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Showing 1 to 20 of 117 for “"Exercise intervention"”.
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Feasibility Of An Exercise Intervention For Homeless Cocaine-Using Men
… men participating in a 6-week standardized exercise regimen. METHODS: Twenty-five homeless men were screened and five who had used cocaine within the past year were enrolled. All participants completed an initial graded exercise “stress” test. Standardized, vigorous-intensity exercise …
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Pre-surgical exercise intervention in prostate and rectal cancer survivors
… thesis encompasses an introduction chapter of exercise and cancer, specifically prostate and rectal cancer (Chapter 1); two literature reviews, the first, a published systematic review examining the available literature on pre-surgical exercise in cancer and its effects on physiological and …
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Facilitation of Social Cognitive Constructs in an Employee Wellness Exercise Intervention Program
… variables on physical activity and proposed an intervention for an 8-week physical activity promotion program. Four specific components were examined: implementation intentions, goal commitment, barrier self-efficacy, and value. Participants included faculty and staff enrolled in a university …
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Transcriptomic Signatures of Skeletal Muscle Adaptation: Disuse, Rehabilitation, and Resistance Exercise Intervention
… associated with adaptation to resistance exercise. Lastly, we observed that pathways involved in inflammation, mitochondrial function, and protein synthesis are time-dependent, and are enriched at different timepoints during rehabilitation. The second aim of this dissertation was to …
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A pilot study to examine a therapeutic exercise intervention on fibromyalgia symptoms
… feasibility of a home-based, video therapeutic exercise program on pain, fatigue, self-efficacy, and health status in fibromyalgia patients. Methods. Nine individuals who were previously diagnosed with fibromyalgia completed the study (out of an initial pool of 31). Subjects were randomly …
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Implementing an exercise intervention on young adults at university with type 1 diabetes.
… with insulin regimes, sleeping, dietary and exercise adjustments to diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Even though the scientific world has been making tremendous strides in combatting diabetes, the life expectancy of those has been drastically reduced by an average of 11-13 years (Livingstone et …
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The effect of an exercise intervention on peripheral sensorimotor function in neuropathic diabetics
… The evidence for the effectiveness of an exercise intervention in improving sensorimotor function in this population is building, but care is needed when implementing these interventions due to the risk of exacerbating associated neuropathic complications. Therefore the purpose of the …
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Feasibility and Acceptability of an Exercise Intervention for Childhood Cancer Patients within a Clinical Setting
… feasibility and acceptability of a three-session exercise intervention in a clinical setting on a paediatric oncology ward in the UK. Methods: Participants were recruited from a UK paediatric ward and were categorised into three subcategories: patients (n=9), parent/carers (n=9) and healthcare …
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Investigating the effects of a 6-month aerobic exercise intervention on brain function and memory in older adults
… humans provide evidence that engaging in aerobic exercise may mitigate the effects of aging on memory. Yet, despite abundant evidence from animal literature, many aerobic exercise interventions in humans have failed to demonstrate improvements in learning and memory (Erickson et al., 2011a; Tamura …
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The effects of early developmental stress and exercise intervention on neurodegeneration in a rat model of Parkinson's disease
Early developmental stress has been shown to produce numerous deleterious effects, e.g. the later development of affective disorders, and this has been related to chronic enhanced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity. Animal studies have shown that maternally separated rats exhibit …
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Diet and exercise intervention adherence and health-related outcomes among older long-term breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors
Given the numerous benefits of a healthy diet and exercise for cancer survivors, there has been an increase in the number of lifestyle intervention trials for this population in recent years. However, the extent to which adherence to a diet and exercise intervention predicts health-related outcomes …
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Acceptability of and adherence to a Tai Chi exercise intervention to prevent falls among older people living with dementia.
Exercise interventions are effective in preventing falls, however, few have involved people living with dementia and explored their experiences. The aim of this PhD thesis was to fill this gap by exploring the experiences of dyads (formed of a person living with mild-to-moderate dementia and their …
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White matter hyperintensities and lower extremity physical function before and after an aerobic exercise intervention in healthy older adults
… risky pedestrian decisions. Modifiable lifestyle interventions, like physical activity, provide ways to mitigate or ameliorate the range of age-related declines. This dissertation examined the relationships between lower extremity physical function and a representative measure of age-related …
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The Effect of an Acute Exercise Intervention on Alcohol Craving and Alcohol Seeking Behaviours Among Heavy Social Drinkers: Preliminary Findings
… or easily accessible to everyone, therefore exercise is a promising treatment modality. The present study compared 20-minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise and 20-minutes of colouring on subjective measures related to alcohol craving as well as objectively assessed alcohol seeking …
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Nutrition, body composition and physical activity in malignant pleural disease: associations with patient outcomes and response to an exercise intervention
… in daily physical activities. Supportive care interventions such as nutrition and exercise could offer benefit to patients. However, there is a lack of information on the prevalence of low muscle mass (i.e., pre-sarcopenia), malnutrition, inactivity and poor physical functioning in patients …
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The effect of an exercise intervention on insulin sensitivity, insulin secretion and insulin clearance in black obese South African women
… role of ectopic fat and body fat distribution. Exercise training is beneficial to improve SI and DI, however, whether these effects are mediated by changes in ectopic fat in skeletal muscle, liver and pancreatic depots is unknown. Accordingly, exercise training can be used as a model to assess …
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Assessments of Physical Activity Before and After and Exercise Intervention in Overweight/Obese Older Adults with CVD or the Metabolic Syndrome
… objective measures. The Cooperative Lifestyle Intervention Program (CLIP) was designed to examine the effects of a community-based PA and weight loss intervention on mobility disability of older overweight/obese adults ages 60-79 with CVD or the MetS. The purpose of the present investigation …
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Evaluation of the Effect of Adherence to a Tai Chi exercise intervention on the Quality of Life of older People with Dementia
… aimed to assess effect of adherence to a Tai Chi exercise intervention on the Quality of Life (QoL) of community-dwelling older People with Dementia (PWD) and their carers. It was part of an assessor blind, parallel group, randomized controlled trial conducted in the south of England with 83 dyads …
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An investigation into whether an exercise intervention during pregnancy can prevent the programming of cardiovascular disease in the offspring of obese mothers
… be reduced prior to birth, through targeted interventions in the mother before and during pregnancy. Using an established murine model of maternal diet-induced obesity during pregnancy, the first aim of this thesis was to characterise potential programming factors in the obese mother and …
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The influence of aerobic fitness on cerebral white matter integrity and cognitive function in older adults: results of a one-year exercise intervention
… has shown that cardiovascular fitness and exercise are effective as protective, even restorative, agents against cognitive and neurobiological impairments in older adults. In this study, we investigated whether the beneficial impact of aerobic fitness would extend to white matter integrity …
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