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Effect of a single resistance exercise session on inflammatory markers and oxidative stress in women living with HIV

ABSTRACT People living with HIV (PLH), who use antiretroviral therapy (ART), are more susceptible to changes in the inflammatory profile and oxidative stress, and women have greater access to ART. Although physical exercise is a complementary strategy to treatment due to its antioxidant and anti-inflamma...

Efeito de uma intervenção remota de atividade física no risco cardiovascular e na aptidão física

RESUMO Devido à pandemia da COVID-19, os projetos de orientação de atividade física (AF) tiveram que adaptar suas atuações para o formato remoto. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar os efeitos de uma intervenção remota de AF no risco cardiovascular e na aptidão física em participantes desses pr...

As motivações da prática de atividade física durante a graduação de alunos de psicologia

RESUMO O trabalho em questão, tem como objetivo central apresentar uma pesquisa voltada às principais motivações relacionadas à prática de atividades físicas durante o período de graduação no curso de Psicologia na Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). Desse modo, o instrumento uti...

A comparison of absolute, ratio standard and allometric approaches for bench press performance assessment in men over 60

ABSTRACT Body mass is known to affect muscle strength and the outcome of some functional tests, so that heavier and taller people will be stronger than lighter and smaller ones. Ratio standard (RS) has been widely used to remove the body mass effect, despite long date criticism due to its inadequacy. All...

Daily physical activity in children enrolled in extracurricular activity

ABSTRACT This study aimed to verify and compare the physical activity practices of children enrolled and non-enrolled on different days of week in a specific program offered at school. Seventy-eight children comprised two groups: children with extra physical activity (EPA; n=39; 15 females and 24 males; ...

Time in sedentary behavior and physical activity as discriminators of diabesity in quilombolas

ABSTRACT Introduction: Diabesity is characterized as a simultaneous condition of type 02 diabetes and obesity. Among the aspects that influence the development of diabetes, the time in sedentary behavior and the time of physical activity are important risk factors. Objectives: To estimate cut-off points ...

Knowledge about recommendations for physical activity and personal practices of primary health care professionals

ABSTRACT Since the recommendations of moderate-to vigorous physical activity (PA) for health constitute important information to be shared in counseling practice, the present study was aimed to evaluate the level of knowledge of health professionals about the international PA recommendations for adults a...

Effects of functional training on proprioception in sport athletes

Rev. bras. med. esporte; 28 (6), 2022
ABSTRACT Introduction Physical training is a well-known training method in competitive sports. However, in the majority of the physical training classes, the focus is still on the traditional exercises of physical conditioning as strength, speed, resistance, etc., directed for young athletes that are i...

Physical fitness in core strengthening training in university students practicing aerobic gymnastics

Rev. bras. med. esporte; 28 (6), 2022
ABSTRACT Introduction Aerobic gymnastics is an emerging sport. It develops mainly the aerobic body metabolism improving the cardiopulmonary function of the practitioner. Objective To analyze the influence of core strength training on the physical fitness of university athletes who practice aerobic gy...

Expression of microRNAs miR-126, miR-133b and miR-221 associated with apoptosis in rats submitted to focal cerebral ischemia and physical exercise

Int. j. morphol; 40 (6), 2022
SUMMARY: Stroke is one of the main causes of death and disability worldwide. The great impact on the quality of life of the population and on the health system justifies that we seek relevant alternatives to reduce the incidence and improve the treatment and recovery of patients affected by this disease....