A cross-sectional study on the effects of physical activity on hand grip strength in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

Objectives: The pervasiveness of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is rapidly increasing worldwide, with physical inactivity being one of the major risk factors. Hand grip strength (HGS) is an important indicator of overall physical functioning and has been associated with various health-related outcomes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of physical activity on the HGS of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Therapeutic Impact of Aerobic Exercise on Adolescents with Obesity and Its Association with Expression of miRNAs and Cytokines: A Clinical Approach.

: MicroRNAs are short noncoding RNAs that play an essential role in controlling gene expression at the posttranscriptional level. They can serve as biomarkers in the management of obesity. Circulating miRNAs levels change with exercise, impacting various physiological and biological systems, including structural and functional changes.

Small group discussion: Students perspectives.

Context: Various alternative methods are being used in many medical colleges to reinforce didactic lectures in physiology. Small group teaching can take on a variety of different tasks such as problem-solving, role play, discussions, brainstorming, and debate. Research has demonstrated that group discussion promotes greater synthesis and retention of materials.

Bimanual coordination: influence of age and gender.

Introduction: Bimanual hand coordination is very important in carrying out day to day activities like buttoning the shirt, driving, picking up objects. It depends on various factors like age, gender, education, intactness of central and peripheral nervous system, Occupation and lifestyle.

Aim: The aim of the study was to compare the efficiency of bimanual hand coordination between right handed male and female subjects and to correlate efficiency index with age of those subjects.

Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices of traffic policemen regarding the auditory effects of noise.

The objectives of the present study were to (i) estimate noise levels at major traffic junctions in Bengaluru City, and (ii) assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of traffic policemen deputed at those junctions towards the auditory effects caused by noise pollution. The present questionnaire based study was carried among 60 traffic policemen. Road traffic noise was measured at different places in Bengaluru city using Sound level meter and it ranged from 71.