Introduction: young adults are not susceptible to having healthy weight. Now a days modern lifestyle along with increased consumption of a junk and sedentary behavior it has been observed that fatigue and physical fitness of most people is being compromised and due to that there is also seen difference in their BMI which further affects their entire body. So the objective of study is to find the correlation of BMI with physical activity and fatigue in college going students.
Materials & methods: An observational study was conducted in the Ahmedabad city colleges. Fatigue severity scale and international physical activity questionnaire were filled from 106 students of both the gender between age group of 18 to 25 through online Google forms. Ethical clearance has been taken.
Result: SPSS version 29 software was used for data analysis. There is significant negative correlation found between BMI and physical activity. (r=-0.3, p<0.001). There is Positive significant correlation found between BMI and fatigue. (r=0.13, p<0.001)
Conclusion: The result of this study suggests that the physical activity and fatigue of the subjects differed significantly from the BMI. Physical activity decreases as their BMI increases. And as BMI increases, fatigue levels also increase.
Key words: physical activity, fatigue, BMI
Background: Tension-type headache (TTH), which makes up the highest proportion of headaches. Myofascial trigger point (ATrP) which causes pain in the muscles of the back of the head. Paracranial muscle contracture and stress also played an important role in headache’s physiology. This justifies the presence of paracranial pain hypersensitivity and decrease pain threshold. Studies suggest that a headache is associated with behavioral changes. Myofascial release technique (MFR) restores the length and health of restricted connective tissue, pressure can be relieved on pain sensitive structures such as nerves and blood vessels and also improve the mood state.
Purpose: To investigate whether the myofascial release technique shows an immediate effect on current mood state and pain intensity.
Methodology: 24 subjects with TTH of 20 to 30 years female participated in the study. All participants were screened by HSQ (headache screening questionnaire). 24 patients were divided into two groups. Experimental group received MFR for 30 to 45 min single session and control group did not receive any treatment. Outcome measure for the current mood state was BMIS (brief mood introspection scale) and NPRS (numeric pain rating scale) was used to determine pain intensity.
Results: Data was analysed by SPSS version 20. Independent Sample T-Test, Mann-Whitney U Test used for between group analyses. Result of the between-group analysis revealed a statistically significant difference (p<0.05) in both outcome measures BMIS and NPRS.
Conclusion: Myofascial release technique shows an immediate effect on reducing pain intensity and improving the current mood state.
Key words: TTH, MFR, current mood state, pain intensity.
Cardiorespiratory fitness which is a key parameter of children’s health, should be an important aspect in evaluation and promotion of physical activity and healthy lifestyle. This study aimed to develop a reference range of post-exercise HR (HRpost-ex) after a 3-min step test used to screen the cardiorespiratory fitness of 6- to 9-year-old children (≥6 years to <9 years). The study included 489 children (245 boys and 244 girls) of ages 6–9 years from different schools of various cities across Gujarat, India. These children were subjected to the 3-min Kasch Pulse Recovery Test (KPR Test). The reference range for the classification of cardiorespiratory fitness was developed based on the age-specific percentile distribution of HR post-ex in 6- to 9-year-old children. This study showed that the 3-min KPR Test is easy to perform by school-age children. As such, it can constitute a useful tool for health promoters and educators. The presented age- and gender-specific reference range of HR post-ex enables the assessment and monitoring of submaximal exercise-induced changes in the cardiovascular system and, consequently, the physical fitness of a given individual.
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