Muscle Performance
Reliability and validity of the test of incremental respiratory endurance measures of inspiratory muscle performance in COPD
... Our study is subject to several limitations. First, the study population was composed only of males recruited from a single medical center, of whom 61.7% were white, which may limit the generalization of the results. ...
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Side-Alternating Vibration Training Improves Muscle Performance in a Patient with Late-Onset Pompe Disease
... 3.2. Muscle Performance. After showing an initial decline in her 6-minute walk test (6 MWT) prior to commencing SAVT, the patient showed a 70% improvement in the distance traveled, from 166 to 282 metres ...
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Comparison between parameters of muscle performance and inflammatory biomarkers of non-sarcopenic and sarcopenic elderly women
... extensor performance, especially at a velocity rate of 180 ° ...impairs muscle performance, thereby affecting the functional activities of daily living, especially in tasks that involve greater ...
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,K -ATPase AND RELATED EFFECTS ON PLASMA K AND MUSCLE PERFORMANCE.
... soleus muscle, a linear correlation was found between M-wave area and tetanic force (Overgaard et ...semitendinosus muscle, high- frequency stimulation was associated with a reduction in force and a 9 mV ...
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Heart muscle performance after experimental viral myocarditis
... heart muscle was depressed 17 and 43% in the animals inoculated at 12 days, and studied 18 and 90 days later, respectively, as compared to their uninoculated ...less muscle stretch was required to reach the ...
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MUSCLE PERFORMANCE IN HOVERING HUMMINGBIRDS
... hummingbird muscle appears to be acting as an extremely high-quality ‘classic’ vertebrate muscle with efficiencies near 25% and power outputs in the range of 250–300W kg 21 ...wing muscle will vary ...
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Evolutionary adaptation of contractile performance in muscle of ectothermic winter flying moths
... The model presented in Fig. 8 shows that the potential thermal breadth for flight in female geometrid moths is determined by a trade-off between allocation of mass to flight muscle versus eggs. These data could be ...
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Timing of ergogenic aids and micronutrients on muscle and exercise performance
... improved muscle strength (standardized mean difference: ...improved muscle endurance and performance (Effect sizes: ...exercise performance have pro- vided valuable information for individuals ...
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Skeletal muscle contractile function predicts activity and behaviour in zebrafish
... equivocal. Muscle contractile function is directly associated with ...that muscle mechanics determine locomotor performance and activity in zebrafish (Danio rerio) and thereby also affect risk-taking ...
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Relationships between muscle fatigue characteristics and markers of endurance performance
... reflects muscle performance and not cardiovascular per- formance (Farina et ...the muscle fatigue protocol related to the individuals’ ability to attain a greater peak power, but not to any metabolic ...
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An investigation into the relationships between strength, flexibility and anthropometric discrepancies, on lower limbs asymmetry in athletes
... functional performance tests and muscle performance differences between lower limbs (Grace et ...affect performance in functional tasks (Croisier et ...
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Muscle designed for maximum short term power output: quail flight muscle
... The characteristics of the pectoralis muscles of blue- breasted quail are well suited to generating high stress whilst cycling at rapid rates. These characteristics provide the quail with very high burst power outputs. ...
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Respiratory muscle specific warm up and elite swimming performance
... inspiratory muscle trainer); swimming warm-up plus sham IME warm-up (2 sets of 30 breaths with a 15% maximum inspiratory mouth pressure load using the Powerbreathe ® inspiratory muscle trainer); and IME ...
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The Relationship Between Walk Distance and Muscle Strength, Muscle Pain in Visually Disabled People
... the muscle test, we evaluated hip flexör muscles, hip extension muscles back extensors, abdominal muscles and anterior trunk ...flexors. Muscle testing was conducted according to ...manual muscle ...
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Dance and physical condition systematic review
... Some other authors centralize the idea of fitness and physical preparation being the only exclusive method available that we can use in order to improve the dancer’s artistic performance. Different ways of ...
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Thesis
... high performance at any ...their performance by ...their performance by ...in performance can lead to fatigue and aberrant changes in biomechanics, which may lead to a greater risk of ...
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Single- and multiple-set resistance training improves skeletal and respiratory muscle strength in elderly women
... improving performance in the sit-to-stand test and increas- ing muscle strength, MIP, and MEP in elderly women after 24 sessions of ...respiratory muscle strength in elderly ...
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Muscle power output limits fast start performance in fish
... skinned muscle fibres (Johnston, 1990) and bundles of live muscle fibres (Johnson and Johnston, 1991) from 20 fish species representing 13 different families show the following patterns: maximum unloaded ...
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Changes in the muscle strength and functional performance of healthy women with aging
... (11).The muscle weakness is a risk factor for falls, so that some studies have shown that lower extremity weakness is a clinically important and statistically signifi- cant risk factor for falls ...tal ...
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Cross-sectional relationship between physical fitness components and functional performance in older persons living in long-term care facilities
... as muscle strength, aerobic capac- ity, neuro-motor coordination, and ...which muscle strength, motor coordination, and flexibility contribute to functional per- ...functional performance, can be ...
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