Z Hashemi; M Moghadasi
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Aim: Clinical studies indicated that types of exercise might have different effects on cardiac health and function. The effect of strength and endurance exercises-induced cardiac release proteins on its health is no clear. Thus, the aim of the present study was to compare the Galectin-3 and NT-ProBNP ...
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Aim: Clinical studies indicated that types of exercise might have different effects on cardiac health and function. The effect of strength and endurance exercises-induced cardiac release proteins on its health is no clear. Thus, the aim of the present study was to compare the Galectin-3 and NT-ProBNP levels in strength and endurance elite athletes.
Method: Fifteen elite body builders (mean ± SD age of 23.0 ± 1.4 years and BMI: 24.1 ± 1.4 kg/m2) and fifteen elite endurance runners (mean ± SD age of 21.4 ± 3.0 years and BMI: 21.7 ± 2.0 kg/m2) with at least 3 years of tournament playing were participated in this study as the subject. Anthropometric and body composition parameters were measured. Fasting blood sample was taken for galectin-3 and NT-ProBNP measurements. Data were analyzed by Mann-Whitney U test. Data analyses were performed using SPSS software for windows (version 17) and the level of significance in all statistical analyses was set at P≤0.05.
Results: The results indicated that galectin-3 and NT-ProBNP were higher in the strength elite athletes than the endurance elite athletes were (P<0.05).
Conclusion: In conclusion, it seems that type of exercise is effective on blood galectin-3 and NT-ProBNP concentrations.
Merzad Moghadasi; Fariba Hosseini; Ehsan Bahrami Abdehgah; Najmeh Abdollahpur; Siyad Ali Hosseini
Volume 4, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 49-58
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Aim: Adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (A-FABP) is a plasma biomarker recently associated with the obesity. Exercise training may reduce the adipose tissue, although it is not truly known whether exercise–induced change in adipose tissue, decreases A-FABP concentrations or not; therefore the ...
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Aim: Adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (A-FABP) is a plasma biomarker recently associated with the obesity. Exercise training may reduce the adipose tissue, although it is not truly known whether exercise–induced change in adipose tissue, decreases A-FABP concentrations or not; therefore the aim of this study was to investigate A-FABP concentrations in middle-aged men after 8 weeks high intensity aerobic training.
Method: Twenty two sedentary obese middle-aged men (age: 46.4±2.3 years, body mass index (BMI): 32.8±2.0 kg/m2 and maximum oxygen uptake: 34.4±2.6 ml.kg-1.min-1; mean±SD) volunteered to participate in this study. The subjects were randomly assigned to the training group (n=11) or control group (n=11). The training group performed high intensity aerobic training 3 days a week for 8 weeks at an intensity corresponding to 75-80% individual maximum oxygen consumption for 45 min.
Results: The results showed that the BMI and body fat percentage were decreased in the training group compared to the control group (p<0.05). After 8 weeks of HIT, the training group resulted in a significant decrease (p<0.05) in the A-FABP and insulin resistance compared with the control group.
Conclusion: The results suggest aerobic training with the specific intensity and duration utilized in this study decreases A-FABP concentrations in obese middle-aged men.
Mehrzad Moghadasi; Mohadesehsadat Nematollahzadeh mahani; Mohadesehsadat Nematollahzadeh mahani
Volume 3, Issue 1 , April 2013, , Pages 59-69
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Aim: The effect of creatine (Cr) supplementation on exercise induced-lactate is still debatable. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the effect of creatine supplementation on blood lactate levels after an exhaustive aerobic exercise.
Method: Twenty healthy young men (age: 22.4±0.8 ...
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Aim: The effect of creatine (Cr) supplementation on exercise induced-lactate is still debatable. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the effect of creatine supplementation on blood lactate levels after an exhaustive aerobic exercise.
Method: Twenty healthy young men (age: 22.4±0.8 years; weight: 71.8±8.5 kg; body mass index (BMI): 23.5±2.5 kg/m2; maximum oxygen uptake: 37.7±7.2 ml.kg-1.min-1; mean±SD) were randomly assigned to either a creatine (20 g Cr for 7 days) or a placebo group (same dosage of a glucose polymer) using a double-blind research design. After a week of supplementation, the subjects underwent an exhaustive aerobic exercise. Blood samples were taken before the exercise and immediately, 10 and 20 minute after the exercise.
Results: The results showed that body weight, BMI, lean body mass and creatine levels were increased significantly after supplementation in the creatine group (P
