The effects of inspiratory muscle training in older adults [PDF]
Purpose: Declining inspiratory muscle function and structure and systemic low-level inflammation and oxidative stress may contribute to morbidity and mortality during normal ageing.
Aznar-Lain +47 more
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Exercise for endurance and strength:Always separate? [PDF]
Physical training can be classified into three main types: endurance, resistance, and patterned movements. The first two of them have a significant impact on muscle phenotype and metabolism while patterned movement exercises concern changes in a motor ...
Clark, Cain C.T. +3 more
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Physical Fitness of Cleaners in Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran, November 2012
Background: Cleaning is an occupation that is carried out worldwide in many different environments. Cleaning workers (cleaners) often have low occupational skills and belong to the less advantaged educational and socioeconomic groups. Because of the high
Adi Wibisono Sulistijo +2 more
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Endurance training facilitates myoglobin desaturation during muscle contraction in rat skeletal muscle. [PDF]
At onset of muscle contraction, myoglobin (Mb) immediately releases its bound O2 to the mitochondria. Accordingly, intracellular O2 tension (PmbO2) markedly declines in order to increase muscle O2 uptake (mVO2).
Furuichi, Yasuro +9 more
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This study examines the relationships between ultrasonography measurements of skeletal muscle size and echo intensity (EI) with muscle strength and local muscle endurance in a habitually resistance-trained population.
Caleb Voskuil +3 more
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The reliability and validity of a designed setup for the assessment of static back extensor force and endurance in older women with and without hyperkyphosis. [PDF]
ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to investigate the intra-rater reliability and validity of a designed load cell setup for the measurement of back extensor muscle force and endurance.ParticipantsThe study sample included 19 older women with ...
Akbarzadeh Baghban, Alireza +7 more
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The sit up test to exhaustion as a test for muscular endurance evaluation [PDF]
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS The aim of this study was to examine the sit up test to exhaustion as a field test for muscular endurance evaluation in a sample of sedentary people of both sexes. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed.
Alesi, Marianna +7 more
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Handgrip Muscle Strength, Endurance and Anthropometric Parameters in Healthy Young Adults: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Introduction: Handgrip muscle strength and endurance are non invasive simple diagnostic tool for diagnosis as well as to check prognosis in health and disease.
Jolly Bhattacharjya, Bobyjeet Goswami
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Decreased trunk muscle endurance has been identified as a risk factor for adolescent LBP, and poor lumbo-pelvic stability has been found to be associated with LBP in the adult population.
F. Lewis, W. Wood, B. Olivier
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Under the Hood: Skeletal Muscle Determinants of Endurance Performance
In the past decades, researchers have extensively studied (elite) athletes' physiological responses to understand how to maximize their endurance performance.
Stephan van der Zwaard +5 more
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