Browsing Norges idrettshøgskole by Subject "exercise"
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Mitochondrial oxygen affinity increases after sprint interval training and is related to the improvement in peak oxygen uptake
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Aims: The body responds to exercise training by profound adaptations throughout the cardiorespiratory and muscular systems, which may result in improvements in maximal oxygen consumption (VO2peak) and mitochondrial capacity. ... -
A mixed-methods exploration of attitudes towards pregnant Facebook fitness influencers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: Exercise during pregnancy is associated with various health benefits for both mother and child. Despite these benefits, most pregnant women do not meet physical activity recommendations. A known barrier to ... -
Moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-02-15)Context Sparse data exist on the combined associations between physical activity and sedentary time with cardiometabolic risk factors in healthy children. Objective To examine the independent and combined associations ... -
Motivation for physical activity in adolescents with asthma
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objective: We explored motivation for physical activity (PA) and exercise in adolescents with asthma who entered and continued a 10-week play-based exercise intervention. Methods: Eighteen adolescents with asthma, aged ... -
Motivational physical activity intervention for psychiatric inpatients: A two phased single-cases experimental study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Physical inactivity has been identified among leading risk factors for global mortality as well as an independent risk factor for several somatic diseases. There is consistent evidence that individuals with mental illness ... -
Muscular exercise capacity and body fat predict VO2peak in heart transplant recipients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-06-01)Heart transplant (HTx) recipients usually have reduced exercise capacity, with reported VO2peak levels of 50–70% of predicted values. This study aimed to evaluate central and peripheral factors predictive of VO2peak. ... -
Neighborhood environments and physical activity among adults in 11 countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-06)Background: Understanding environmental correlates of physical activity can inform policy changes. Surveys were conducted in 11 countries using the same self-report environmental variables and the International Physical ... -
New global guidelines on sedentary behaviour and health for adults: Broadening the behavioural targets
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: In 2018, the World Health Organisation (WHO) commenced a program of work to update the 2010 Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, for the first-time providing population-based guidelines on ... -
No association between maternal exercise during pregnancy and the child’s weight status at age 7 years: The MoBa study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Introduction: Maternal lifestyle during pregnancy may affect the development of overweight and obesity in the child. We examined whether maternal exercise during pregnancy is associated with offspring overweight and obesity ... -
Number of days required to estimate physical activity constructs objectively measured in different age groups: Findings from three Brazilian (Pelotas) population-based birth cohorts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: The present study aims to estimate the minimum number of accelerometer measurement days needed to estimate habitual physical activity (PA) among 6- (2010), 18- (2011) and 30- (2012) year-old participants, belonging ... -
Obese children playing towards an active lifestyle
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-01)Aim. To determine whether five months of guided active play in overweight or obese children and adolescents under multi-disciplinary management for weight reduction leads to increased physical activity levels in leisure ... -
Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in young adults born preterm—The ESTER study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Young adults born preterm have higher levels of cardio metabolic risk factors and they report less physical activity than their peers born at term. Physical activity provides important cardio metabolic health ... -
Objectively measured sedentary time, physical activity and kidney function in people with recently diagnosed Type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-08)Aim: To assess the prospective association between objectively measured physical activity and kidney function over 4 years in people with Type 2 diabetes. Methods: Individuals (120 women and 206 men) participating in the ... -
Organized sport participation is associated with higher levels of overall health-related physical activity in children (CHAMPS study-DK)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-11)Introduction: Many children fail to meet international guideline recommendations for health-related activity (≥60 minutes/day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity [MVPA]), and intervention studies to date have ... -
Pelvic floor muscle training to improve urinary incontinence in young, nulliparous sport students: A pilot study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-08)Introduction and hypothesis: Urinary incontinence (UI) is prevalent in sport students. We hypothesized that pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) can improve pelvic floor muscle (PFM) strength and symptoms of UI in this group ... -
Physical activity and all-cause mortality across levels of overall and abdominal adiposity in European men and women: the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition study (EPIC)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-14)Background: The higher risk of death resulting from excess adiposity may be attenuated by physical activity (PA). However, the theoretical number of deaths reduced by eliminating physical inactivity compared with overall ... -
Physical activity behaviours in adolescence: current evidence and opportunities for intervention
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Young people aged 10–24 years constitute 24% of the world's population; investing in their health could yield a triple benefit—eg, today, into adulthood, and for the next generation. However, in physical activity research, ... -
Physical activity in 9–15 year-old pediatric cancer survivors compared to a nationwide sample
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Introduction: Sufficient physical activity (PA) has the potential to mitigate late effects of cancer, but objective data of PA levels in adolescents are scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in PA ... -
Physical activity in Norwegian children and adolescents: With a special focus on physical activity trends, health implications, correlates and determinants of physical activity
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Introduction: In order to accurately assess the physical activity levels of children and adolescents and how it changes over time, there is a continuing need for population-based studies quantifying physical activity using ... -
Physical activity in Norwegian teenagers and young adults with haemophilia A compared to general population peers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Introduction: Limited evidence exists on objectively measured habitual physical activity (PA) of young people with haemophilia (PWH). Aims: To compare different outcomes of objective PA between young PWH A and controls ...