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Clinical Rehabilitation of COVID-19
Published in Wenguang Xia, Xiaolin Huang, Rehabilitation from COVID-19, 2021
Aerobic exercise training: Cross-walking, walking, fast walking, jogging or swimming, and breathing exercises should be done three to five times a week for 20–30 minutes each time. Patients should stop exercise if their Borg score is no more than 3 points or if the patients feel short of breath. It is possible to gradually increase activity intensity to moderate intensity while monitoring blood oxygen.
Using exercise to boost how you feel
Published in Chris Williams, Roch Cantwell, Karen Robertson, Overcoming Postnatal Depression, 2020
Chris Williams, Roch Cantwell, Karen Robertson
Other things you could try are stretching your body, jogging slowly on the spot or walking round the block with the pram at a reasonable pace. Remember not to overdo it. Aim to do something that gets your heart rate up and gets you moving without being excessive. Remember, any benefits can be boosted even more by planning to do activities that are fun or sociable. If you think you’re physically unwell you can always check this with your doctor first.
Exercise Prescription for Apparently Healthy Individuals and for Special Populations
Published in James M. Rippe, Lifestyle Medicine, 2019
Maintenance of flexibility, the range of motion around a joint, can be important for the prevention of low back pain and for the maintenance of activities of daily living. While stretching might help prevent injury in activities where one’s range of motion is taken to its limits (e.g., gymnastics), there is no conclusive evidence that stretching prevents injury in activities requiring less range of motion (e.g., jogging) or that it prevents muscle soreness.12,13
Hikikomori: psychopathology and differential diagnosis of a condition with epidemic diffusion
Published in International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 2021
Giovanni Martinotti, Chiara Vannini, Chiara Di Natale, Antonella Sociali, Gianfranco Stigliano, Rita Santacroce, Massimo di Giannantonio
Exercise interventions using jogging therapy are showing some promising results. Takahiro A. Kato et al. proposed Pokémon GO, a game software designed for smartphones, or other similar games, as a ‘first step’ that may enhance the motivation of hikikomori patients to venture outside and to participate in the society (Tateno et al. 2016). In particular, they suggested to consider this game as a tool to make a first step towards a permanent therapy, as face-to-face group psychotherapy. Behind the pathology of hikikomori, there are issues in interpersonal exchanges and psychological problems. So far, the underlying bio-psycho-social mechanisms to create right motivation (will-dynamics) have not been explored sufficiently. Enhancing continuous self-motivation to go-out and to enter therapeutic situations and society using such augmented reality technologies may be a novel therapeutic strategy that may provide benefits in the process of treating hikikomori.
Taekwondo training reduces blood catecholamine levels and arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women with stage-2 hypertension: randomized clinical trial
Published in Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 2019
Sang Ho Lee, Steven D. Scott, Elizabeth J. Pekas, Seungyong Lee, Seok Hoon Lee, Song Young Park
All subjects had Taekwondo training previously as part of their high school curriculum as well and Taekwondo training was supervised by trained Taekwondo masters. Subjects wore body protectors during the entirety of the training and no injuries were reported. Subjects began the training session with a dynamic stretching warm-up for 10 minutes. They then participated in Taekwondo training for 40-minutes. This consisted of time practicing Taekwondo kicks, punches, steps and step-sparring while facing an opponent (either an instructor or another participant). They then spent the remaining time practicing Taekwondo forms and then walked, jogged or ran, depending on what intensity was desired. A 10-minute, static stretching cool-down was applied after the 40-minute training session. A list of each exercise performed can be seen in Table 3. This training regimen consisted of both aerobic and anaerobic training, as many of the kicks, punches and steps are plyometric in nature, requiring jumps, half-squats, and lunges. These utilize dynamic and isometric muscle contractions using body weight, gravity and the opponent for resistance. Additionally, the short rest periods and walking, jogging and running contribute to the aerobic aspects of the training.
Reliability and sensitivity of jumping, linear sprinting and change of direction ability tests in adolescent female football players
Published in Science and Medicine in Football, 2019
Elena Pardos- Mainer, José Antonio Casajús, Oiver Gonzalo-Skok
Participants were assessed at baseline (test-retest reliability) and again at 12 (short-term) and 24 (mid-term) weeks on jumping, linear sprinting and CODA tests by the same group of investigators during the entire study, at the same time of the day (6 PM to 8 PM) and under the same environmental conditions (~22ºC and ~20% of humidity) in a football field. One week prior to the commencement of the study, players performed two familiarization trials (jumping, linear sprinting and CODA tests) to avoid any learning effect. Before performing the tests, a warm-up, consisting of jogging (3 min), lower-limb dynamic stretches (4 min) and high-intensity activities (4 min), was performed. Thereafter, before executing all tests, two practice trials were allowed with 30 s (jumping tests) or 2 min (linear sprint and CODA tests) of passive recovery between practice trials. Two min of passive recovery was allowed between-tests and between practice and test trials. Players wore athletic shoes (jumping tests) and football boots (linear sprint and CODA tests) in the field tests.