Browsing by Author "Koutedakis, Y."

Acute and short term impact of active and passive tobacco and electronic cigarette smoking on inflammatory markers

Tzatzarakis, M. N.; Tsitoglou, K. I.; Chorti, M. S.; Poulianiti, K. P.; Jamurtas, A. Z.; Koutedakis, Y.; Flouris, A. D.; Michalis, K.; Aristidis, T. (2013)

Acute and Short-term Effects of Secondhand Smoke on Lung Function and Cytokine Production

Flouris, A. D.; Metsios, G. S.; Carrillo, A. E.; Jamurtas, A. Z.; Gourgoulianis, K.; Kiropoulos, T.; Tzatzarakis, M. N.; Tsatsakis, A. M.; Koutedakis, Y. (2009)

Rationale: The acute effect of secondhand smoke (SHS) on lung function and the duration of system disruption remain unknown. Objectives: To assess the SHS effects and their duration on lung function and inflammatory markers. ...

Acute effects of electronic and tobacco cigarette smoking on complete blood count

Flouris, A. D.; Poulianiti, K. P.; Chorti, M. S.; Jamurtas, A. Z.; Kouretas, D.; Owolabi, E. O.; Tzatzarakis, M. N.; Tsatsakis, A. M.; Koutedakis, Y. (2012)

The World Health Organisation called for research assessing the safety of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette). We evaluated the acute effect of active and passive e-cigarette and tobacco cigarette smoking on complete blood ...

Acute effects of second-hand smoke on complete blood count

Dinas, P. C.; Metsios, G. S.; Jamurtas, A. Z.; Tzatzarakis, M. N.; Hayes, A. W.; Koutedakis, Y.; Tsatsakis, A. M.; Flouris, A. D. (2014)

We assessed the acute effects of a 1-h exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) on complete blood count (CBC) markers in a controlled simulated bar/restaurant environment. Nineteen adult never-smokers completed a 1-h .exposure ...

Acute impact of active and passive electronic cigarette smoking on serum cotinine and lung function

Flouris, A. D.; Chorti, M. S.; Poulianiti, K. P.; Jamurtas, A. Z.; Kostikas, K.; Tzatzarakis, M. N.; Hayes, A. W.; Tsatsakis, A. M.; Koutedakis, Y. (2013)

Context: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are becoming increasingly popular yet their effects on health remain unknown. Objective: To conduct the first comprehensive and standardized assessment of the acute impact of ...

Adipocytokine Levels in Children: Effects of Fatness and Training

Aggeloussi, S.; Theodorou, A. A.; Paschalis, V.; Nikolaidis, M. G.; Fatouros, I. G.; Owolabi, E. O.; Kouretas, D.; Koutedakis, Y.; Jamurtas, A. Z. (2012)

To investigate the effects of obesity and exercise training on plasma adipocytokines a sample of 42 children (lean = 24, %BF = 17.8 +/- 7.5%; obese = 18; %BF = 29.1 +/- 9.3%; mean age = 12.4 +/- 1.9 yrs), were divided into ...

Age-Related Responses in Circulating Markers of Redox Status in Healthy Adolescents and Adults during the Course of a Training Macrocycle

Zalavras, A.; Fatouros, I. G.; Deli, C. K.; Draganidis, D.; Theodorou, A. A.; Soulas, D.; Koutsioras, Y.; Koutedakis, Y.; Jamurtas, A. Z. (2015)

Redox status changes during an annual training cycle in young and adult track and field athletes and possible differences between the two age groups were assessed. Forty-six individuals (24 children and 22 adults) were ...

Allometric Associations Between Body Size, Shape, and Physical Performance of Greek Children

Nevill, A.; Tsiotra, G.; Tsimeas, P.; Koutedakis, Y. (2009)

We adopted allometric models to identify the most appropriate body size/shape characteristics associated with physical performance activities of Greek school children. Children underwent assessments for aerobic and anaerobic ...

alpha-Lipoic acid supplementation up-regulates antioxidant capacity in adults with G6PD deficiency

Georgakouli, K.; Deli, C. K.; Zalavras, A.; Fatouros, I. G.; Kouretas, D.; Koutedakis, Y.; Jamurtas, A. Z. (2013)

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of alpha-lipoic acid (LA) supplementation on blood redox status in individuals with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. Eight adults with G6PD deficiency ...

Analysis of dance performance

Koutedakis, Y. (2009)

Ankle and Foot Contributions to Extreme Plantar- and Dorsiflexion in Female Ballet Dancers

Russell, J. A.; Shave, R. M.; Kruse, D. W.; Koutedakis, Y.; Wyon, M. A. (2011)

Background: Female ballet dancers require extreme ankle motion. The objective of this study was to quantify the relative contributions of the ankle and various foot joints to extreme plantarflexion (PF) and dorsiflexion ...

Anti-inflammatory effects of a special carbohydrate-whey protein cake after exhaustive cycling in humans

Kerasioti, E.; Stagos, D.; Jamurtas, A.; Kiskini, A.; Koutedakis, Y.; Goutzourelas, N.; Pournaras, S.; Tsatsakis, A. M.; Kouretas, D. (2013)

Intense exercise induces increased levels of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a special cake (consisting of carbohydrate to whey protein 3.5:1) ...

Anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha therapy improves insulin sensitivity in normal-weight but not in obese patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou, A.; Metsios, G. S.; Panoulas, V. F.; Nightingale, P.; Koutedakis, Y.; Kitas, G. D. (2012)

Introduction: Insulin resistance (IR), a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease, is common among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Inflammation, and especially tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF ...

Association between habitual physical activity and brown adipose tissue activity in individuals undergoing PET-CT scan

Dinas, P. C.; Nikaki, A.; Jamurtas, A. Z.; Prassopoulos, V.; Efthymiadou, R.; Koutedakis, Y.; Georgoulias, P.; Flouris, A. D. (2015)

ObjectiveAugmented brown adipose tissue (BAT) mass and activity lead to higher basic metabolic rate which is beneficial against obesity. Our aim was to investigate whether habitual (i.e. usual weekly participation) physical ...

Associations of obesity with modifiable risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou, A.; Metsios, G. S.; Panoulas, V. F.; Douglas, K. M. J.; Nevill, A. M.; Jamurtas, A. Z.; Kita, M.; Koutedakis, Y.; Kitas, G. D. (2009)

Objectives: To assess the association of body mass index (BMI) with modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: BMI, disease activity, selected CVD risk factors ...