Effect of Suryanamaskar and physical exercise on selected physiological, bio-chemical and psychological variables among college women

The prison population in Brazil has been growing. The prison agent (PA) is the professional who worksin the security sector, having the tasks of conducting prisoners and vigilance inside the facilities,and escorting the prisoners to outside, as well. The agents have a busy and stressing life and theydo not have time and facilities to physical exercise practice. Therefore, the objective was to relate theprevalence of physical exercise with metabolic syndrome, with trace and state anxiety, and with minorpsychological disturbs in agents in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Also habits of life, physical exerciseand clinical parameters were characterized. One hundred and one agents took part in this study,as volunteers, from 3 diff erent prison units. The male average (n=76) age and standard deviation ofthe sample was 33.1±5.7 years old and 4.8±3.4 years working as PA. It was evident that the majorityuses alcoholic beverages (63%) and 97.3% classifi ed their job as very dangerous. Considering males,where the greater alterations in MS factors were found, smokers represented 26.3% and alteredglucose concentration was present in 27.6% of the sample. Smaller values were found (p

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Change of Obese College Women Based on Types of Physical Exercise Body Composition, Blood Lipids Latin and Coristol

Journal of Sport and Leisure Studies ◽

10.51979/kssls.2009.02.35.965 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 35 ◽

pp. 965-972

Author(s):

Seung Won Yang ◽

Man Geun Kwon

Keyword(s):

Body Composition ◽

Physical Exercise ◽

College Women ◽

Blood Lipids

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Effect of Core Training with and without Yogic Practices on Selected Psychological Variables among College Women Athletes

Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development ◽

10.5958/0976-5506.2019.00691.0 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 208

Author(s):

R. Meera ◽

R. Mohanakrishnan ◽

T. Arun Prasanna

Keyword(s):

College Women ◽

Women Athletes ◽

Psychological Variables ◽

Core Training

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Influence of a Physical Exercise Program in the Anxiety and Depression in Children with Obesity

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17134655 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (13) ◽

pp. 4655

Author(s):

Ena Monserrat Romero-Pérez ◽

Jerónimo J González-Bernal ◽

Raúl Soto-Cámara ◽

Josefa González-Santos ◽

José Manuel Tánori-Tapia ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Exercise ◽

Exercise Program ◽

Well Being ◽

Anxiety And Depression ◽

Control Group ◽

Psychological Variables ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Mexican Children ◽

Obesity And Overweight ◽

And Control

(1) Background: The high prevalence of childhood obesity and its multicausal etiology make it necessary to approach it through different strategies, whose objective is to promote the physical, mental, and social well-being of children. Regular physical activity, in addition to having positive effects on the physical environment of those who practice it, influences positively in psychological aspects such as anxiety and depression, which are very frequent in children with obesity and overweight. (2) Objective: To analyze the changes produced by a program of physical exercise based on anthropometric indicators and levels of anxiety and depression in a population of Mexican children with obesity. (3) Methods: A longitudinal study with experimental group (EG) and control group (CG). The analysis population consisted of 105 children with a body mass index (BMI) for their gender and age group above the 95th percentile, of which 60 were girls and 45 were boys, with a mean age of 10.02 years (SD ± 0.79). By randomizing the participants, 54 were part of the EG and 51 of the, CG The EG participated in a physical exercise program, distributed in two weekly sessions, each lasting 50 min, for 20 consecutive weeks. The CG group continued its usual activities during the intervention period. An inferential analysis was performed between the socio-demographic, anthropometric and psychological variables. (4) Results: The implementation of a physical exercise program in children with obesity favors the appearance of positive thoughts, with improvements in their emotional well-being, self-perception and self-concept; although it does not produce significant changes in weight, height, Z-Score, level of anxiety or depressive thoughts. (5) Discussion: Regular physical exercise practice has positive effects on mental health, although new studies are required to analyze specifically its influence on anxiety and depression in children with obesity.

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Cardiorespiratory response to physical exercise and psychological variables in panic disorder

Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1590/s1516-44462011000400013 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 385-389 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Daniela Caldirola ◽

Caterina Namia ◽

Wilma Micieli ◽

Claudia Carminati ◽

Laura Bellodi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Panic Disorder ◽

Physical Exercise ◽

Trait Anxiety ◽

Perceived Exertion ◽

Ventilatory Threshold ◽

Test Method ◽

Anxiety State ◽

Sensitivity Index ◽

Psychological Variables ◽

Cardiorespiratory Response

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possible influence of psychological variables on cardiorespiratory responses and perceived exertion of patients with Panic Disorder (PD) during a submaximal exercise test. METHOD: Ten outpatients with PD and 10 matched healthy subjects walked up on a treadmill slope at a speed of 4 km/h in order to reach 65% of their maximum heart rate. Cardiorespiratory variables were continuously recorded. Before the exercise, the state and trait anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory scores), fear of physical sensations (Body Sensation Questionnaire scores), and fear of autonomic arousal (Anxiety Sensitivity Index scores) were assessed; during the exercise, levels of anxiety (VAS-A) and exertion (Borg Scale CR 10) were measured. RESULTS: Compared to controls, patients reached earlier the target HR and the ventilatory threshold, showed lower oxygen consumption, higher HR and lower within-subject standard deviations of HR (a measure of cardiac variability). Exertion was also higher, and there was a significant correlation between breathing frequency, tidal volume and HR. No significant associations were found between cardiorespiratory response, perceived exertion, and psychological variables in patients with PD. CONCLUSION: Although patients with PD presented poor cardiorespiratory fitness and were required to spend more effort during physical exercise, this did not appear to be related to the psychological variables considered. Further studies with larger groups are warranted.

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