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Save your Back: Percorsi teorici e pratici nel trattamento e nella prevenzione delle patologie del rachide all’interno di una popolazione scolastica
No full textSave your Back: Percorsi teorici e pratici nel trattamento e nella prevenzione delle patologie del rachide all’interno di una popolazione scolastica
No full textA systematic overview to quantify the gender imbalance in cardiovascular rehabilitation trials
No full textIl contributo della letteratura scientifica nella definizione di un protocollo motorio adattato al soggetto con ridotta tolleranza glucidica (IGT)
No full textIl contributo della letteratura scientifica nella definizione di un protocollo motorio adattato al soggetto con ridotta tolleranza glucidica (IGT)
No full textConventional exercise interventions for adults with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
No full textExergaming for Quality of Life in Persons Living with Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis
No full textObjective: To evaluate the evidence of effectiveness of exergame-based rehabilitative interventions
on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in persons with chronic diseases.
Type: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Literature survey: Randomized and non-randomized controlled trials of exergame rehabilitation
interventions in populations with chronic diseases reporting HRQoL outcomes were identified by
searching PubMed, Scopus, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), Cochrane Central Register
of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), and Google Scholar, using keywords and MeSH terms for papers
published between January 2005 and March 2019.
Methodology: Risk of bias was assessed by using the PEDro scale. The GRADE system was used
to score the quality of evidence. Pooled effects were reported as standardized mean differences
(SMDs) or weighted mean difference (MDs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), using a randomeffects
model. Heterogeneity was weighted by inconsistency I2 tests.
Synthesis: Thirty-four trials were identified (1,594 participants). Overall, the evidence was low
quality. Exergames significantly improved HRQoL in populations with chronic diseases, with a
small effect size (32 studies; 1,544 participants; SMD 0.24; 95% CI 0.1 to 0.4; I2 = 27%) and
specifically in people with neurological disorders (20 studies, 956 participants, SMD 0.22; 95% CI
0.2 to 0.4; I2 = 49%), rheumatologic diseases (four studies, 210 participants, SMD 0.39; 95% CI 0.1
to 0.7; I2 = 4%), and cardiorespiratory and chronic metabolic conditions (five studies, 309
participants, SMD 0.23; 95% CI 0.0 to 0.5; I2 = 0%). Exergaming interventions in health care
settings demonstrated similarly small but positive effects (22 studies, 905 participants, SMD 0.30;
95% CI 0.1 to 0.5; I2 = 41%), whereas those carried out in home-based contexts did not.
Conclusions: Exergame-based rehabilitative interventions performed in health care settings led to
small but statistically significant improvements in HRQoL in persons with chronic diseases
Physical activity levels and health-related quality of life in young Italian population
No full textAim. Significant levels of physical activity (PA) have benefit in reducing chronic diseases in the general adults, but little is known on the association between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and PA levels among young population. This study aims to investigate the association between different levels of PA and HRQoL in a random sample of 155 Italian University students (age range: 18-30 years old).
Methods. We used the short version of IPAQ and SF-36 to assess PA levels and HRQoL, respectively. Differences in HRQoL scores between the three IPAQ categories (low, moderate and high) were evaluated by the analysis of covariance (with age and BMI as covariates). Forward stepwise multiple regression analysis was used to determine the most predictive variables for a good HRQoL.
Results. A significant relationship between PA (Kcal/week and METs/week) and Physical Functioning, Role Physical, General Health, and Physical Summary Component scores was observed in women, while the Role Physical, and the Vitality were associated with PA in men. The amount of PA (day/week, Kcal/week and METs/week) significantly predicted the HRQoL scores and the variance explained by the function ranged from 5.75% to 14.24% for women and from 5.41% to 10.95% for men. The regular frequency of PA during the week was the most important positive predictors for the highest scores in most of HRQoL domains.
Conclusion. Our results confirm that the highest PA Levels were associated with more favorable scores in HRQoL dimensions, also among young Italian population
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