• THURSDAY, Aug. 2 (HealthDay News) -- In patients with coronary heart disease, aerobic exercise and the antidepressant sertraline are both associated with reduced depressive symptoms when compared to placebo, and they both tend to improve heart rate variability, according to a study published online Aug. 1 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology . (healthday.com)
  • James A. Blumenthal, Ph.D., from the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., and associates investigated the efficacy of exercise and antidepressant medication in reducing depression symptoms in 101 outpatients with coronary heart disease and elevated depression symptoms. (healthday.com)
  • Both exercise and sertraline resulted in greater reductions in depressive symptoms compared to placebo in patients with coronary heart disease,' the authors write. (healthday.com)
  • The futuristic therapy could one day help patients suffering from neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. (scienceblog.com)
  • It's been suggested that prescribing exercise to patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's can help improve and slow down the disease progression," Dr Chu-Tan said. (scienceblog.com)
  • We know that from looking at diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's if you exercise in a particular fashion you can potentially stimulate neuronal activity. (scienceblog.com)
  • Orlando, FL (September 20, 2023) - Local patients diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease now have access to free fitness classes tailored to their medical needs, thanks to the Orlando Health Advanced Rehabilitation Institute and grant funding from the Parkinson Association of Central Florida. (orlandohealth.com)
  • Physical therapy is usually a component of treatment for patients of Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative and motor system disorders. (kent.edu)
  • Angela Ridgel , Ph.D., an associate professor of exercise science and an avid cyclist, has designed a bicycle specially tailored to Parkinson's patients. (kent.edu)
  • Working with Alberts, while she was still a postdoctoral research fellow at Cleveland Clinic, they brought in Parkinson's patients to train on a tandem bike three times a week for eight weeks. (kent.edu)
  • Undergoing three sessions of 40 minutes each, patients' symptoms were monitored based on the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale. (kent.edu)
  • She said the results from the Parkinson's study have major implications for possible treatment among patients suffering from other ailments, like stroke or multiple sclerosis. (kent.edu)
  • According to researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Baltimore VA Medical Center, exercise with low intensity improves walking for people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. (healthjockey.com)
  • These results show that exercise in people with Parkinson's disease can make a difference in their function. (healthjockey.com)
  • Exercise improves post-treatment fitness and strengthens your ability, in both mind and body, to cope with the after-effects of cancer. (cancercare.org)
  • The purpose of this study is to determine whether a 12-week, home-based, virtually supervised exercise intervention is feasible and improves various health outcomes among individuals with advanced lung cancer receiving immunotherapy. (dana-farber.org)
  • In addition, it improves patients' quality of life and the prognosis of cancer patients. (ecancer.org)
  • Controlled clinical trials have shown that exercise training improves physiological measurements" such as the distance that patients can walk in six minutes, they said after analyzing 14 trials. (spiritindia.com)
  • The purpose of this thesis was to examine whether a single session of moderate intensity aerobic exercise acutely improves cognitive function, specifically executive function, in comparison to a rest control among people with chronic stroke. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • Future research should examine whether the effects of various exercise doses and whether paired exercise and rehabilitation improves clinical outcomes. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • Most importantly, it makes patients feel in control of their health, able to move without pain and discomfort, reduces their risks of disability and significantly improves their quality of life. (bmj.com)
  • In type 2 diabetes , you always want to get your patients to walk because it improves insulin action. (medscape.com)
  • How can I find an exercise program that is adjusted for physical limitations I have due to having had cancer? (cancercare.org)
  • Ask him/her for a referral to an occupational or physical therapist , who can help you customize an exercise routine based on your age, present fitness level, and any limitations caused by cancer or its treatment. (cancercare.org)
  • Effects of whole-body vibration exercise on physical function and pain severity in patients with fibromyalgia' will be discussed at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday during the clinical populations session of the American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Many patients, however, are averse to participating over fears of pain that may be associated with increased physical activity. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Our findings add to the growing body of evidence that physical activities such as walking or weight lifting may turn out to be the best medicine that physicians can prescribe to help their patients feel less anxious," said lead author Matthew Herring, a doctoral student in the department of kinesiology, part of the UGA College of Education. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Regardless, our work supports the use of exercise to treat a variety of physical and mental health conditions, with less risk of adverse events than medication. (sciencedaily.com)
  • New research concludes that health professionals should be confident about prescribing physical activity to improve the health and quality of life of PD patients. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Exercise should be a life-long commitment to avoid physical and cognitive decline, and our research shows that this is also true for individuals with PD," explained Christian Duval, PhD, Professor, Département des sciences de l'activité physique, Université du Québec á Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In addition, to confirm the positive role of physical activity for patients with PD, this study has identified areas in which more research is needed. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Join us for this educational event which will bring together eminent sports and exercise medicine clinicians to explain the benefits of physical activity and discuss the importance of and the practicalities of integrating exercise medicine into clinical services. (rsm.ac.uk)
  • The purpose of the meeting is to educate healthcare professionals about the benefits of physical activity and share knowledge of how to encourage patients to increase their physical activity levels safely during consultations. (rsm.ac.uk)
  • The main outcomes are helping participants to understanding the key benefits of physical activity, particularly in relation to respiratory conditions, and for participants to learn skills and techniques for discussing physical activity with patients. (rsm.ac.uk)
  • Exercise provides physical and psychological benefits. (bmj.com)
  • Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have identified unique molecular signals in the body that could hold the key to developing a supplement capable of administering the health benefits of exercise to patients incapable of physical activity. (scienceblog.com)
  • One of the main goals of doing this review was to determine what's going on inside the body after we exercise that gives us the benefits of exercise, and why physical activity is so good for our brain and eyes. (scienceblog.com)
  • While patients were previously told to rest during cancer treatment, the overwhelming body of evidence now shows that physical activity is safe and beneficial throughout cancer treatment and beyond. (lboro.ac.uk)
  • Here are five ways physical activity could be beneficial to patients during and after cancer treatment. (lboro.ac.uk)
  • But many studies have shown that physical activity during and after cancer treatment can help manage these mental health struggles , alongside improving patients' self-esteem and overall mood . (lboro.ac.uk)
  • The monitors allowed the researchers to measure how long patients spent being sedentary, or doing light, moderate or vigorous levels of physical activity. (escardio.org)
  • The fitness classes meet every other Monday from 3:30 pm-4:30 pm near the Orlando Health Neuroscience Institute, with Orlando Health neurologic physical therapists providing the exercise instruction. (orlandohealth.com)
  • This study evaluated the levels of adiponectin and leptin in adult healthy subjects, in patients with CF and their correlation with long-term physical activity. (hindawi.com)
  • CF patients were divided into two groups (sedentary versus active) based on their regular physical activity over 3 years. (hindawi.com)
  • Beyond the pulmonary phenotype, patients with CF frequently display alterations in peripheral muscle endurance, likely primarily due to physical inactivity. (hindawi.com)
  • The positive effects of physical exercise on body composition, insulin sensitivity, and blood glucose levels have been demonstrated in multiple morbid conditions, including different lung diseases [ 4 , 5 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Respiratory muscle training, physiotherapy, and moderate physical activity have been shown to improve respiratory function in patients with CF [ 4 - 6 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The levels and duration of physical activity that can be considered as completely safe in patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is unknown. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Peak oxygen uptake, peak ventilation, peak respiration rate, exercise duration, grip strength, flexibility, and physical component scale were significantly improved in the intervention group after 12 week's exercise compared to the control group. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • These findings indicate the exercise can improve cardiopulmonary function, grip strength, flexibility, and physical component scale of health-related quality of life in hemodialysis patients. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • TY - JOUR T1 - [Effects of exercise intervention on physical fitness and health-relalted quality of life in hemodialysis patients]. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Background -Several reports indicate that physical activity can reduce the severity of symptoms in depressed patients. (bmj.com)
  • Regular physical exercise is important both for the prevention of coronary artery disease (CAD), but also for its treatment, and rehabilitation. (oulu.fi)
  • The pedalling resistance was determined individually for each patient so that it corresponded to light or moderate physical activity. (ecancer.org)
  • Koivula says that it is important for patients to find a physical exercise that they enjoy. (ecancer.org)
  • Can a Lifestyle Genomics Intervention Motivate Patients to Engage in Greater Physical Activity than a Population-Based Intervention? (bepress.com)
  • Our study shows that heart patients should interrupt sedentary time every 20 minutes with a 7-minute bout of light physical activity," said study author Dr Ailar Ramadi, postdoctoral fellow, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. (irishheart.ie)
  • Our study suggests that during each hour of sitting time, heart patients should take three breaks which add up to 21 minutes of light physical activity. (irishheart.ie)
  • It is accepted that aerobic exercise can improve physical health in both healthy and stroke populations. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • Physical activity , at any age, for any gender, within all cultures and ethnicities, within any ability, can protect your patient against a multitude of chronic health problems, including many forms of heart and stroke disease. (bmj.com)
  • All health professionals can be and make the difference: to help reduce physical inactivity by 10% and help your clinical specialty colleagues, to confidently prescribe a range of disease specific exercises for all suitable patients. (bmj.com)
  • In addition, physical activity levels were objectively assessed for 7 consecutive days in 138 severely fatigued and non-fatigued CML patients using an activity monitor (Part 2). (haematologica.org)
  • Objective monitoring of activity patterns confirmed that fatigued CML patients performed less physical activity on both light (P=0.017) and moderate to vigorous intensity (P=0.009). (haematologica.org)
  • In fact, compared to the non-fatigued patients, fatigued CML patients performed 1 hour less of physical activity per day and took 2000 fewer steps per day. (haematologica.org)
  • Aside from these unmodifiable predictors of fatigue, physical activity has been identified as a modifiable predictor of fatigue in several patient populations. (haematologica.org)
  • Are Primary Care Providers Recommending Physical Activity to Patients with Disabilities? (cdc.gov)
  • Primary care providers are more likely to discuss physical activity with their patients with disabilities if they feel prepared to do so. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC scientists found that PCPs, specifically family doctors, internists, and nurse practitioners, are more likely to recommend physical activity to their patients with disabilities on a regular basis if they feel prepared to do so. (cdc.gov)
  • However, just over 1 in 3 PCPs strongly agreed that they felt prepared to discuss physical activity with their adult patients with disabilities. (cdc.gov)
  • Currently, half of PCPs recommend physical activity to their patients with disabilities at most visits. (cdc.gov)
  • PCPs are in a key position to influence physical activity participation among their adult patients with disabilities. (cdc.gov)
  • The recently published article highlights PCPs' characteristics that are related to feeling prepared to discuss physical activity with adult patients with disabilities. (cdc.gov)
  • The article also highlights PCPs' reported barriers to recommending physical activity to their patients with disabilities. (cdc.gov)
  • Public health practitioners could use this information to develop resources and tools that may help PCPs feel more prepared to discuss and recommend physical activity with their adult patients with disabilities. (cdc.gov)
  • Most PCPs strongly (36.3%) or somewhat agreed (43.3%) they felt prepared to recommend physical activity to patients with disabilities. (cdc.gov)
  • While two-thirds of PCPs who felt prepared to recommend physical activity to their adult patients with disabilities did so at most visits, only about one-third of PCPs who did not feel prepared to recommend physical activity to their adult patients with disabilities did so at most visits. (cdc.gov)
  • The most common barriers reported by PCPs to recommending physical activity were patient-related, which included a perceived lack of interest by the patient in physical activity, and that the patient had other immediate health needs. (cdc.gov)
  • The more patients with disabilities that the PCP saw each week, the more prepared the PCP felt about recommending physical activity, and the more likely that the PCP recommended physical activity at most visits. (cdc.gov)
  • Understanding the factors and barriers that relate to how prepared PCPs feel to recommend physical activity to their patients with disabilities can assist public health practitioners in developing targeted public health resources that may help PCPs feel more prepared. (cdc.gov)
  • Increasing PCPs' awareness of national, state, and local physical activity-related resources relevant to people with disabilities (such as YMCA, local chapters of Special Olympics, and Arthritis Foundation programs, as well as accessible parks and recreation centers) could help them feel more prepared to discuss physical activity options with their patients with disabilities. (cdc.gov)
  • To address barriers, such as PCP's perceived lack of interest in physical activity among patients and the lack of time reported by PCPs, it might be possible to combine recommendations for physical activity with discussions of other related health issues, such as falls, balance, and endurance, rather than discussing these topics separately. (cdc.gov)
  • Aerobic exercise (also known as endurance activities, cardio or cardio-respiratory exercise) is physical exercise of low to high intensity that depends primarily on the aerobic energy-generating process. (wikipedia.org)
  • Physical therapists Col. Pauline Potts and Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, both of the United States Air Force, advocated the concept of aerobic exercise. (wikipedia.org)
  • This review aims to investigate physical activity as a therapeutic adjunct for patients with SMI. (bvsalud.org)
  • Anthropometric, muscle and serum myokine levels effects of physical exercise with an online platform in female patients with obesity. (bvsalud.org)
  • Under physical exercise conditions, muscles can synthetise and release myokines and these molecules can exert paracrine and endocrine actions. (bvsalud.org)
  • The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of physical exercise on myokine levels, anthropometric parameters , clinical data, impedance parameters , and muscle ultrasound data in sedentary females with obesity . (bvsalud.org)
  • For 12 weeks, the physical exercise programme was prescribed through an online platform. (bvsalud.org)
  • The prescription of physical exercise with an online platform for females with obesity decreases weight, body fat mass and increases muscle mass, producing a decrease in insulin resistance and some myokine levels. (bvsalud.org)
  • Exercise counseling was defined as follows: 'Any topics related to the patient's physical conditioning or fitness. (cdc.gov)
  • As a result, said Kaleth, many patients continue to spiral downward, further exacerbating a sedentary lifestyle that often leads to a worsening of symptoms. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • With both aging and living with PD associated with increased sedentary behaviors, these results should encourage patients to become more physically active and caregivers, and healthcare providers to facilitate these activities. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Previous research has shown that being sedentary increases the risk of cardiovascular disease but until now its effect on patients with established heart disease was unknown. (escardio.org)
  • The current study investigated levels of sedentary behaviour and the effect on health in 278 patients with coronary artery disease. (escardio.org)
  • The researchers found that patients with coronary artery disease spent an average of eight hours each day being sedentary. (escardio.org)
  • Sedentary time may be another area of focus for cardiac rehabilitation programmes along with exercise. (escardio.org)
  • This is a small non-randomised observational study with no control group, but it suggests that heart patients are also very sedentary, and that light exercise every 20 minutes would help burn up to 770 k calories. (irishheart.ie)
  • To test the efficacy of a graded aerobic exercise programme in the chronic fatigue syndrome. (bmj.com)
  • Patients who completed the flexibility programme were invited to cross over to the exercise programme afterwards. (bmj.com)
  • 14 A similar training programme improved symptoms and physiological findings in an open study of patients with the "effort syndrome. (bmj.com)
  • We compared the physiological, symptomatic, and functional changes associated with a 12 week programme of either graded aerobic exercise or flexibility and relaxation therapy. (bmj.com)
  • All patients (except the control group) underwent an 8 week training programme of either PR or PR plus targeted IMT. (bmj.com)
  • The patients had been through a cardiac rehabilitation programme which taught them how to improve their levels of exercise in the long term. (escardio.org)
  • Objective -To evaluate the short term effects of a training programme on patients with moderate to severe major depression. (bmj.com)
  • A basic form of brief intervention, is to ask your patients to start a daily, walking programme , and sit much, much, less. (bmj.com)
  • However, no research has definitively proved a benefit of exercise on patient-oriented outcomes such as diabetes-related morbidity and mortality. (aafp.org)
  • 5 However, this study did not demonstrate that therapies targeted to reduce A1C levels improved patient-oriented outcomes. (aafp.org)
  • 6 Therefore, although it has been proven that among persons with diabetes who have lower A1C levels there are fewer deaths, heart attacks, and microvascular complications, there is not yet conclusive evidence that lowering A1C levels through exercise leads to a corresponding risk reduction in patient-oriented outcomes (a benefit that has been demonstrated for tight control of blood pressure and lipid levels in patients with diabetes). (aafp.org)
  • Objective Elevated energy loss in the total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) is hypothesised to have a detrimental effect on clinical outcomes in single-ventricle physiology, which may be magnified with exercise. (bmj.com)
  • it could identify specific markers that control outcomes, can potentially elucidate mechanisms of Fontan failure and may be used for the development of optimal surgical and/or clinical management strategies 12 that may allow for these children to exercise better and improve their ability to keep up with their peers, ultimately improving their quality of life. (bmj.com)
  • This study is to exclusively target patients receiving anti-PD-1/PD-L-1 where other treatments may impact the study outcomes of intervention feasibility and efficacies. (dana-farber.org)
  • This study targets insufficiently active persons to assess the effect of the described exercise intervention, where additional exercise done regularly will contaminate the intervention outcomes. (dana-farber.org)
  • Retrospective Study of Outcomes and Hospitalization Rates of Patients in Italy with a Confirmed Diagnosis o. (medscimonit.com)
  • The new trial, called Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION) "is the largest randomized clinical trial of exercise training ever performed," Kitzman said. (spiritindia.com)
  • But regular exercise can significantly reduce symptoms of anxiety, a new study shows. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Home-based walking exercise "circumvents" barriers to accessing supervised exercise such as having to travel to a facility, said the authors, who noted the new data "demonstrated a large and consistent effect of home-based walking exercise on improved 6MW distance and also significantly improved the WIQ walking speed score compared with supervised treadmill exercise. (medscape.com)
  • Fatigue, functional capacity, and fitness were significantly better after exercise than after flexibility treatment. (bmj.com)
  • A study of 35,564 cancer patients, 40 to 70 years old, who did not suffer from diabetes or heart disease and were followed for up to 15 years, found that those who followed a healthful lifestyle were significantly less likely to also suffer diabetes or heart disease (( J Am Coll Cardiol CardioOnc , Dec 3, 2021;3(5):663-674). (drmirkin.com)
  • Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise (such as brisk walking) two to three times a week combined with muscle strengthening (such as pilates or weight lifting) has been shown to significantly reduce anxiety and depression in people suffering with many different types of cancer, including breast, prostate, colorectal, gynaecological and lung cancer. (lboro.ac.uk)
  • The study found that vitamin D supplementation or exercise alone may not significantly improve global cognition. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Similar findings among CIED patients in Italy showed PA decreasing significantly from pre- to post-lockdown periods. (nursingcenter.com)
  • Adiponectin levels were significantly higher while leptin levels were lower in patients with CF than in healthy controls. (hindawi.com)
  • This is because the known health benefits were becoming clinically clear: asking your patients to exercise for at least 150 minutes a week, significantly reduces their risk of chronic diseases, especially heart and stroke disease . (bmj.com)
  • Survival of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has improved significantly since the introduction of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) in 2001. (haematologica.org)
  • After this Zhineng Qigong intervention patients with chronic LBP and/or leg pain, also patients with considerable remaining LBP/sciatica after lumbar surgery, had significantly improved in pain and function. (lu.se)
  • 6 Cunha et al 7 examined changes in PA profiles among US CIED patients with congestive heart failure over three periods: baseline, lockdown, and post-lockdown. (nursingcenter.com)
  • 1. Using 31 P nuclear magnetic resonance, it has previously been demonstrated that patients with congestive heart failure exhibit a greater than normal phosphocreatine (PCr) depletion in the working skeletal muscles of the arm. (portlandpress.com)
  • The absence of a difference in PCr recovery rate and the greater PCr depletion by ischaemic work in patients with congestive heart failure suggest modifications that cannot be explained by a reduced blood flow to the muscle. (portlandpress.com)
  • Post-lockdown, PA remained 14% lower and only 23% of patients returned to their 2019 levels. (nursingcenter.com)
  • A pilot study by Indiana University researchers found that whole-body vibration exercise may reduce pain symptoms and improve aspects of quality of life in individuals diagnosed with fibromyalgia . (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • They found that, on average, patients who exercised regularly reported a 20 percent reduction in anxiety symptoms compared to those who did not exercise. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Herring pointed out that while the role of exercise in alleviating symptoms of depression has been well studied, the impact of regular exercise on anxiety symptoms has received less attention. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In 90 percent of the studies examined, the patients randomly assigned to exercise had fewer anxiety symptoms, such as feelings of worry, apprehension and nervousness, than the control group. (sciencedaily.com)
  • 9 10 Graded aerobic exercise programmes can reduce incapacity and symptoms in many chronic and painful conditions, such as the post-polio syndrome, 11 chronic back pain, 12 and depressive illness. (bmj.com)
  • Bronchiectasis is a chronic (often suppurative) lung disease not traditionally included in the definition of COPD, but also characterised by airflow obstruction and symptoms including cough, sputum production, wheeze, dyspnoea, and decreased exercise tolerance. (bmj.com)
  • The patients saw a 30 percent improvement in symptoms like tremors and slowness of movement, compared to a control group that trained with no pacing. (kent.edu)
  • For selected patients with moderate to severe major depression, aerobic exercise may result in a substantial improvement in symptoms in a short time. (bmj.com)
  • However, exercise during winter can elicit cardiac symptoms, such as arrhythmias and chest pain or increase the risk of adverse health events. (oulu.fi)
  • Patients with asthma need more education about prevention and control of symptoms. (who.int)
  • This study aimed to investigate feasibility including evaluation of a Zhineng Qigong intervention for pain and other lumbar spine-related symptoms, disability, and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic LBP and/or leg pain. (lu.se)
  • Furthermore, there may be skepticism among physicians and patients about whether exercise can have a clinically meaningful impact on type 2 diabetes compared with any number of diabetes drugs available. (aafp.org)
  • Exercise alone or vitamin D supplementation did not clinically improve cognition in adults with mild cognitive impairment. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • The haemorheological and haematological changes were very mild, except for the formation of dense cells but no clinically significant signs of medical complication were present in any of the patients. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Vibration training is increasingly being studied in clinical populations as a potential therapeutic mode of exercise training,' Kaleth said. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Although a variety of predictors of fatigue, such as gender, age and socioeconomic status have been described in literature, 7-9 it is unknown whether these predictors, even when obtained in cancer populations, can be extrapolated to this unique group of CML patients on TKI therapy. (haematologica.org)
  • ABSTRACT To evaluate the beliefs and practices of patients diagnosed with asthma about various aspects of their condition we interviewed 123 patients attending 2 outpatient departments of hospitals in Tehran. (who.int)
  • To investigate whether a daily exercise session, using a bedside cycle ergometer, is a safe and effective intervention in preventing or attenuating the decrease in functional exercise capacity, functional status, and quadriceps force that is associated with prolonged intensive care unit stay. (nih.gov)
  • Exercise CMR images were acquired immediately following supine lower limb exercise using a CMR-compatible cycle ergometer. (bmj.com)
  • The effect of exercise was assessed by cardiopulmonary function (peak oxygen uptake, peak ventilation, peak respiration rate, maximal heart rate, and exercise duration) using a cycle ergometer. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • No evidence is available concerning the effectiveness of an early exercise training intervention to prevent these detrimental complications. (nih.gov)
  • However, some studies evaluate an exercise intervention including diet or behavior modification or both, and the effects of diet and exercise are not differentiated. (aafp.org)
  • Our trial is to our knowledge the first to show a greater effect of a multidomain intervention over exercise alone," the study authors wrote in the article. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Investigators conducted the SYNERGIC (multisite, double-masked, fractional factorial) study to evaluate a multidomain intervention of progressive exercise, cognitive training, and vitamin D supplementation for older adults with MCI, also called mild dementia. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Arm 1: Multidomain intervention (aerobic-resistance exercise, cognitive training, and vitamin D). (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Twenty-one patients in the intervention and the control group participated in the exercise respectively on maintenance hemodialysis at four university hospitals. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Medical clearance to perform exercise intervention and testing by their treating oncologist. (dana-farber.org)
  • There is one life saving intervention you can prescribe- it's called daily exercise! (bmj.com)
  • As part of brief intervention, you can choose a specific exercise prescription , which supports and prevents your patient from the risks of inactivity and significant ill health, and lowers their risk of heart disease. (bmj.com)
  • Helping them to exercise, daily, within their abilities, environments, lifestyle, and do whatever it takes to save their life from disability and further risks of cardiovascular disease is a critical medical intervention. (bmj.com)
  • Patients received a 12-week training intervention with European Zhineng Qigong. (lu.se)
  • In a study appearing in the Feb. 22 edition of the Archives of Internal Medicine , researchers analyzed the results of 40 randomized clinical trials involving nearly 3,000 patients with a variety of medical conditions. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Cardiologists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center are helping to lead a large international study involving 83 other sites that will test 3,000 patients in an effort to determine whether exercise really is good for heart failure patients. (spiritindia.com)
  • These findings support the use of appropriately prescribed graded aerobic exercise in the management of patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome. (bmj.com)
  • 1 , 2 However, care needs to be taken when applying these findings to patients with affective disorders. (bmj.com)
  • The findings indicate that virtual-reality-based exercise therapy shows promising results in reducing pain, improving disability, enhancing range of motion, and increasing treatment satisfaction in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. (iasp-pain.org)
  • These findings suggest that aerobic exercise may enhance, or at least maintain cognitive processing speed and attention 20 to 40 minutes after exercise cessation, which otherwise deteriorated in the rest condition. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • Our findings facilitate the identification of patients at risk of severe fatigue and highlight the importance to set the reduction of fatigue as a treatment goal in CML care. (haematologica.org)
  • Participate in less than or equal to 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous aerobic exercise per week over the past month. (dana-farber.org)
  • For reducing the risk of health issues, 2.5 hours of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise per week is recommended. (wikipedia.org)
  • 1 Similar decrements in patients with pre-existing cardiac conditions could mean acceleration of disease progression and heightened disease burden. (nursingcenter.com)
  • The purpose of this article was to review the current literature on COVID-19 and PA among adult patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), including pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), cardiac resynchronization therapy devices, and implanted cardiac monitors, and its implications. (nursingcenter.com)
  • Specific anatomies and flow rates at rest and exercise were obtained from cardiac MR (CMR) and phase-encoded velocity mapping. (bmj.com)
  • It is known, that both cold exposure and moderate sustained exercise separately increase cardiac workload, but their combined effects on cardiovascular responses are not well known. (oulu.fi)
  • The study demonstrated that dynamic and static exercise performed in a cold environment increases cardiac workload of stable CAD patients by ca. 20% compared with the corresponding exercise in a neutral environment. (oulu.fi)
  • Regular exercise reduces A1C levels, adiposity, and triglyceride levels. (aafp.org)
  • First, despite evidence that exercise reduces adiposity in patients with type 2 diabetes, exercise should not be recommended as a primary means for weight loss (particularly short-term weight loss) because of the lack of a short-term net reduction in body mass index. (aafp.org)
  • Exercise decreases the risk of cancer and reduces side effects of cancer treatments. (ecancer.org)
  • For both men and women, the percentage of patients who received exercise counseling generally decreased as patient age increased. (cdc.gov)
  • The percentage of patients who received education on their chronic condition ranged from 13.0% (patients with COPD or asthma who were provided education on smoking cessation by nurse practitioners) to 42.2% (patients with diabetes or obesity who were provided education on exercise by physician assistants). (cdc.gov)
  • Our study showed that low-intensity exercise performed for 50 minutes three times a week was the most beneficial in terms of helping participants improve their mobility. (healthjockey.com)
  • Unstable comorbidities that prevent participation in moderate-to-vigorous intensity exercise. (dana-farber.org)
  • Although our results indicate that the higher the exercise intensity is, the more immune cells are transferred from their storage organs into the bloodstream, it is notable that also light or moderate intensity exercise lasting for only 10 minutes will cause an increase in the number of immune cells which are important for fighting cancer," Koivula encourages. (ecancer.org)
  • What should physicians tell patients with type 2 diabetes about the role of exercise? (aafp.org)
  • Exercise, diet control, smoking cessation, and reduction of alcohol use are recommended lifestyle modifications for persons with type 2 diabetes. (aafp.org)
  • 3 Although some patients may be highly motivated to pursue lifestyle interventions to avoid the use of insulin or medications, others may see lifestyle changes as a burden that adds to the complexities of managing type 2 diabetes. (aafp.org)
  • Although common sense seems to support the importance of exercise for type 2 diabetes, there are several issues to consider when applying the evidence to patient care. (aafp.org)
  • Exercise is generally recommended for persons with type 2 diabetes. (aafp.org)
  • To assess the effects of exercise in type 2 diabetes. (aafp.org)
  • All randomized controlled trials comparing any type of well-documented aerobic, fitness, or progressive resistance-training exercise with no exercise in persons with type 2 diabetes. (aafp.org)
  • Nutritional management for diabetic patients has been evolving for more than 100 years as the pathophysiological basis of complications due to diabetes becomes more explicit. (medscape.com)
  • No uncontrolled medical conditions that could be exacerbated with exercise (e.g., uncontrolled hypertension or diabetes). (dana-farber.org)
  • How to Counsel Type 1 Diabetes Patients Who Exercise? (medscape.com)
  • I am here today with Dr Bruce Bode to talk about exercise as part of the treatment for diabetes. (medscape.com)
  • For people with type 1 diabetes who want to exercise, and especially those who want to get into extreme exercise like running a marathon, you have to help them and guide them. (medscape.com)
  • Nutritional management for diabetic patients has been evolving for 100 years as the pathophysiological basis of the complications incurred from diabetes becomes more explicit. (medscape.com)
  • Prevention is more for individuals at risk for developing diabetes and for type 2 diabetic patients than for patients who have already developed complications, in order to prevent further progression. (medscape.com)
  • Because PD prevalence will likely increase in future, in part due to life-extending treatments now available, interventions aimed at minimizing morbidity are crucial to reducing the strain on the healthcare system and improving the quality of life for PD patients. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This scoping review aimed to identify interventions utilizing virtual-reality-based exercise therapy in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. (iasp-pain.org)
  • The selected articles were categorized based on study characteristics, virtual-reality-based exercise therapy interventions (including technologies and equipment used), exercise interventions, outcome measures, and effectiveness. (iasp-pain.org)
  • Health professionals can also help you find exercise programs in your community, such as yoga, Tai Chi, qigong, and other gentle movement classes that are tailored to cancer survivors . (cancercare.org)
  • Bronchiectasis is a chronic suppurative lung disease often characterised by airflow obstruction and hyperinflation, and leading to decreased exercise tolerance and reduced health status. (bmj.com)
  • The system also includes nine specialty institutes, more than 100 adult and pediatric primary care practices, skilled nursing facilities, an in-patient behavioral health facility under the management of Acadia Healthcare, and more than 60 outpatient facilities that include imaging and laboratory services, wound care centers, home healthcare services in partnership with LHC Group, and urgent care centers in partnership with FastMed Urgent Care. (orlandohealth.com)
  • Now, a Kent State University professor in the College of Education, Health and Human Services has designed a piece of equipment that serves that purpose and sets the bar for exercise therapy higher. (kent.edu)
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of stretching, muscle strengthening, and walking exercise on the cardiopulmonary function and health-related quality of life in hemodialysis patients. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Behavior change apps, health coaching or counseling protocols, or other approaches aiming to improve patient health and well-being have little value if few patients can actually meet the assumptions they are based on. (americantelemed.org)
  • DotHouse Health , East Boston Neighborhood Health Center , and Whittier Street Health Center offer patients fitness programming and facilities. (childrenshospital.org)
  • In 2012 , we asked all health professionals to help encourage their patients to become more physically active and to embrace the concept of exercise as a ' vital sign ' in their daily, clinical practice. (bmj.com)
  • So, when you see your patient during your consultations as a doctor or allied health professional, what are your clinical decisions going to be, today? (bmj.com)
  • 1 Nevertheless, health-related quality of life (QoL) of CML patients is inferior to that of the general population, which is mainly the result of TKI-induced fatigue. (haematologica.org)
  • Regular exercise is one of the best things you can do for your health. (medlineplus.gov)
  • How much exercise you need depends on your age and health. (medlineplus.gov)
  • He conducted the first extensive research on aerobic exercise on over 5,000 U.S. Air Force personnel after becoming intrigued by the belief that exercise can preserve one's health. (wikipedia.org)
  • Asthma care requires a partnership between the patient and the health care professional [2]. (who.int)
  • Patients see PA positively and would like to be active and improve mental health. (bvsalud.org)
  • Health education provided to patients can reduce mortality and morbidity of chronic disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Health education was not routinely provided to patients who had a chronic condition. (cdc.gov)
  • Physician assistants and nurse practitioners provided health education to patients with chronic illness more regularly than did physicians, although none of the 3 types of clinicians routinely provided health education. (cdc.gov)
  • Health education is, therefore, a vital preventive element in the patient visit. (cdc.gov)
  • Additionally, there has been little study on whether some types of health care providers are more likely than others to provide health education to patients. (cdc.gov)
  • One study used the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) to compare nurse practitioners with all other types of health professionals and found that nurse practitioners were more likely than physicians to provide preventive health counseling to patients (6). (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of our study was to evaluate the rate of health education provision to patients by physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners/certified midwives. (cdc.gov)
  • As a health professional NCDs feature heavily among patients I see. (who.int)
  • A PubMed search was conducted to identify articles referring to PA in adult patients with a cardiology device during the COVID-19 pandemic. (nursingcenter.com)
  • We found that exercise seems to work with just about everybody under most situations," said study co-author Pat O'Connor, professor and co-director of the UGA Exercise Psychology Laboratory. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The researchers noted that study participants were less likely to stick with the longer exercise programs, which suggests that better participation rates result in greater reductions in anxiety. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Because not all study participants completed every exercise session, the effect of exercise on anxiety reported in our study may be underestimated," said study co-author Rod Dishman, also a professor of kinesiology. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Adding exercise to genetic treatment for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) was more effective in reversing fatigue than giving the treatment alone, as per the study in a mouse model of the disease. (medindia.net)
  • This study, carried out by researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and collaborators, has implications for patients who experience fatigue due to genetics-related musculoskeletal diseases as well as other types of illness-induced fatigue. (medindia.net)
  • This study provides preliminary answers to at least two questions: How effective should scientists expect gene therapy for this disease will be in actual patients? (medindia.net)
  • Wheeler and his colleagues' study suggests that is not the case and that the effects of exercise could be beneficial to these patients and others with similar conditions. (medindia.net)
  • The aim of our study was to answer the following questions: (1) Is it possible to estimate the exercise training intensity according to heart rate in patients treated with beta-blockers after myocardial infarction? (nih.gov)
  • A study of 1535 cancer survivors over 40 years old, followed for 4.5 years, found that those who did not exercise and those who sat for more than eight hour per day were at the highest risk for death from cancer ( JAMA Oncol , published online January 6, 2022). (drmirkin.com)
  • 8 Theoretically, one would therefore expect pulmonary rehabilitation to be as effective in bronchiectasis as it is in COPD, but to date only one study has been performed which included only seven patients with the disease. (bmj.com)
  • Both aerobic exercise and resistance training have been demonstrated to improve cognition in older adults, although the benefits of combining these 2 modalities are unclear," the study authors wrote. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • In the largest cohort study (N = 21 660) to date conducted among CIED patients at Mayo Clinic, daily PA decreased by an average of 24 min compared with pre-pandemic levels, with more than half of the sample experiencing a reduction of >10 min in PA from March to August 2020. (nursingcenter.com)
  • In the study, enrolled participants exercised three times a week for three months under the supervision of exercise physiologists at the Baltimore VA Medical Center. (healthjockey.com)
  • The present study compared the haemorheological and haematological profile, cell density distribution and basic biochemistry between a group of 17 patients with SCA and 21 healthy subjects before and after a 20 min duration submaximal cycling exercise at the same absolute workload. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • The present study suggests that mild-moderate exercise is not very harmful for SCA patients. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • This study investigates the relationship between TCPC haemodynamic energy dissipation and exercise performance in single-ventricle patients. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions This is the first study to demonstrate the relationship between power loss and exercise performance with the TCPC being one of the few modifiable factors to allow for improved quality of life. (bmj.com)
  • The controlled study examined the effect of wintertime exercise on cardiovascular function among CAD patients. (oulu.fi)
  • For the purpose of patients' safety, as well as because part of this study involves remote, home-based exercise where close supervision is not possible, patients with unstable medical conditions are excluded. (dana-farber.org)
  • During the study, the patients did a 10-minute exercise on bicycle. (ecancer.org)
  • Further research in cancer patients is needed to study whether the immune cells are transported to the tumour after the exercise, where they could destroy cancer cells. (ecancer.org)
  • In fact, the study leaders have met with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the office that assesses whether there is enough proof that a treatment is effective and safe in order to be paid for by Medicare, to help ensure that exercise programs would qualify for Medicare if the study is positive. (spiritindia.com)
  • A new study has suggested that heart patients should move around every 20 minutes in a bid to lead a longer life. (irishheart.ie)
  • In this study, 220 CML patients receiving TKI therapy and 110 gender- and age-matched controls completed an online questionnaire to assess fatigue severity and fatigue predictors (Part 1). (haematologica.org)
  • Therefore this study was designed to assess the effect of exercise on skinfold thickness of offspring of T2DM parents compared with those of non-diabetic parents . (bvsalud.org)
  • Results support involvement of postoperative patients in a future study. (lu.se)
  • The analysis included five randomized clinical trials with a total of 719 participants, mean age 68.6 years, all led by researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago, that compared either supervised treadmill or home-based walking exercise with a non-exercise control group in people with PAD (defined as Ankle Brachial Index ≤ 0.90). (medscape.com)
  • Cycle and treadmill exercise tests are unsuitable for elderly, frail and severely limited patients with heart failure and may not reflect capacity to undertake day-to-day activities. (cmaj.ca)
  • From the study's perspective, patients who legged on a treadmill at a comfortable speed for a longer duration were observed enhancing their walking more when compared with patients who walked for less time with an increased speed. (healthjockey.com)
  • Since pulmonary rehabilitation has traditionally focused on patients with COPD, its effectiveness in other chronic lung diseases has received little attention, although it has been implemented with clinical success in patients with cystic fibrosis 4 and in those with restrictive pulmonary defects. (bmj.com)
  • Change the lives of cancer patients by giving your time and talent. (mdanderson.org)
  • Countless cancer patients call The Journey Program "life-changing. (mynorth.com)
  • And soon, some Journey Program classes will be available to cancer patients anywhere in Michigan, the United States, and even the world-thanks to their downloadable exercise videos. (mynorth.com)
  • Wanting to help these patients along the way, they formed The Journey Program, with tailored exercise classes specifically designed for cancer patients on their paths to survivorship. (mynorth.com)
  • For $10 a video, cancer patients can download two different exercise concentrations-core and posture-with exercise instruction led by Annemarie, who is a Certified Cancer Exercise Specialist and NSCA-Certified Personal Trainer. (mynorth.com)
  • Two new Finnish studies show that short bouts of light or moderate exercise can increase the number of immune cells in the bloodstream of cancer patients. (ecancer.org)
  • It was previously thought that cancer patients should just rest after a cancer diagnosis. (ecancer.org)
  • Two studies conducted at the Turku PET Centre of University of Turku in Finland aimed to find out whether a short exercise bout affects the mobilisation of immune cells in cancer patients. (ecancer.org)
  • The two studies involved 28 recently-diagnosed lymphoma and breast cancer patients. (ecancer.org)
  • The lymphoma patients were between the ages of 20 and 69 and the breast cancer patients between the ages of 37 and 73. (ecancer.org)
  • In breast cancer patients, the exercise also increased the total number of white blood cells, as well as the number of intermediate monocytes and B cells in addition to the cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells. (ecancer.org)
  • This has been shown to happen in preclinical studies, but research in cancer patients is still rather incomplete," Koivula says. (ecancer.org)
  • Thanks to popular bestsellers like Atomic Habits and The Power of Habit , forming automatic habits has become our cure-all for changing diet, exercise, and any behavior in between. (americantelemed.org)
  • Regular exercise participation is one of the best known therapies for patients with fibromyalgia, a disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and fatigue . (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Second, although the studies reviewed showed drops in rates of exercise participation, patients who continued to exercise maintained their A1C level reductions-thus, although long-term exercise may not be for everyone, it will benefit those who pursue it. (aafp.org)
  • Virtual Reality-Based Exercise Therapy for Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Scoping Review. (iasp-pain.org)
  • Searches were conducted in four databases using descriptors related to virtual reality, exercise, and chronic musculoskeletal pain. (iasp-pain.org)
  • Clinical trials were evaluated using the PEDro scale to assess the effectiveness of virtual-reality-based exercise therapy in chronic musculoskeletal pain patients. (iasp-pain.org)
  • Two additional articles focused on pediatric CIED patients were noted but excluded from the review. (nursingcenter.com)
  • Since 1947, Dana-Farber's sole focus has been to provide expert cancer care and groundbreaking treatments for adult and pediatric patients. (dana-farber.org)
  • 3 Among patients in Italy with ICDs specifically, a 25% reduction in PA was also observed during the mandated 40-d home confinement period. (nursingcenter.com)
  • A cancer diagnosis can be extremely emotional, and patients may feel uncertainty and fear regarding their diagnosis and treatment. (lboro.ac.uk)
  • A general problem of reports on the effects of exercise on depression is the lack of information about the psychiatric diagnosis of participants according to standard references-for example, the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of the American Society of Psychiatry (DSM IV). (bmj.com)
  • Your primary working diagnosis for this patient is asthma. (cdc.gov)
  • List the primary and differential diagnosis for wheezing in this patient. (cdc.gov)
  • The anxiety that often accompanies a chronic illness can chip away at quality of life and make patients less likely to follow their treatment plan. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Research shows that many patients experience increased feelings of anxiety and depression, alongside reduced quality of life . (lboro.ac.uk)
  • Asthma affects an estimated 300 million people worldwide, not only impinging on patients' quality of life but also accounting for approximately 1 in every 250 deaths and 15 million disability-adjusted life years lost per year [1]. (who.int)
  • The role of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) and inspiratory muscle training (IMT) has not been investigated in this group of patients. (bmj.com)
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary approach to treating patients with chronic lung disease and is advocated in American, 1 British 2 and European 3 guidelines on the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as an important component of medical care. (bmj.com)
  • Our results suggest that aerobic exercise may be able to improve attentional focus during subsequent rehabilitation exercises for up to 40 minutes or more. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • The reduced exercise capacity and increased dyspnoea in patients with COPD is partly attributable to expiratory flow limitation resulting in dynamic hyperinflation and increased intrinsic positive end expiratory pressure, exacerbated by a reduction in inspiratory muscle force. (bmj.com)
  • its serum levels are increased in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) [ 11 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Exercise sessions greater than 30 minutes were better at reducing anxiety than sessions of less than 30 minutes, the researchers found. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The results in subcategories of cognitive function were low, but the researchers note that there were only nine studies that measured cognitive improvement from PA for PD patients. (sciencedaily.com)
  • While it seems like common sense that exercise would help patients suffering from muscle weaknesses, some clinicians and researchers wondered if it could also have the opposite effect and actually hasten patients' decline. (medindia.net)
  • Specifically, the researchers set out to discover what impact exercise has on the retina - the light-sensing part of the eye - and whether exercise can help maintain good eyesight as we age. (scienceblog.com)
  • The researchers say the supplement would be intended only for patients who have restricted movement that renders them unable to exercise at an intensity needed to reap the rewards. (scienceblog.com)
  • The researchers found that patients who sat more had a higher BMI. (escardio.org)
  • The researchers analysed the number of several different immune cells, which are also known as white blood cells, from the blood samples and compared the numbers in samples before and after the exercise. (ecancer.org)
  • The researchers also found a link between the intensity of exercise and the change in the number of immune cells in both patient groups. (ecancer.org)
  • According to the researchers, heart patients spend most of their waking hours sitting, lying down, and watching television. (irishheart.ie)
  • Participants were randomly allocated to four months of aerobic exercise (three times per week), sertraline, or placebo. (healthday.com)
  • In the second protocol, 20 participants performed static (arm crank, sustained power) and dynamic (pedaling with arms) upper-body exercise at the same temperatures. (oulu.fi)
  • In our sample, participants had shorter P300 latency and larger P300 amplitude 20 to 40 minutes after exercise cessation in comparison to rest. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • Always ensure that participants have been issued with a stop command so that the exercise can be suspended in case of a real incident or an accident on site. (who.int)
  • Methods Thirty consecutive Fontan patients with TCPC and standard metabolic exercise testing were included. (bmj.com)
  • Review patient evaluation methods that can be used to identify the most appropriate treatment options for chronic pain. (cdc.gov)
  • 3 , 4 In some studies, exercise programmes were started or carried out at the same time as pharmacological treatment or psychotherapy. (bmj.com)
  • 6, 7 The causes of dyspnoea and the reduced exercise capacity are multifactorial and include altered pulmonary mechanics, inefficient gas exchange, decreased muscle mass, and confounding psychological morbidity, all of which lead to a progressive detraining effect. (bmj.com)
  • Patients with CF show a severe decline of pulmonary function related to chronic airway inflammation [ 1 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • While there have been advancements in clinical management, these patients may develop significant complications in the long term including decreased exercise tolerance, pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, heart failure or protein-losing enteropathy. (bmj.com)
  • Lifestyle and dietary modifications form the cornerstone of therapy in type 2 diabetic patients (insulin resistance). (medscape.com)
  • In type 1 diabetic patients , who have an insulin deficiency, a balance between insulin and nutrition needs to be obtained for optimal glycemic control. (medscape.com)
  • Exercise works by regulating and maintaining weight and improving the body's use of insulin. (bmj.com)
  • When they exercise, you're going to need less insulin because they will have improved insulin action and sensitivity. (medscape.com)
  • The rule of thumb is that you always start exercise when your glucose level is above 90 mg/dL and preferably don't start exercise if your glucose level is above 250 mg/dL because that means you are relatively insulin-deficient. (medscape.com)
  • If somebody is doing aerobic exercise like running or walking, and over time they start to fall, that means that they have too much insulin on board. (medscape.com)
  • After exercise, you need to make sure that their glucose levels aren't going to go low because, all of a sudden, insulin action has improved dramatically. (medscape.com)
  • For patients who are on insulin therapy or oral hypoglycemics, being on a restrictive diet requires adjustment of dosage to prevent hypoglycemia . (medscape.com)
  • Greater reductions in heart rate variability tended to be seen with both exercise and sertraline, compared with placebo (P = 0.052), with exercise tending to result in greater reductions than sertraline (P = 0.093). (healthday.com)
  • Aerobic exercise is performed by repeating sequences of light-to-moderate intensity activities for extended periods of time. (wikipedia.org)
  • Analysis by intention to treat gave similar results (17/33 v 9/33 patients better). (bmj.com)
  • He says the team's preliminary research into the benefits of exercise on the retina has unearthed some "promising" results. (scienceblog.com)
  • The walking test proved highly acceptable to the patients, and stable, reproducible results were achieved after the first two walks. (cmaj.ca)
  • The results correlated with the conventional measures of functional status and exercise capacity. (cmaj.ca)
  • These results suggest that aerobic exercise tolerance in Fontan patients may, in part, be a consequence of TCPC power loss. (bmj.com)
  • 2 CML patients require (potentially) lifelong treatment, which results in a persistent trigger for fatigue. (haematologica.org)
  • Furthermore, clinicians are unable to identify patients at risk of fatigue since predictors have never been assessed in this specific population of patients. (haematologica.org)
  • None of these trials enrolled a sufficient number of patients to properly evaluate the impact of exercise training on death and hospitalization. (spiritindia.com)
  • The first step in starting any exercise program is to consult a doctor, either your oncologist or general practitioner. (cancercare.org)
  • But if you were an oncologist, and your patient needed the best cancer treatment, you'd persuade them to accept chemotherapy based on the clinical evidence. (bmj.com)
  • Reduction in fat (saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol) intake in diabetic patients is aimed at decreasing cardiovascular disease risk by reducing plasma cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels. (medscape.com)
  • At the same time, even doing an hour and a quarter (11 minutes/day) of exercise can reduce the risk of early death, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and cancer. (wikipedia.org)
  • PR-SHAM and PR-IMT resulted in significant increases in the incremental shuttle walking test of 96.7 metres (95% confidence interval (CI) 59.6 to 133.7) and 124.5 metres (95% CI 63.2 to 185.9), respectively, and in endurance exercise capacity of 174.9% (95% CI 34.7 to 426.1) and 205.7% (95% CI 31.6 to 310.6). (bmj.com)
  • This Cochrane review provides strong evidence that exercise programs ranging in duration from eight weeks to one year reduce A1C levels by approximately 0.6 percent, as well as reducing adipose tissue and triglyceride levels. (aafp.org)
  • Thirty patients completed (mean 15 years symptom duration). (lu.se)
  • We can't possibly package all the effects of exercise into a single pill, there are too many benefits that stretch throughout the entire body beyond what we could 'prescribe' and that's not the goal," Dr Chu-Tan said. (scienceblog.com)
  • Are you going to champion the best medical evidence to date and prescribe a graduated dose of medical treatment in the form of exercise? (bmj.com)
  • When the immune system weakens, the boosting role of exercise can be especially important. (ecancer.org)
  • In fact, exercise alone provided some benefit whereas the genetic treatment alone did not. (medindia.net)
  • Exercise plus the antisense treatment provides more benefit for patients with myotonic dystrophy. (medindia.net)
  • It's encouraging that exercise makes a noticeable difference on its own and in combination with a genetic treatment specifically tailored for the disease," says Thurman M. Wheeler, MD, an investigator in the department of Neurology at MGH and at Harvard Medical School. (medindia.net)
  • Then they studied the effects of exercise on old mice with the gene defect who received only the oligonucleotide, some that were only compelled to exercise, some that had both the treatment and exercised, and a group that received a placebo (a saline solution). (medindia.net)
  • Exercise plus the antisense treatment had an even greater effect. (medindia.net)
  • Groundbreaking gene therapy for genetic beta thalassemia is now accessible as a treatment to a patient post-FDA approval. (medindia.net)
  • In addition, the treatment group performed a passive or active exercise training session for 20 mins/day, using a bedside ergometer. (nih.gov)
  • Four patients receiving exercise and three receiving flexibility treatment dropped out before completion. (bmj.com)
  • 16 of 29 patients rated themselves as better after completing exercise treatment compared with eight of 30 patients who completed flexibility treatment. (bmj.com)
  • 12 of 22 patients who crossed over to exercise after flexibility treatment rated themselves as better after completing exercise treatment. (bmj.com)
  • 32 of 47 patients rated themselves as better three months after completing supervised exercise treatment. (bmj.com)
  • 35 of 47 patients rated themselves as better one year after completing supervised exercise treatment. (bmj.com)
  • 15 There has been no randomised controlled trial of graded exercise treatment in patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome. (bmj.com)
  • Exercise is recommended as part of the treatment for cancer by the American College of Sports Medicine, American Society of Clinical Oncology, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, American Cancer Society, Oncology Nursing Society, the Commission on Cancer, and the Cancer Foundation For Life. (drmirkin.com)
  • While the treatment is not "one-size-fits-all," she said that with further research, trainers could determine and even predict what exercise regimen an individual patient would need. (kent.edu)
  • Kids come at least twice a week to do their treatment with the Universal Exercise Unit because it's a specific training program that facilitates targeted muscles in multiple positions. (lptv.org)
  • Fatigue is a common side effect of tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients. (haematologica.org)
  • Walking tests have proved useful as measures of outcome for patients with chronic lung disease. (cmaj.ca)
  • The authors conclude that the 6-minute walk is a useful measure of functional exercise capacity and a suitable measure of outcome for clinical trials in patients with chronic heart failure. (cmaj.ca)
  • Be able to describe ways of integrating exercise medicine into clinical practice. (rsm.ac.uk)
  • GPs should be supported to 'identify vulnerable patients and clients on their practice lists', it added. (pulsetoday.co.uk)
  • PR is effective in improving exercise tolerance in bronchiectasis but there is no additional advantage of simultaneous IMT. (bmj.com)
  • There were no statistically significant differences in the improvements in exercise between the two groups. (bmj.com)
  • All patients demonstrated a statistically significant decrease in time spent engaging in PA with an approximate overall decline of 39 min/d compared with pre-lockdown. (nursingcenter.com)