Journal of lifestyle medicine最新文献

Background: The current COVID-19 pandemic has brought the entire world to a halt, resulting in illness, death, and changes in individual roles. Physical therapy and chest rehabilitation play a critical role following aftermath of pandemics.

Methods: PubMed, Google Scholar, PEDro, MEDLINE were searched for randomized controlled trials. Methodological quality was assessed independently by two authors using PEDro scale. Data for disability, chest physical functions and adverse effects were analyzed.

Results: A meta-analysis was not possible due to the heterogeneity of the studies included for review. After applying the studies' inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of eight articles with 420 patients were included in the study for their detailed analysis. Two independent authors verified and screened the data, with the third author double-checked and searched for additional articles.

Conclusion: Findings revealed that chest rehabilitation approaches influence the clinical condition of people during COVID-19 outbreak resulting in improved condition stabilization and recovery, the consequent reduction in hospitalization period and improved health-related quality of life.

With a significant increase in the age-standardized prevalence of infertile men and women, infertility has become a widespread global issue. Furthermore, infertility has led to increased stigma and disease burden. The causes of infertility include lifestyle factors such as obesity, an unbalanced diet, and physical activity. To increase the rate of successful pregnancy, infertile men and women must improve their health and fertility through lifestyle improvements.

Blood Flow Restriction Training (BFRT) is a novel strengthening technique utilitarian in many conditions. But there is lack of exploration on this clinical intervention. The training can prove to be a boon in many conditions such as muscle weakness, degenerative among others. It can serve to be an essential treatment in prevention of disuse atrophy occurring on the initial days of bed-rest on post surgical patients and improve circulation. BFRT with aerobic activities can improve cardiovascular fitness and holistically help in rehabilitation. The electronic databases such as PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus and Google Scholars were reviewed including the reference lists to retrieve relevant information regarding the topic. The result of the review states that BFRT is a novel strength training program that has not been explored in India but is very effective, less expensive and innovative way of rehabilitation. The utility of BFRT is evident in post-operative disuse atrophy in the initial days of bed-rest. The evidence depict that BFRT is a very effective training modality that can efficiently improve the muscle function, strength and mass.

Background: This study aimed to identify the association between cardiopulmonary exercise and neurological activation by measuring dictation accuracy and the extent of spatial perception.

Methods: First of all, the body composition of subjects was analyzed to verify their physical abnormality. The subjects were given treadmill exercise using modified Bruce protocol. Before and after the treadmill exercise, a spatial perception test and dictation task with auditory and visual stimulation were carried out to identify the changes in neurological activation.

Results: The scores of spatial perception after treadmill exercise were higher than those before treadmill exercise (p < 0.05). In addition, the speed of the post-treadmill dictation task with visual stimulation was significantly increased compared to that of the pre-treadmill dictation task (p < 0.05). However, the accuracy of the post-treadmill dictation task with visual stimulation was significantly decreased compared to that of the pre-treadmill dictation task (p < 0.05).

Conclusion: In this study, it was shown that spatial perception and speed of visual dictation were increased after treadmill exercise. These results suggest that cardiovascular fitness exercise increases spatial perception and typing speed by facilitating neurological activation.

Background: Non-communicable disease (NCD) is the leading cause of death, accounting for 70% of total death globally, and posing a major public health challenge. In India, nearly 5.8 million people (WHO report, 2015) die from NCDs every year. The basic element of NCD prevention is the identification of the associated risk factors and risk modification. The objective of the current study was conducted to assess the prevalence of risk factors for NCDs among healthcare staff of the two units of a Tertiary Cancer Hospital in Varanasi, India, using WHO STEPS approach.

Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted among 528 participants who were willing to participate in the study, from among 967 healthcare staffs of the two units of the Tertiary Cancer Hospital. The participants were interviewed and the anthropometric and biochemical parameters were measured.

Results: The prevalence of risk factors, associated with NCD, tobacco use, alcohol use, extra salt in diet, less than 5 servings of fruits/vegetables, physical inactivity and self-perceived high stress score was found in 34 (6.43%), 90 (17.04%), 461 (87.3%), 412 (78.03%), 409 (77.4%) and 159 (30.11%) respondents, respectively. Multiple logistic regression revealed that Diabetes was significantly associated with male sex, high BMI and physical inactivity. Hypertension was found significantly associated with male sex, increasing age, tobacco and or alcohol consumption, high BMI and high stress. Dyslipidemia was also found significantly associated with high BMI, male sex, physical inactivity and high stress levels.

Conclusion: A high prevalence of risk factors for NCDs was found among the healthcare staff and it is the need of the hour to take preventive measures to reduce the prevailing burden of NCD.