Background: Resistance training (RT) has been established as the most efficient approach for lean body mass maintenance required for preserving a sufficiently high metabolism during weight loss. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the impacts of the ketogenic diet (KD) and regular diet (RE) in combination with 8-week resistance exercise (RT), on body weight, body fat mass (BFM), and lean body mass (LBM) of untrained individuals. Methods: Twenty untrained participants were randomly assigned to the RE+RT and KD+RT as control and experimental groups, respectively. Sixty to ninety minutes of diversified resistance exercise were performed by both groups, three sessions weekly, and diet was self-administered with a recommended daily energy and protein intakes. Body composition was measured using a Bioelectrical Impedance Analyzer. One-way Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was applied to analyze the data. Results: The results showed a greater post-intervention adjusted mean for body weight and LBM in the normal dietary group in comparison with the experimental group. After controlling for baseline measurements, there was a statistically significant difference in body weight (p < .0005) and BFM (p =.001) between groups. Conclusion: Resistance training along with a ketogenic diet may decrease BFM without notable changes in LBM, whilst RT on a normal diet might increase LBM without remarkably influencing BFM.

Sleep and stress-related disorders are increasingly becoming more prevalent among adult population. Massage therapy (MT) may assist in improving the peripheral circulation through mechanical manipulation of soft tissues and passively act upon reducing stress stimuli as well as induce relaxation and sleep. For the purpose of evaluating the efficacy of massage chair therapy (MCT), this study is divided into two parts. First, 15 participants (mean age = (21.00 ±2.00) years; body mass index (BMI) = (19.22 ±2.23)) were enrolled in a randomized controlled, cross-over, and single-blinded trial on pre- and post-treatment based sessions where skin blood flow (SBF) was measured. Except for the control mode (p > 0.05), all other mode-variants exhibit significantly increased SBF between pre-post sessions (p < 0.05). Furthermore, compared to the blood circulation and sweet dreams massage modes, deep tissue massage mode exhibited a significantly increase in SBF values (p < 0.05). In the second part of the study, 5 participants (age 24.00±3.00 years; weight 73.10±5.63 kg; height 178.28 ±10.08 cm; BMI 22.49 ±1.89) underwent MCT with only sweet dreams mode. Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire and wrist actigraph were used to assess pre- and post-treatment sleep quality. After undergoing massage all subjects showed improvement in overall sleep quality. These results are suggestive that the automated MCT may potentially improve blood circulation and promote relaxation and sleep.