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Increased amino acid turnover and myofibrillar protein breakdown in advanced cancer are associated with muscle weakness and impaired physical function [PDF]

, 2018
Muscle wasting in cancer negatively affects physical function and quality of life. This study investigates amino acid metabolism and the association with muscle mass and function in patients with cancer.In 16 patients with advanced cancer undergoing ...
Deutz, Nicolaas E P, Engelen, Marielle P., Rodriguez, Ramon E., Van der Meij, Barbara S   +3 more
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Effect of allopurinol on phosphocreatine recovery and muscle function in older people with impaired physical function:a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Allopurinol has vascular antioxidant effects and participates in purinergic signalling within muscle. We tested whether allopurinol could improve skeletal muscle energetics and physical function in older people with impaired physical ...
Cavin, Ian, Clarke, Clare L., Gandy, Stephen, George, Jacob, Gingles, Christopher, Hutcheon, Anita, Nicholas, Richard S., Priba, Lukasz, Struthers, Allan D., Sumukadas, Deepa, Witham, Miles D.   +10 more
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On the form factor of physical mesons and their distribution function [PDF]

, 2001
This work addresses more to the technical rather than to the physical problem, how to calculate analytically the form factor $F(Q)$, the associated mean-square radius $$, and the distribution function $\Phi(x,Q^2)$ for a given light-cone wave function ...
Aitala, Amendolia, Ashery, Bertsch, Brodsky, Brodsky, Brodsky, Brodsky, Brodsky, Chernyak, Drell, Dumbrajs, Efremov, Frankfurt, Frederico, Gribov, Hans-Christian Pauli, Jakob, Lepage, Pauli, Pauli, Pauli, Pauli   +22 more
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Forming norms: informing diagnosis and management in sports medicine [PDF]

, 2015
Clinicians aim to identify abnormalities, and distinguish harmful from harmless abnormalities. In sports medicine, measures of physical function such as strength, balance and joint flexibility are used as diagnostic tools to identify causes of pain and ...
Baldwin, J N, Burns, J, Ferreira, P, Hiller, C E, McKay, M J, Moloney, N, Nightingale, E J, Refshauge, K, Simic, M, Vanicek, N   +9 more
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Association Between Internet Addiction and the Risk of Musculoskeletal Pain in Chinese College Freshmen – A Cross-Sectional Study

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
BackgroundIt is well established that increased internet use is related to an increased risk of musculoskeletal pain among adolescents. The relationship between internet addiction (IA), a unique condition involving severe internet overuse, and ...
Guang Yang, Jianhua Cao, Yingke Li, Peng Cheng, Bin Liu, Zongji Hao, Hui Yao, Dongzhe Shi, Li Peng, Liya Guo, Zhongyu Ren   +10 more
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Physical therapist perceptions and use of clinical pain mechanism assessment in the musculoskeletal setting: a survey analysis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2023
Background A mechanism-based approach to the evaluation and management of pain has been suggested across disciplines in contemporary research. However, the translation of pain mechanism assessment strategies in research to clinical practice is unclear ...
Dhinu J. Jayaseelan, David A. Scalzitti, Carol A. Courtney   +2 more
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Physical Function, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life After Liver Transplantation

Liver transplantation, 2020
Robust physical activity after liver transplantation is an important determinant of longterm health, similar in its importance to the value of pretransplant activity for withstanding the immediate stress of transplantation.
M. Dunn, Shari S. Rogal, A. Duarte-Rojo, J. Lai   +3 more
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Cognitive decline negatively impacts physical function.

Experimental Gerontology, 2020
Many older adults report difficulty performing one or more activities of daily living. These difficulties may be attributed to cognitive decline and as a result, measuring cognitive status among aging adults may help provide an understanding of current ...
M. Gray, J. Gills, J. Glenn, J. Vincenzo, Christopher S. Walter, E. Madero, A. Hall, N. Fuseya, Nicholas T Bott   +8 more
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Saiboku-to, a Kampo herbal medicine, inhibits LTC4 release from eosinophils

Allergology International, 1998
Saiboku-to (TJ-96), a traditional Kampo herbal formation, has been used in the treatment of bronchial asthma in Japan as an anti-allergy herbal medicine.
Koichi Hirai, Yasuko Asada, Toshiaki Takaishi, Toshiharu Nakajima, Yutaka Morita, Jong-Chol Cyong, Koji Ito   +6 more
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Identification of characteristics of foot position and angle during swing phase in fallers using principal component analysis

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023
Identifying the characteristics of fallers is important for preventing falls because such events may reduce quality of life. It has been reported that several variables related to foot positions and angles during gait (e.g., sagittal foot angle and ...
Takuma Inai, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Chenhui Huang, Koji Fujita, Masahiro Fujimoto, Fumiyuki Nihey, Akiko Yamamoto, Kanako Nakajima, Kentaro Nakahara, Gaku Kutsuzawa, Kenichiro Fukushi, Shoma Kudo   +11 more
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