Calf muscle
Comparative Analysis of Clubfoot and Normal Calf Muscle Activity Using Electromyography- A Case Study Humayun Mushtaq* 1, Seema Chawla2 Mohsina Mushtaq 3
... that calf muscle activity of affected leg varies from the normal leg during resting, flexion and extension conditions in a unilateral clubfoot patient even after surgical correction and can be efficiently ...
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Calf muscle density is independently associated with physical function in overweight and obese older adults
... of calf muscle density with reduced physical ...lower muscle density unrelated to T2DM are responsible for poorer function during ageing, and is supported by the fact that muscle density ...
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Validation of MRC Centre MRI calf muscle fat fraction protocol as an outcome measure in CMT1A
... Jasper M. Morrow: drafting/revising the manuscript, study concept or design, analysis or interpretation of data, accepts responsibility for conduct of research and will give final ap- proval, statistical analysis. Matthew ...
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Modifying ankle foot orthosis stiffness in patients with calf muscle weakness: gait responses on group and individual level
... AFO stiffness variation reduced the walking energy cost considerably at the individual level, while on group level no effect of stiffness was found. This was also re- ported in cerebral palsy patients [14, 25], but is in ...
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON BICEPS MUSCLE GIRTH, CALF MUSCLE GIRTH AND THIGH MUSCLE GIRTH OF HIGH AND LOW PERFORMANCE OF KABADDI PLAYERS OF MAHARASHTRA FEDERATION TOURNAMENT
... biceps muscle girth of highper formance Kabaddi players is significantly greater ...mean calf muscle girthof high performance of kabaddi players is significantly greater ...meancalf muscle ...
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Effectiveness of calf muscle stretching for the short term treatment of plantar heel pain: a randomised trial
... the calf muscle while keep- ing their heel on the ...the muscle for at least 5 minutes a day (a daily journal of their stretching was kept by all ...the muscle and to reduce the force of the ...
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A 1D pulse wave propagation model of the hemodynamics of calf muscle pump function
... The calf muscle pump is a mechanism which increases venous return and thereby compensates for the fluid shift towards the lower body during ...a muscle contraction, the embedded deep veins collapse ...
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Eccentric calf muscle exercise produces a greater acute reduction in Achilles tendon thickness than concentric exercise
... The mean Achilles tendon sagittal thickness measured prior to exercise was not significantly different (p.0.05) for tendons assigned to the concentric and eccentric exercise protocols (table 1). Calf muscle ...
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Quantitative evaluation for spasticity of calf muscle after botulinum toxin injection in patients with cerebral palsy: a pilot study
... (QMTA) follows the same maneuver of modified Tardieu scale used in clinic. The stop points of R1 and R2 is de- cided by the same evaluator when he feels the resistance. The validity and reliability of MTS had been ...
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Deep soft-tissue massage applied to healthy calf muscle has no effect on passive mechanical properties: a randomized, single-blind, cross-over study
... the calf muscle. Neither calf stiffness calculated across a range of applied torques, nor ankle angular excursion at specific torque values changed after ...
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Effect of body tilt on calf muscle performance and blood flow in humans
... increased calf perfusion during calf exercise and attributed the effect to the “muscle ...the muscle, when the venous blood within the muscle has been expelled by the preceding ...the ...
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MANAGEMENT OF CALF MUSCLE CRAMPS BY PRASARINI TAILAM IN SPORTSMEN .......
... Keywords: Calf muscle cramps, Snehana, Prasarini Tailam INTRODUCTION A muscle cramp is an involuntarily and forcibly contracted muscle that does not relax.. When we use the muscles that [r] ...
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Stiffness modification of two ankle-foot orthosis types to optimize gait in individuals with non-spastic calf muscle weakness – a proof-of-concept study
... Our proof-of-concept study demonstrates that modifica- tion of AFO stiffness largely affected gait in individuals with non-spastic calf muscle weakness, with clear benefi- cial effects on ankle ...
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A comparative study of calf muscle circumference with other anthropometry measurement as a measure of low birth weight in neonates
... like calf circumference, chest circumference were used and data was analyzed by using Receiver Operating Characteristic curve (ROC) to find out the cut-off values with the highest sensitivity and specificity for ...
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Sinensetin regulates age related sarcopenia in cultured primary thigh and calf muscle cells
... skeletal muscle depleting is systemic inflammation that occurs in accordance with diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acquired im- mune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and cancer ...of ...
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Walking performance is positively correlated to calf muscle fiber size in peripheral artery disease subjects, but fibers show aberrant mitophagy: an observational study
... gastrocnemius muscle homogenate for mRNA levels of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1α (PGC1α), the master reg- ulator of mitochondrial biogenesis, as well as additional genes important ...
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Supervised exercise training as an adjunct therapy for venous leg ulcers: a randomised controlled feasibility trial
... supervised calf muscle exercise has been shown to increase calf muscle pump function and improve lower-limb haemodynamics 17,18 , as well as mobility and ...
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Supervised exercise training as an adjunct therapy for venous leg ulcers: a randomised controlled feasibility trial
... supervised calf muscle exercise has been shown to increase calf muscle pump function and improve lower-limb haemodynamics, 17,18 as well as mobility and ...
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Haemodynamic performance of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) during recovery from total hip arthroplasty
... VAS scores in this study showed that NMES did not significantly increase the perceived discomfort of the pa- tient. Overall, the observed VAS scores were in line with previous observations on healthy participants and on ...
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A Novel Stretch Sensor to Measure Venous Hemodynamics
... Commercially available air plethysmograph (APG) which is used as a standard tool for assessment of venous hemodynamic is very expensive for a low income and developing country like India. We have shown the possibility of ...
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