Exercise training effects on natural killer cells: a preliminary proteomics and systems biology approach.

Background: Regular exercise, particularly moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT), can improve immune function. Natural killer (NK) cells, a subset of lymphocytes that react to infections, are the most responsive innate immune cells to exercise, but the mechanisms underlying this are poorly understood. A type of exercise training that is gaining popularity in recent years is high-intensity interval training (HIIT), but how it affects NK cells is largely unknown.

Environmental and Psychosocial Barriers Affect the Active Commuting to University in Chilean Students.

Unlabelled: Biking and walking are active commuting, which is considered an opportunity to create healthy habits.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the main environmental and psychosocial barriers perceived by students, leading to less Active Commuting (AC) to university and to not reaching the Physical Activity (PA) recommendations.

Material And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 1349 university students (637 men and 712 women) were selected.

Exercise prehabilitation program for patients under neoadjuvant treatment for rectal cancer: A pilot study.

Context: Prehabilitation is emerging as a method of preparing patients physically and mentally for the often disabling effects of cancer treatment.

Aims: This study aims to assess the feasibility and to explore the potential effects of a prehabilitation program consisting of educational physical exercise sessions in patients with rectal cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy treatment (NCRT).

Settings And Design: This was a pilot study with 12 patients (3 males and 9 females, age 61 ± 7 years).

Feasibility of resistance training in adult McArdle patients: clinical outcomes and muscle strength and mass benefits.

We analyzed the effects of a 4-month resistance (weight lifting) training program followed by a 2-month detraining period in 7 adult McArdle patients (5 female) on: muscle mass (assessed by DXA), strength, serum creatine kinase (CK) activity and clinical severity. Adherence to training was ≥84% in all patients and no major contraindication or side effect was noted during the training or strength assessment sessions. The training program had a significant impact on total and lower extremities' lean mass (P < 0.

Objectively assessed physical activity levels in Spanish cancer survivors.

Purpose/objectives: To objectively assess physical activity (PA) levels in a cohort of Spanish cancer survivors.

Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional.

Setting: The Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada and two healthcare centers in Madrid, Spain.