Background/Objectives: Over the past three decades, high survival rate of childhood brain tumors has been accompanied by long-term cardiometabolic co-morbidities, including obesity, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and metabolic syndrome. These co-morbidities can have a sign...

Introduction: Recommendations for Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) prevention promote lifestyle behaviour changes in diet and exercise (traditionally aerobic). In the 2012 guidelines for pre-diabetes, Exercise and Sports Science Australia (among other International organisations) has endorsed resistance tra...

Current recommendations for the prevention of type 2 diabetes advise modification of diet and exercise behaviors including both aerobic and resistance training. However, the efficacy of multi-component interventions involving a combination of these three components has not been established. The a...

The topic of physical activity interventions for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been discussed for decades, but there are still inconsistent views on the effect of its intervention in different studies. With the increase in randomized controlled trials (RCTs), it is necessary to up...

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the diseases with the highest prevalence of comorbidity. Clinical guidelines recommend physical activity (PA) for people with OA irrespective of comorbidity. Research investigating the effectiveness of PA interventions in OA and comorbidity is needed. Obj...

Purpose: To investigate the effects of physical exercise at improving functional capacity in older adults living with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods: Medline, Embase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, Lilacs, and PEDro were searched from inception until January 2021. Randomized controll...

Of the 12 items on the TIDieR checklist, all studies reported information on the style of taichi used and stated the aim of tai chi was primarily to reduce disability or improve function. All studies provided information on the delivery mode, dose, duration, and schedule of the intervention; ...

Background: Meditative movement, such as tai chi, yoga, and qi gong, may benefit people with cystic fibrosis (CF), as a form of gentle exercise incorporating meditation, breathing, and relaxation. Respiratory function is the most common issue in CF. In this systematic review we synthesized the ev...

Background Burnout, stress and anxiety have been identified as areas of concern for informal caregivers and health professionals, particularly in the palliative setting. Meditative interventions are gaining acceptance as tools to improve wellbeing in a variety of clinical contexts, however, ...

Introduction: Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) is the most prominent and distressing manifestation for older persons with dementia (PWD) and caregivers. Aromatherapy has demonstrated its effectiveness in managing BPSD in various studies. However, previous studies a...