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The influence of inspiratory muscle training combined with the Pilates method on lung function in elderly women: A randomized controlled trial

Clinics, 2018
OBJECTIVE: Aging is progressive, and its effects on the respiratory system include changes in the composition of the connective tissues of the lung that influence thoracic and lung compliance.
Guilherme Medeiros de Alvarenga, Simone Arando Charkovski, Larissa Kelin dos Santos, Mayara Alves Barbosa da Silva, Guilherme Oliveira Tomaz, Humberto Remigio Gamba   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Learning‐Based Soft Robotic Grasping: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review analyzes learning‐based soft robotic grasping from a pipeline‐oriented perspective, encompassing soft gripper design, multimodal sensing, and learning‐based planning and control. It surveys key neural network architectures and benchmark datasets and identifies critical challenges such as sim‐to‐real transfer, generalization, and continual ...
Arnab Majumder, Jelizaveta Konstantinova, Graham Deacon, Kaspar Althoefer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of a 4-Week Respiratory Muscle Training Proposal for Semi-Professional Athletes

E-balonmano.com: Revista de Ciencias del Deporte
Objective: This study evaluated the effect of a novel respiratory muscle training protocol on the running performance of semiprofessional endurance athletes.
Aldo Vasquez, Marta Camacho-Cardenosa, Juan Ramón Sánchez Bayón, Alba Camacho-Cardenosa , Rafael Timon, Guillermo Olcina   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Autonomous Navigation of Pollen‐Inspired Magnetic Microrobots for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A sunflower pollen‐inspired magnetic microrobot enables controlled rolling navigation in vessel‐like environments. Its open geometry reduces hydrodynamic drag, while vision‐based closed‐loop control, shortest‐path planning, and reinforcement learning support target‐reaching and maze navigation with microrobot‐scale accuracy, highlighting a route toward
Ali Anil Demircali, Abdurrahim Yilmaz, Meysam Keshavarz, Jinshi Zhao, Ara Darzi, Eric Yeatman, Burak Temelkuran   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inspiratory muscle training improves rowing performance

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2001
To investigate the effects of a period of resistive inspiratory muscle training (IMT) upon rowing performance.Performance was appraised in 14 female competitive rowers at the commencement and after 11 wk of inspiratory muscle training on a rowing ergometer by using a 6-min all-out effort and a 5000-m trial. IMT consisted of 30 inspiratory efforts twice
Volianitis, Stefanos, McConnell, Alison K., Koutedakis, Yiannis, McNaughton, Lars R., Backx, Karriane, Jones, David A.   +5 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Harnessing Phase Separation for the Development of High‐Performance Hydrogels

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hydrogels are indispensable for the development of next‐generation bioelectronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices, where their mechanical properties determine performance and reliability. Among strategies to enhance hydrogel mechanics, phase separation enables controlled heterogeneity resulting in gel networks that are reinforced by ...
Yue Shao, Yiming Ma, Baihao Shao, Molly M. Stevens   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multidimensional and Multifunctional Laser‐Induced Graphene (LIG) for Point‐of‐Care and Wearable Biosensing, Theranostics, and Bioactive Interfaces Toward Personalized Healthcare and Regenerative Medicine

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Multidimensional laser‐induced graphene (LIG) spanning from 0D to 3D architectures is comprehensively reviewed for multifunctional biomedical platforms, including biosensing, theranostics, and bioactive interface applications, which highlights its potentials for point‐of‐care diagnostics, wearable health monitoring, smart drug delivery, and tissue ...
Li Zhang, Yurou Yuan, Xiaohong Ding, Wing Cheung Mak   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Critical inspiratory pressure – a new methodology for evaluating and training the inspiratory musculature for recreational cyclists: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2019
Background Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) has brought great benefits in terms of improving physical performance in healthy individuals. However, there is no consensus regarding the best training load, as in most cases the maximal inspiratory pressure (
Patricia Rehder-Santos, Vinicius Minatel, Juliana Cristina Milan-Mattos, Étore De Favari Signini, Raphael Martins de Abreu, Carla Cristina Dato, Aparecida Maria Catai   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engineered Exosomal miR‐146a‐5p Reprograms BMSC Fate and Restores Mitochondrial Homeostasis in Glucocorticoid‐Induced Osteonecrosis of Femoral Head

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Exosomal miR‐146a‐5p is identified as a pivotal regulator in steroid‐induced osteonecrosis. Its reduction activates NF‐κB signaling, compromises mitophagy, and disrupts mitochondrial bioenergetics, resulting in autophagic disequilibrium. Engineered exosomes delivering miR‐146a‐5p reinstate mitochondrial function, augment oxidative phosphorylation and ...
Zehui Lv, Xuejie Cai, Yiming Xu, Xingdong Yang, Ruoying Wang, Han Wang, Yixin Bian, Jiawei Xu, Jiao Lu, Lulu Liu, Yingjie Wang, Jibin Song, Bin Feng, Xisheng Weng   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Postoperative outcomes following preoperative inspiratory muscle training in patients undergoing open cardiothoracic or upper abdominal surgery: protocol for a systematic review

Systematic Reviews, 2012
Background In patients undergoing open cardiothoracic and upper abdominal surgery, postoperative pulmonary complications remain an important cause of postoperative morbidity and mortality, impacting upon hospital length of stay and health care resources.
Mans Christina M, Reeve Julie C, Gasparini Catherine A, Elkins Mark R   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source