Effects of Physical Exercise on Postmenopausal Risk Factors in Women With Osteopenia

Author(s):  
2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 250-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryosaku Kobayashi ◽  
Hiroto Nakadaira ◽  
Kazuo Ishigami ◽  
Keiko Muto ◽  
Shizuki Anesaki ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélio José Coelho Junior ◽  
Bruno Bavaresco Gambassi ◽  
Tiego Aparecido Diniz ◽  
Isabela Maia da Cruz Fernandes ◽  
Érico Chagas Caperuto ◽  
...  

Inflammatory markers are increased systematically and locally (e.g., skeletal muscle) in stroke patients. Besides being associated with cardiovascular risk factors, proinflammatory cytokines seem to play a key role in muscle atrophy by regulating the pathways involved in this condition. As such, they may cause severe decrease in muscle strength and power, as well as impairment in cardiorespiratory fitness. On the other hand, physical exercise (PE) has been widely suggested as a powerful tool for treating stroke patients, since PE is able to regenerate, even if partially, physical and cognitive functions. However, the mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of physical exercise in poststroke patients remain poorly understood. Thus, in this study we analyze the candidate mechanisms associated with muscle atrophy in stroke patients, as well as the modulatory effect of inflammation in this condition. Later, we suggest the two strongest anti-inflammatory candidate mechanisms, myokines and the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway, which may be activated by physical exercise and may contribute to a decrease in proinflammatory markers of poststroke patients.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
QingKun Zheng ◽  
Pengshun Rong ◽  
Xiaobo Huang ◽  
Yang Zhang ◽  
Jianxiong Liu ◽  
...  

Abstract Objective To investigate the prevalence status of the isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) among the elderly Chinese population and analyze risk factors of ISH. Methods The survey was conducted from September 2015 to September 2016 enrolling 1269 people aging above 80 in the urban community in Chengdu, China. The participants were recruited by using a stratified cluster sampling method. The average blood pressure of an individual was obtained by using a standardized mercury sphygmomanometer to measure the blood pressure twice after a 10-minute seated rest. Results The prevalence of ISH was 53.0% among the elderly population; the ISH was accounted for 82.2% of all hypertension cases. The prevalence of ISH of males and females was 54.7% and 51.5%, respectively, without significant differences (P = 0.25). The prevalence of ISH in the 80–84 group, 85–89 group, and > 90 group were 52.5%, 53.0%, and 60.0%, respectively without significant differences (P for trend = 0.36). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that drinking alcoholic, obesity, and heart rate (HR) > 75 beats/min were all positively correlated to the incident of ISH; however, physical exercise was negatively correlated to the occurrence of ISH. Conclusion 53.0% of the elderly Chinese population aged above 80 has ISH. The gender and physical exercise are not the independent risk factor of ISH. But drinking alcoholic, obesity and HR > 75 are significantly related to the occurrence of ISH.


2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 348-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Ciceri Cesa ◽  
Sandra Mari Barbiero ◽  
Rosemary de Oliveira Petkowicz ◽  
Carla Correa Martins ◽  
Renata das Virgens Marques ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Valentin Benzing ◽  
Sanaz Nosrat ◽  
Alireza Aghababa ◽  
Vassilis Barkoukis ◽  
Dmitriy Bondarev ◽  
...  

The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated governmental restrictions suddenly changed everyday life and potentially affected exercise behavior. The aim of this study was to explore whether individuals changed their preference for certain types of physical exercise during the pandemic and to identify risk factors for inactivity. An international online survey with 13,881 adult participants from 18 countries/regions was conducted during the initial COVID-19 related lockdown (between April and May 2020). Data on types of exercise performed during and before the initial COVID-19 lockdown were collected, translated, and categorized (free-text input). Sankey charts were used to investigate these changes, and a mixed-effects logistic regression model was used to analyze risks for inactivity. Many participants managed to continue exercising but switched from playing games (e.g., football, tennis) to running, for example. In our sample, the most popular exercise types during the initial COVID-19 lockdown included endurance, muscular strength, and multimodal exercise. Regarding risk factors, higher education, living in rural areas, and physical activity before the COVID-19 lockdown reduced the risk for inactivity during the lockdown. In this relatively active multinational sample of adults, most participants were able to continue their preferred type of exercise despite restrictions, or changed to endurance type activities. Very few became physically inactive. It seems people can adapt quickly and that the constraints imposed by social distancing may even turn into an opportunity to start exercising for some. These findings may be helpful to identify individuals at risk and optimize interventions following a major context change that can disrupt the exercise routine.


KYAMC Journal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 662-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Imtiajul Islam ◽  
Sayama Hoque ◽  
Rehana Khatun ◽  
Md Zulfikar Ali ◽  
Md Saiful Islam ◽  
...  

Background: Macrovascular complications cause much of the serious morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of different macrovascular complications among type 2 diabetic patients.Materials and Methods: We studied two fifty cases of type 2 diabetic patients in this cross-sectional study which was conducted in the out-patient department of BIRDEM hospital, Bangladesh. The randomly selected patients were evaluated for the presence of coronary heart diseases (CHD), stroke and peripheral vascular diseases (PVD) through the review of their registered diabetic guide book. We included sociodemographic information, blood pressure, anthropometry (height, weight, body mass index) and lipid profile of the patients. Glycaemic status was assessed by HbA1c (HbA1c was categorized into 3 groups) and plasma glucose levels. We used logistic regression analysis to determine and quantify the association of CHD, stroke and PVD with various risk factors. Results: Two hundred and fifty cases of type 2 diabetic patients (male 129 and female 121 were studied. The prevalence of macro-vascular complications was 28.8%. Among them CHD was 21.2% (95% CI: 16.13- 26.27%), stroke in 8.4% (95% CI: 4.96-11.84%) and PVD in 7.2% (95% CI: 4-10.4%). Logistic regression models showed that macrovascular complications were more common in females; the risk increased significantly with age, longer duration of diabetes, lacking of physical exercise, presence of hypertension, HbA1c, Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG) and blood glucose 2 hours ABF.Conclusions: CHD is the most common macrovascular complication among type 2 DM patients. Advanced age, longer duration of diabetes, hypertension, poor glycaemic control, lacking of physical exercise etc. are significant risk factors of macrovascular complications in type 2 diabetic patients.KYAMC Journal Vol. 7, No.-1, Jul 2016, Page 662-667


2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 558-564
Author(s):  
Waynne Ferreira de Faria ◽  
Filipe Rodrigues Mendonça ◽  
Rui Gonçalves Marques Elias ◽  
Raphael Gonçalves de Oliveira ◽  
Antonio Stabelini Neto

ABSTRACT It has been shown that combined physical exercise is an efficient non-pharmacological approach in the context of public health, since it has demonstrated satisfactory results in the prevention, treatment and control of various morbidities. Therefore, it is essential to systematize current knowledge to enable professionals involved in the prescription of physical exercise to do so based on evidence. Thus, the objective of this study was to perform a systematic review of randomized clinical trials to verify changes in cardiometabolic risk factors induced by high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and resistance training (RT) in adolescents. The systematic search was performed in the following databases: Pubmed, ScienceDirect, Cochrane, LILACS and Scielo. Initially 933 studies were identified, then two researchers eliminated duplications and manuscripts that did not meet the eligibility criteria. Thus, two articles were included that met these criteria: a randomized clinical trial conducted with adolescents (10 to 19 years) of both sexes, an intervention lasting for at least four weeks, which prescribed HIIT and RT in the same session or not, and evaluation of at least one cardiometabolic risk factor. The results demonstrated that eight to 12 weeks of HIIT and RT without nutritional intervention were effective in significantly reducing waist circumference and body fat percentage. However, data pertinent to the efficacy of this combination on risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension are controversial. In view of the above, it is ascertained from the included studies that the combination of HIIT and RT has the potential to reduce cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents; therefore, further studies should be conducted to determine the effectiveness of this prescription of physical exercise. Level of Evidence II; Systematic review of Level II or Level I Studies with discrepant results.


Circulation ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 137 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Parinya Chamnan ◽  
Prasert Boongird ◽  
Somsak Laptikultham ◽  
Wannee Nitiyanont ◽  
Wichai Aekplakorn ◽  
...  

Introduction: There is little evidence to describe risk factors for dementia in a Thai general population. Hypothesis: This study was aimed to examine factors associated with the risk of developing dementia in a Thai general population in Ubon Ratchathani. Methods: Data on 761,935 men and women participating in the Health Check Ubon Ratchathani (HCUR) Project in 2006-7 were merged with diagnostic information from hospital’s electronic medical records in the following 5 years (2006-2012). Using a retrospective cohort study design, we examined the incidence of physician-diagnosed dementia over 5 years. Factors independently associated with the risk of developing dementia were examined using multivariate cox proportional hazard regression. Results: Over a total time at risk of 4,407,201 person-years, 519 individuals developed dementia, the incidence rate of dementia was 0.12 (95%CI 0.11-0.13) per 1,000 person-years. Factors independently associated with the risk of developing dementia in multivariate cox regression included increasing age, diabetes and lack of physical exercise. The risk of dementia rose by 9% for every one year of age older (Hazard ratio (HR) of 1.09 (1.08-1.09), p<0.001). Diabetes increased the risk of dementia by almost 2 times (HR 1.67 (1.26-2.23), p<0.05). Compared to no physical exercise, regular physical exercise of 3-5 days/week and >5 days/week reduced the risk of dementia by 36% and 57% (HR 0.64 (0.52-0.78) and 0.43 (0.28-0.67) respectively). These associations remained significant after controlling for sex, hypertension, systolic blood pressure, smoking, body mass index, waist circumference, high salt diet and alcohol drinking. Discussion: In this Thai general population, the incidence of dementia was modest and its independent risk factors included increasing age, diabetes and lack of physical exercise. Regular physical exercise may counter balance aging process, the main drive of dementia. The more physical exercise you do, the lower risk of dementia.


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