Dance for health: an intergenerational program to increase access to physical activity

K Schroeder, SJ Ratcliffe, A Perez, D Earley… - Journal of pediatric …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate Dance for Health, an intergenerational
program to increase access to physical activity in an underserved, high risk urban …

Relationship between sedentary behavior and cardiovascular risk

RV Same, DI Feldman, N Shah, SS Martin… - Current cardiology …, 2016 - Springer
The majority of adults do not meet current guideline recommendations for moderate to
vigorous physical activity. Recent research has linked a high amount of sedentary behavior …

Gameful experience in gamification: Construction and validation of a gameful experience scale [GAMEX]

R Eppmann, M Bekk, K Klein - Journal of interactive …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Gamification has recently become a popular topic in marketing practice. It is perceived as
being a promising way to provide improved consumer experiences and to positively …

Development and validation of a new tool to measure the facilitators, barriers and preferences to exercise in people with osteoporosis

IB Rodrigues, JD Adachi, KA Beattie… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2017 - Springer
Background Despite the widely known benefits of exercise and physical activity, adherence
rates to these activities are poor. Understanding exercise facilitators, barriers, and …

Exergame and balance training modulate prefrontal brain activity during walking and enhance executive function in older adults

P Eggenberger, M Wolf, M Schumann… - Frontiers in aging …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Different types of exercise training have the potential to induce structural and functional
brain plasticity in the elderly. Thereby, functional brain adaptations were observed during …

Does multicomponent physical exercise with simultaneous cognitive training boost cognitive performance in older adults? A 6-month randomized controlled trial with a …

P Eggenberger, V Schumacher, M Angst… - … interventions in aging, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background Cognitive impairment is a health problem that concerns almost every second
elderly person. Physical and cognitive training have differential positive effects on cognition …

Randomized comparison trial of balance training by using exergaming and conventional weight-shift therapy in patients with chronic stroke

JW Hung, CX Chou, YW Hsieh, WC Wu, MY Yu… - Archives of physical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To compare the effects of exergaming with conventional weight-shift training on
balance function in patients with chronic stroke. Design Single-blind randomized controlled …

ICT-based system to predict and prevent falls (iStoppFalls): results from an international multicenter randomized controlled trial

YJ Gschwind, S Eichberg, A Ejupi, H de Rosario… - European review of …, 2015 - Springer
Background Falls and fall-related injuries are a serious public health issue. Exercise
programs can effectively reduce fall risk in older people. The iStoppFalls project developed …

Body image in adult women: Associations with health behaviors, quality of life, and functional impairment

CB Becker, CL Verzijl, LS Kilpela… - Journal of health …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examined body image in adult women along with probable correlates including
health behaviors, negative affect, quality of life, and functional impairment. Adult women (N …

[PDF][PDF] Comportamento sedentário: conceito, implicações fisiológicas e os procedimentos de avaliação

J Meneguci, DAT Santos, RB Silva, RG Santos… - Motricidade, 2015 - redalyc.org
RESUMO O presente estudo de revisão narrativa teve como objetivos: a) rever os termos
operacionais utilizados para a caracterização do comportamento sedentário; b) descrever …