Background The purpose of this paper is to review relationships of academic performance
and some of its determinants to participation in school-based physical activities, including …

Regular, moderate exercise enhances immune function and attenuates immune disturbances
associated with acute exercise (ie, a single bout of vigorous exercise). Epidemiologic data …

Despite extensive use over 40 years, physical activity questionnaires still show limited
reliability and validity. Measurements have value in indicating conditions where an increase in …

Con la colaboración de 123 voluntarios (73 con paraplojia y 50 con tetraplejia) se testaron
las asociaciones que se producen entre la actividad fisica recreativa, la forma fisica, la …

The original Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) offers a safe preliminary
screening of candidates for exercise testing and prescription, but it screens out what seems an …

An ever-growing volume of peer-reviewed publications speaks to the recent and rapid growth
in both scope and understanding of exercise immunology. Indeed, more than 95% of all …

This book contains the text of the consensus achieved during the 4-day [Second International
Consensus Symposium on Physical Activity, Fitness, and Health], along with chapters of …

that 73 000 middle-aged women, physical activity was inversely related to the risk of coronary
heart disease and stroke. Among patients with known cardiovascular disease, a meta-…

The book compiles 62 papers from the international conference on Exercise, fitness, and
health, held in Toronto, Canada in May/June 1988. The papers review the current status of …

An examination is presented of how regular physical activity can maintain functional abilities,
well-being, and independence in the older person. The book begins by addressing issues …