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Comparing Activity And Inactivity Behavior Between Hispanic Adults Living With And Without HIV Infection

Presented on June 2nd, 2010

Adults living with chronic diseases are commonly less active than healthy adults. Inactive behavior is also common among Hispanics compared with other ethnic/racial groups in the US. However, the...   Continue Reading >>>

  • Authors: Farah A. Ramirez-Marrero, FACSM, Mairym Villalobos-Solis, Anita M. Rivera-Brown, FACSM, Barbara A. Smith, FACSM, Ellen Smit
  • Institutions: University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR. University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR. University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. Oregon State University, Corvalis, OR

Reduced Physical Activity level and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Children with Chronic Diseases

Presented on September 30th, 2009

Background: There is increasing evidence that regular physical, activity (PA) during childhood reduces multiple health risk factors and predispose to PA during adult life. Several studies investigated the PA and cardiorespiratory...   Continue Reading >>>

  • Authors: A.B.R. Maggio, M.F. Hofer, X.E. Martin, L.M. Marchand, M. Beghetti, and N.J. FarpourLambert
  • Institutions: University Hospitals and University of Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland

Time engaged in moderate to vigorous physical activity correlates with number of steps in Hispanics living with HIV

Presented on June 5th, 2009

BACKGROUND: The recommendation of at least 150 min/week of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in continuous bouts of at least 10 min, and a minimum of 10,000 steps/day...   Continue Reading >>>

  • Authors: Ramirez-Marrero FA,1 Nazario CM,1 Smit E,2 Smith BA
  • Institutions: University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, Oregon State University, University of Maryland

Correlations Between Physical Activity, Function, And Self-assessment Of Participation In Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Presented on June 1st, 2009

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating degenerative disease caused from the lack of the muscle protein dystrophin. Boys with DMD experience a gradual decline in their ability to...   Continue Reading >>>

  • Authors: Donovan J. Lott, Roxanna Bendixen, Sunita Mathur, Claudia Senesac, Alicia Kinsey, Krista Vandenborne
  • Institutions: University of Florida
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