Background: There is linear relationship between high blood pressure and body mass index, waist circumference and waist-hip ratio. This study deals with correlation of blood pressure with body mass index, waist circumference and waist-hip ratio among the Maghaya Dom population of Birbhum district, West Bengal. Materials and methods: Altogether 304 adults Maghaya Dom (male: 151; Read More
The purpose of this study was to describe the morphological characteristics and health related physical fitness in Ethiopian youth sports academy female soccer players. The cross- sectional study design was used. The total of one hundred two youth female soccer players were selected using purposive sampling technique from Ethiopia three youth sports academy. The procedure Read More
Background: Antenatal care (ANC) is very important for pregnant women because it provides information and advice for a healthy pregnancy, safe childbirth, and postnatal recovery, including newborn care, promotion of early, exclusive breastfeeding, and assistance in making a decision on future pregnancies in order to improve pregnancy outcomes. As a result, the purpose of this Read More
The application of the research findings in various fields of sports sciences had paved the way to the designing of training programs for the athletes and had given heartening results by improving the performances in almost all sports events. Still certain important areas, like analysis of the muscle involvement patterns in various sports skills have Read More
The risk of having metabolic syndrome is closely linked to overweight and obesity and lack of physical activity. It increases the chances of type 2 diabetes. The situation gets worsened in postmenopausal women. For the present cross-sectional study 595 women were recruited. 330 were premenopausal and 265 were postmenopausal. The anthropometric measurements like height, weight, waist circumference and skin Read More
RA is a chronic inflammatory condition leading to irreversible destruction and deformation of synovial joints. RA patients were found more prone to develop CVD as compared to normal individuals. So, the present study was designed to evaluate the various risk factors of CVD in RA patients from North India. Furthermore, the effects of obesity were Read More
Hypertension and obesity are the leading causes of deaths in the twenty first century. Life style and rapid urbanization has greatly impacted the working of cardiovascular system. Present cross-sectional study has been conducted on 300 rural females residing in different areas of Punjab (Amritsar, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Moga, Mukatsar, Bathinda, Patiala, Ludhiana) ranging in age from Read More
Background: Non-specific LBP is one of the most common conditions for which individuals seek the advice of a physiotherapist. Physical Therapists must be able to identify those attributes that contribute to Functional disability in patients with non specific LBP and recognize interventions that prevent or minimize the progression to chronicity. Methodology: 63 subjects (32 males Read More