Effects of Aquatic Exercise on Physical Performance in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

This systematic review aimed to evaluate the effects of aquatic exercise on physical performance in older adults. Databases were searched up to July 2021. Randomized controlled trials were screened by two reviewers, who extracted data and assessed study quality.

Implementation processes of social network interventions for physical activity and sedentary behavior among children and adolescents: a scoping review.

Background: The characteristics of the implementation process of interventions are essential for bridging the gap between research and practice. This scoping review aims to identify the implementation process of social network interventions (SNI) to address physical activity and sedentary behaviors in children and adolescents.

Methods: The scoping review was conducted adhering to the established guidelines.

Handgrip strength in older adults from Antioquia-Colombia and comparison of cutoff points for dynapenia.

Handgrip strength is a predictor of functional impairment and presence of morbimortality in older adults. However, appropriate reference values and cutoff points are required for its optimal use. This study describes handgrip characteristics in the older adult population of Antioquia-Colombia and compares the dynapenia handgrip cutoffs proposed for Colombians with international criteria.

Effects of low-volume, high-intensity interval training on maximal oxygen consumption, body fat percentage and health-related quality of life in women with overweight: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Several investigations suggest that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) provokes larger changes in VO compared to moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT); other studies associate HIIT with significant decreases in total, abdominal and visceral fat mass. However, some meta-analyses express that the enhancements with HIIT on VO are slightly higher concerning MICT. These studies had low-to-moderate methodological quality, and the exercise protocols were completed mostly on treadmills or cycle ergometers.

Relationship of Body Composition with the Strength and Functional Capacity of People over 70 Years.

Background: Aging is a multifactorial physiological phenomenon, in which a series of changes in the body composition occur, such as a decrease in muscle mass and bone mineral density and an increase in fat mass. This study aimed to determine the relationship of muscle mass, osteoporosis, and obesity with the strength and functional capacity of non-dependent people over 70 years of age.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed, whose study population was all people aged over 70 years, living independently and attending academic and recreational programs.

Effects of high-intensity interval training compared to moderate-intensity continuous training on maximal oxygen consumption and blood pressure in healthy men: A randomized controlled trial.

Introduction: Aerobic exercise generates increased cardiorespiratory fitness, which results in a protective factor for cardiovascular disease. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) might produce higher increases on cardiorespiratory fitness in comparison with moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT); however, current evidence is not conclusive.

Objective: To compare the effects of a low-volume HIIT and a MICT on maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure during eight weeks in healthy men between 18 and 44 years of age.

Sarcopenia in community-dwelling persons over 60 years of age from a northern spanish city: relationship between diagnostic criteria and association with the functional performance.

Introduction: Sarcopenia is a recognized problem in older people. Currently, its diagnosis goes beyond a simple loss of muscle mass. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of sarcopenia, defined by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP), in independent persons over 60 years of age from a northern Spanish city.

[Physical Exercise and Depression in the Elderly : A Systematic Review].

Background: The literature supports the benefits of exercise in people with depressive disorders, but there is controversy over these benefits in depressed elderly.

Objective: To determine the effect of different types of exercise on depression in older adults using a systematic review of clinical trials.

Data Sources: The Cochrane Library; PubMed-MEDLINE (1966-dic 2010); EMBASE (1980-dic 2010); LILACS (1986-dic 2010); SCIELO (1998-dic 2010); Register of Controlled Trials; manual search in other sources.

[Cardiovascular risk factors in an urban Colombia population].

Objective: Evaluating the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in an urban population aged 25 to 50 in Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia, Colombia, during 2009. Determining the population attributable risk percentage (PARP) for coronary heart disease risk factors.

Materials And Methods: A prevalence study was conducted; two-stage random sampling was made of 357 people without known cardiovascular disease.

[Aspects associated with physical activity in the adult population's leisure time in a municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia].

Objective: Outlining aspects associated with the adult population of the municipality of Guarne, Antioquia, engaging in physical activity during their leisure time (PALT), 2007.

Methods: A combined descriptive and correlation-type design was adopted, accompanied by qualitative analysis of compatibility and complementary functions. A survey and some interviews were held and some observations were made for exploring cultural, social-demographic, political-institutional and urban space matters at individual and contextual level.