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“I Am A Runner”: A Qualitative Analysis Of Women-Runners’ Pregnancy Experiences, Jennifer M. Ohlendorf, Anna L. Anklam, Lindsay Gardner
“I Am A Runner”: A Qualitative Analysis Of Women-Runners’ Pregnancy Experiences, Jennifer M. Ohlendorf, Anna L. Anklam, Lindsay Gardner
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
Background
Women runners are a group with potential for health maintenance and health promotion in pregnancy. When providers counsel women to discontinue or cut back on running without cause, an opportunity for health benefits to both woman and baby may be lost.
Aim
This study aims to explicate the experience women runners have in pregnancy to further providers’ understanding of this population’s unique needs.
Methods
An online, qualitative inquiry was employed to explore the experiences of an online community of women runners in pregnancy (N = 22). The Doing Pregnancy framework provided guidance for final stages of the analysis.
Findings …
Functional Exercise Improves Mobility Performance In Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Kimberlee A. Gretebeck, Caroline S. Blaum, Tisha Moore, Roger Brown, Andrzej Galecki, Debra Strasburg, Shu Chen, Neil B. Alexander
Functional Exercise Improves Mobility Performance In Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Kimberlee A. Gretebeck, Caroline S. Blaum, Tisha Moore, Roger Brown, Andrzej Galecki, Debra Strasburg, Shu Chen, Neil B. Alexander
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
Background: Diabetes-related disability occurs in approximately two-thirds of older adults with diabetes and is associated with loss of independence, increased health care resource utilization, and sedentary lifestyle. The objective of this randomized controlled trial was to determine the effect of a center-based functional circuit exercise training intervention followed by a 10-week customized home-based program in improving mobility function in sedentary older adults with diabetes.
Methods: Participants (n = 111; mean age 70.5 [7.1] y; mean body mass index 32.7 [5.9] kg/m2) were randomized to either a moderate-intensity functional circuit training (FCT) plus 10-week home program to …