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Stimuli for Adaptations in Muscle Length and the Length Range of Active Force Exertion—A Narrative Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2021
Treatment strategies and training regimens, which induce longitudinal muscle growth and increase the muscles’ length range of active force exertion, are important to improve muscle function and to reduce muscle strain injuries in clinical populations and
Annika Kruse   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prophylaxis and treatment of infection in long bones using an antibiotic-loaded ceramic coating with interlocking intramedullary nails [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Bone and Joint Infection, 2022
Background: The study was done (1) to report on our recent experience with antibiotic-loaded calcium sulfate-coated interlocking intramedullary nails (CS-IMN) for infection prevention or infection eradication and (2) to compare the efficacy of CS-IMN ...
E.-A. Downey   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Muscle strength and knee range of motion after femoral lengthening: 2- to 5-year follow-up

open access: yesActa Orthopaedica, 2017
Background and purpose — Femoral lengthening may result in decrease in knee range of motion (ROM) and quadriceps and hamstring muscle weakness. We evaluated preoperative and postoperative knee ROM, hamstring muscle strength, and quadriceps muscle ...
Anil Bhave   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF DISTRACTED REGENERATION IN PATIENTS WITH SUBJECTIVELY SHORT STATURE AND VARUS DEFORMITY OF THE LOWER LIMB

open access: yesВестник рентгенологии и радиологии, 2017
Objective. To investigate the  characteristics of lengthening the lower limb in its proximal portion in patients with subjectively short stature and varus deformity.Material and  methods.
G. V. Diachkova   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lengthening by distraction osteogenesis in congenital shortening of metacarpals

open access: yesActa Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2020
Objective: The aim of this study was to present the results of seven cases of metacarpal lengthening by distraction osteogenesis and to discuss the ideal daily rate of distraction.\r\nMethods: Metacarpal lengthening was performed by distraction ...
Mehmet Bulut   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Brachymetacarpia: features and surgical treatment

open access: yesTravmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii, 2013
The purpose - to study the morphofunctional changes of upper extremities in patients with brachymetacarpia. Material and methods. The results of the examination and surgical treatment by distraction osteosynthesis of six patients (10 hands, shortening of
V. I. Zavarukhin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of K+ channel blockade on eccentric and isotonic twitch and fatiguing contractions in situ

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2012
K+ channel blockers like 3,4-diaminopyridine (DAP) can double isometric muscle force. Functional movements require more complex concentric and eccentric contractions, however the effects of K+ channel blockade on these types of contractions in situ are ...
Michelle eMoyer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Temporal markers of prosodic boundaries in children's speech production [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
It is often thought that the ability to use prosodic features accurately is mastered in early childhood. However, research to date has produced conflicting evidence, notably about the development of children's ability to mark prosodic boundaries.
Dankovicová, J.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Plasma Eicosapentaenoic Acid Is Associated with Muscle Strength and Muscle Damage after Strenuous Exercise

open access: yesSports, 2021
Background: Although the ingestion of total omega–3 fatty acids (omega–3) is positively related with muscular strength in older persons, little is known about the effect of omega–3 plasma levels on muscular function before and after exercise in young men.
Eisuke Ochi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vowel duration, compression and lengthening in stressed syllables in Italian [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The focus of this study is on temporal organization, specifically of vowel duration, in stressed syllables in (standard) Italian. We investigate possible compression effects on the duration of stressed vowels according to wordposition (final, penult and ...
Hajek, John   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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