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- Andersson, Eva A, 1958-, et al.
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Maximal Aerobic Power versus Performance in Two Aerobic Endurance Tests among Young and Old Adults
- 2011
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Ingår i: Gerontology. - : S. Karger AG. - 0304-324X .- 1423-0003. ; :Aug, s. 1-11
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Aerobic fitness is of great value for reducing risk of mortality and cardiovascular diseases. Objective: This study evaluated the performance in and correlations between a new test (five-minute pyramid test, 5MPT), the six-minute walk-test (6MWT) and maximal oxygen uptake (VO(2max)) among old and young adults. Methods: Forty-four habitually active adults (females and males), 23 old (64-79 years) and 21 young (20-32 years) participated. In the 5MPT, the participants moved back and forth along a short walkway (5.5 m) over boxes (height: 'old people' 0.42 m, 'young people' 0.62 m) arranged like an elongated step pyramid for 5 min. Power in the pyramid test (5MPT(power)) was calculated as the product of numbers of laps, body weight, gravity and highest box level divided by time. A 6MWT and a maximal cycle ergometer test for direct measurements of VO(2max) were also performed. In all tests heart rate, with on-line electrocardiography, and perceived exertion were recorded. Results: There was a strong correlation between the 5MPT(power) and VO(2max) for the entire group studied (r = 0.98), and each of the four subgroups old and young females and males separately (r = 0.78-0.98). Contrary to several earlier studies, especially involving people with various diseases, the present data showed that 6MWT cannot be used to predict VO(2max) among old females and young adults. The correlation with VO(2max) was weaker for the 6MWT than for the 5MPT(power). The relative performance values for the old compared to the young (ratio old/young × 100) were considerably lower in 5MPT(power) and VO(2max) (47-55%) than in distance and 'work' in the 6MWT (82-86%). Conclusions: The results, with age and gender variations, can be valuable information in health-fitness contexts, since measuring physical aerobic capacity is very significant in connection with risk evaluations of mortality and various diseases. The 5MPT is a rapid, functional, easy and inexpensive tool for predicting assessed maximal aerobic power.
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- Andersson, Eva, et al.
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Can a six-minute shuttle walk test predict maximal oxygen uptake?
- 2011
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Ingår i: Gazzetta Medica Italiana. - Torino : Minerva Medica. - 0393-3660 .- 1827-1812. ; 170:3, s. 163-70
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim. This study evaluates the results of and correlations between the six-minute walk-test (6MWT) and a maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) test among physically active young adults. Methods. Sixty-three adults (33 females and 30 males) aged 18-38 years participated. 6MWT and a maximal running treadmill test for measurements of VO2max were performed. 6MWT reliability was also evaluated. Results. Mean distance in the 6MWT for the females was 848 (685-976) m and for the males 866 (704-1077) m. The gender differences were considerably less for the 6MWT (2%) than in the VO2max test, both normalized to body weight (21%) and in absolute form (35%). The mean values, for the female and male subjects in the VO2max were 46.7 and 58.9 ml/kg/min and 2.94 and 4.53 l/min, respectively. The data showed a very low, not significant, correlation (r=-0.02-0.32) between walking distance in the 6MWT and VO2max. Conclusions: The 6MWT-distance for this physically active young adult group, which previously not has been studied, was considerably higher than in earlier reports for various other groups. In contrast to several prior studies, especially involving people with various diseases, the present data, on healthy active adults, showed that distance in the 6MWT cannot predict maximal oxygen uptake. The present results may be related to the low potential of walking as a locomotor form to tax the cardio-respiratory system sufficiently for this group. Since aerobic capacity is correlated with increased survival, these new data and given comparisons with previous reports are specially valuable when evaluating fitness in various sports and health contexts.
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- Andersson, Eva, et al.
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Improved Physical Capacity in a Project with Guided Physical Activity for Persons with Depression or Anxiety.
- 2010
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Higher physical capacity is correlated with increased health. Knowledge in this area regarding psychiatric diseases is sparse. Purpose: The aim was to study aerobic and several strength capacities in a physical activity project for persons with depression or anxiety. Methods: Eighty-four persons (56 women and 28 men) with depression or anxiety were recruited from psychiatric out-patient clinics in Stockholm. Their mean age and BMI was 46 (21-80) years and 26 (17-41) kg/m2, respectively. 50% were sick-listed. 50% had BMI>25. Aerobic and strength tests were chosen by each subgroup´s project leaders. Directed physical activity was given, in groups 10-15, 1 hour twice/week during 8-12 weeks. Results: Significant changes (p<0.05, of all n=84) between pre- and post tests were seen in submaximal cycle test (11% enhanced values, n=56) and distance of 6 minutes walk test (16%, n=15) as well as in strength tests for the back for the back (i.e. time in static horizontal belly-back, 40%, n=44), abdominal and hip flexors (i.e. number of hip flexion sit-ups, 45%, n=38), leg (i.e. standing with 90O in hips and knees, 48%, n=56) and arm with shoulder muscles (i.e. number of raising weights alternately with the arms, 46%, n=32). Hand grip tests, BMI or blood pressure values did not change significantly. Conclusions: Directed 8-12 weeks physical activity programs can improve physical fitness in individuals with depression or anxiety.
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- Andersson, Frida, et al.
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Orienteringsträning i förändring : En komparativ studie av orienteringsträning på elitnivå på 1980-talet och 2010
- 2011
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Ingår i: Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum. - Malmö : Idrottsforum.org. - 1652-7224. ; :11 maj
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Det har tagit åtta år och 137 uppdateringar innan orienteringssporten förekommer på idrottsforum.org mer än bara nämnd i förbifarten i en bisats i en text som handlar om något helt annat. Överhuvud taget har orienteringssporten inte i någon märkvärdig utsträckning väckt idrottsforskarnas intresse – med ett lysande undantag, nämligen pedagogikprofessorn vid Högskolan Kristianstad och Högskolan i Borås, Torgny Ottosson, som redan 1984 publicerade forskningsrapporten "Problemlösningsstrategier i orientering: En skiss till teoretisk ram och en metodstudie" vid Göteborgs universitet. Tre år senare kom avhandlingen Map-reading and wayfinding (Göteborg Studies in Educational Sciences, 65), och därefter har Ottosson publicerat ett flertal artiklar om orientering, bland annat i Scientific Journal of Orienteering. Om skälen till att Torgny Ottosson ensam fått föra orienteringsforskningen framåt i orienteringssportens hemland kan vi blott spekulera; möjligen kan det har att göra med att sporten till sin natur saknar viktiga förutsättningar för att bli en bred publiksport, och därmed uppvisar en markerad frånvaro av kommersiell potential. Här är dock inte sista ordet sagt; samma sak sas ju om skidskyttet innan televisionen utvecklade täckningen av tävlingar på ett sätt som gjort skidskytte till en av de främsta publiksporterna. Orienteringssporten sägs ha sitt ursprung i Sverige i slutet av 1800-talet – termen orientering användes första gången 1886, enligt engelska Wikipedia, medan SAOL refererar till Idrottsbladet från 1924. Oxford English Dictionary anger att orienteering infördes i engelskan på 1940-talet, från svenskans orientering. Ordet härstammar uppenbarligen från oriens, latin för Östern, Orienten, och definieras i orienteringssammanhang som "hitta väderstreck", med betydelsen "förflyttning från en punkt i terrängen till en annan (med hjälp av karta o. kompass)". Det började som militära övningar och därefter militära tävlingar. Den första tävlingen som var öppen för civila gick av stapeln i norska Nordmarka 1897. Sveriges första tävling för civila kom fyra år senare, i arrangemang av Sundbybergs IK. Damer släpptes in i sporten 1925 redan, och man hann med ett SM 1935, tre år innan Svenska Orienteringsförbundet bildades. 1960-talet inleddes med att Internationella Orienteringsförbundet bildades, och sporten nådde nu på allvar utanför den nordiska skogsmiljön. Frida Andersson, Fredrika Vångell och Leif Yttergren visar i sin artikel i den här uppdateringen hur orienteringssporten från och med 1980-talet genomgått en omfattande förändringsprocess, som kan sammanfattas med begreppen "miniglobalisering", det vill säga att sporten fått allt större internationell spridning; sportifiering, med innebörden att man brutit med traditionen att bara springa en enda distans; samt avskogifiering – man springer allt oftare i annan terräng än skogslandskap. Till det kan läggas att kartografitekniken har utvecklats med hjälp av datorer och GPS. Andersson, Vångell och Yttergren vill i sin studie undersöka i vilken utsträckning orienteringssportens förändringar under de senaste 30 åren lett till motsvarande förändringar i orienterarnas träningsstrategier. De kombinerar litteraturstudier och enkätintervjuer med aktiva förr och nu, och kommer fram till bitvis ganska förvånansvärda resultat, som kanske främst sätter sportifieringsbegreppets användning i samband med orientering ifråga. Traditionens makt är stor, här som i andra sammanhang.
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- Andersson, Helena, et al.
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Active recovery training does not affect the antioxidant response to soccer games in elite female players
- 2010
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Ingår i: British Journal of Nutrition. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press. - 0007-1145 .- 1475-2662. ; 104:10, s. 1492-1499
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Changes in plasma endogenous and dietary antioxidants and oxidative stress markers were studied following two 90 min elite female soccer games separated by 72 h of either active or passive recovery. The active recovery group (n 8) trained for 1 h at 22 and 46 h after the first game (low-intensity cycling and resistance training), while the passive group rested (n 8). Blood samples were taken before the games; immediately after the games; 21, 45 and 69 h after the first game; and immediately after the second game. The oxidative stress markers and antioxidants were not affected by active recovery. The oxidative stress marker GSSG increased by the same extent after both the games, while the lipid peroxidation marker diacron-reactive oxygen metabolite remained unchanged. The endogenous antioxidants total glutathione and uric acid and ferric reducing/antioxidant power increased immediately after both the games with the same amplitude, while increases in cysteine, cysteine-glycine and total thiols reached significant levels only after the second game. The changes in dietary antioxidants after the first game were either rapid and persistent (tocopherols and ascorbic acid (AA) increased; polyphenols decreased) or delayed (carotenoids). This resulted in high pre-second game levels of tocopherols, AA and carotenoids. Polyphenols returned to baseline at 69 h, and were not affected by the second game. In conclusion, the soccer-associated dietary antioxidant defence, but not the endogenous antioxidant defence, is persistent. Similar acute oxidative stress and endogenous antioxidant responses and dissimilar dietary antioxidant reactions occur during two repeated female soccer games. Finally, the complex antioxidant response to soccer is not affected by active recovery training.
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- Andersson, Helena M., et al.
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Differences in the inflammatory plasma cytokine response following two elite female soccer games separated by a 72-h recovery
- 2010
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. - Malden, USA : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0905-7188 .- 1600-0838. ; 20:5, s. 740-747
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We investigated changes in a large battery of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in elite female soccer players following two 90-min games separated by a 72-h active or passive recovery. Blood samples were taken from 10 players before, within 15-20 min, 21, 45 and 69 h after the first game and within 15-20 min after the second game. The leukocyte count was analyzed, together with several plasma pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, using a multiplex bead array system. After the first and second game, the total leukocytes and neutrophils increased significantly. Likewise, increases (P<0.05) in pro-inflammatory cytokines [interleukin (IL)-12, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interferon-gamma (INF-gamma), IL-17], chemokines [monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), IL-8 and monokine induced by gamma interferon (MIG)], anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-2R, IL-4, IL-5, IL-7, IL-10, IL-13, INF-alpha) and the mixed cytokine IL-6 were observed. Leukocyte and cytokine levels were normalized within 21 h. Active recovery (low-intensity exercises) did not affect the cytokine responses. A dampened cytokine response was observed after the second game as only IL-12, IL-6, MCP-1, IL-8 and MIG increased (P<0.05). In conclusion, a robust pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine response occurs after the first but not the second soccer game. The implications of the dampened cytokine response in female players after the second game are unknown.
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- Andersson, Helena M., et al.
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Elite female soccer players perform more high-intensity running when playing in international games compared with domestic league games
- 2010
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Ingår i: Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. - Philadelphia, USA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. - 1064-8011 .- 1533-4287. ; 24:4, s. 912-919
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this study was to compare movement pattern, fatigue development, and heart rate (HR) for top-class elite female players when playing international (INT) vs. domestic league games (DOM). Video-based time-motion analyses and HR recordings were performed on 17 players during INT and DOM. The distances covered in high-intensity running (HIR) and sprinting were longer (p < 0.05) in INT compared with DOM. More (p < 0.05) HIR was covered in INT than DOM during first and second half. Additionally, more (p < 0.05) sprinting occurred in INT compared with DOM in the first half. In both game types, the amount of HIR was reduced by 24-27% (p < 0.05) in the last 15-minute period compared with the first four 15-minute periods of the game. The midfielders covered longer (p < 0.05) distances with HIR in INT than in DOM over the entire game and in the most intense 5-minute period of the games, whereas no differences were observed between the game types for defenders. No difference in the HR response was found between INT and DOM. In conclusion, more HIR and sprinting occur in international compared with domestic games, which may affect the fatigue development for players in physically demanding roles. Thus, our results are important to coaches to prepare players to meet the challenges of international soccer games and show that the ability to perform intense intermittent exercise should be trained regularly in elite female players.
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- Andersson, Helena M., et al.
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Plasma antioxidant responses and oxidative stress following a soccer game in elite female players
- 2010
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. - Malden, USA : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0905-7188 .- 1600-0838. ; 20:4, s. 600-608
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We aimed to investigate markers of oxidative stress and levels of endogenous and dietary antioxidants in 16 elite female soccer players in response to a 90-min game (average intensity 82+/-3% HRpeak). Blood samples were taken before, immediately and 21 h after the game. Plasma-oxidized glutathione, the ratio of reduced to oxidized glutathione (GSH:GSSG) and lipid peroxidation measured by d-ROMs were used as markers of oxidative stress. Plasma endogenous [uric acid, total glutathione (TGSH)] and dietary antioxidants (alpha-tocopherol, ascorbic acid, total carotenoids and polyphenols) were analyzed using liquid chromatography and the Folin-Ciocalteu method. Exercise induced an acute increase (P<0.05) in GSSG, uric acid, TGSH, alpha-tocopherol, and ascorbic acid. In parallel, the GSH:GSSG ratio and polyphenols decreased (P<0.05). GSSG, GSH:GSSG ratio, uric acid, TGSH, and ascorbic acid returned to baseline at 21 h, while polyphenols and alpha-tocopherol remained altered. Total carotenoids increased above baseline only at 21 h (P<0.05). Lipid peroxidation, measured by d-ROMs, remained unchanged throughout the study. Thus, intermittent exercise in well-trained female athletes induces a transient increase in GSSG and a decrease in the GSH:GSSG ratio, which is effectively balanced by the recruitment of both endogenous and dietary antioxidants, resulting in the absence of lipid peroxidation measured by d-ROMs.
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- Apró, William, 1980-, et al.
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Endurance Exercise Does Not Impair mTOR Signalling After Resistance Exercise : D-58 Thematic Poster - Skeletal Muscle Cell Signaling: JUNE 2, 2011 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM: ROOM: 304
- 2011
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Ingår i: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. - 0195-9131 .- 1530-0315. ; 43:5, s. 52-
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Resistance exercise is known to stimulate muscle hypertrophy and this effect is mainly mediated by the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway. In contrast, endurance exercise results in a divergent phenotypic response which to a large extent is mediated by adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK). Research indicates that molecular interference may exist, possibly through an inhibitory effect on mTOR signalling by AMPK, when these two modes of exercise are combined. PURPOSE: To investigate the impact of subsequent endurance exercise on resistance exercise induced mTOR signalling. METHODS: In a randomized and cross-over fashion, ten male subjects performed either heavy resistance exercise (R) or heavy resistance exercise followed by endurance exercise (RE) on two separate occasions. The R protocol consisted of thirteen sets of leg press exercise with 3 minutes of recovery allowed between each set. In the RE session, resistance exercise was followed by 15 minutes recovery after which 30 min of cycling was initiated at an intensity equal to 70 % of the subjects' maximal oxygen consumption. Muscle biopsies were collected before, 1 and 3 hours after resistance exercise in both trials. Samples were analyzed for several signalling proteins in the mTOR pathway using western blot technique. RESULTS: Phosphorylation of mTOR increased approx. twofold at 1 h post resistance exercise and remained elevated at the 3 h time point (p< 0.01) with no difference between the two trials. Phosphorylation of p70S6k, a downstream target of mTOR, was increased about 6-and18-fold at 1 h and 3 h post resistance exercise (p< 0.01). There was no difference in p70S6k phosphorylation at any time point between the two trials. Phosphorylation of the eukaryotic elongation factor eEF2 was decreased 3- to 4-fold at both time points post resistance exercise (p< 0.01) with no difference between trials. Phosphorylation of AMPK was unchanged at the 1 h time point but decreased approximately 30 % from pre-exercise values in both trials at 3 h post resistance exercise (p< 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: The signalling response following heavy resistance exercise is not blunted by subsequent endurance exercise. Supported by the Swedish National Centre for Research in Sports.
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