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  1. Article ; Online: Gradual Strength Training Improves Sleep Quality, Physical Function and Pain in Women with Fibromyalgia

    Cristina Maestre-Cascales / Antonio Castillo-Paredes / Nuria Romero-Parra / José Carmelo Adsuar / Jorge Carlos-Vivas

    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 15662, p

    2022  Volume 15662

    Abstract: Background: Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterized by chronic and generalized musculoskeletal pain. There is currently no cure for FM, but alternative treatments are available. Among them, gradual strength training programs (ST) which on daily activities are ...

    Abstract Background: Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterized by chronic and generalized musculoskeletal pain. There is currently no cure for FM, but alternative treatments are available. Among them, gradual strength training programs (ST) which on daily activities are a valid option to improve some of the pronounced symptoms of FM that affect quality of life, such as fatigue, pain, sleep quality, and physical function. However, there is a need for more information on optimal training programs to improve anxiety and fatigue symptoms. Aim: To analyze the effects of a 24-week gradual and progressive ST on sleep quality, fatigue, pain domains, physical function, and anxiety-state. Methods: 41 women with FM participated in the 24 weeks of intervention based on gradual and progressive ST. Two, 60 min, training sessions per week were con-ducted. Participants were evaluated before the ST program (week 0), in week 12 and at the end of the ST program (week 24). The Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire was used to assess sleep quality and fatigue scales. Anxiety-state was evaluated with the State Anxiety Inventory, and pain domains by means of the Brief Pain Inventory. Senior Fitness Test was used for physical function measurements. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to assess the mean differences between phases, and Spearman’s correlations were used to assess the associations between physical and psychological symptoms, and physical function. Results: The results demonstrated that 24 weeks of ST improves physical function, sleep quality and pain domains ( p ≤ 0.05). Higher anxiety and pain interference scores were related to worsening physical function. Conclusions: Gradual ST significantly improves sleep quality, pain, and physical function, but not anxiety and fatigue.
    Keywords exercise ; fibromyalgia ; functionality ; pain ; physical fitness ; resistance training ; Medicine ; R
    Subject code 796
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  2. Article ; Online: Effect of Different Types of Face Masks on the Ventilatory and Cardiovascular Response to Maximal-Intensity Exercise

    Miguel A. Rojo-Tirado / José A. Benítez-Muñoz / María Alcocer-Ayuga / Víctor M. Alfaro-Magallanes / Nuria Romero-Parra / Ana B. Peinado / Beatriz Rael / Eliane A. Castro / Pedro J. Benito

    Biology, Vol 10, Iss 969, p

    2021  Volume 969

    Abstract: The development of new models of face masks makes it necessary to compare their impact on exercise. Therefore, the aim of this work was to compare the cardiopulmonary response to a maximal incremental test, perceived ventilation, exertion, and comfort ... ...

    Abstract The development of new models of face masks makes it necessary to compare their impact on exercise. Therefore, the aim of this work was to compare the cardiopulmonary response to a maximal incremental test, perceived ventilation, exertion, and comfort using FFP2 or Emotion masks in young female athletes. Thirteen healthy sportswomen (22.08 ± 1.75 years) performed a spirometry, and a graded exercise test on a treadmill, with a JAEGER ® Vyntus CPX gas analyzer using an ergospirometry mask (ErgoMask) or wearing the FFP2 or the Emotion mask below the ErgoMask, randomized on 3 consecutive days. Also, menstrual cycle status was monitored to avoid possible intrasubject alterations. The results showed lower values for the ErgoMask+FFP2, compared to ErgoMask or ErgoMask+Emotion, in forced vital capacity (3.8 ± 0.2, 4.5 ± 0.2 and 4.1 ± 0.1 l, respectively); forced expiratory volume in 1 s (3.3 ± 0.2, 3.7 ± 0.2 and 3.5 ± 0.1 l); ventilation (40.9 ± 1.5, 50.6 ± 1.5 and 46.9 ± 1.2 l/min); breathing frequency (32.7 ± 1.1, 37.4 ± 1.1 and 35.3 ± 1.4 bpm); VE/VO 2 (30.5 ± 0.7, 34.6 ± 0.9 and 33.6 ± 0.7); VE/VCO 2 (32.2 ± 0.6, 36.2 ± 0.9 and 34.4 ± 0.7) and time to exhaustion (492.4 ± 9.7, 521.7 ± 8.6 and 520.1 ± 9.5 s) and higher values in inspiratory time (0.99 ± 0.04, 0.82 ± 0.03 and 0.88 ± 0.03 s). In conclusion, in young healthy female athletes, the Emotion showed better preservation of cardiopulmonary responses than the FFP2.
    Keywords cardiorespiratory fitness ; masks ; exercise test ; athletes ; female ; exercise tolerance ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Subject code 796
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
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  3. Article ; Online: Response to physical activity of females with multiple sclerosis throughout the menstrual cycle

    Jacobo Á Rubio-Arias / Domingo J Ramos-Campo / Nuria Romero-Parra / Luis Andreu-Caravaca / Alejandro Martínez-Rodríguez / Paula Esteban-García / Remedios López-Liria / Guadalupe Molina-Torres / Maria Isabel Ventura-Miranda / Ana Martos-Bonilla / Alberto Rando-Martín / Maria Carrasco-Poyatos / Fernando Alacid / María del Carmen Ferrer-Contreras / Rocio Cupeiro

    BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Vol 9, Iss

    a protocol for a randomised crossover trial (EMMA Project)

    2023  Volume 4

    Abstract: The relationship between multiple sclerosis (MS) and females is a crucial aspect in the development of the disease, with the ovarian hormonal cycle being a sensitive stage, especially in females with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. The objectives ...

    Abstract The relationship between multiple sclerosis (MS) and females is a crucial aspect in the development of the disease, with the ovarian hormonal cycle being a sensitive stage, especially in females with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. The objectives of the study are to identify moderating variables that modify satisfaction with physical activity practice throughout the menstrual cycle (MC) in females in or out of their MC, during high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and strength training sessions and to compare the acute effects of different types of physical activity sessions in females with and without MS. This protocol is the methodology used in the EMMA Study, a randomised, single-blind crossover trial study conducted in females with MS who were matched 1:1, based on age, lifestyle factors and country of residence, with females without MS, to analyse the effect of physical activity practice on satisfaction, functionality, fatigue and inflammatory profile through their MC. Participants will visit the facilities approximately 10 times (4 preliminary familiarisation visits and 6 visits to carry out a physical activity session in each phase of the MC) for 3–4 months. A total sample of 30 females (15 females without MS and 15 with MS) is necessary for the study. The evaluation will comprise clinical, nutritional and psychological interviews, including different variables. It is hypothesised during the luteal phase, females with MS are expected to exhibit different acute responses to HIIT and strength training sessions as compared with females without the disease. Before starting the study, all participants will read and sign an informed consent form. Trial registration number: This research protocol is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov to ensure transparency and accessibility of study information (NCT06105463). The university’s ethics committee number for this study is UALBIO2022/048.
    Keywords Medicine (General) ; R5-920
    Subject code 796
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher BMJ Publishing Group
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  4. Article ; Online: Influence of the Menstrual Cycle on Blood Markers of Muscle Damage and Inflammation Following Eccentric Exercise

    Nuria Romero-Parra / Laura Barba-Moreno / Beatriz Rael / Víctor M. Alfaro-Magallanes / Rocío Cupeiro / Ángel E. Díaz / Francisco J. Calderón / Ana B. Peinado

    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 5, p

    2020  Volume 1618

    Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the menstrual cycle and its underlying hormonal fluctuations affect muscle damage and inflammation in well-trained females following an eccentric exercise. Nineteen eumenorrheic women performed an eccentric ... ...

    Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the menstrual cycle and its underlying hormonal fluctuations affect muscle damage and inflammation in well-trained females following an eccentric exercise. Nineteen eumenorrheic women performed an eccentric squat-based exercise in the early follicular phase, late follicular phase and mid-luteal phase of their menstrual cycle. Sex hormones and blood markers of muscle damage and inflammation −creatine kinase, myoglobin, lactate dehydrogenase, interleukin-6, tumoral necrosis factor-α, and C reactive protein− were analyzed in each phase. No effect of menstrual cycle phase was observed ( p > 0.05), while an interaction for interleukin-6 was shown ( p = 0.047). Accordingly, a moderate effect size [0.68 (0.53)−0.84 (0.74)], indicated that interleukin-6 values 2 h post-trial (2.07 ± 1.26 pg/mL) were likely to be higher than baseline (1.59 ± 0.33 pg/mL), 24 h (1.50 ± 0.01 pg/mL) and 48 h (1.54 ± 0.13 pg/mL) in the mid-luteal phase. Blood markers of muscle damage and inflammation were not affected by the menstrual cycle in well-trained women. The eccentric exercise barely triggered muscle damage and hence, no inflammation was observed, possibly due to participants training status. The mid-luteal phase was the only phase reflecting a possible inflammatory response in terms of interleukin-6, although further factors than sex hormones seem to be responsible for this finding.
    Keywords sex hormones ; creatine kinase ; inflammation ; female ; Medicine ; R
    Subject code 796
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
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  5. Article ; Online: Methodological Approach of the Iron and Muscular Damage

    Ana B. Peinado / Victor M. Alfaro-Magallanes / Nuria Romero-Parra / Laura Barba-Moreno / Beatriz Rael / Cristina Maestre-Cascales / Miguel A. Rojo-Tirado / Eliane A. Castro / Pedro J. Benito / Carmen P. Ortega-Santos / Elena Santiago / Javier Butragueño / Antonio García-de-Alcaraz / Jesús J. Rojo / Francisco J. Calderón / Alberto García-Bataller / Rocío Cupeiro / on behalf of IronFEMME Study Group

    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 735, p

    Female Metabolism and Menstrual Cycle during Exercise Project (IronFEMME Study)

    2021  Volume 735

    Abstract: Background : The increase in exercise levels in the last few years among professional and recreational female athletes has led to an increased scientific interest about sports health and performance in the female athlete population. The purpose of the ... ...

    Abstract Background : The increase in exercise levels in the last few years among professional and recreational female athletes has led to an increased scientific interest about sports health and performance in the female athlete population. The purpose of the IronFEMME Study described in this protocol article is to determine the influence of different hormonal profiles on iron metabolism in response to endurance exercise, and the main markers of muscle damage in response to resistance exercise; both in eumenorrheic, oral contraceptive (OC) users and postmenopausal well-trained women. Methods : This project is an observational controlled randomized counterbalanced study. One hundered and four (104) active and healthy women were selected to participate in the IronFEMME Study, 57 of which were eumenorrheic, 31 OC users and 16 postmenopausal. The project consisted of two sections carried out at the same time: iron metabolism (study I) and muscle damage (study II). For the study I, the exercise protocol consisted of an interval running test (eight bouts of 3 min at 85% of the maximal aerobic speed), whereas the study II protocol was an eccentric-based resistance exercise protocol (10 sets of 10 repetitions of plate-loaded barbell parallel back squats at 60% of their one repetition maximum (1RM) with 2 min of recovery between sets). In both studies, eumenorrheic participants were evaluated at three specific moments of the menstrual cycle: early-follicular phase, late-follicular phase and mid-luteal phase; OC users performed the trial at two moments: withdrawal phase and active pill phase. Lastly, postmenopausal women were only tested once, since their hormonal status does not fluctuate. The three-step method was used to verify the menstrual cycle phase: calendar counting, blood test confirmation, and urine-based ovulation kits. Blood samples were obtained to measure sex hormones, iron metabolism parameters, and muscle damage related markers. Discussion : IronFEMME Study has been designed to increase the knowledge regarding ...
    Keywords hormones ; iron metabolism disorders ; hepcidin ; endurance training ; resistance training ; creatine kinase ; Medicine ; R
    Subject code 796
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    Publishing date 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
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