Effects of aerobic or aerobic and resistance training on cardiorespiratory and skeletal muscle function in heart failure: a randomized controlled pilot trial.

Objective: To examined the effects of different training modalities on exercise capacity (Vo( 2peak)), systolic function, muscular strength and endurance and quality of life in heart failure patients.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Cardiac rehabilitation centre in Canada.

A 26 year physiological description of a National Hockey League team.

The primary purpose of this investigation was to examine the physiological profile of a National Hockey League (NHL) team over a period of 26 years. All measurements were made at a similar time of year (pre-season) in 703 male (mean age +/- SD = 24 +/- 4 y) hockey players. The data were analyzed across years, between positions (defensemen, forwards, and goaltenders), and between what were deemed successful and non-successful years using a combination of points acquired during the season and play-off success.

A longitudinal study of exercise barriers in colorectal cancer survivors participating in a randomized controlled trial.

Background: The Colorectal Cancer and Home-Based Physical Exercise (CAN-HOPE) trial compared the effects of a 16-week home-based exercise program to usual care on quality of life in colorectal cancer survivors.

Purpose: In this study, we report the weekly exercise barriers from the exercise group.

Methods: Participants randomized to the exercise group (N = 69) were asked to report their exercise on a weekly basis by telephone.

Predictors of adherence and contamination in a randomized trial of exercise in colorectal cancer survivors.

The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of exercise adherence (i.e. exercise in the intervention group) and exercise contamination (i.

Modification of the Wingate anaerobic power test for rowing: optimization of the resistance setting.

The purpose of the study was to determine the resistance factor that would elicit the highest peak 5 s and mean 30 s power output (PO) during a maximal 30 s anaerobic power test on a rowing ergometer. Thirty-one rowers (17 male and 14 female) were recruited based on the light-weight (LW) (6 male; age 23 +/- 6 yrs and 6 female; age 19 +/- 2 yrs) and heavy-weight (HW) (11 male; age 24 +/- 4 yrs and 8 female; age 27 +/- 8 yrs) rowing categories. Each group completed 5 randomized series of maximal 30 s sprints equivalent to the following forces: 58.