Plasma and salivary hormone responses to a 30-min exercise stress test in young, healthy, physically active females.

Overreaching, a consequence of intensified training, is used by athletes to enhance performance. A blunted hormonal response to a 30-min interval exercise stress test (55/80) has been shown in males after intensified training, highlighting cortisol and testosterone as potential biomarkers of overreaching. Despite accounting for ~50% of the population, studies into hormonal responses to exercise in females are lacking.

Intermittent sigh breaths during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in preterm infants: a randomised crossover study.

Objective: To determine if combining high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) with additional sigh breaths would improve end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) and oxygenation in preterm infants.

Design: Prospective interventional crossover study.

Setting: Neonatal intensive care unit.

It Is Not Just a Matter of Motivation: The Role of Self-Control in Promoting Physical Activity in Older Adults-A Bayesian Mediation Model.

This study aimed to understand how psychological factors affect regular exercise in older adults, hypothesising that trait self-control mediates the relationship between motivation types (intrinsic, extrinsic, and amotivation) and exercise time. In this cross-sectional study, 430 older adults (mean age = 68.8 ± 6.

Sensitivity and specificity of the Neonatal Visual Assessment to predict motor and cognitive outcomes in infants born very preterm.

Background: Very preterm infants are at increased risk of neurodevelopmental impairments. The Neonatal Visual Assessment (NVA) assesses visual function and outcomes and has been used to assess early neurodevelopmental outcomes. This study aimed to compare NVA results of very preterm and term-born infants and to calculate the sensitivity and specificity of the NVA at term equivalent age (TEA) and three months corrected age (CA) to predict motor and cognitive outcomes at 12 months CA in very preterm infants.