Impact of deep water running in interval training (DWR-IT) on body composition, functional capacity, and quality of life in overweight adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Interval training in deep water running (DWR-IT) is a training method to improve cardiovascular fitness, functional health, and quality of life and to help control body weight. Its main advantages are the reduction of joint overload and a low risk of musculoskeletal injuries. The aim of the study is to investigate the influence of DWR-IT on functional capacity, body composition, and quality of life of overweight middle-aged adults.

Impact of water therapy on pain management in patients with fibromyalgia: current perspectives.

Exercise-related interventions have been recommended as one of the main components in the management of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Water therapy, which combines water's physical properties and exercise benefits, has proven effective in improving the clinical symptoms of FMS, especially pain, considered the hallmark of this syndrome. However, to our knowledge, the mechanisms underlying water therapy effects on pain are still scarcely explored in the literature.

Cardiorespiratory repercussions according to the abdominal circumference measurement of men with obstructive respiratory disorder submitted to respiratory physiotherapy.

Purpose: To examine the effect of respiratory physiotherapy among men with obstructive respiratory disorder, in relation to abdominal circumference (AC).

Methods: Quasi-experimental study including 26 men split into two groups according to AC(cm): 1) < 102 (AC); and 2) ≥ 102 (AC). Heart rate variability (HRV), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), oxygen saturation (SpO), FEV/FVC, slow vital capacity (SVC), inspiratory capacity (IC), maximal inspiratory pressure (PI), thoracoabdominal amplitude (AI) were measured: before (M); 5 min after the physiotherapy (i.

Effect of aquatic physical therapy on pain perception, functional capacity and quality of life in older people with knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Aquatic therapy promotes short-term benefits for patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), and it may be the first therapeutic option for this pathological condition. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of an aquatic therapy program on pain intensity, functional ability, and quality of life in older people with knee OA.

Methods/design: This is a parallel, two-arm, open, randomized controlled clinical trial with older people with knee OA.

Association of pre and intraoperative variables with postoperative complications in coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Objective: To associate the pre- and intraoperative variables with postoperative complications of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Methods: The pre- and intraoperative risk factors of individuals of both genders with diagnosis of coronary insufficiency undergoing coronary artery bypass graft have been studied.

Results: Fifty-eight individuals with median age 62 ± 10 year-old were included in the study, 67% of whom were male.

Aquatic exercise is as effective as dry land training to blood pressure reduction in postmenopausal hypertensive women.

Background And Purpose: The evidence of the benefits from regular physical activity to hypertensives is based on dry land training studies. Therefore, the aim of this study is to compare the effect of aquatic exercise with dry land training on hypertensive women.

Methods: This is a randomized controlled study with 52 post-menopausal hypertensive women.

Effect of aerobic exercise on plasma renin in overweight patients with hypertension.

Background: The activity of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is directly related to overweight and sedentary lifestyles, both of which are associated with hypertension. Aerobic exercise helps control blood pressure (BP) by acting on mechanisms of blood pressure regulation, such as plasma renin activity (PRA).

Objective: To assess the effect of aerobic exercise on plasma renin activity in overweight hypertensive patients.