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Vitamin D status and physical performance, muscular strength and mass in older adults with sarcopenia

Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2020
The purpose of the study: to assess the level of vitamin D in older adults (age ≥60 years) with sarcopenia. To analyze the relationship between concentration of 25(OH)D and muscular strength, muscle mass, physical activity and markers of low grade ...
M. A. Hordina, V. F. Orlovskyi, A. V. Zharkova, T. M. Rudenko, D. V. Levchenko   +4 more
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Do the Testing Posture and the Grip Modality Influence the Shoulder Maximal Voluntary Isometric Contraction?

Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 2023
Assessing and monitoring shoulder strength is extremely important during rehabilitation. A fixed dynamometer represents a valid and inexpensive assessment method.
Marco Bravi, Chiara Fossati, Arrigo Giombini, Elena Mannacio, Riccardo Borzuola, Rocco Papalia, Fabio Pigozzi, Andrea Macaluso   +7 more
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Age and Gender Differences in Anthropometric Characteristics and Motor Performance of 3 through 6 Young Kids Aged (Pilot Study)

Children, 2023
Background: It is crucial to evaluate children’s motor coordination and strength to identify possible motor deficits on the right or left side of the body. However, whether a distinction exists in children aged 3–6 must be clarified.
Almir Atiković, Ekrem Čolakhodžić, Edin Užičanin, Emilija Petković, Amra Nožinović Mujanović, Edin Mujanović, Jasmin Zahirović, Naida Mešković, Ana Lilić   +8 more
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Bicycle Disc Brake Thermal Performance: Combining Dynamometer Tests, Bicycle Experiments, and Modeling

Proceedings, 2020
High-power bicycle disc braking can create excessive temperatures and boiling brake fluid, resulting in performance degradation and damage. The goal of this work is to understand brake friction performance and thermal behavior for bicycle disc brakes.
Ioan Feier, Joseph Way, Rob Redfield
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May the force be with you: an investigation into logging methods using donkeys

Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2023
Working equids represent major sources of energy worldwide, and assume an increasingly important role in line with increasing requirements for sustainable energy.
João Rodrigues, Chris Garrett, Stuart L. Norris, Francisco Albuquerque, Luis Queijo, João Paulo Coelho, Fiona Cooke, Andrew Judge   +7 more
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Investigation of a tunnel pasteurizer for “Nocellara del Belice” table olives processed according to the “Castelvetrano method”

Grasas y Aceites, 2014
The influence of pasteurization temperature and time of treatment on the flesh firmness and the evolution of microbial communities was studied for table olives Cv. Nocellara del Belice, packed in glass jars and processed with a tunnel pasteurizer.
P. Catania, M. Alleri, A. Martorana, L. Settanni, G. Moschetti, M. Vallone   +5 more
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Surgical Dynamometer to Simultaneously Measure the Tension Forces and the Distance between Wound Edges during the Closure of a Laparotomy

Sensors, 2018
The closure of the abdominal wall after making a laparotomy is a major challenge for surgeons, since a significant percentage of closures fail and incisional hernias rise.
Joan Roca, Miquel Nogués, Rafael Villalobos, María Carmen Mías, Martí Comellas, Cristina Gas, Jorge Juan Olsina   +6 more
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A STANDARD DYNAMOMETER. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1904
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Rehabilitation of Patients with Arthrogenic Muscular Inhibition in Pathologies of Knee Using Virtual Reality

Sensors, 2023
Arthrogenic muscle inhibition (AMI) refers to muscular alterations that are generated, producing biomechanical motor control and movement problems, leading to deficiencies in strength and atrophy.
Juan Pablo Flórez Fonnegra, Andrea Carolina Pino Prestan, Lucelly López López, Juan C. Yepes, Vera Z. Pérez   +4 more
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Trabalho e potência dos músculos extensores e flexores do joelho de pacientes com osteoartrite e com artroplastia total de joelho Work and power of the knee flexor and extensor muscles in patients with osteoarthritis and after total knee arthroplasty

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia, 2012
INTRODUÇÃO: As manifestações inflamatórias decorrentes da osteoartrite (OA) de joelho provocam inibição muscular, levando à hipotrofia muscular e à consequente diminuição do trabalho e da potência musculares.
Denise Bastiani, Cintia Helena Ritzel, Silvia Manfrin Bortoluzzi, Marco Aurelio Vaz   +3 more
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