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Barriers To Prescribing Exercise In Clinical Practice To Treat Mild-To-Moderate Depression, Andrew D. Hanna
Barriers To Prescribing Exercise In Clinical Practice To Treat Mild-To-Moderate Depression, Andrew D. Hanna
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The benefits of incorporating physical activity to moderate the effects of various chronic diseases have been well documented; however, some settings of clinical practice fail to utilize these benefits to treat conditions such as mild-to-moderate depression. To improve the integration of physical activity as a prescribing practice to treat depression, a better understanding of patient attitudes towards physical activity is needed. Various barriers exist when attempting to prescribe exercise for patients diagnosed with depression. Due to the symptoms of depression, patients often report various barriers and difficulty to engaging in exercise such as deficits in motivation, low energy levels and …
Exercise Protects Against Congenital Heart Defects Induced By Pregestational Diabetes, Tana Saiyin
Exercise Protects Against Congenital Heart Defects Induced By Pregestational Diabetes, Tana Saiyin
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Pregestational diabetes is a risk factor for birth defects, with diabetic women having a four times higher risk of producing children with congenital heart defects (CHDs). This is concerning because the prevalence of diabetes is growing at epidemic proportions. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether exercise can also reduce hyperglycemia-induced CHDs and determine the underlying mechanism. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is a critical enzyme for normal cardiogenesis that can be upregulated with exercise in adult cardiovascular tissue. However, whether maternal exercise can regulate fetal eNOS and affect heart development has yet to be studied. In this …
The Effect Of Insulin Treatment And Exercise Modality On Skeletal Muscle Fiber Size In Streptozotocin-Induced Type 1 Diabetic Rats, John Z. Nickels
The Effect Of Insulin Treatment And Exercise Modality On Skeletal Muscle Fiber Size In Streptozotocin-Induced Type 1 Diabetic Rats, John Z. Nickels
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Severe Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is known to have several negative effects on skeletal muscle mass, a condition known as diabetic myopathy. One of these effects is the atrophy of the glycolytic muscle fibers. However, the role of intensity of insulin treatment and exercise modality in attenuating this loss in fiber cross-sectional area (CSA) specifically has yet to be determined. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of 12 weeks of differing intensity of insulin therapy and exercise modality on the CSA of plantaris muscle fibers, identified by myosin heavy chain (MHC) of STZ-induced T1DM rats. …