The relationship between the levels of stress and the age and years of service of military firefighters from the fire rescue corps of the metropolitan area of the state of São Paulo.

Purpose: To verify the relationship between stress indicators and the age and years of service of military firefighters from the fire rescue corps of the metropolitan area of the state of São Paulo.

Methods: Forty military firefighters with the mean age of 37.9 ± 5.

[Evolution of physical fitness and functional capacity in active elderly women over 50 years of age according to chronological age in Santos city].

The scope of this study was to compare the evolution of physical fitness, functional capacity and bone mineral density in active elderly women over a one-year period. The sample consisted of 78 women from 50 to 79 years of age (c:62.4 ± 7.

Call Accuracy and Distance from the Play: A Study with Brazilian Soccer Referees.

Refereeing decisions in soccer has always been a controversial issue. In order to better understand this subject, foul calls made by Brazilian soccer referees were evaluated to determine the potential relationship between the distance from the referee to a foul play and the accuracy of the call. Soccer matches supervised by the São Paulo State Football Federation were recorded and 321 foul calls were analyzed.

Comparison of maximal heart rate using the prediction equations proposed by Karvonen and Tanaka.

Background: Equations for predicting maximal heart rate (HRmax) are widely used in exercise testing and for training prescription, but their efficacy remains controversial in the literature.

Objective: To compare maximal heart rate during cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) using the prediction equations developed by Karvonen and Tanaka.

Methods: Of the 24,120 maximal treadmill graded exercise tests stored in the CEMAFE database from 1994 to 2006, 2047 HRmax values were analyzed, 1091 of which were from male and 956 from female sedentary subjects.

A randomized controlled trial of deep water running: clinical effectiveness of aquatic exercise to treat fibromyalgia.

Objective: To compare the clinical effectiveness of aerobic exercise in the water with walking/jogging for women with fibromyalgia (FM).

Methods: Sixty sedentary women with FM, ages 18-60 years, were randomly assigned to either deep water running (DWR) or land-based exercises (LBE). Patients were trained for 15 weeks at their anaerobic threshold.

Aerobic exercise capacity in normal adolescents and those with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: To compare the aerobic exercise capacity between normal adolescents and those with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).

Methods: An experimental group with 72 individuals diagnosed with T1DM aged 9--20, time from diagnosis 4.9 +/- 3.