Review
Rehabilitation
Mathilde Cabot, Jean Christophe Daviet, Noemie Duclos, David Bernikier, Jean Yves Salle, Maxence Compagnat
Summary: This study evaluated the validity and test-retest reliability of physical activity trackers for estimating energy expenditure during walking in individuals with stroke. The results showed a low correlation between the physical activity trackers and indirect calorimetry. The test-retest reliability was high. Further research is needed to improve the validity of physical activity trackers in individuals with stroke.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Ellen Waller, Paul Sutton, Seema Rahman, Jonathan Allen, John Saxton, Omer Aziz
Summary: The study demonstrated that a prehabilitation program using smartwatches and mobile applications can effectively improve functional fitness prior to surgery. The prehabilitation group engaged in more moderate and vigorous physical activity compared to the control group, and showed significantly greater improvements in the 6-minute walk test distance.
SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Marco Bardus, Cecile Borgi, Marwa El-Harakeh, Tarek Gherbal, Samer Kharroubi, Elie-Jacques Fares
Summary: The study found that student-athletes at the American University of Beirut commonly use fitness trackers and health apps, but many discontinue use due to loss of interest or technical issues. Most students believe wearable devices are superior to using just mobile phones for monitoring physical activity.
Article
Sport Sciences
Drazenka Macak, Boris Popovic, Natasa Babic, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez, Dejan M. Madic, Nebojsa Trajkovic
Summary: The study found that after 6 months of daily physical activity, preschool children showed significant improvements in muscular strength, such as grip strength and sit-ups. However, there were no significant differences between the experimental group and the control group in other fitness components.
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Manasa Kalanadhabhatta, Tauhidur Rahman, Deepak Ganesan
Summary: The study aimed to investigate how physiological data from fitness trackers affect workplace performance, revealing associations between sleep and physiological metrics with cognitive performance through in-the-wild research. Results indicated significant influences of different physiological markers on different cognitive performance measures.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Surgery
Calvin Chan, Viknesh Sounderajah, Pasha Normahani, Amish Acharya, Sheraz R. Markar, Ara Darzi, Colin Bicknell, Celia Riga
Summary: This review evaluates the effectiveness of WAM as a feedback and monitoring tool in home-based exercise programs for patients with IC. The use of WAM interventions has shown improvements in walking ability, daily walking activity, cardiovascular metrics, and quality of life in IC patients, but existing studies are limited by inadequate sample size, duration, and power. Achieving consensus on outcome reporting, study methods, and device adherence is necessary for future research in this area.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Suahn Jang Cho, Yan Tian
Summary: The study found that the communication of exercise information, both giving and receiving, was positively associated with college students' exercise behaviors and intentions, and also moderated the relationship between descriptive norms and exercise intentions and behaviors. Therefore, health educators and campaign designers should focus on descriptive norms and communication among college students to promote positive health behaviors.
JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Rehabilitation
Shirley P. Yu, Manuela L. Ferreira, Vicky Duong, Jimmy Caroupapoulle, Nigel K. Arden, Kim L. Bennell, David J. Hunter
Summary: In this study, the use of an activity tracker in an osteoarthritis clinical trial was assessed for its responsiveness and validity. The results showed that the activity trackers did not demonstrate significant responsiveness or validity compared to currently recommended outcome measures in osteoarthritis clinical trials. The lack of a gold standard outcome measure and the complex interplay between pain and function may have contributed to the lack of correlation.
ANNALS OF PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Patricia Sousa
Summary: This study investigated the sleep quality of female fitness practitioners and found that more than half of the female participants had sleep disorders, with most of them experiencing severe disruptions. The study also identified personality traits such as neuroticism, extraversion, and consciousness to have an influence on sleep quality.
VIREF-REVISTA DE EDUCACION FISICA
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Arfan Ahmed, Sarah Aziz, Uvais Qidwai, Faisal Farooq, Jingxuan Shan, Murugan Subramanian, Lotfi Chouchane, Rola EINatour, Alaa Abd-Alrazaq, Satchidananda Pandas, Javaid Sheikh
Summary: Eighty-one percent of adolescents aged 11-17 years are inadequately physically active worldwide. This study aimed to assess the compliance of recommended physical activity (PA) in high school children in Qatar and analyze any gender differences. The study found that high school children in Qatar did not meet the recommended PA and step count guidelines, with boys being more likely to meet the recommendations than girls. This study highlights the need for more effective programs and messaging strategies to improve PA levels in high school students.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Mohamed Abdelhamid
Summary: The study investigates the influence of granting users granular privacy control on their willingness to share fitness information and finds that people are willing to share their fitness information if they have granular privacy control. Additionally, perceived risk and trust in the system were found to have a significant relationship with the willingness to share fitness information, while trust in the system itself was not significant. This study has practical and theoretical implications by integrating communication privacy management (CPM) theory with the privacy calculus model.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Janet Rodriguez-Torres, Laura Lopez-Lopez, Irene Cabrera-Martos, Florencio Quero-Valenzuela, Lawrence P. Cahalin, Maria dels Angels Cebria-i-Iranzo, Marie Carmen Valenza
Summary: The inpatient step count after lung surgery may be related to symptom severity and perceived health status, and the level of physical activity during hospitalization could impact patients' condition within the first month after discharge.
Article
Oncology
Nga H. Nguyen, Jeff K. Vallance, Matthew P. Buman, Melissa M. Moore, Marina M. Reeves, Dori E. Rosenberg, Terry Boyle, Shakira Milton, Christine M. Friedenreich, Dallas R. English, Brigid M. Lynch
Summary: Physical activity interventions using wearable devices can improve sleep quality in breast cancer survivors. Short-term improvements as well as sustained effects over a longer duration were observed. Wearable devices showed stronger effects in participants with poor sleep quality.
JOURNAL OF CANCER SURVIVORSHIP
(2021)
Review
Sport Sciences
Tim Takken, Erik H. Hulzebos
Summary: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) plays a critical role in analyzing exercise complaints, evaluating exercise performance, and understanding pathophysiological patterns in pediatric patients, providing important insights for treatment and result interpretation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Corey Selland, Matthew D. Vukovich, Jessica R. Meendering
Summary: This study compared the peak oxygen consumption and exercise parameters during a graded treadmill test and the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER) in children aged 7-14 years. The results showed that PACER elicited higher measured VO(2)peak and maximum respiratory exchange ratio compared to the treadmill test, with no difference in maximum heart rate.
JOURNAL OF EXERCISE SCIENCE & FITNESS
(2022)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Carolina de Weerth, Anna-Katariina Aatsinki, Meghan B. Azad, Frank F. Bartol, Lars Bode, Maria Carmen Collado, Amanda M. Dettmer, Catherine J. Field, Meagan Guilfoyle, Katie Hinde, Aniko Korosi, Hellen Lustermans, Nurul Husna Mohd Shukri, Sophie E. Moore, Shikha Pundir, Juan Miguel Rodriguez, Carolyn M. Slupsky, Sarah Turner, Johannes B. van Goudoever, Anna Ziomkiewicz, Roseriet Beijers
Summary: Human milk is a complex liquid food that is customized to meet the needs of infants. The non-nutrient bioactives in milk have an impact on child cognitive and behavioral development, a process known as 'Lactocrine Programming'. This review discusses the links between human milk composition and child cognitive and behavioral development, and provides recommendations for future studies.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Rheumatology
Kiem Oen, Karine Toupin-April, Brian M. Feldman, Roberta A. Berard, Cia'ran M. Duffy, Lori B. Tucker, Jiahao Tian, Dax G. Rumsey, Jaime Guzman
Summary: This study validates the JIA parent global assessment as a valid measure of health-related quality of life. Comparisons with other HRQoL measures show good construct validity. However, reliability estimates and measurement errors were unsatisfactory, likely due to the time interval between assessments. Causal pathway analysis confirms previous findings.
Article
Allergy
Kathleen A. Lee-Sarwar, Yih-Chieh Chen, Yuan Yao Chen, Anita L. Kozyrskyj, Piush J. Mandhane, Stuart E. Turvey, Padmaja Subbarao, Hans Bisgaard, Jakob Stokholm, Bo Chawes, Soren J. Sorensen, Rachel S. Kelly, Jessica Lasky-Su, Robert S. Zeiger, George T. O'Connor, Megan T. Sandel, Leonard B. Bacharier, Avraham Beigelman, Vincent J. Carey, Benjamin J. Harshfield, Nancy Laranjo, Diane R. Gold, Scott T. Weiss, Augusto A. Litonjua
Summary: This study found associations between prenatal and early-life fecal microbiomes and childhood asthma phenotypes. Cesarean section was found to increase the risk of early asthma.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Johan L. Vinther, Tim Cadman, Demetris Avraam, Claus T. Ekstrom, Thorkild I. A. Sorensen, Ahmed Elhakeem, Ana C. Santos, Angela Pinot de Moira, Barbara Heude, Carmen Iniguez, Costanza Pizzi, Elinor Simons, Ellis Voerman, Eva Corpeleijn, Faryal Zariouh, Gilian Santorelli, Hazel M. Inskip, Henrique Barros, Jennie Carson, Jennifer R. Harris, Johanna L. Nader, Justiina Ronkainen, Katrine Strandberg-Larsen, Loreto Santa-Marina, Lucinda Calas, Luise Cederkvist, Maja Popovic, Marie-Aline Charles, Marieke Welten, Martine J. Vrijheid, Meghan Azad, Padmaja Subbarao, Paul Burton, Puishkumar J. Mandhane, Rae-Chi Huang, Rebecca C. Wilson, Sido Haakma, Silvia Fernandez-Barres, Stuart Turvey, Susana Santos, Suzanne C. Tough, Sylvain Sebert, Theo J. Moraes, Theodosia Salika, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Deborah A. Lawlor, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen
Summary: This study found that gestational age is positively associated with body size in infancy, but the association weakens with age. By adolescence, preterm individuals have a similar mean BMI to those born at term.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Xin Zhao, Sarah L. Bridgman, Kelsea M. Drall, Hein M. Tun, Piush J. Mandhane, Theo J. Moraes, Elinor Simons, Stuart E. Turvey, Padmaja Subbarao, James A. Scott, Anita L. Kozyrskyj
Summary: The study found that infant vitamin D supplementation may affect gut microbiota and their metabolites, specifically fecal glycerol and 1,2-propanediol concentrations. Vitamin D supplementation was associated with higher levels of 1,2-propanediol and lower levels of fecal glycerol after adjustment for other factors. Furthermore, there was a negative correlation observed between fecal 1,2-propanediol and glycerol concentrations.
Review
Microbiology
Dvir Gatt, Isaac Martin, Rawan AlFouzan, Theo J. J. Moraes
Summary: RSV is a common cause of severe lower respiratory tract disease, particularly in young children, but there is currently no approved vaccine for prevention. In the past two decades, significant advancements have been made in understanding RSV's pathogenesis and immunopathology, leading to the development of potential vaccines and successful implementation of passive immunization. This review provides an update on current treatment options for acute RSV disease and different therapeutic approaches for RSV prevention.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yuan Yao Chen, Hein M. Tun, Catherine J. Field, Piushkumar J. Mandhane, Theo J. Moraes, Elinor Simons, Stuart E. Turvey, Padmaja Subbarao, James A. Scott, Anita L. Kozyrskyj
Summary: A study on 1017 Canadian full-term infants revealed that cesarean section had a negative impact on infant gut SIgA levels, which was mediated through gut microbiota and metabolites. Additionally, breastfeeding status and milk metabolites also played a role in mediating this effect.
Article
Cell Biology
Mackenzie W. Gutierrez, Emily M. Mercer, Shirin Moossavi, Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe, Myrtha E. Reyna, Allan B. Becker, Elinor Simons, Piush J. Mandhane, Stuart E. Turvey, Theo J. Moraes, Malcolm R. Sears, Padmaja Subbarao, Meghan B. Azad, Marie-Claire Arrieta
Summary: This study examines the relationship between the gut mycobiome and childhood obesity in 100 infants. It finds that an increase in fungal richness during the first year of life is linked to parental and infant BMI. The relationship is influenced by factors such as maternal BMI, maternal diet, antibiotic exposure, and bacterial diversity. Certain fungal species are also associated with early-life BMI. The study suggests that including fungi in pediatric microbiome studies is important.
CELL REPORTS MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Hannah Lishman, Nathan C. Nickel, Hind Sbihi, Max Xie, Abdullah Mamun, Bei Yuan Zhang, Caren Rose, Patricia Janssen, Ashley Roberts, Meghan B. Azad, Stuart Turvey, David M. Patrick
Summary: This study aims to investigate the relationship between infant antibiotic use and the risk of allergic conditions in children. The analysis will be conducted on data from children born in British Columbia and Manitoba over a 10-year period. The findings will be published in scientific journals and presented at conferences.
Review
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Spencer R. Ames, Larisa C. Lotoski, Meghan B. Azad
Summary: This review synthesizes evidence from human studies and model systems to discuss the impact of different nutritional sources on co-development of the gut microbiome, antigen tolerance, and immunity. Two key mechanisms, epigenetics and the weaning reaction, are highlighted. The evidence emphasizes the fundamental role of direct breastfeeding with parents' own milk as a dynamic and personalized nutrition source, and the deficiencies of alternative nutritional sources.
Letter
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Marc-Antoine Bedard, Myrtha E. Reyna, Theo J. Moraes, Elinor Simons, Stuart E. Turvey, Piush Mandhane, Jeffrey R. Brook, Padmaja Subbarao
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE SANTE PUBLIQUE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Darlene L. Y. Dai, Charisse Petersen, Courtney Hoskinson, Kate L. Del Bel, Allan B. Becker, Theo J. Moraes, Piushkumar J. Mandhane, B. Brett Finlay, Elinor Simons, Anita L. Kozyrskyj, David M. Patrick, Padmaja Subbarao, Lars Bode, Meghan B. Azad, Stuart E. Turvey
Summary: Early antibiotic exposure disrupts the infant gut microbiome and increases pediatric asthma risk. Breastfeeding has a modulating effect on the gut microbiome, but its influence on asthma development is still unclear.
Article
Pediatrics
Zhiguang Zhang, Madison Predy, Kylie D. Hesketh, Lesley Pritchard, Valerie Carson
Summary: This study found that tummy time preference, bout frequency, and bout length increased during the first 6 months of life. There was a linear dose-response relationship between tummy time duration and infant development, with varying threshold doses for different developmental outcomes.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2023)