Associations of sedentary behaviour, physical activity, blood pressure and anthropometric measures with cardiorespiratory fitness in children with cerebral palsy [PDF]
, 2015 Background - Children with cerebral palsy (CP) have poor cardiorespiratory fitness in comparison to their peers with typical development, which may be due to low levels of physical activity.
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Fit to Perform: A Profile of Higher Education Music Students’ Physical Fitness [PDF]
, 2020 Musicians are often called athletes of the upper body, but knowledge of their physical and fitness profiles is nonetheless limited, especially those of advanced music students who are training to enter music’s competitive professional landscape.
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Changes in and the mediating role of physical activity in relation to active school transport, fitness and adiposity among Spanish youth: the UP&DOWN longitudinal study [PDF]
, 2020 Background Longitudinal changes in child and adolescent active school transport (AST), and the mediating role of different intensities of daily physical activity (PA) levels in relation to AST and physical fitness and adiposity indicators is unclear ...
Abbott, Gavin +9 more
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Fit Into College: A Program to Improve Physical Activity and Dietary Intake Lifestyles Among College Students [PDF]
, 2011 The purpose of this study was to determine whether a 10-week program could improve physical activity, physical fitness, body weight, dietary intake, and perceptions of exercise and diet among college 30 healthy college freshmen. Outcomes were measured at
Conte, Kathleen P. +7 more
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The relationship between physical activity, motor competence and health-related fitness in 14-year-old adolescents [PDF]
, 2008 Physical activity, physical fitness, and motor competence are important health-related constructs. However, the relationship between them, particularly among children and adolescents, is still unclear.
Hands, Beth P +4 more
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Effects of aging on unloading-induced skeletal muscle atrophy and subsequent recovery in rats
Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2013 Aged individuals with physiological muscle atrophy (sarcopenia) are likely forced into an unloading condition of inactivity such as bed rest and limb-immobilization.
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Cost-effectiveness of physical fitness training for stroke survivors [PDF]
, 2018 Background Physical fitness is impaired after stroke, yet fitness training after stroke reduces disability. Several international guidelines recommend that fitness training be incorporated as part of stroke rehabilitation. However, information about cost-
Clifton, E. +3 more
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BMC Public Health, 2019 Background With increases in inactive lifestyles and mounting pressure for academic excellence in Chinese younger populations, lack of physical activity and increased prevalence of obesity have become a major public health concern in China.
Zheng Zhu +8 more
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Non-exercise equations to estimate fitness in white European and South Asian men [PDF]
, 2016 Cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong, independent predictor of health, whether it is measured in an exercise test or estimated in an equation. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate equations to estimate fitness in middle-aged white ...
Bakrania, Kishan +10 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 We examined the association between indicators of the school environment with sedentary behavior and different intensities of physical activity in children.
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