Stretching and Strength Training to Improve Postural Ergonomics and Endurance in the Operating Room by James N. Winters, MD, Nicole Z. Sommer, MD, Michael R. Romanelli, MD, Chad Marschik, BA, Leah Hulcher, DPT, Brigitte J. Cutler, DPT

“…Literature results, survey data, and intraoperative photographs were analyzed in collaboration with physical therapists and personal trainers. Results:. Survey results demonstrated that 97% of resident and attending respondents experienced musculoskeletal pain and 83% reported a lack of education in posture and ergonomics. …”
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Telepresence robots as facilitators of physical exercise during COVID-19: a feasibility and acceptance study by Abdullah Addas, Abdullah Addas

“…The proposed study investigated the use of telepresence-robot-based personal trainers to facilitate remote exercise during the pandemic-related lockdowns. …”
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Human Arm Workout Classification by Arm Sleeve Device Based on Machine Learning Algorithms by Sehwan Chun, Sangun Kim, Jooyong Kim

“…Due to the impact of COVID-19, the demand for workouts to improve muscle strength, such as home gyms and personal trainers (PT), has increased. Although there are many studies related to aerobic exercise, there is a lack of wearable devices that can assist in improving muscle strength. …”
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Original article Inventory of Physical Activity Objectives – a new method of measuring motives for physical activity and sport by Mariusz Lipowski, Zbigniew Zaleski

“…The IPAO can serve both scientific research and as a useful tool for personal trainers, helping diagnose the motives for engaging in PA and sports. …”
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Effect of Medial-Lateral, Inferior-Superior, and Rotational Positions of Palms on Muscle Recruitment during the Push-Up Exercise by Hamidreza Barnamehei, Gunarajulu Renganathan, Fatemeh Aflatounian, Samirasadat Fatemigarakani, Ava Maboudmanesh, Aidasadat Fatahzadeh, Aram Shaabani, Yuichi Kurita

“…The information about muscle activation during various types of push-ups can potentially help athletes, coaches, personal trainers, and clinicians to apply modified push-up exercises to make new systematic and useful exercise plans.…”
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Deep Learning for Classifying Physical Activities from Accelerometer Data by Vimala Nunavath, Sahand Johansen, Tommy Sandtorv Johannessen, Lei Jiao, Bjørge Herman Hansen, Sveinung Berntsen, Morten Goodwin

“…There are minimal medical care and personal trainers’ methods to monitor a patient’s actual physical activity types. …”
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Evaluating the efficacy of an integrated motivational interviewing and multi-modal exercise intervention for youth with major depression: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind randomised cont... by Yasmina Nasstasia, Amanda L. Baker, Sean A. Halpin, Leanne Hides, Terry J. Lewin, Brian J. Kelly, Robin Callister

“…The immediate group received a brief MI intervention followed by a 12-week small group exercise intervention (3 times per week for 1 h), all delivered by personal trainers. The delayed control group received the same intervention 12-weeks later. …”
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Prescribing or co-designing exercise in healthy adults? Effects on mental health and interoceptive awareness by Maricarmen Almarcha, Ignacio González, Natàlia Balagué, Casimiro Javierre

“…Supervised online by specialized personal trainers, both programs lasted 9 weeks and were equivalent in volume and intensity. …”
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The SPLENDID Eating Detection Sensor: Development and Feasibility Study by van den Boer, Janet, van der Lee, Annemiek, Zhou, Lingchuan, Papapanagiotou, Vasileios, Diou, Christos, Delopoulos, Anastasios, Mars, Monica

“…MethodsPotential users evaluated the eating detection sensor at different stages of its development: (1) At the start, 12 health professionals (eg, dieticians, personal trainers) were interviewed and a focus group was held with 5 potential end users to find out their thoughts on the concept of the eating detection sensor. (2) Then, preliminary prototypes of the eating detection sensor were tested in a laboratory setting where 23 young adults reported their experiences. (3) Next, the first wearable version of the eating detection sensor was tested in a semicontrolled study where 22 young, overweight adults used the sensor on 2 separate days (from lunch till dinner) and reported their experiences. (4) The final version of the sensor was tested in a 4-week feasibility study by 20 young, overweight adults who reported their experiences. …”
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Evaluating differences in the clinical impact of a free online weight loss programme, a resource-intensive commercial weight loss programme and an active control condition: a paral... by Aidan Q. Innes, Greig Thomson, Mary Cotter, James A. King, Niels B. J. Vollaard, Benjamin M. Kelly

“…In addition, twice-weekly exercise sessions (24 in total) were delivered by personal trainers for 12 weeks. The NHS intervention (n = 25, 8/17 men/women) consisted of following an entirely self-managed 12-week online NHS resource. …”
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Do you even exercise, ref? Exploring habits of Spanish basketball referees during practice and matches by David Suárez-Iglesias, Daniel González-Devesa, Carlos Ayán, Alberto Sánchez-Sixto, Alejandro Vaquera

“…Elite referees were more likely to hire personal trainers and engage in strength and flexibility exercises. …”
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The Danish sports chiropractic landscape: an exploration of practice characteristics and salient developmental issues by Corrie Myburgh, Julie Andersen, Nicklas Bakkely, Jakob Hermannsen, Marcus Zuschlag, Philip Damgaard, Eleanor Boyle

“…Compared to non-sports chiropractors, sports chiropractors engaged in a significantly higher level of interprofessional practice (3.8 versus 2.7 partners), in particular medical doctors (p = 0.016) and personal trainers (p <  0.001). Whether participants identified as a sports chiropractor or not, there was consensus that a high-quality post-graduate qualification and continued education was important. …”
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Supervision during Resistance Training: A Comparison of Trainer and Trainee Perceptions by James Fisher, Patroklos Androulakis-Korakakis, Jürgen Giessing, Eric Helms, Brad Schoenfeld, Dave Smith, Richard Winett

“…Of which 236 were personal trainers/strength coaches, and 232 were trainees. …”
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“I aspire to look and feel healthy like the posts convey”: engagement with fitness inspiration on social media and perceptions of its influence on health and wellbeing by Michelle Raggatt, Cassandra J. C. Wright, Elise Carrotte, Rebecca Jenkinson, Kate Mulgrew, Ivanka Prichard, Megan S. C. Lim

“…Results Participants (N = 180, 151 female, median age 23.0 years (IQR 19.0, 28.5)) most commonly accessed content posted by personal trainers and athletes (59.4%), posts tagged with the ‘fitspiration’ hashtag (53.9%) and posted by ‘everyday’ people (53.3%). …”
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Factors influencing seniors' willingness to pay intention for exercise in the civil sports and recreation centers by Chin-Yi Fang, Po-Yu Chen, Yung Liao

“…The results of this study provide managers of CSRCs with decision-making recommendations: (1) initiate entry-level sports courses, such as quick chair exercise, to cultivate among seniors the habit of exercise; (2) motivate seniors to participate in sports with other seniors in order to enhance their social activity and raise their WTP more for sports consumption outside of free scheduled periods; and (3) recruit seniors as exercise coaches or personal trainers to pass their experiences with other people of their age. …”
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Análise da consistência interna e fatorial confirmatório do IMPRAFE-126 com praticantes de atividades físicas gaúchos Reliability and confirmatory factorial analysis of the IMPRAFE... by Marcos Alencar Abaide Balbinotti, Marcus Levi Lopes Barbosa

“…These results indicate the IMPRAFE-126 is a promising tool that can be used by sports psychologists or personal trainers particularly interested in evaluate motivation levels of athletes or general practitioners of physical activities. …”
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Heavier- and lighter-load isolated lumbar extension resistance training produce similar strength increases, but different perceptual responses, in healthy males and females by James P. Fisher, Charlotte Stuart, James Steele, Paulo Gentil, Jürgen Giessing

“…Conclusions The present study supports that that low-volume, low-frequency ILEX resistance exercise can produce similar strength increases in the lumbar extensors using either HL or LL. As such personal trainers, trainees and strength coaches can consider other factors which might impact acute performance (e.g. effort and discomfort during the exercise). …”
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Identity-Preserved Human Posture Detection in Infrared Thermal Images: A Benchmark by Yongping Guo, Ying Chen, Jianzhi Deng, Shuiwang Li, Hui Zhou

“…Human pose estimation has a variety of real-life applications, including human action recognition, AI-powered personal trainers, robotics, motion capture and augmented reality, gaming, and video surveillance. …”
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The Wessex Fit-4-Cancer Surgery Trial (WesFit): a protocol for a factorial-design, pragmatic randomised-controlled trial investigating the effects of a multi-modal prehabilitation... by Chloe Grimmett, Cait Allen, Richard Green, Samantha Leggett, Malcolm West, Andrew Bates, Helen Moyses, Denny Z H Levett, Micheal P W Grocott, Fran Williams, Matthew Hayes, Stephen Wootton, Judit Varkonyi-Sepp, Lesley Hawkins, Sandy Jack, Sally Rickard

“…Group 1 (control) will receive usual pre-operative care, Group 2 (exercise) patients will undergo 2/3 aerobic, high-intensity interval training sessions per week supervised by personal trainers. Group 3 (psychological support) patients are offered 1 session per week at a local cancer support centre. …”
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An Artificial Intelligence Exercise Coaching Mobile App: Development and Randomized Controlled Trial to Verify Its Effectiveness in Posture Correction by Han Joo Chae, Ji-Been Kim, Gwanmo Park, David Michael O'Sullivan, Jinwook Seo, Jung-Jun Park

“…The proposed mobile app, offering cost-effective self-discovery feedback, effectively taught users about squat exercises without expensive in-person trainer sessions. Trial RegistrationClinical Research Information Service KCT0008178 (retrospectively registered); https://cris.nih.go.kr/cris/search/detailSearch.do/24006…”
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