
Diego Munguía-Izquierdo- PhD
- Pablo de Olavide University
Diego Munguía-Izquierdo
- PhD
- Pablo de Olavide University
Professor of Sport Sciences at the Universidad pablo de Olavide
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Background : One factor that could reduce the burden associated with severe mental disorders is to improve the detection of people at health risk to prioritize the application of therapeutic interventions. Having specific risk values for robust health variables that can be measured through easy-to-use, inexpensive, feasible and reliable tools would...
Background
In individuals with severe mental illness (SMI), low muscle strength heightens the risk of mortality and chronic disease development. Routine muscle strength assessments could identify vulnerabilities, thereby reducing the growing burden associated with SMI. However, integration into clinical settings faces obstacles because of limited r...
PowerONyou is an innovative community-based program aimed at enhancing the health, quality of life, and social integration of individuals with severe mental disorders (SMDs), including psychosis, bipolar disorder, and major depression, through the implementation of exercise as a therapeutic strategy. Established in 2013 at the University Pablo de O...
Aim
To assess levels of anxiety in a large cohort of adolescents that participated in different sport types and are characterized by varying performance levels.
Subject and methods
Cross-sectional study based on a large cohort. Self-reported questionnaires which were applied to 10,248 adolescents aged 11–19 years and recruited from secondary educa...
Background: Evidence suggests that aerobic training with blood flow restriction is beneficial for treating fibromyalgia. This study evaluated the feasibility, safety, and effects of an aerobic training program with blood flow restriction for women with fibromyalgia. Methods: Thirty-seven women with fibromyalgia were included, and thirteen with an a...
This chapter addresses the issue of healthcare disparities among individuals with severe mental disorders (SMD) by focusing on the integration of physical activity therapies as an adjunctive treatment facilitated by physical health professionals within the current mental health paradigm. Emphasis is placed on the compelling need for a holistic and...
Severe mental disorders (SMD) are a major contributor to mortality and one of the five leading causes of disability worldwide. Therefore, it is important to establish strategies aimed at improving the physical health in individuals with these disorders, with the aim of reducing the incidence of chronic diseases and promoting health improvement. Car...
People with severe mental disorders (SMD) reports low levels of physical activity and high levels of sedentary behaviour in their daily activities. Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of global mortality, and it is an independent risk factor for several somatic diseases. Therefore, reducing the growing burden of SMDs is a global health...
People with severe mental disorders (SMD) coexist with other diseases derived from a lack of physical activity and sedentary lifestyles. Although physical exercise programs can be interesting when it comes to solving this problem, adherence to them is low and the dropout rate is notable, so that these people do not manage to benefit from the positi...
Several techniques exist to measure fat-free mass (FFM). Accordingly, this study based on data from our recent trial compares the sensitivity of the main field methods available with that of dual energy X ray absorptiometry (DXA) as reference, and analyzes the cross-sectional accuracy of these field methods in recreationally resistance-trained male...
The world is now distressed with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Although vaccination is not done in full fledge and a particular drug is not available to treat COVID-19, modern technologies help humanity fight against it. Data science is a part of modern technological a...
Objetives
: This double-blind randomized controlled trial examines whether antioxidant vitamin supplementation with vitamin C (VitC) and vitamin E (VitE) affects the hypertrophic and functional adaptations to resistance training in trained men.
Methods
: Participants were daily supplemented with VitC and VitE (VIT; N=12) or placebo (PLA; N=11) whi...
Objetives
: This double-blind randomized controlled trial examines whether antioxidant vitamin supplementation with vitamin C (VitC) and vitamin E (VitE) affects the hypertrophic and functional adaptations to resistance training in trained men.
Methods
: Participants were daily supplemented with VitC and VitE (VIT; N=12) or placebo (PLA; N=11) whi...
Pregnancy is a unique period in women life, characterized by anatomical and metabolic variation that may affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Physical activity has the potential to positively influence HRQoL. The aim of this study is to analyze the association between the fulfillment of physical activity guidelines and HRQoL throughout pr...
Body composition is a determinant of performance in soccer. To estimate the body fat percentage (%BF), dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is effective though this method is expensive and not readily accessible. This study examines the validity of widely used field methods based on anthropometric data and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)....
Objective: To study the longitudinal stability of exercise addiction and its health effects in apparently healthy amateur endurance cyclists from pre- to 6-month post-competition.
Methods: In total, 330 (30 women) adult cyclists were divided into 4 groups based on scores on the Exercise Addiction Inventory at both periods: nonrisk (n = 262, 79.1%)...
Fatigue is a cardinal symptom in fibromyalgia. Fatigue is assumed to be the result of genetic susceptibility and environmental factors. We aimed at examining the role of genetic susceptibility for fatigue in southern Spanish women with fibromyalgia, by looking at single nucleotide polymorphisms in 34 fibromyalgia candidate-genes, at the interaction...
Aim
To analyze the associations between the wide range of pregnancy-related symptoms and health-related quality of life.
Material and methods
A cross-sectional study was developed among 155 healthy low-risk pregnant women, aged 18–45 years, participated in the study at midpregnancy. Health-related quality of life and pregnancy symptoms were assess...
This study aimed to analyse the longitudinal association of amateur cycling training volume with health by comparing the proximity of participation in a high-demand cycling event. Variations in cycling training volume, behavioural cardiometabolic risk factors, and physical and psychosocial health were examined. Cyclists decreased their training vol...
Background: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a psychiatric illness that without early effective treatment becomes chronic with high physical, psychological and social morbidity and high mortality. Pilates exercises can improve quality of life and increase body awareness in different clinical and healthy populations. The aim of this pilot study was to exami...
McArdle disease (glycogenosis-V) is associated with exercise intolerance, however, how it affects an important marker of cardiometabolic health as it is adiposity remains unknown. We evaluated the association between physical activity (PA) and adiposity in patients with McArdle disease. We assessed 199 adults of both sexes (51 McArdle patients (36...
We studied the prevalence and possible association between exercise addiction and health in indoor cycling practitioners. In 1014 (492 women) adult indoor cyclists and 926 (597 women) controls with low levels of physical activity according to the short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, we examined the risk of exercise addic...
Objective: This study aimed to determine whether physical fitness is related to nutritional status in a sample of female adolescents with anorexia nervosa, to contrast the nourished and undernourished patients, and to compare the physical fitness in these patients with normative data of healthy subjects stratified by age and gender.
Methods: Nutri...
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by distortions of thinking and perception, with no strictly pathognomonic symptoms that can be divided into positive, negative, and cognitive symptom domains. People with schizophrenia have, between others, a reduced life expectancy and cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness and increased risk o...
Depression is a psychiatric disorder characterized by low mood, loss of interest/enjoyment, and reduced energy and one of the five leading causes of disability and a major contributor to all-cause mortality worldwide. People with depression have, between others, a reduced life expectancy, worse quality of life and cardiorespiratory fitness, and inc...
Objective: To analyze the clinical, psychopathological, physical, and sleep-related evolution of adolescents with restricting-type of anorexia nervosa (AN-R) after 10 weeks of a daytime hospital program.
Methods: Body composition, physical activity and sleep were measured objectively before and after 10 weeks of treatment. In addition, psychopathol...
Background and purpose: Anorexia nervosa (AN) becomes chronic, with high physical, psychological and social morbidity and high mortality without early and effective treatment. The impact of physical exercise as a coadjutant to conventional treatment in this clinical population has been studied with favorable results. Although a Pilates program coul...
Objective: To analyze the clinical and physical fitness evolution of adolescents with restricting-type of anorexia nervosa (AN-R) after 10 weeks of a daytime hospital program. Methods: Height, weight, body mass index (BMI), blood analysis and physical fitness (ALPHA-Fitness Battery) were measured before and after 10 weeks of treatment. Results: Fou...
Background:
Physical inactivity is a key contributor to the global burden of disease and disproportionately impacts the wellbeing of people experiencing mental illness. Increases in physical activity are associated with improvements in symptoms of mental illness and reduction in cardiometabolic risk. Reliable and valid clinical tools that assess p...
This study aimed to analyse the association between amateur cycling training volume and physical and psychosocial health. A cross-sectional study was developed, via self-reported survey, among 1669 cyclists and 1039 controls, where analysis of variance and hierarchical multiple linear regression test were developed. Independent of gender, high volu...
The aim of this study was to determine the most effective anthropometric equations or bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) devices for quantifying the sensitivity to change in fat-free mass (FFM) in elite young soccer players, in comparison with measurements using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), between the pre- and mid-season. A total of...
Background: Physical inactivity is a key contributor to the global burden of disease and disproportionately impacts the wellbeing of people experiencing mental illness. Increases in physical activity are associated with improvements in symptoms of mental illness and reduction in cardiometabolic risk. Reliable and valid clinical tools that assess ph...
Purpose: To find modifiable factors that are related to subjective well-being would be valuable for improving interventions in fibromyalgia. Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and physical fitness may represent potential areas to optimize treatment regimens. In fibromyalgia, there is a discordance between clinical observations and patient-repo...
Aim:
This study examined the associations between activity behaviors composition (sleep, sedentary time, light and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity) with adiposity and cardiorespiratory fitness, and how isotemporal reallocations of time between activity behaviors are associated with differences in adiposity and cardiorespiratory fitness.
Me...
Introduction/objectives
Reproductive labour refers to activities and tasks directed at caregiving and domestic roles, such as cleaning, cooking, and childcare. Productive labour refers to activities that involve economic remuneration. The aim of the present study was to analyse physical activity, sedentary behaviour, physical fitness, and cognitive...
Background: Physical inactivity is a key contributor to the global burden of disease and disproportionately impacts the wellbeing of people experiencing mental illness. Increases in physical activity are associated with improvements in symptoms of mental illness and reduction in cardiometabolic risk. Reliable and valid clinical tools that assess ph...
Based on the high financial and logistical costs associated with the assessment of body composition with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), this study determined which field method has the best correlation with DXA data, and developed an equation to estimate fat-free mass (FFM) using the field anthropometric data in international soccer player...
Background
People with fibromyalgia identify fatigue as one of the main symptoms of the disease [1]. It is hypothesised that the pathogenesis of fibromyalgia involves a genetic susceptibility that is modulated by environmental factors [2]
Objectives
To examine the possible role of genetic susceptibility for fatigue in southern Spanish women with f...
Objective
To evaluate the feasibility and effects of a 12-week intervention combining aerobic and strength exercises in prison inmates with psychiatric disorders.
Design
Two parallel-group, randomized controlled trials.
Setting
A psychiatric prison hospital.
Subjects
Forty-one men prison inmates (mean age ± SD = 38.2 ± 9.2 years, mean prison dur...
Background
Physical inactivity is a key contributor to the global burden of disease and disproportionately impacts the wellbeing of people experiencing mental illness. Increases in physical activity are associated with improvements in symptoms of mental illness and reduction in cardiometabolic risk. Reliable and valid clinical tools that assess phy...
This study determined the most effective field method for quantifying fat-free mass (FFM) in elite youth male soccer players compared to dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) values and to develop prediction equations for FFM based on anthropometric variables. Forty-one male elite-standard youth soccer players, ages 16.2–18.0 years, undertook FFM assessm...
Aims
To identify potential explanatory factors and establish health‐related quality of life levels of healthy pregnant women at midpregnancy.
Background
The health‐related quality of life levels perceived by pregnant women are lower than those perceived by women of similar age and decline during the course of pregnancy.
Design
An exploratory cros...
Objectives To quantify and compare the sedentary time estimated by the Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) and the sedentary time objectively measured by a multi-sensor monitor (SWA) in pregnant women. Methods One hundred eighty-six participants answered the SBQ and wore the SWA at least 7 valid days. The concordance, correlation, agreement and...
Background and aims:
Ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) was defined as meeting ideal levels of 4 health behaviours (smoking, body mass index, physical activity, and diet) and 3 biological factors (blood pressure, total cholesterol, and glucose) and is inversely related to cardiovascular disease and mortality. However, the prevalence of ideal CVH in...
Background
In fibromyalgia there is a discordance between performance-based (i.e., objective) and patient-reported (i.e., subjective) physical functioning (1,2). However, it is unknown whether the association of physical functioning with health outcomes is different between objective and subjective measures.
Objectives
To analyse the associations...
This study determined the most effective field method for quantifying body fat percentage in male elite youth soccer players and developed prediction equations based on anthropometric variables. Forty-four male elite-standard youth soccer players aged 16.3–18.0 years underwent body fat percentage assessments, including bioelectrical impedance analy...
Introduction: McArdle disease is an inborn disorder of muscle glycogen metabolism that produces exercise intolerance, and has been recently associated with low values of lean mass (LM) and bone mineral content (BMC) and density (BMD) in affected adults. Here we aimed to study whether this bone health problem begins in childhood.
Methods: Forty chil...
Objective: In soccer players, body fat mass (FM) is commonly estimated by assessment methods such as skinfolds, bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The main aim was to cross-validate the 3 field methods for quantifying body fat against a recent model of DXA. Methods: This study involved a group of 18 i...
Objective:
To transculturally adapt the Spanish version of Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ) analyzing its psychometric properties.
Methods:
The PPAQ was transculturally adapted into Spanish. Test-retest reliability was evaluated in a subsample of 109 pregnant women. The validity was evaluated in a sample of 208 pregnant women who...
Purpose:
We determined the effects of an innovative 8-week exercise intervention (aerobic, resistance and inspiratory muscle training) for patients with mitochondrial disease (MD).
Methods:
Several endpoints were assessed in 12 patients (19-59 years, 4 female) at pre-training, post-training and after 4-week detraining: aerobic power, muscle stre...
Objectives:
To compare the responses of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) and NH2-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) after 60 minutes of swimming in male and female adults and adolescents with different pubertal status.
Study design:
Adolescent swimmers (25 male and 25 female) and adult swimmers (7 male and 9 female) p...
Introducción:
existe información limitada sobre la relación entre la adherencia a la dieta mediterránea (ADM) y la práctica deportiva.
Objetivo:
determinar la posible asociación de la práctica deportiva y el volumen de entrenamiento en bicicleta con la ADM y la influencia de la proximidad de una prueba ciclodeportiva sobre la ADM.
Material y méto...
Introduction:
There is limited information referred to the relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (AMD) and sports practice.
Objective:
To determinate the association of cycling practice and cycling training volume with the AMD and the influence of the participation in a high-demand cyclist event on the AMD.
Material and metho...
a la dieta mediterránea en adultos inactivos, practicantes de ciclo indoor y ciclistas aficionados. Nutr Palabras clave: Dieta mediterránea. Ciclismo. Ciclo indoor. Salud Resumen Introducción: existe información limitada sobre la relación entre la adherencia a la dieta mediterránea (ADM) y la práctica deportiva. Objetivo: determinar la posible asoc...
Los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria (TCA) engloban aquellas patologías en las que la obsesión por la delgadez y el miedo a la obesidad condicionan la aparición de un patrón de alimentación inadecuado y de conductas patológicas ligadas al control del peso. El ejercicio ha sido históricamente considerado como uno de los síntomas en esta enferme...
El objetivo fue investigar si existen diferencias en calidad de vida y parámetros de salud entre pacientes con esquizofrenia que cumplen e incumplen las recomendaciones de actividad física para la salud. 95 pacientes con esquizofrenia (edad 40.8±9.1 años, 82% hombres, duración de la enfermedad 17.1±8.8 años) fueron clasificados en físicamente activ...
El objetivo del estudio es analizar el efecto de un estilo de vida activo sobre la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud y los síntomas psicológicos percibidos en la etapa final del embarazo. Noventa y cinco mujeres embarazadas fueron categorizadas en función del cumplimiento de las recomendaciones de actividad física, medida objetivamente media...
This study aimed to investigate possible relationships between sedentary behavior and body mass index (BMI), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in schizophrenia patients. Variables contributing to the variability in sedentary behavior were identified. Eighty-two schizophrenia outpatients (mean age±SD: 41.0±8...
This study aimed to explore the possible independent associations of sedentary behaviour (SB), physical activity (PA), and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with clustered (CCRS) and individual cardiometabolic risk (waist circumference [waist], systolic/diastolic blood pressure, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, and fasting blood g...
Aim:
The aim of this study was to assess the match-to-match variability obtained using GPS devices, collected during official games in professional soccer players.
Methods:
GPS-derived data from nineteen elite soccer players were collected over two consecutive seasons. Time-motion data for players with more than five full-match were analyzed (n=...
Interest in studying mechanical skeletal muscle function through tensiomyography (TMG) has increased in recent years. This systematic review aimed to (a) report the reliability and measurement error of all TMG parameters [i.e., maximum radial displacement of the muscle belly (Dm), contraction time (Tc), delay time (Td), half-relaxation time (½ Tr),...
Introduction-purpose:
McArdle disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency) is a genetic condition associated with exercise intolerance, but how it affects lean mass (LM) and bone mineral content (BMC) and density (BMD) in patients is unknown. We compared these variables between McArdle patients and age-/sex-matched healthy controls and asses...
Background:
We investigated the effects of adolescent sport practice on the training, performance, and health outcomes of adult amateur endurance cyclists and compared health outcomes of 3 adult groups: amateur endurance cyclists who practiced sports during adolescence, amateur endurance cyclists who did not practice sports during adolescence, and...
This study aimed to quantify and compare sedentary behaviour patterns in patients with severe mental illness as stratified by gender, age, body mass index, distress, illness duration and antipsychotic medication using both objective and self-reported methods. Sedentary behaviour patterns were measured in 90 outpatients (mean age±SD: 41.6±9.2 years,...
Background
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is often associated with skeletal-muscle weakness. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to determine the effects of an 8-week intervention combining muscle resistance, aerobic and inspiratory pressure-load exercises on upper/lower-body muscle power and other functional variables in patients...
This article provides descriptive detailed (pre and post) values of physical capacity variables, NT-proBNP, physical activity levels and quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PH) (both, intervention and control group) by New York Heart Association (NYHA) class before and after an 8-month exercise intervention. The data a...
Background and aims
To determine the relationship between the risk of exercise addiction (REA) and health status in amateur endurance cyclists.
Methods
In 859 (751 men and 108 women) cyclists and 718 inactive subjects (307 men and 411 women), we examined the REA (Exercise Addiction Inventory), training status (volume, frequency, experience, and pe...
To compare the cardiorespiratory fitness and health-related quality of life between nulliparous pregnant women who meet the physical activity and sedentary behaviors recommendations and those who not meet these recommendations
Aim:
To transcultural adapt and analyze the reliability of Spanish version of Pregnancy Symptoms Inventory and assess the prevalence of pregnancy symptoms in Spanish pregnant women.
Materials and methods:
A subsample of 120 healthy pregnant women answered the Pregnancy Symptoms Inventory twice and a sample of 280 report the prevalence and limita...
PurposeThe most relevant musculoskeletal problems are related with back health. Study instruments have been designed for adult patient population but not for school-aged children. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of a questionnaire to assess adolescents’ level of back care knowledge in daily life physica...
What is the most recommended alternative method to DXA to assess changes in body fat percentage in elite youth soccer players?
Background
Many fibromyalgia (FM) patients experience a deteriorated cognitive function. This is one of the reasons why FM diagnosis has been moved from a pain-focused classification to a more encompassing diagnosis including cognitive difficulties. It is noteworthy that self-reported cognitive difficulties by FM patients are commonly inaccurate (1...
Purpose:
To analyze the match running profile, distance travelled over successive 15 minutes of match-play, heart rates and effindex of professional soccer players with Global Positioning System (GPS) and heart rate (HR) in official competition.
Methods:
Twenty-six professional players were investigated during full-matches in competitive club le...
This study assessed the association of fitness and fatness with cognitive function in women with fibromyalgia, and the independent influence of their single components on cognitive tasks. A total of 468 women with fibromyalgia were included. Speed of information processing and working memory (Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task), as well as immedia...
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Physical exercise is an important component in the management of pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). The aim of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to determine the effects of an 8-week intervention combining muscle resistance, aerobic and inspiratory pressure load exercises in PAH outpatients.
METHODS: The RCT will be c...
Purpose:
The objectives of this study were to describe the repeated high-intensity activity and internal training load of rugby sevens players during international matches and to compare the differences between the first and second halves.
Methods:
Twelve international-level male rugby sevens players were monitored during international competiti...
We compared the response of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) after 60 min of swimming, running and cycling in well-trained triathletes. The maximal increase in hs-cTnT was similar in all exercise bouts (swimming 453%, cycling 349% and running 471%) although there was substantial individual variability in peak hs-cTnT. The post-exercise...
Available scientific data related to cardiac troponin I (cTnI) release after intermittent exercise is limited. It is also of interest to determine what personal or environmental factors mediate the exercise-induced release of cTnI. This study had two objectives: 1) to examine the individual release of cTnI to a basketball match; and 2) to establish...
The aim of the present study was to assess the association of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with pressure pain sensitivity and clinical pain in women with fibromyalgia (FM). Thirty-one women with FM were included in the study. Pressure pain sensitivity was assessed with an electronic pressure dolorimeter. The average pressure pain threshold (PPT)...
To examine the agreement between objective (accelerometer) and subjective measures of sleep in fibromyalgia women (FW) and healthy women (HW). To identify explanatory variables of the discrepancies between the objective and subjective measures in FW and in HW.
127 diagnosed FW and 53 HW filled the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) and wore th...
The purposes of this study were to determine the extent to which specific anthropometric, conditional, and pulmonary function variables predict 100-m front-crawl performance in national swimmers and compare anthropometric, conditional, and pulmonary function variables between both genders. Two groups (male, n=8 and female, n=9) of sprint swimmers (...
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Abstract The present study aimed (1) to assess the validity and reliability of the Borg category-ratio (CR-10) scale for monitoring exercise intensity in women with fibromyalgia (FM) and (2) to examine whether women with FM can discriminate between perceived exerti...
We analyzed the effects of a 4-month resistance (weight lifting) training program followed by a 2-month detraining period in 7 adult McArdle patients (5 female) on: muscle mass (assessed by DXA), strength, serum creatine kinase (CK) activity and clinical severity. Adherence to training was ≥ 84% in all patients and no major contraindication or side...
Aim:
The aim was to quantify for the first time the physical and physiological profile of professional soccer players in official games using GPS and heart rate response. Methods: Thirty professional soccer players were investigated during a half in competitive club level matches (n=348) using GPS devices.
Results:
The relative total distance wa...
Background:
This study sought to determine whether health-related quality of life (HRQoL) could be related to cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and/or physical activity (PA) in patients with McArdle disease and to compare the CRF and HRQoL data obtained with normative data for age- and sex-matched healthy subjects.
Methods:
Eighty-one adult patien...
Objective:
To compare the levels of physical activity (PA) assessed with questionnaires (Leisure Time Physical Activity Instrument [LTPAI], Physical Activity at Home and Work Instrument [PAHWI]) and accelerometry in patients with fibromyalgia; and to analyze the test-retest reliability of these questionnaires.
Design:
Cross-sectional study.
Set...
OBJECTIVES:
To compare levels of physical activity (PA) assessed by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) with PA measured with the SenseWear Pro Armband (SWA) in women with fibromyalgia, and to assess the test-retest reliability of the IPAQ.
METHODS:
The study comprised a total of 183 women with fibromyalgia aged 51.1±8.2 years...
Home advantage in competitive sports is well documented despite some contradictory results. Previous studies have identified 5 main causes of home advantage in competitive sports: crowd, familiarity, travels, rules and territoriality. Moreover, several studies have proposed the influence of these factors over psychological and behavioral states in...
Objectives
To characterise levels of objectively measured sedentary time and physical activity in women with fibromyalgia.
Design
Cross-sectional study.
Setting
Local Association of Fibromyalgia (Granada, Spain).
Participants
The study comprised 94 women with diagnosed fibromyalgia who did not have other severe somatic or psychiatric disorders,...