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Effectiveness of physical activity intervention at workplace

Medycyna Pracy, 2017
A physical activity is a key factor contributing to the improvement and maintenance of one’s general health. Although this issue is by no means limited to the workplace, it is precisely the work environment that can provide the basis for keeping and ...
Marzena Malińska
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Physical activity and lifestyle intervention

Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2015
This review summarizes recent findings regarding the status of physical activity and introduces effective methods of intervention. Data from our serial cross-sectional study between 2003 and 2012 suggested that the decline in step counts over the last ...
Masato Nishiwaki, Naoyuki Matsumoto
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Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic in People with Severe Mental Disorders: An Overview of the Portuguese Reality

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021
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Raquel Costa, Tânia Bastos, Eluana Gomes, Rui Corredeira   +3 more
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Changes in Physical Activity and Incidence of Nonfatal Cardiovascular Events in 47 153 Survivors of Myocardial Infarction

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background The majority of patients survive the acute phase of myocardial infarction (MI) but have an increased risk of recurrent cardiovascular disease (CVD) events.
Amanda Lönn, Mats Börjesson, Kristina Hambraeus, Örjan Ekblom   +3 more
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Interventions for promoting physical activity [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2001
Little is known about the effectiveness of strategies to enable people to achieve an increase in their physical activity.To assess the effects of interventions for promoting physical activity in adults aged 16 years and older, not living in an institution.We searched CENTRAL (Issue 4, 2001), MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsychLIT, BIDS ISI, SPORTDISCUS ...
Charles Foster, Melvyn Hillsdon, Margaret Thorogood, Asha Kaur, Thamindu Wedatilake   +4 more
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Effects of a physical activity intervention on schoolchildren fitness [PDF]

Physiological Reports, 2022
The global prevalence of childhood obesity is high. Obesity main causes are linked to sedentary lifestyles. Increasing physical activity (PA) and reducing sedentary activities are recommended to prevent and treat obesity. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a 6-month school PA intervention on obesity prevention and healthy behaviors in ...
Antonio Di Maglie, Santo Marsigliante, Giulia My, Salvatore Colazzo, Antonella Muscella   +4 more
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Consistency of pacing profile according to performance level in three different editions of the Chicago, London, and Tokyo marathons

Scientific Reports, 2022
Running pacing has become a focus of interest over recent years due to its relationship with performance, however, it is still unknown the consistency of each race in different editions.
Fran Oficial-Casado, Jordi Uriel, Irene Jimenez-Perez, Márcio Fagundes Goethel, Pedro Pérez-Soriano, Jose Ignacio Priego-Quesada   +5 more
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Initial Motivations for Choosing Teaching as a Career

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
The objective of the study is to verify the reliability and validity of the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice, as well as to determine the teaching of Early childhood and Primary education students’ motivations and perceptions for the choice of this ...
Myriam Alvariñas-Villaverde, Myriam Alvariñas-Villaverde, José Domínguez-Alonso, José Domínguez-Alonso, Lucía Pumares-Lavandeira, Iago Portela-Pino, Iago Portela-Pino   +6 more
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Using Raw Accelerometer Data to Predict High-Impact Mechanical Loading

Sensors, 2023
The purpose of this study was to develop peak ground reaction force (pGRF) and peak loading rate (pLR) prediction equations for high-impact activities in adult subjects with a broad range of body masses, from normal weight to severe obesity.
Lucas Veras, Florêncio Diniz-Sousa, Giorjines Boppre, Vítor Devezas, Hugo Santos-Sousa, John Preto, João Paulo Vilas-Boas, Leandro Machado, José Oliveira, Hélder Fonseca   +9 more
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Correlates of cardiorespiratory fitness in a population-based sample of middle-aged adults: cross-sectional analyses in the SCAPIS study

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives This study aimed to identify main sex-specific correlates of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in a population-based, urban sample of Swedish adults.Design Cross-sectional.Setting Multi-site study at university hospitals, data from the ...
Daniel Arvidsson, Mats Borjesson, Örjan Ekblom, Göran Bergström, Elin Ekblom-Bak, Emerald G Heiland, Daniel Väisänen   +6 more
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