The results indicate that MPT, MeAF and GRBAS-I, represent the top-three most frequently used and the most relevant VOIs in terms of "percentage of significance". VHI-30 showed a relatively low rate of use and low "percentage of significance". The role of Jitter and Shimmer remains unclear. Finally, MSGP and the F0 appear to be less relevant VOIs for the evaluation of UFVP surgical treatments in terms of significant change in pre- and post-operative measurements.

Paediatric patients on maintenance HD in general have a significantly lower exercise capacity compared to a healthy age-matched population, which is expressed much more after dialysis.

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Both model projects have shown that large-scale sports programmes that focus primarily on the prevention of injuries and disease (under sport-medical guidance) with a performance incentive are accepted by the population, provided they offer a high fun factor.

Abstract:The objective of the following meta-analysis was to determine what kind of treatment, or combination of treatments, has the greatest effect on weight loss in overweight and obese adults.A systematic search was conducted of the available literature published between 1993 and 2006 that covered randomized controlled trials on overweight and obese subjects who underwent treatment consisting of physical exercise and/ or changes in diet. The scope of the search thus incorporated seven relevant databases.Using 6,545 key word combinations, the electronic search yielded a total of 36,869 abstracts. 13 relevant studies with a total of 826 subjects (BMI > 25; 17 -68 years of age) met the meta-analysis criteria. The courses of treatment included "diet (d)", "physical exercise (pe)", "diet and physical exercise (dpe)", and "no intervention (ni)". The results confirmed the hypothesis that the combined intervention "dpe" had the greatest effect with regard to weight loss. The single treatments "pe" and "d" also led to weight loss, with "d" having a significantly greater effect than "pe".The main reason for the small sample size of thirteen studies out of 36,819 was that the experimental design and/or procedures of most studies were inadequate. A common error was a failure to assign subjects randomly to the different treatment groups. The results of our meta-analysis indicate that a combination of diet and physical exercise is the best form of treatment to induce weight loss in overweight individuals in the first weeks, followed by physical exercise to maintain weight loss.