Physical ability, cervical function, and walking plantar pressure in frail and pre-frail older adults: An attentional focus approach.

Aging and increased vulnerability define the clinical condition of frailty. However, while the cervical function is recognized as a determinant of balance and walking performance, no study simultaneously physical ability, cervical function, balance, and plantar pressure distribution in walking in nursing house population. Thus, the present study aimed to compare these parameters between Frail and Pre-Frail aged people.

Effects of an Exercise and Nutritional Intervention on Circulating Biomarkers and Metabolomic Profiling During Adjuvant Treatment for Localized Breast Cancer: Results From the PASAPAS Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.

Purpose: Exercise has been shown to improve physical and psychological conditions during cancer therapy, but mechanisms remain poorly understood. The purpose of the present study was to report the results of cancer-related biomarkers and metabolomics outcomes from the PASAPAS feasibility study.

Methods: In the PASAPAS randomized controlled trial, 61 women beginning adjuvant chemotherapy for localized breast cancer were randomized in a 6-month program of weekly aerobic exercises associated with nutritional counseling versus usual care with nutritional counseling.

[Effect of activities profile variations on health-related quality of life among breast cancer patients: Secondary exploratory analysis from PASAPAS study data].

Introduction: Lifestyle changes in breast cancer patients, by physical activity increasing, are becoming a main objective in supportive care. The objective of this study was to explore the impact of the daily activity profile evolution on the quality of life among this public.

Methods: Sixty patients (18 to 75 years) with non-metastatic breast cancer were randomized to a 2:1 ratio (physical activity intervention; control) in the PASAPAS randomized clinical trial.

[Development of a grid for characterizing structures offering adapted physical activity programs for people who have had cancer].

As the benefits of physical activity (PA) in oncology field continue to be demonstrated, multiple structures (sports clubs, associations…) develop PA programs and activities to offer cancer patients survivors the opportunity to continue adapted physical activity. Promoted in the 2014-2019 cancer plan as complementary supportive care, the practice of physical activity is legitimized by the 2016 Health Act of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, including the amendment 'prescription health sport', by giving it a legislative framework. In this context of development of new PA offers for cancer patients, it seems necessary to determine and evaluate the structures on their capacities to supervise physical activities for this population with specific needs.

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To date, physical activity (PA) programs for overweight and obese people are built around recommendations established for the general population. However, these people have special characteristics that require adapted coaching. In order to begin this work of recommendations, the objective of this article was to list the criteria usually used to describe and study PA programs for overweight and obese people and its associated postprogram follow-up.

Cost-effectiveness of an exercise and nutritional intervention versus usual nutritional care during adjuvant treatment for localized breast cancer: the PASAPAS randomized controlled trial.

We undertook a cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) to compare an exercise and nutritional program with the usual nutritional care concomitant to adjuvant chemotherapy in localized breast cancer patients. The CEA was designed as part of the interventional, controlled, randomized, single-center, open-label PASAPAS study. Breast cancer patients receiving first-line adjuvant chemotherapy at a French Comprehensive Cancer Center were randomized 2:1 to a 6-month exercise program of supervised indoor and outdoor group sessions in addition to usual nutritional care (exercise arm) or a usual nutritional care group receiving dietary and physical activity counseling (control arm).

Feasibility of an exercise and nutritional intervention for weight management during adjuvant treatment for localized breast cancer: the PASAPAS randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: Lack of physical activity (PA), weight gain, and overweight have been associated with increased risk of recurrence and mortality after breast cancer diagnosis. We evaluated the feasibility of implementing an individualized exercise program and nutritional counseling during adjuvant treatment of localized invasive breast cancer.

Methods: Sixty-one patients eligible for adjuvant chemotherapy were randomized 2:1 to receive a 6-month program of weekly aerobic exercises associated with nutritional counseling (n = 41) or usual care with nutritional counseling (n = 20, one withdrawal).

Deterioration of Physical Activity Level and Metabolic Risk Factors After Early-Stage Breast Cancer Diagnosis.

Background: In breast cancer patients, a lack of physical activity (PA) is 1 causative factor of weight gain during adjuvant treatment. It may increase the risk of treatment adverse effects, comorbidities, and deleterious long-term outcomes.

Objective: We aimed to describe the evolution of PA level and sedentary behavior in breast cancer patients between diagnosis and adjuvant chemotherapy onset following surgery and identify predictive factors associated with these changes early after breast cancer diagnosis.

Design of a randomised controlled trial of adapted physical activity during adjuvant treatment for localised breast cancer: the PASAPAS feasibility study.

Introduction: After a diagnosis of localised breast cancer, overweight, obesity and weight gain are negatively associated with prognosis. In contrast, maintaining an optimal weight through a balanced diet combined with regular physical activity appears to be effective protective behaviour against comorbidity or mortality after a breast cancer diagnosis. The primary aim of the Programme pour une Alimentation Saine et une Activité Physique Adaptée pour les patientes atteintes d'un cancer du Sein (PASAPAS) randomised controlled trial is to evaluate the feasibility of implementing an intervention of adapted physical activity (APA) for 6 months concomitant with the prescription of a first line of adjuvant chemotherapy.

[Relation between physical activity, muscle function and IGF-1, testosterone and DHEAS concentrations in the elderly].

Objective: Lower amounts of circulating anabolic hormones are thought to accelerate the age related decline in muscle mass and function. Replacement therapies are promising interventions but there are problems with these therapies. Thus alternative strategies should be developed.

Lack of correlation between 6-month fluctuations in habitual physical activity and testosterone. Concentrations in elderly subjects.

Background: To examine the influence of long-term modifications in habitual physical activity (PA) on resting total testosterone (TT) concentrations in a group of healthy elderly subjects.

Experimental Design: 6-month prospective study.

Setting: University research departments of exercise physiology and geriatric medicine.

Quadriceps muscle function in relation to habitual physical activity and VO2max in men and women aged more than 65 years.

The relationship of quadriceps maximal muscle power (Pmax), corresponding optimal shortening velocity (v(opt)), and relative fatigability (Pmax%D) to maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and habitual physical activity (PA) was examined in healthy community-dwelling subjects (29 women and 25 men) aged more than 65 years old. PA was evaluated by a questionnaire and expressed using two activity indices: mean habitual daily energy expenditure (MHDEE) and the daily energy expenditure corresponding to leisure time sports activities (Sports Activity). In women, Pmax correlated positively with VO2max (r = .

Leg extensor power and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, insulin-like growth factor-I and testosterone in healthy active elderly people.

We examined the association between quadriceps muscle function and serum levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS), insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and testosterone in a group of healthy elderly people. Fifty-three independent, community-dwelling elderly subjects (26 men and 27 women) aged from 66 to 84 years volunteered to participate in the study. Physical activity (PA) was evaluated by a questionnaire.

Physical activity, aerobic capacity and selected markers of oxidative stress and the anti-oxidant defence system in healthy active elderly men.

The relationship of oxidative stress and the anti-oxidant defence system to maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) and habitual physical activity was assessed in 26 elderly men (71.0 +/- 4.2 years) and compared to that of 12 young men (22.

Influence of acute and chronic exercise on insulin-like growth factor-I in healthy active elderly men and women.

We examined the influence of physical activity (PA) and acute resistance exercise on insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in 39 healthy, independent, community-dwelling elderly volunteers (14 men and 25 women) aged from 66 to 84. In a longitudinal non-interventional study, we compared the fluctuations in IGF-I levels and changes in habitual PA over a 6-month period. PA was evaluated by a questionnaire QAPSE (Questionnaire d'Activité Physique Saint-Etienne), and expressed by two activity indices: mean habitual daily energy expenditure (MHDEE), and daily energy expenditure corresponding to leisure time sports activities (sports activity index).

The symptomatology of upper respiratory tract infections and exercise in elderly people.

Purpose: To analyze, both by a retrospective and prospective study design, the relationship of maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) and physical activity (PA) to upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) symptomatology in elderly subjects.

Methods: 61 (33 men and 28 women) healthy and weight-stable active elderly volunteers aged 66-84 yr participated in the study. PA was evaluated by a questionnaire QAPSE (Questionnaire d'Activite Physique Saint-Etienne) and expressed by two QAPSE activity indices: MHDEE (mean habitual daily energy expenditure) and sports activity (daily energy expenditure corresponding to leisure time sports activities).

Relationship of physical activity and fitness to lipid and lipoprotein (a) in elderly subjects.

Purpose: To determine, both by a cross-sectional and longitudinal study design, the relationship of maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) and physical activity (PA) to blood lipids and lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] in a population of healthy and weight-stable elderly volunteers aged 66-84 yr.

Methods: In a cross-sectional study in 52 subjects (23 men and 29 women), all independent variables (age, anthropometric, VO2max, and PA indices) were used in a multiple stepwise regression analysis to select variables influencing lipid and lipoprotein parameters. In a prospective nonintervention study, 38 subjects (17 men and 21 women) were reexamined after 6 months.

Physical activity and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate, insulin-like growth factor I and testosterone in healthy active elderly people.

Objective: to examine the association of physical activity and cardio-respiratory fitness with dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS), insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and testosterone in healthy elderly people.

Design: cross-sectional study.

Setting: university research department and department of geriatric medicine.

Physical activity, fitness and integrated antioxidant system in healthy active elderly women.

We have related the oxidative stress and antioxidant defence system to maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) and physical activity in elderly women. Twenty-nine community dwelling, healthy, active women aged 66-82 years participated in this study. Physical activity was measured by a questionnaire and expressed using two physical activity indices: mean habitual daily energy expenditure (MHDEE) and daily energy expenditure corresponding to leisure time sports activities (Sports activity index).

Peak anaerobic power in elderly men.

The relationship of maximal anaerobic power (Pmax) of the quadriceps muscle and corresponding optimal shortening velocity (vopt) with age, habitual physical activity (PA) and maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) were assessed in 37 healthy older [71.1 (SD 3.8) years] men and compared to those of 16 young [22.

Nutritional status and physical fitness of elderly sportsmen.

The nutritional status of elderly sportsmen has not been reported on, neither has the nutritional balance nor the precise relationship between nutritional status and physical fitness been detailed for this population. Thus, group of 18 sportsmen [age 63 (SD 4.5) years] was monitored by weighing their food during a 6-day period.

Habitual physical activity and peak anaerobic power in elderly women.

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between maximal anaerobic power (Pmax) and corresponding optimal velocity (Vopt) and habitual physical activity (PA) on the one hand and with maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) on the other hand, in elderly women. Twenty-nine community dwelling, healthy women aged 66-82 years participated in the study. PA was evaluated using the Questionnaire d'Activite Physique Saint-Etienne (QAPSE) and expressed using two QAPSE activity indices: mean habitual daily energy expenditure (MHDEE) and daily energy expenditure corresponding to leisure time sports activities (sports activity).

Validation of a physical activity questionnaire in the elderly.

The purpose of this study was to validate a physical activity (PA) questionnaire, Questionnaire d'Activité Physique Saint-Etienne (QAPSE), in an homogenous population of elderly subjects and to estimate its potential for application in routine PA assessments in that age group. A group of 65 (31 men and 34 women) community dwelling, healthy people aged 65-84 years volunteered to participate in a validation substudy comparing maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max) and anthropometric data. VO2 max correlated positively with mean habitual daily energy expenditure (MHDEE) (r = 0.

Relationship between mean habitual daily energy expenditure and maximal oxygen uptake.

A population of 120 healthy voluntary subjects of both genders aged 16-88 was studied using the QAPSE (Saint-Etienne Physical Activity Questionnaire) with the purpose of investigating the factors influencing the relation between MHDEE (mean habitual daily energy expenditure) and VO2max (maximal oxygen uptake) to elucidate the factors accounting for individual variation. The mean of MHDEE obtained was 12,181.9 +/- 4041.

A new tool for evaluating energy expenditure: the "QAPSE" development and validation.

The objective of this study was to design and validate a working tool for the objective evaluation of daily energy expenditure (DEE) by means of a simple, noninvasive method: the QAPSE (Saint-Etienne Physical Activity Questionnaire), a questionnaire about physical activity (PA) over a period of 7 d (168 h). This eight-page questionnaire is designed to provide a complete picture of the subject's habitual PA without any restriction concerning the activities investigated, nor any specialization in relation to health components. It investigates the five areas of PA during daily life: work or way of keeping occupied, leisure activity (sports and nonsports activities), housework, basic everyday activity, moving about from place to place.