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Exercise

Physical activity which is usually regular and done with the intention of improving or maintaining PHYSICAL FITNESS or HEALTH. Contrast with PHYSICAL EXERTION which is concerned largely with the physiologic and metabolic response to energy expenditure.

Year introduced: 1989

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Circuit-Based Exercise

Alternating sets of exercise that work out different muscle groups and that also alternate between aerobic and anaerobic exercises, which, when combined together, offer an overall program to improve strength, stamina, balance, or functioning.

Year introduced: 2015

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Cool-Down Exercise

Tapering-off physical activity from vigorous to light, to gradually return the body to pre-exercise condition and metabolic state.

Year introduced: 2014

4.

Warm-Up Exercise

Physical activities done to prepare the body for more intense physical activities.

Year introduced: 2014

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Plyometric Exercise

Exercises in which muscles are repeatedly and rapidly stretched, followed by shortening, concentric MUSCLE CONTRACTION (e.g. jumping and rebounding). They are designed to exert maximal force in minimal time by increasing STRETCH REFLEX.

Year introduced: 2012

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Cardiomegaly, Exercise-Induced

Non-pathological heart enlargement and other remodeling in cardiac morphology and electrical circuitry found in individuals who participate in intense repeated exercises.

Year introduced: 2012

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Post-Exercise Hypotension

Transient reduction in blood pressure levels immediately after exercises that lasts 2-12 hours. The reduction varies but is typically 5-20 mm Hg when compared to pre-exercise levels. It exists both in normotensive and hypertensive individuals and may play a role in excercise related PHYSIOLOGIC ADAPTATION.

Year introduced: 2011

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Exercise Movement Techniques

Methods or programs of physical activities which can be used to promote, maintain, or restore the physical and physiological well-being of an individual.

Year introduced: 2002

9.

Exercise Tolerance

The exercise capacity of an individual as measured by endurance (maximal exercise duration and/or maximal attained work load) during an EXERCISE TEST.

Year introduced: 1993

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Exercise Therapy

A regimen or plan of physical activities designed and prescribed for specific therapeutic goals. Its purpose is to restore normal musculoskeletal function or to reduce pain caused by diseases or injuries.

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Exercise Test

Controlled physical activity which is performed in order to allow assessment of physiological functions, particularly cardiovascular and pulmonary, but also aerobic capacity. Maximal (most intense) exercise is usually required but submaximal exercise is also used.

Year introduced: 1966 (1963)

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Asthma, Exercise-Induced

Asthma attacks following a period of exercise. Usually the induced attack is short-lived and regresses spontaneously. The magnitude of postexertional airway obstruction is strongly influenced by the environment in which exercise is performed (i.e. inhalation of cold air during physical exertion markedly augments the severity of the airway obstruction; conversely, warm humid air blunts or abolishes it).

Year introduced: 1991(1979)

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Post-Exercise Recovery Techniques

Therapeutic modalities following a bout of exercise to reduce markers of muscle damage, soreness, fatigue, and inflammation.

Year introduced: 2024

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Post-Exercise Recovery

The subsequent return to a resting or recovered state following a bout of exercise as the body adapts to the stress associated with exercise, replenishes muscle glycogen, and repairs body tissue.

Year introduced: 2024

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Exercise-Induced Allergies

Allergic reactions following a period of exercise. Elevated serum HISTAMINE and TRYPTASE levels and cutaneous MAST CELL degranulation are often associated with post-exertional allergic reactions which sometimes are triggered only in combination with prior consumption of a specific food such as wheat. Allergic symptoms produced post-exercise range from skin eruption, asthma, bronchospasm, and anaphylaxis.

Year introduced: 2023

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Preoperative Exercise

Various physical exercises implemented before a surgery designed for better TREATMENT OUTCOME.

Year introduced: 2021

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Compulsive Exercise

Obsessive, excessive unhealthy levels of activity performed on a regular basis that overrides social activities and basic responsibilities and leads to anxiety when circumstances prevent exercise.

Year introduced: 2021

18.

Sports Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

Nutritional physiology related to EXERCISE or ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE.

Year introduced: 2014

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Resistance Training

A type of strength-building exercise program that requires the body muscle to exert a force against some form of resistance, such as weight, stretch bands, water, or immovable objects. Resistance exercise is a combination of static and dynamic contractions involving shortening and lengthening of skeletal muscles.

Year introduced: 2009

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Sports Nutritional Sciences

The study of NUTRITION PROCESSES during EXERCISE and ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE as well as specific NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS of ATHLETES and the relationship between NUTRITIONAL STATUS and NUTRITION DISORDERS in athletes.

Year introduced: 2014

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