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Sun, Wenjiang; Liu, Bin; Zheng, Huan
doi: 10.1080/07399332.2021.2002331pmid: 34913411
Abstract We sought to investigate effects of aerobic exercise in women with preeclampsia history. 42 women were enrolled. After 16 weeks, we found improvement in endothelial function index and oxidative stress biomarkers in the exercise group. Moreover, the change of endothelial function index was significantly associated with the change of total antioxidant capacity in the exercise group. Our findings showed aerobic exercise improved exercise capacity, endothelial function and oxidative stress in formerly preeclamptic women, and favorable modification of oxidative stress might be a vital pathway of endothelial function’s melioration in those women, which deserves further exploration.
İnal, Özgü; Keklicek, Hilal; Karahan, Menekşe; Uluçam, Enis
doi: 10.1080/07399332.2022.2061971pmid: 35797446
Abstract The researchers’ aim is to examine the postural stability and flexibility responses of yoga training in women. The authors conducted the yoga training program 2 days a week and they assessed flexibility using the sit and reach test, trunk hyperextension test and trunk lateral flexion test. The researchers measured static and dynamic balance employing the device and database system. Then, the authors repeated all assesments were at the end of the first, the fifth and the tenth sessions. As a result of this study, the researchers revealed that the male participants had significantly poorer results in a single parameter (longitudinal sway) when compared with the female group, but the groups were statistically equivalent in this parameter after the first yoga training session. The authors also revealed that yoga was effective in improving flexibility among healthy young adults of both sexes, although the males showed greater improvement than females in the flexibility results.
Maharaj, Sonill S.; Nuhu, Jibril M.
doi: 10.1080/07399332.2022.2090566pmid: 35763045
Abstract Anxiety and depression are higher in persons with diabetes leading to poor glycaemic control and diabetes-related emotional distress. Some diabetic women do not engage in exercises perceiving it to make their diabetes worse. The researchers’ objective of this treadmill walking program was to determine its effect on anxiety, depression and social well-being in women with diabetes type 2 (DT2). We randomized 49 sedentary women with DT2 into treadmill walking at moderate intensity of 40-60% of their age-adjusted maximal heart rate, three times per week on alternate days for 12 weeks. The control attended electronic lectures on diet, diabetes and mental health. The treadmill group had no adverse effects and their anxiety, depression and social well-being scores improved with no significant changes for the control. We offer women with DT2 an easy, safe indoors exercise preventing them from abuse from men, erratic drivers and extreme weather conditions with positive physiological responses.
doi: 10.1080/07399332.2022.2129642pmid: 36205645
Abstract Six-minute walk test (6MWT) is a simple test measuring submaximal functional capacity. Various factors such as anthropometric, demographic, and physiological characteristics, are associated with functional decline. However, few authors have dealt with the link between functional decline and parity. Thus, the researchers aimed to measure the six-minute walk distance (6MWD) in healthy Indian women and to determine the factors influencing 6MWD in Indian females, with particular attention to parity. Two hundred asymptomatic females aged 45–60 years were recruited for this cross-sectional study based on selection criteria. A single 6MWT was performed and a 6MWD was recorded. Mean ± SD 6MWD was 483.03 ± 50.22 m. Parity significantly affected the 6MWD among Indian females (r = 0.418, p = 0.0001). Parity is an important factor influencing female functional capacity and should be considered when assessing and prescribing rehabilitation in female participants.
Kim, Jasmyn; Im, Sua; Lee, Rokbit Sanghee; Heo, Jinmoo
doi: 10.1080/07399332.2022.2132252pmid: 36346389
Abstract Perceptions of body image are shaped by sociocultural influences and have been extensively examined in relation to physical and psychological health outcomes. Our study explores concepts of body image manifested through experiences of “flow” among women in South Korea who participate in pole dancing as a recreational physical activity. A qualitative research design incorporating the hermeneutic phenomenological approach revealed that pole dancing serves as a creative medium which embodies a central role in the lives of women of diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds by promoting body appreciation, self-acceptance, improving physical health, enhancing confidence, providing a sense of enjoyment, and establishing social support. Our findings affirm the significance of leisure based physical activities that emphasize functionality and promote positive body image such as pole dancing may be an effective self-care strategy which can be incorporated in health interventions for women within community programs on an international scale.
Ağapınar Şahin, Safiye; Bekar, Mine
doi: 10.1080/07399332.2022.2164284pmid: 36625775
Abstract The researchers’ aim was to evaluate the impact of laughter yoga on pregnancy symptoms, mental well-being, and prenatal attachment. They carried out this study on 85 pregnant women randomized in a maternity hospital in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The researchers collected data using the Pregnant Introduction Form, Pregnancy Symptom Inventory (PSI), Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS), and Prenatal Attachment Inventory (PAI). After applying the laughter yoga practice, they found that mental well-being and prenatal attachment levels were higher in pregnant women in the experimental group and the difference was statistically significant. Thus, they concluded that laughter yoga was an effective practice in reducing the frequency of pregnancy symptoms and limiting daily activities by pregnancy symptoms and increasing mental well-being and prenatal attachment levels.
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