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Addict women face more mental problems than healthy women, and the issue is less attended. Applying inexpensive, easily accessible preventive measures like aerobic training can improve their mental health. The present study was to investigate the effect of aerobic training on the mental health of addict women in the central prison of Zahedan, Iran. This experimental study involved the addict women in the central prison of Zahedan, Iran in 2008. Thirty addict women were randomly selected and assigned into two equal groups [15 controls and 15 experimental]. The Goldberg General Health Questionnaire [GHQ 28] and Demographic Characteristics Questionnaire were used for Data collection. The experimental group was trained for 8 weeks, three weekly sessions of 45 minutes. Both groups completed the questionnaires before and after the 8-week training for the evaluation of their mental health status. The data were analyzed in SPSS 15 using descriptive statistics [frequency, mean and standard deviation] as well as the dependent and independent t-test. Results showed that after eight weeks of aerobic training program, symptoms significantly improved: physical symptoms [from 12.20 +/- 6.37 to 4/ +/- 53 +/- 2/83], anxiety [from 14.47 +/- 4.50 to 4.33 +/- 2.13], depression [from 11.67 +/- 6.78 to 3.60 +/- 3.25] and mental health [from 48.20 +/- 15.50 to 18.87 +/- 6.71] [p
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Data available reports that the novel biomarkers of cardiovascular diseases have more sensitivity and accuracy in anticipating cardiovascular disease. Hence, considering the significant role of physical activity in decreasing and preventing these diseases, determining the type of physical activity, its duration and intensity, and appropriate pattern significantly promotes the individual's health. In this study, effects of two training methods, the aerobic and anaerobic, on some pre-inflammatory cytokines in adult male rats were compared. In this experiment, 54 male wistar rats [3 months], were kept in a controlled condition, randomly divided into three groups, the control, aerobic and anaerobic groups. The training program was conducted for a period of 12 weeks - 3 sessions per week, specified durations and intensity. To assess the influence of one session of an aerobic and anaerobic, training program, following the program, the first blood sample was taken. After the 24th and 36th sessions, the second and the third blood samples were obtained. Blood samplings were done after 14 hours of fasting and 24 hours after the final training session. Data were analyzed with Kolmogrov-Smirnov, One Way ANOVA, Repeated Measurement and the LSD post hoc tests, at the level of alpha