Objective To describe the associations among moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), fitness, sedentary behavior (SB), and insulin sensitivity (IS).
Research Designs & Methods Data were drawn from the baseline assessment of the QUALITY cohort, which included 630 white youth (aged 8–10 years at recruitment), with at least one obese biological parent. IS was ...
Background/Purpose Regular physical activity is associated with reduced chronic disease burden and mortality. Recognizing the importance of physical activity, there are US federal guidelines for adults that also include persons with arthritis. Improving physical activity may be key to improving overall public health and reducing health care spending. Quality ...
Background Physical inactivity is common in stable COPD and independently predicts poor outcomes. Longitudinal assessments of physical activity in outpatients with COPD, covering periods of stability and exacerbations, have not been evaluated previously.
Methods Patients with clinically-stable COPD and a history of 2 or more clinical exacerbations in the preceding 12 months ...
Rationale The number of exacerbations in the previous year has shown to be the best predictor of new exacerbations. The ability to recall exacerbations may lead to misclassification of patients and may have consequences on patients’ phenotype.
Methods 47 patients with COPD (FEV1 65±21%pred) reported on a monthly basis all health ...
Rationale It is unclear whether different activity monitors provide similar classification of physical activity (PA) in patients with COPD.
Aim To test whether similar PA classification of patients would be obtained when using 2 valid activity monitors.
Methods We assessed PA for 4 weeks with Actigraph [(ACT: Steps and vector magnitude units (...
Introduction Physical activity is known to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the relative importance of accumulating physical activity in sustained bouts versus shorter bouts in terms of CVD risk is yet to be determined.
Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), ...
Physical activity is becoming increasingly recognized as valuable to cancer patients during treatment and rehabilitation. Therefore strategies and measures to encourage patients to become more active and to achieve physical activity recommendations are of great importance.
Purpose The study evaluated an accelerometer based biofeedback device by measuring the change of ...
Optimal sleep duration (7-8h), moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity
(MVPA) and light-intensity activity are beneficially associated with cardiometabolic
outcomes and related biomarkers, while sedentary time and long (≥9h) or short (<7h)
sleep duration are detrimentally associated.
Purpose This study examined whether sleep duration modified the relationship
between both sedentary/...
Physical activity can benefit the health of youth with Type 1 diabetes. Despite the
benefits some studies have found patients do not always meet the physical activity
recommendation of 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per
day. Physical activity and sedentary behaviour have not been measured previously in
Scottish youth with ...
Purpose A hallmark characteristic of heart failure (HF) is reduced physical activity (PA) patterns and functional capacity. The relationship between key cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) variables and PA patterns has not been investigated. To evaluate PA patterns in patients with ischemic HF and its relationship to peak oxygenconsumption (VO2), the ...