Motohiko Miyachi

In marked contrast to the beneficial effect of regular aerobic exercise, several months of resistance training "reduces" central arterial compliance in healthy men.

High-intensity resistance training is associated with increased arterial stiffness in young subjects with low baseline levels of arterial stiffness.

Reductions in the compliance of central arteries exert a number of adverse effects on systemic cardiovascular function and disease risk. Using the cross-sectional study design, we determined the relation between chronic resistance training and carotid arterial compliance. A total of 62 healthy normotensive men, 20 to 39 years of age (young) and 40 to 60 years of age (middle-aged), who were either sedentary or resistance-trained, were studied. In both activity groups, carotid arterial compliance

The hope is that the focus on moving to more valuebased payment models will begin to bring in more measures of the effects this has on patient outcomes, which are the most important measure of the effects of changes in the use of health care services. That, along with the focus on comparative effectiveness analysis, which attempts to provide information on the differential clinical effects of using various interventions and treatment agents on different types of patients, should improve the abil

Time spent playing one-third of the activities supplied by motion- and gesture-controlled video games can count toward the daily amount of exercise required according to the guidelines provided by the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association, which focus on 30 min of moderate-intensity daily physical activity 5 d x wk(-1).

We concluded that simultaneously performed aerobic exercise training could prevent the stiffening of carotid arteries caused by resistance training in young healthy men.

The cross-sectional area (CSA) of large-conductance arteries increases in response to endurance training in humans. To determine whether training-induced changes in arterial structure are systemic in nature or, rather, are confined to the arteries supplying exercising muscles, we studied 10 young men who performed one-legged cycle training [80% of one-legged peak O2 uptake (VO2 peak)), 40 min/day, 4 days/wk] for 6 wk and detraining for another 6 wk. There were no significant differences in basel

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Water is essential for survival, but one in three individuals worldwide (2.2 billion people) lacks access to safe drinking water. Water intake requirements largely reflect water turnover (WT), the water used by the body each day. We investigated the determinants of human WT in 5604 people from the ages of 8 days to 96 years from 23 countries using isotope-tracking (²H) methods. Age, body size, and composition were significantly associated with WT, as were physical activity, athletic s

Most wearable devices do not provide comparable PAEE estimates when using gold standard methods during 1 standardized day or 15 free-living days. Continuous development and evaluations of these wearable devices are needed for better estimations of PAEE.

Prospective cohort studies have shown that people with a larger amount of physical activity (PA) and exercise have lower risks of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). In Japan, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare published in March 2013 the "Active-Guide," i.e. the Japanese official PA guidelines for health promotion. In this document, the most important message is "+10," standing for "add 10 min of MVPA per day." The establishment of the "+10" recommendation is supported by strong scientifi