scholarly journals Comparison of Vital Capacity and Balance between Elderly Women and Young Women with Forward Head Postures According to the Use of Figure-8 brace

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 248-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun-Kyung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Vital Capacity ◽  
Elderly Women

scholarly journals Special Training of Inspiratory Muscles in Fitness Activities and Exercise Capacity in Young Women

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Mishchenko ◽  
Stanislaw Sawczyn ◽  
Agnieszka Cybulska ◽  
Marcin Pasek
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Exercise Capacity ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Vital Capacity ◽  
Perceived Exertion ◽  
Minute Ventilation ◽  
Work Capacity ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Inspiratory Muscles ◽  
Fitness Training

AbstractPurpose. The aim of the study was to determine if an 8-week-long endurance fitness training with elastic belts would increase the strength-endurance of the inspiratory muscles and lung function characteristics, and to assess whether these changes were consistent with an increase in aerobic power and exercise capacity in healthy young women. Methods. Twenty-two females aged 20-25 years were randomly allocated into 2 groups. The experimental group preformed 8-week-long exercises on stationary bikes with an elastic belt on the lower part of the chest. The control group underwent the same workout, without elastic belts. Vital capacity, forced vital capacity, maximal voluntary ventilation, maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressure, sustained maximal inspiratory pressure, physical activity status, and perceived exertion scores were measured. In the incremental exercise test, work capacity and maximal oxygen uptake were assessed. Tidal volume, minute ventilation (VE), oxygen uptake (VO

scholarly journals Understanding shelter from a gender perspective: the case of Hawassa, Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 463-480
Author(s):  
Faraz Hassan ◽  
Emma Grant ◽  
Sophie Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Women Elderly ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Collaborative Study ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Average Income ◽  
Infrastructure Provision ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
Female Headed Households ◽  
The City

The city of Hawassa is growing fast, driven by construction of a flagship industrial park that is expected to attract up to 60,000 workers by 2021, mostly young women, arriving without families or dependents, and living off very low wages. Along with these young women, female-headed households; divorced, separated and widowed women; elderly women; and women with disabilities all face severe/acute shelter vulnerabilities. These groups are most likely to struggle to access both formal and informal shelter, related to their below-average income levels but also to other forms of bias and discrimination. This paper draws out key findings on gender and housing from a collaborative study investigating shelter provision in Hawassa, part of a wider research study on inclusive cities in East Africa led by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). It aims to highlight specific constraints faced by women in accessing shelter, and around such issues as informality, safety and security, and infrastructure provision.

Age and Gender Differences in Body Attitudes: A Comparison of Young and Elderly Adults

1998 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen L. Franzoi ◽  
Virginia Koehler
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Age Difference ◽  
Elderly Adults ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Body Attitudes ◽  
And Gender

One hundred and thirty-two young adults (Mean = 19 years) and 142 elderly adults (Mean = 74 years) evaluated thirty-five different aspects of their own bodies. As hypothesized, elderly adults expressed less positive attitudes than young adults toward body items associated with body functioning (physical coordination, agility, sex drive, health). These differences are consistent with research indicating a progressive decline in bodily function efficiency with advancing age (Christofalo, 1988; Lakatta, 1990). Also as expected, the elderly held less positive attitudes toward body aspects associated with facial attractiveness (lips, appearance of eyes, cheek/cheekbones). These differences are in line with the structural changes that occur in the face as people age, moving them further from cultural beauty standards. One area where these age differences were reversed was in women's attitudes toward weight-related body items: elderly women expressed greater satisfaction than young women toward their appetite, thighs, and weight. The cause of this age difference in women may be due to thinness being a more defining standard of attractiveness for young women, or it could be due to the fact that people typically lose weight after the age of fifty, thus making weight gain less of a concern for older women. Results further indicated that, although men have more positive body attitudes than women, this gender difference is not nearly as pronounced among the elderly.

scholarly journals Differential Expression of Estrogen Receptor α and β Immunoreactivity in the Human Supraoptic Nucleus in Relation to Sex and Aging*

2000 ◽  
Vol 85 (9) ◽  
pp. 3283-3291
Author(s):  
Tatjana A. Ishunina ◽  
Frank P. M. Kruijver ◽  
Rawien Balesar ◽  
Dick F. Swaab
Keyword(s):  
Estrogen Receptor ◽  
Postmenopausal Women ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Supraoptic Nucleus ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Estrogen Receptor Α ◽  
Nuclear Staining ◽  
Cytoplasmic Staining ◽  
Plasma Arginine

Abstract The dorsolateral supraoptic nucleus (dl-SON) is the main production site of plasma arginine vasopressin (AVP). Plasma AVP levels and the activity of AVP neurons in humans are higher in males than in premenopausal females. On the other hand, an increased activity of AVP neurons becomes prominent in postmenopausal women who have strongly decreased estrogen levels. As estrogens are presumed to inhibit AVP production in a receptor-mediated way, we studied estrogen receptor (ER) α and β immunoreactivity in the dl-SON. Hypothalami of 34 controls were subdivided into 4 groups within a 50-yr boundary (young men, young women, elderly men, and elderly women). The AVP part of the dl-SON of young women contained 50 times more neurons with ERβ nuclear staining than that in young men and 250 times more than that in elderly women. In addition, young women also showed more ERβ cytoplasmic staining than young men and elderly women. In contrast to the ERβ immunoreactivity, no differences were found in the number of ERα-positive neurons in the 4 groups, but the age and sex pattern of ERα staining was basically opposite that of ERβ. Significant correlations between the percentage of ERβ- and ERα-positive and -negative AVP neurons and age were found in women, but not in men. Our data demonstrate for the first time a strong decrease of ERβ and an increase of ERα immunoreactivity in AVP neurons of the dl-SON of postmenopausal women. Both receptor changes are proposed to participate in the activation of the AVP neurons in postmenopausal women.

scholarly journals Cervical cancer screening in young and elderly women of the Xingu Indigenous Park: evaluation of the recommended screening age group in Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neila Maria de Góis Speck ◽  
Juliana da Silva Pinheiro ◽  
Erica Ribeiro Pereira ◽  
Douglas Rodrigues ◽  
Gustavo Rubino de Azevedo Focchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Ministry Of Health ◽  
Indigenous Youth ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Gynecological Disease ◽  
Age Range

Objective To analyze the occurrence of atypia in the cytology/histology examinations of young women under the age of 25 years and of elderly women aged over 64 years, in the Xingu Indigenous Park and to evaluate, in a subjective manner, if the age range for screening established by the Ministry of Health and the Instituto Nacional de Câncer is appropriate for this population. Methods The Xingu/UNIFESP Project, in partnership with the Center for Gynecological Disease Prevention, develops programs to prevent cervical cancer. The exploratory, retrospective and descriptive study of cytological and histopathological examinations of young (12-24 years) and elderly (aged 64 and over) women of the Xingu Indigenous Park, between 2005 and 2011. Results There was low occurrence of cytological atypia in the elderly female population, but there were occasional high-grade lesions in the indigenous youth. Conclusion Interrupting screening at the limit age of 64 years, as established by the Ministry of Health and the Instituto Nacional de Câncer is justified. However, screening of young women should begin at an earlier age.

scholarly journals CLINICOPATHOLOGICALLY COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN BREAST CANCER OF YOUNG WOMEN AND OF ELDERLY WOMEN

1981 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-299
Author(s):  
Tatsuo ASAGOE ◽  
Akahito AOKI ◽  
Shigeo OKAZERI ◽  
Yoshinori KIMURA ◽  
Takashi BETUSYO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Elderly Women

FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ELDERLY WOMEN IN RELATION TO THEIR AGE AND MEDICAL CONDITION

2018 ◽  
pp. 95-105
Author(s):  
Sergey Vladimirovich SHPAGIN ◽  
Esedulla Mallaalievich OSMANOV ◽  
Rustam Rinatovich MANYAKOV
Keyword(s):  
Physical Training ◽  
Vital Capacity ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Functional Characteristics ◽  
The Third ◽  
Common Opinion

At the present time there is no common opinion on the methods and means for improving elderly women. Moreover, the nature and intensity of the physical training in relation to the age and medical condition of the elderly women are to be clarified. In this regard, in order to develop scientifically-based programs for the integrated health-improving physical training of elderly women, it is necessary to establish their functional characteristics, depending on their age, taking into account their medical condition. Taking into account the medical condition, the elderly women were distributed by cluster analysis into four age groups: 56–62 years, 63–68 years, 69–72 years, 73–75 years. It has been established that, according to indicators, the vital capacity of lungs and the forced vital capacity of lungs do not significantly differ only between the third and fourth age groups of women. According to the Stange and Genci test scores, there were no significant differences between the first and second age groups of women, and between the third and fourth age group of women. Among women of the first age group, the average strength of the force and the compression force of the hand is significantly higher than in other age groups, among women of the fourth age group, significantly lower than in women from other age groups. The indicators of the resting heart rate index in all studied groups do not differ, but the scatter indicator decreases with age, which indicates a decrease in the lability of the cardiovascular system. The received data can be used for development of programs on complex improving physical training of a researched category of persons.

scholarly journals Relationships between faecal phytate and mineral excretion depend on dietary phytate and age

2009 ◽  
Vol 102 (6) ◽  
pp. 835-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jihye Kim ◽  
Leslie R. Woodhouse ◽  
Janet C. King ◽  
Ross M. Welch ◽  
Shan Ji Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Emission Spectrometry ◽  
Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry ◽  
Mineral Contents ◽  
Mineral Absorption ◽  
Mineral Excretion ◽  
The Relationship

We investigated the adverse effect of phytate on mineral absorption and the effect of dietary phytate and age on the relationship between faecal phytate and faecal mineral excretion. Fourteen young women (aged 19–24 years) and fourteen elderly women (64–75 years) were studied for two metabolic periods (MP). In MP1, the subjects consumed a controlled high-phytate (HP) diet for 10 d; in MP2, they were on a low-phytate (LP) diet for 10 d. In each period, diet samples and complete faecal samples for 5 d were collected to analyse phytate and mineral contents. Mineral concentrations in diet and faeces were measured by inductively coupled plasma–atomic emission spectrometry. Linear regression analysis was used to examine the associations between faecal phytate and mineral excretion. The degradation rate of dietary phytate was about 77 % for young women, which was significantly lower than that of elderly women (86 %) (P < 0·05). Faecal phytate excretion was positively correlated with mineral excretion (Ca, P, Fe and Zn) in both the HP and LP diet groups in young women (P < 0·05). The linear relationship tended to be greater during the LP diet period compared with the HP diet period in young women. However, no association was found between phytate excretion and mineral excretion in elderly women. In summary, undegraded dietary phytate (10–20 %) had a negative effect on mineral absorption in young women, and the relationship between faecal phytate and mineral excretion was affected by both dietary phytate and age.

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