Getting active while living with a partial spinal cord injury
A UBC Okanagan researcher has been testing the effectiveness of a mobile app that encourages people living with a spinal cord injury—but can walk—to get active.
May 11, 2023
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A UBC Okanagan researcher has been testing the effectiveness of a mobile app that encourages people living with a spinal cord injury—but can walk—to get active.
May 11, 2023
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Injured limbs need rest. They are often kept in a sling or cast to immobilize them as a way to promote healing. But that can mean smaller and weaker muscles several weeks later. It takes a long time to rehabilitate these ...
May 9, 2023
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Whether you're a novice taking the first steps toward fitness or an exercise fanatic hoping to optimize your results, a well-rounded fitness training program is essential.
Apr 24, 2023
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High intensity exercise (HIT) in untrained older adults had similar positive effects on oxygen uptake and blood pressure as Moderate Intensity Exercise, (MIT), despite half the exercise duration. HIT also led to a greater ...
Apr 5, 2023
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Strength training practiced with moderate to vigorous intensity two or three times a week is an effective way to mitigate arterial hypertension (high blood pressure), according to a Brazilian study published in the journal ...
Apr 4, 2023
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You're getting to the gym regularly. Meeting your friends for a walk around the block. Maybe aerobics class is your go-to exercise. But is your exercise program the best for your heart health?
Mar 23, 2023
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For many people who have heart failure, supervised exercise training is safe and may offer substantial improvement in exercise capacity and quality of life, even more than medications, according to a new, joint scientific ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Physical exercise can help to improve the severity of movement-related symptoms and the quality of life in people with Parkinson's disease. Findings from the first Cochrane review of the available evidence has found that ...
Mar 15, 2023
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A research team from the University of Murcia, Spain, found a supervised, eight-week exercise program improved symptoms of patients with long COVID better than the current standard self-managed rehabilitation recommendations. ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Having a structured and consistent workout routine makes a difference in the results you see from working out. But sticking to the same routine for too long can lead you to stop seeing progress as you hit a plateau in your ...
Feb 22, 2023
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