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Factors Associating with the Segmental Postural Control during Sitting in Moderate-to-Late Preterm Infants via Longitudinal Study

Children, 2021
(1) Background: biological variables and particular child rearing practices could be linked to postural control and rates of sitting onset. The segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo) is currently used as an assessment of postural control with a ...
Noppharath Sangkarit, Wantana Siritaratiwat, Surussawadi Bennett, Weerasak Tapanya   +3 more
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Effects of Using Interval High Intensity and Repetitive Weight-trainings on Aspects of Muscular Strength related to Performance of Handicap Shotput- Sitting Class [PDF]

مجلة الرافدين للعلوم الرياضية, 2006
The research aims at being acquainted with effects of using interval high intensity and repetitive weight-trainings on aspects of muscular strength related to performance of shot put and significance between the two methods.
Eyad Mohammed Abdullah, Thamer Daoud
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Sedentary time of university students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Risk groups and pre-pandemic predictors using cross-sectional and longitudinal data

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundThe present study aimed to (1) assess and compare sedentary time (ST) of university students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) examine risk groups with regard to ST and the “extent of change” in ST (from before to during the pandemic)
Sebastian Heller, Kristin Kalo, Antonia M. Werner, Laura Eisenbarth, Jennifer L. Reichel, Lina M. Mülder, Markus Schäfer, Stephan Letzel, Perikles Simon, Thomas Rigotti, Thomas Rigotti, Pavel Dietz   +11 more
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Acute arterial stiffness responses to on-ball balance exercises in young and middle-aged adults: Role of posture and cumulative effects

Frontiers in Physiology, 2023
Objective: To examine the acute arterial stiffness changes after maintaining one bout of balance on Swiss ball using different postures in young and middle-aged adults, and to evaluate the cumulative exposure effects on arterial stiffness after multiple ...
Wei Chen, Gaofan Miao, Yanfei Xv, Zhixiong Zhou, Weili Zhu   +4 more
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Work-related physical activity among adults in Germany [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring, 2017
In GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS the prevalence of work-related physical activity was estimated based on respondents’ self-reported data. 47.5% of women and 47.2% of men mostly sit or stand during work.
Jonas D. Finger, Gert B. M. Mensink, Cornelia Lange, Kristin Manz   +3 more
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Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and its longitudinal association with physical activity and sedentary behavior

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2022
OBJECTIVE: Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic has affected many workers’ daily life and possibly their physical activity behavior. We studied the longitudinal association of working from home during the pandemic with physical activity and ...
Bette Loef, Sandra H van Oostrom, Maaike van der Noordt, Lifelines Corona Research initiative, Karin I Proper   +4 more
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Sick of sitting [PDF]

Diabetologia, 2015
Sitting too much kills. Epidemiological, physiological and molecular data suggest that sedentary lifestyle can explain, in part, how modernity is associated with obesity, more than 30 chronic diseases and conditions and high healthcare costs. Excessive sitting--sitting disease--is not innate to the human condition.
openaire   +2 more sources

A cluster randomized controlled trial to reduce office workers’ sitting time: effect on productivity outcomes

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2019
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the Stand Up Victoria intervention – a multicomponent workplace intervention that successfully reduced workplace sitting – on productivity in the short- and longer-term. METHODS: Desk-based workers [5–
James E Peterman, Genevieve N Healy, Elisabeth AH Winkler, Marj Moodie, Elizabeth G Eakin, Sheleigh P Lawler, Neville Owen, David W Dunstan, Anthony D LaMontagne   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leisure Sedentary Time is Associated with Self-Reported Falls in Middle-aged and Older Females and Males: an Analysis of the CLSA

Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2023
Aim The purpose of this analysis was to report the prevalence of falls and falls-related injuries among those reporting differ-ent volumes of weekly sedentary time, and to understand the association of sedentary time and falls, accounting for ...
Lúcio G. Lustosa, David Rudoler, Olga Theou, Shilpa Dogra   +3 more
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source