Completing an Ironman Triathlon with Pneumonia: a Case Report
Conclusion:
The case highlights that clinicians treating elite endurance athletes must exclude severe infection, even when the clinical signs are few or absent. The reason is that if these athletes continue to train, serious complications could ensue due to their compromised resistance to infection. (Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine)
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - November 30, 2010 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The Effects of Aerobic Versus Resistance Training on Cardiovascular Fitness in Obese Sedentary Females
Conclusion: Aerobic training is more beneficial and can be used as a preventive measure in patients who are at risk of developing cardiovascular diseases due to obesity. (Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine)
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - November 30, 2010 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Relationships between Exercise as a Mood Regulation Strategy and Trait Emotional Intelligence
Conclusion: Findings demonstrate that using exercise to regulate mood relates significantly to emotional intelligence and suggest that individuals who use exercise to enhance mood report higher scores of emotional intelligence. (Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine)
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - November 30, 2010 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Risk Factors of Adolescent Obesity in Taiwan and Its Association with Physical activity, Blood Pressure and Waist Circumference
Conclusion:
There was a strong association between obese mother and adolescent obesity. More physical activity in adolescents associated with healthier dietary behaviors. Obese adolescents have higher waist circumference and blood pressure. (Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine)
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - November 30, 2010 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The Effects of Exercise in Obese Women with Bulimia Nervosa
Conclusion:
This study demonstrated that moderate aerobic exercises such as moderate walking are suitable behavior therapies for overcoming bulimia nervosa in obese young women. (Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine)
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - November 30, 2010 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Twelve-Week Aerobic Training Decreases Chemerin Level and Improves Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Overweight and Obese Men
Conclusion: Aerobic training caused an improvement in cardiometabolic risk factors in obese subjects, and this improvement was accompanied by decreased chemerin levels. (Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine)
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - August 31, 2010 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Effects of Exercise on Memory Consolidation and Retrieval of Passive Avoidance Learning In Young Male Rats
Conclusion: Our results showed that physical activity promoted learning and memory consolidation but it did not affect retrieval memory performance. (Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine)
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - August 31, 2010 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Association of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme gene Polymorphism and Indian Army Triathletes Performance
Conclusion: It can be concluded that there might be a positive association between I allele of ACE gene and endurance. (Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine)
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - August 31, 2010 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
The Effects of a 10-Week Water Aerobic Exercise on the Resting Blood Pressure in Patients with Essential Hypertension
Conclusion: A 10-week course of water aerobic exercise markedly reduced the systolic and mean arterial blood pressure of patients with essential hypertension and is especially recommended for the obese and the elderly who have orthopedic problems or bronchospasm. (Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine)
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - August 31, 2010 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Is Body Fat a Predictor of Race Time in Female Long-Distance Inline Skaters?
Conclusion: Race time in ultra-endurance inline races such as the ‘Inline One-eleven’ over 111 km might be predicted by the following equation (r2=0.65): Race time (min)=-691.62+521.71 (body height, m)+0.58 (duration of each training unit, min)+1.78 (age, yrs) for female ultra-endurance inline skaters. (Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine)
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - August 31, 2010 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Prevention of Football Injuries
Conclusion: The huge participation numbers in the worldwide family of football would suggest that any reduction in injury should have a public health impact. Professionals in sports medicine need to promote injury prevention programs that have been shown to be effective. (Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine)
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - May 31, 2010 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Critical Appraisal and Hazards of Surface Electromyography Data Acquisition in Sport and Exercise
: The aim of this critical appraisal and hazards of surface electromyography (SEMG) is to enhance the data acquisition quality in voluntary but complex movements, sport and exercise in particular. The methodological and technical registration strategies deal with telemetry and online data acquisition, the placement of the detection electrodes and the choice of the most adequate normalization mode.,: Findings compared with the literature suggest detection quality differences between registration methods and between water and air data acquisition allowing for output differences up to 30% between registration methods and up t...
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - May 31, 2010 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Nutrition Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of College Sportsmen
Conclusion: The sports disciplines strongly affected the nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices of sportsmen. The overall scores indicate that most sportsmen had good knowledge of nutrition and supplements. (Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine)
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - May 31, 2010 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
An Addendum to Injury Rates in Iranian Taekwondo Athletes; a Prospective Study
Conclusion: A statistical comparison of total injury rates in Iranian and international taekwondo-in revealed no difference between the two groups. However, what is of concern is that the total injury rate across taekwondo studies is significantly higher than those reported for American football. (Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine)
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - May 31, 2010 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
Sport and Eating Disorders - Understanding and Managing the Risks
: There is strong and consistent evidence that eating disorders are prevalent in sport and especially in weight sensitive sports such as endurance, weight category and aesthetic sports as well as jumping events. These illnesses are not only common but lead to significant physical and psychological morbidity and impaired performances.,: Sports organizations, and by extension the professionals whose job it is to help and support athletes, have important roles in dealing with these conditions. Preventative practices can be adopted if there is an understanding of how the sports environment contributes to the development of eat...
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - May 31, 2010 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
