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Robert Trybulski, Grzegorz Wojdala, Dan Iulian Alexe, Zuzanna Komarek, Piotr Aschenbrenner, Michal Wilk, Adam Zajac and Michal Krzysztofik
This study aimed to analyze acute changes in the muscle mechanical properties of the triceps brachii long head after bench press exercise performed at different external loads and with different intensities of effort along with power performance. Ten res...
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Encarna Aguayo, Ascensión Martínez-Sánchez, Bárbara Fernández-Lobato and Fernando Alacid
L-Arginine (Arg) has been widely used due to its functional properties as a substrate for nitric oxide (NO) generation. However, L-citrulline (CIT), whose main natural source is watermelon, is a non-essential amino acid but which has important health pot...
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Fermín Valera-Garrido, Sergio Jiménez-Rubio, Francisco Minaya-Muñoz, José Luis Estévez-Rodríguez and Archit Navandar
Rectus femoris muscle strains are one of the most common injuries occurring in sports such as soccer. The purpose of this study was to describe the safety and feasibility of a combination of percutaneous needle electrolysis (PNE) and a specific rehab and...
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Abdelaziz Ghanemi, Aicha Melouane, Mayumi Yoshioka and Jonny St-Amand
This work highlights secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) and its pathways as pharmacological targets/tools for conditions and diseases in which muscle properties enhancement would provide therapeutic benefits.
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Zeng Wang, Xiancheng Wang and Ruidong Li
In previous research on treadmills, the main focus has been on comparing the physiological differences induced by running on treadmill decks and other exercise surfaces, with relatively little research on the mechanical properties of treadmill decks. Red...
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Sergio Sebastia-Amat, Alfonso Penichet-Tomas, Jose M. Jimenez-Olmedo and Basilio Pueo
The purpose of this study was to analyze the contribution of anthropometric and strength determinants of 2000 m ergometer performance in traditional rowing. Nineteen rowers competing at national level participated in this study. Anthropometric characteri...
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Darjan Smajla, ?iga Kozinc and Nejc ?arabon
Rate of force/torque development scaling factor (RFD-SF/RTD-SF) has been used as a tool for assessing neuromuscular quickness. The aim was to investigate strength capacities of two major shooting muscle groups and their relationship to basketball shootin...
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Domenico Buongiorno, Giacomo Donato Cascarano, Cristian Camardella, Irio De Feudis, Antonio Frisoli and Vitoantonio Bevilacqua
The growing interest in wearable robots opens the challenge for developing intuitive and natural control strategies. Among several human?machine interaction approaches, myoelectric control consists of decoding the motor intention from muscular activity (...
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Mohamed R. Al-Mulla, Francisco Sepulveda and Bader Al-Bader
Surface electromyographic (sEMG) activity of the biceps muscle was recorded from 13 subjects. Data was recorded while subjects performed dynamic contraction until fatigue and the signals were segmented into two parts (Non-Fatigue and Fatigue). An evoluti...
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Carlos Burgos-Jara, Hugo Cerda-Kohler, Esteban Aedo-Muñoz and Bianca Miarka
Eccentric resistance training that focuses on the lengthening phase of muscle actions has gained attention for its potential to enhance muscle strength, power, and performance (among others). This review presents a methodological proposal for classifying...
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Tania Álvarez-Yates, Alba Cuba-Dorado, Mario Iglesias-Caamaño, Virginia Serrano-Gómez, Fábio Yuzo Nakamura and Oscar García-García
The inclusion of women canoe in the Olympic Games reflects the growth and development that women have ahead of them in this modality. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore sex and performance level differences in muscle contractile properties t...
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Hui-Yun Tsai, Jia-Fang Yang, Hua-Han Chen, Fu-Nian You, Yu-Jie Zhao, Yi-Hsien Lin, Jue-Liang Hsu, Chi-I Chang and Yu-Kuo Chen
Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) has become one of the main aquatic products of Taiwan. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a hot water extract of tilapia (HWET) in relieving fatigue and enhancing exercise performance in mice in a swim...
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Seongkeun Park and Jieun Byun
Background: Post-prostatectomy incontinence (PPI) is a major complication that can significantly decrease quality of life. Approximately 20% of patients experience consistent PPI as long as 1 year after radical prostatectomy (RP). This study develops a p...
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Suhun Jung, Jae Hwan Bong, Seung-Jong Kim and Shinsuk Park
In this study, we proposed a novel machine-learning-based functional electrical stimulation (FES) control algorithm to enhance gait rehabilitation in post-stroke hemiplegic patients. The electrical stimulation of the muscles on the paretic side was contr...
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Chul Yoon and Byung-Min Kim
The purpose of this study was a pilot study to determine the performance level and physiologic responses (heart rate and heart rate recovery (%)) of six different rest interval conditions during the performance of seven sets of a 65% 1RM bench press exer...
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Claudia Elmes, Ociel Bustamante, Fernando González, Rafael Larraín, Mónica Gandarillas
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The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of adding ractopamine (RAC) and amino acids (AA) to the diet on growth performance, carcass characteristics, commercial cuts yield, meat quality and residues in liver and muscle. Ninety-two crossbred castr...
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Gokhan Gungor and Mehdi Afshari
In this study, a sensorimotor controller is designed to characterize the required muscle force to enable a robotics system to perform a human-like circular movement. When the appropriate muscle internal forces are chosen, the arm end-point tracks the des...
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Jo-Lâm Vuong, Johanna Heil, Nina Breuer, Matthaios Theodoropoulos, Nicola Volk, Antonia Edel and Alexander Ferrauti
This study examined the effects of combined change of direction (CoD) and plyometric training on sand in basketball players? jump, sprint, and CoD performances. In total, twenty-five male professional basketball players (age, 24.1 ± 4.2 years; height, 19...
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Ilaria Bartolini and Andrea Di Luzio
Narcolepsy with cataplexy is a severe lifelong disorder characterized, among others, by sudden loss of bilateral face muscle tone triggered by emotions (cataplexy). A recent approach for the diagnosis of the disease is based on a completely manual analys...
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Songyuan Zhang, Qiang Fu, Shuxiang Guo and Yili Fu
This paper proposes a new robotic rehabilitation training platform that is motivated by the requirement for adjusting the training strategy and intensity in a patient-specific manner. The platform is implemented for tele-rehabilitation and is comprised o...
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