Background: One of the impacts of obesity are physical and cardiovascular problems. Harvard step test and 20m shuttle run test can be used to measure cardiovascular jitness. Objective of th is research is to determine the association between body composition with cardiovascular jitness in obese children measured by Harvard step test (HST) and 20m shuttle run test (SRT). Method: Cross sectiona…
One of main acitities in controlling cardiovascular diseases is earty detection of active conduct of its risk factor in the community. Through the early detection of risk factors can be expected to handie as early as possible, so that the prevalence of risk factors for heart disease and blood vessels can be derived as optimal as possible. The Objectives of this activity is to define the prevale…
Aim To investigate whether normotensive young adults with family history of hypertension demonstrate exaggerated cardiovascular responses to both mental and physical stimuli as compared to normotensive young adults without family history of hypertension. Methods Normotensive undergraduate students of normotensive parents (n = 40) and of hypertensive father/ mother/both (n = 40), aged 20 – 30 …