Nurul Hidayah Amir

• Doctor of Philosophy
• PhD Student at University of Bristol

Aims The value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) in managing cardiac disease is well known, but no standard CPET-ESE protocol is currently recommended. This pilot study aims to compare feasibility and cardiac function responses between a new high intensity single stage combined test (CPET-hiESE) a...

INTRODUCTION: Patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) typically exhibit reduced exercise capacity and life quality, even after their structural heart defects have been clinically corrected. However, little is known about the interactions between physical activity (PA), sedentary time (ST), exercise capacity (peak VO2) and health-related qualit...

Background Children and young people with CHD benefit from regular physical activity. Parents are reported as facilitators and barriers to their children’s physical activity. The aim of this study was to explore parental factors, child factors, and their clinical experience on physical activity participation in young people with CHD. Methods An on...

Background: Children and young people with CHD benefit from regular physical activity. Parents are reported as facilitators and barriers to their children's physical activity. The aim of this study was to explore parental factors, child factors, and their clinical experience on physical activity participation in young people with CHD. Methods: An o...

INTRODUCTION: Young-people with congenital heart disease (ConHD) have reduced cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), which has been associated with mortality and morbidity. Previous studies have explored the determinants of CRF using inappropriate ratio-scaling techniques and have not accounted for physical activity (PA). The aims of this study were to i...

Sailors who engage in continuous hiking method have increased the risk of spine and lower extremities injuries due to resulting high pressure on the lumbar spine and intervertebral disc. Objective: The study was to investigate the effects of a six-week core stability training (CST) on 2000-m rowing performance, isometric back leg strength and flexo...

Background and Aim: Young people with congenital heart disease (CHD) are less active than their healthy peers negatively affecting quality of life and long-term outcomes. Despite no specific guidelines, a commonly used measure of physical activity (PA) is moderate- to-vigorous PA (MVPA), which has the disadvantage of neglecting light-intensity acti...

Exercise and physical activity (PA) have been shown to be effective, safe and feasible in both healthy children and children with congenital heart disease (CHD). However, implementing exercise training as an intervention is still not routine in children with CHD despite considerable evidence of health benefits and well-being. Understanding how chil...

Background A range of non-contact injuries such as anterior cruciate ligament tear, and patellofemoral pain syndrome are caused by disordered knee joint loading from excessive dynamic knee valgus (DKV). Previous systematic reviews showed that DKV could be modified through the influence of hip strength and ankle range of motion. Therefore, the purpo...

Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) has gained importance in the evaluation of adult inherited cardiomyopathies, but its utility in children is not well characterized. We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the role of STE in pediatric inherited cardiomyopathies. PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Scopus, CENTRAL and CINAHL databases were se...

The design for each park and playgrounds was purported in contributing a healthy lifestyle among the public. The most crucial element in the designing the parks and playgrounds was the accessibility. Studies upon accessibility had been done in the previous years in determining the importance of accessibility towards the publics. Therefore, the curr...

Integrating warm-up and stretching prior to performing physical activities has been shown to enhance sporting performance prevent injuries. Foam rolling, also known as myofascial release is widely applied in sport settings as a warm-up. However, there is limited evidence on its effectiveness on lower body power and flexibility among ruggers. This s...

The objective of this study was to compare the muscular strength adaptation during resistance training performed through two methods of exercise order. Thirty recreationally active, resistance untrained men were recruited as research participants and were divided into three groups based on their specific tasks to be performed during six weeks train...

Emotional Intelligence (EI) which can be defined as emotion regulations dimension becomes an essentialelement needed by an employee in achieving the organizational goals. It is also found that there is astrong relationship between emotional intelligence and job satisfaction. Job satisfaction is one of theelements which had been eagerly discussed, h...

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of cold water immersion (CWI) and progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) on DOMS markers among young athletes. A total of 30 young athletes with mean age of 18.57 ± .504 years old, weight 61.92 ± 7.96 kg and height 170.67 ±7.57 cm volunteered to participate in this study. Participants were required...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a single bout of 15 minutes Cold Water Immersion (CWI) to alleviate DOMS symptoms following the plyometric exercise protocol. Sixteen physically healthy young males with the mean age of 21.6±2.3 years old, weight of 65.7±13.1 kg, height of 170.5±6.9 cm, BMI 22.4±3.3 kg.m-1 and fat percent...