Martin Hofmeister

Consumer Centre of the German Federal State of Bavaria, Germany, Munich · Department Food and Nutrition

Irisin is a hormone that is offered to be a hopeful remedial target in obesity and type 2 diabetes. It has received striking attention recently, whereas, the interactions between exercise training and irisin are still unclear. Therefore , this systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the impacts of exercise interventions on circulating iris...

Summary: Osteoporosis or decreased bone mineral density (BMD) is the most important risk factor for fractures, especially in older postmenopausal women (PMW). However, the interactions between exercise training and bone mineral density are not completely understood. We evaluated the effects of physical exercise on BMD in women aged ≥ 60 years postm...

Aging is a natural process coupled with oxidative stress and chronic inflammation, gradually associated with losing organ function over time. Therefore, the objective of the current work was to peruse the protective effects of 8-week moderate-intensity interval training (MIIT) and ginger extract supplementation on some biomarkers of oxidative stres...

Objective Noise pollution is a kind of stress that impairs various physiological functions. This study evaluated the effect of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate-intensity continuous training (MCT) on corticosterone, interleukin-6 (IL-6), and monocyte responses to acute noise stress in male rats. Design Forty-two male Wistar rats...

Introduction Many COVID-19 patients display adverse symptoms, such as reduced physical ability, poor quality of life, and impaired pulmonary function. Therefore, this systematic review is aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of physical exercise on various psychophysiological indicators among COVID-19 patients who may be at any stage of their illn...

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the relationship between religious and life skills with the performance of athletes in volleyball. Material and methods: This study adopted a correlational type of research. The participants involved in this study were athletes from volleyball at Singaperbangsa University, Indonesia (n=45). The instrument use...

This study presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of research trends in the field of sport science in Indonesia. Using a bibliometric approach, 128 relevant articles were collected, consisting of articles published in journals, written in English, and originating from Indonesia. This research focuses on analysing publication patterns and tr...

Objectives: Alzheimer disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with the formation of amyloid β plaques in the brain. This study investigates the effects of a resistance training course with sildenafil supplementation on brain-derived neurotrophic factor and tropomyosin receptor kinase B in the hippocampal tissue of rats with Alzheimer di...

The efficacy of the TABATA workout for college students has been emphasized in academic literature. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of research undertaken on college students within the specific setting of higher education institutions in the Philippines. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the TABATA workout’s efficacy for overwei...

Purpose: The study’s purpose was to investigate and compare the fear of failure among kurash athletes of different ages and gender on their pre-competition anxiety levels. Material and Methods. For this study, a total of 275 athletes (age range between 12-29 years) voluntarily participated and were divided into two age groups. Their mean age was 24...

In the current study, we investigated the impacts of 6 weeks of aerobic interval training (AIT) with selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) on muscle, serum, and lung irisin (FNDC5) and Sema3A in rats exposed to cigarette smoke extract (CSE). To this end, 49 male Wistar rats (8 weeks old) were divided into seven groups: control, SeNPs (2.5 mg/kg b.w by ora...

Background: Sleep quality is one of the factors affecting the health and performance of students. The current study aimed to compare sleep quality between active and inactive students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 386 students (182 females; 144 males) studying in the Persian Gulf University voluntarily p...

Background: CrossFit includes weightlifting, powerlifting, and gymnastics in various combinations of overloads and repetitions with limited rest periods or no rest between training sets. Due to the novelty of CrossFit, there are few studies on the effect of nutritional strategies on the acute response to this type of sports activity. This study exa...

The phenomenon of escalating harassment and bullying of female athletes in sports demonstrates that there is a gap and urgency for further scrutiny. This study aims to reveal harassment and bullying cases against female athletes in sports. This study applied a mixed method. Participants in this study were athletes in several sports organizations at...

Background and Study Aim. Physical fitness and psychological well-being of student-athletes had decreased significantly and became the main problem in this study. This study aims to investigate the effect of virtual reality-based Tabata training to increase the level of physical fitness and psychological well-being through a mixed method. Material...

Purpose: The COVID-19 outbreak had led difficulties in carrying out sports events and limited research investigated the strategies in organizing sports events during COVID-19 generated a gap and novelty in this research. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the perceptions from coaches about strategies in organizing sport events at the univers...

Study purpose. This study aims to investigate the effect of the peer teaching model on improving the physical literacy of pencak silat athletes. Materials and methods. This study applied a mixed method. Participants were pencak silat male athletes (n=30) who studied at elementary schools in Cianjur district (Indonesia). Participants were divided in...

Background Skeletal muscle contractions due to exercise lead to the secretion of many proteins and proteoglycan peptides called myokines. Myostatin (MSTN) and Myogenin (MyoG) are two of the most important skeletal muscle growth regulatory factors related to myoblast differentiation and muscle hypertrophy. The present study aims at investigating the...

Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most prevalent chronic liver diseases. It is shown that moderate to high physical activities can play a crucial role in improving this disease. Aim: The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate-intensity continuous tr...

Abstract The aims of the present study were to examine the effects of D-galactose (DG) supplementation on plasma aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), creatinine, albumin, urea, bilirubin, cholesterol, and triglyceride. We also investigated the effects of Rosehip (Rosa canina L) fruit extraction and end...

Purpose Noise has become an integral part of human life. Noise stress affect various physiological indices. In the present study, the effects of acute noise stress on corticosterone and testosterone and testosterone to cortisol ratio (T/C) in male rats, trained with two types of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate-intensity continu...

Kratom, also known as herbal speed, is the powdered leaves of the Asian kratom tree (Mitragyna speciosa Korth.). The consumption of kratom powder or kratom tea for diarrhea, inflammation, fever, and pain, but also for anxiety and depression is based on traditional experiences from East Asian herbal medicine. Pharmacologically, kratom is an intoxica...

Exercise training and probiotics have been suggested as a treatment for the prevention of chronic liver damage such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Lactobacillus rhamnosus Gorbach-Goldin (LGG) is one of the most widely used probiotic strains that decreases liver damage. Thus, this study aims to consider the ameliorative effects of hig...

Regular physical activity is the best defense against many diseases, illnesses, and abnormalities. Aerobic exercise and the consumption of herbal supplements strengthen the body's immune and defense systems. This study aimed to investigate the effect of a period of swimming endurance training with trachyspermum copticum (Ajwain) consumption on seru...

Candida albicans is an important opportunistic fungus that causes disease in humans as well as in animals. Globally, bloodstream infections due to Candida spp. are responsible for 400,000 cases each year. Approximately, 25,000 cases of candidemia occur in the USA annually. Around 90% of AIDS patients suffer from Candida infections. Candida albicans...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of flat foot on the frontal alignment of calcaneus and tibia in 23 children with flat feet, aged 7-9 (7.43±0.58 years old). To evaluate the foot, the Foot Posture Index-6 (FPI 6) was used, while the posture of the calcaneus and the tibia was analyzed using the Global Postural System 400. The st...

Background: Skeletal muscle contractions due to exercise lead to the secretion of many proteins and proteoglycan peptides called myokines. Myostatin (MSTN) and MyoGenin (MyoG) are two of the most important skeletal muscle growth regulatory factors related to myoblast differentiation and muscle hypertrophy. The present study aims at investigating th...

Daily stair walking is a time-efficient everyday activity that improves cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, body composition, blood pressure, lipid profiles, and is associated with a reduction in all-cause mortality. However, more than one in three adult Europeans is physically inactive in their everyday life and the exemplary current rate...

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of Pilates exercises on fundamental skills performance of archers. Method: A total of twenty female archers (age 16-20 year) were selected from Youth Affairs and Sports, Khuman Lampak Sport Complex, Imphal, Manipur (India) who participated national level competition. The sub...

Food plays a vital role in our life. The contamination of food is a global public health issue affecting developed as well as developing nations. The contamination can be caused by physical, chemical, and biological agents. Among the biological agents, bacteria are most frequently encountered as a cause of contamination throughout the world. There...

Dear Editor, With clearly outlined prospects for research, I congratulate Dr. Neel Kanth and colleagues for their interesting study on the “Prevalence of lactose intolerance and its association with malnutrition in children”, published in a recent issue of the National Journal of Health Sciences (NJHS, Volume 4, Issue 3, 2019) [1]. The high prevale...

Background: Tinnitus is a common and multifactorial condition that requires careful medical assessment and management. Many people with tinnitus believe foods can exacerbate or reduce their perception of the condition, but the research on the relationship between diet and tinnitus is limited. Objective: The aim of this article is to review the a...

This study aims to clarify the impact of sport specialty in physical self concept and gender, and also the difference in the dimension of the physical self concept. A sample of research is made up of 169 sportsmen in different disciplines from Chlef ’s sport league with an average age of 18.3± 2.45 (soccer, volleyball, athleticism). The Physical se...

Regelmäßige Bewegung ist und bleibt mit hoher Evidenz das Fundament erfolgreichen Alterns, denn sie beugt Krankheiten vor, reduziert Mortalität, erhält die funktionelle Mobilität/Selbstständigkeit und stabilisiert die psychische Gesundheit sowie das soziale Wohlbefinden. Ältere Menschen sollten daher für mehr Lebensqualität im Alltag jede Gelegenhe...

If one eats a candy bar with a daily average of 230 kilocalories in addition to the actual energy requirement, increases one kilogram in a month. After one year, about 12 kilogram body weight show more on the scales. Unless the consumption of sweet and piquant snacks is compensated with more movement.

With regard to risk factors for osteoporosis, I would like to point out (1) that obesity, while having a positive effect on fractures, such as hip, pelvic and wrist fractures, is associated with an increased risk of ankle, lower leg and proximal humeral fractures in postmenopausal women (2). The pathogenic mechanisms possibly underlying this associ...