middle-aged population is ...
Babraj, John, Cobley, James N., Griffiths, Katie, Hawkey, Adam   +3 more
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Relationship between Self-efficacy and Physical Activity, Medication Adherence in Chronic Disease Patients

Advanced Biomedical Research, 2017
Background: The global epidemic of unhealthy lifestyle causes to increase chronic disease. It has been proven that psychological factors such as self-efficacy are responsible to success in the process of lifestyle change.
Seyde Shahrbanoo Daniali, Firooze Mostafavi Darani, Ahmad Ali Eslami, Mohammad Mazaheri   +3 more
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Transient rapamycin treatment can increase lifespan and healthspan in middle-aged mice [PDF]

, 2016
The FDA approved drug rapamycin increases lifespan in rodents and delays age-related dysfunction in rodents and humans. Nevertheless, important questions remain regarding the optimal dose, duration, and mechanisms of action in the context of healthy ...
Anderson, Anisimov, Atarashi, Augustine, Bates, Blackwell, Chen, Dai, de Oliveira, Ericsson, Ericsson, Flynn, Goldman, Halloran, Hard, Harrison, Hothorn, Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Kaeberlein, Lamming, Majumder, Mannick, Mathew, Miller, Miller, Paulson, Prakash, Ramos, Treuting, Wilkinson, Xu, Zhang   +33 more
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Is home-based, high-intensity interval training cycling feasible and safe for patients with knee osteoarthritis? Study protocol for a randomized pilot study [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease affecting the knee joint of many middle-aged and older adults. As OA symptoms typically involve knee pain and stiffness, individuals with knee OA are often insufficiently physically active ...
Grigg, Josephine, Keogh, Justin W.L., Vertullo, Christopher J.   +2 more
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The association between cigarette smoking and health care service utilization among middle-aged and elderly adults in China

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
ObjectiveTo assess the associations between tobacco use and health care service utilization in Chinese individuals aged more or equal to 40 years old.MethodThis research was a cross-sectional study using data from eight provinces in China, and the final ...
Jiarui Song, Chenggang Jin, Xi Cheng
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The HIT Network for Children and Adolescents With CNS Tumors Facilitates Improvements of Diagnostic Assessments, Multimodal Treatments, Individual Counseling, and Research in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The HIT network was established in 2000 to create a population‐based structure aiming to improve survival rates and reduce late effects for children with central nervous system (CNS) tumors by conducting comprehensive clinical trials.
Stefan Rutkowski, Michael C. Frühwald, Gudrun Fleischhack, Stephan Tippelt, Pablo Hernáiz‐Driever, Olaf Witt, Astrid Gnekow, Christof Kramm, Matthias Eyrich, Johannes E. A. Wolf, Hermann Müller, Carsten Friedrich, Uwe R. Kordes, Denise Obrecht‐Sturm, Petra Ketteler, Barbara von Zezschwitz, Pascal Johann, Dominik Sturm, Karoline Nemes, Stefan Schönberger, Till Milde, Brigitte Bison, Monika Warmuth‐Metz, Torsten Pietsch, Ulrich Schüller, Arend Koch, David Capper, Martin Hasselblatt, Christian Thomas, Christian Hagel, Stefan M. Pfister, Felix Sahm, David T. W. Jones, Martin U. Schuhmann, Jürgen Krauss, Pedram Emami, Ahmed El Damaty, Rolf D. Kortmann, Rudolf Schwarz, Jürgen Debus, Mechthild Krause, Fabian Pohl, Holger Ottensmeier, Lisa Bußenius, Katja Baust, Andreas Faldum, Cecile Ronckers, Desiree Grabow, Martin Benesch, Thomas Perwein, Karin Dieckmann, Irene Slavc, Johannes Gojo, Nicolas U. Gerber, André O. von Bueren, Katrin Scheinemann, Gabriele Calaminus, Beate Timmermann, Ulrich‐Wilhelm Thomale, Martin Mynarek   +59 more
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Comparison of Clinical Manifestation and Mortality-Related Risk Factors Between Elderly and Middle-Aged COVID-19 Patients

Acta Medica Iranica
Given that the risk factors associated with mortality and morbidity of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) vary among age groups, this study aimed to describe the differences in clinical characteristics and mortality-related risk factors between elderly and ...
Majid Akrami, Hadiseh Hosamirudsari, Neda Faraji, Masoomeh Nataj Majd   +3 more
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Syphilis among middle-aged female sex workers in China: a three-site cross-sectional study. [PDF]

, 2016
ObjectivesThis study addresses the lack of empirical studies about the epidemic of syphilis among middle-aged female sex workers (FSWs). The objectives of this study were to investigate prevalence of syphilis, and its potential risk factors among middle ...
Dumenci, Levent, Jiang, Baofa, Li, Xiaojing, Liu, Hongjie, Morisky, Donald E, Xu, Yongfang   +5 more
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Stressful Events Reported by Childhood Cancer Survivors and Community Controls From the St. Jude Lifetime (SJLIFE) Cohort: A Mixed Method Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Characterizing stressful events reported by childhood cancer survivors experienced throughout the lifespan may help improve trauma‐informed care relevant to the survivor experience. Methods Participants included 2552 survivors (54% female; 34 years of age) and 469 community controls (62% female; 33 years of age) from the St.
Megan E. Ware, Colter K. Clayton, Fang Wang, Sedigheh Mirzaei, Kyla Shelton, Tara M. Brinkman, Victoria Willard, Katianne M. Howard Sharp, Kevin Krull, Lindsay F. Schwartz, Melissa M. Hudson, Gregory T. Armstrong, Kirsten K. Ness, Rachel T. Webster   +13 more
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Aging in Cats: Owner Observations and Clinical Finding in 206 Mature Cats at Enrolment to the Cat Prospective Aging and Welfare Study

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Two hundred and six cats, aged between 7 and 10 years, from the North-west of the UK, were enrolled in a cat aging and welfare study to determine the frequency of age-related conditions and associations with husbandry, owner observations of physical ...
Nathalie Dowgray, Nathalie Dowgray, Gina Pinchbeck, Kelly Eyre, Vincent Biourge, Eithne Comerford, Eithne Comerford, Alexander J. German, Alexander J. German   +8 more
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