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Quadriceps Muscle Fatigue Reduces Extension and Flexion Power During Maximal Cycling

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2022
Purpose: To investigate how quadriceps muscle fatigue affects power production over the extension and flexion phases and muscle activation during maximal cycling.Methods: Ten participants performed 10-s maximal cycling efforts without fatigue and after ...
Steven J. O'Bryan, Janet L. Taylor, Janet L. Taylor, Jessica M. D'Amico, Jessica M. D'Amico, David M. Rouffet, David M. Rouffet, David M. Rouffet   +7 more
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Serum Concentrations of Myostatin and Myostatin-Interacting Proteins do not differ between young and Scarcopenic elderly men [PDF]

, 2011
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A. DeVries, A. Joyson, A. M. Tommasi, A. Ratkevicius, Amin, Baumgartner, C. A. Greig, C. Grierson, Carlson, Clark, D. Crowther, D. M. Reid, F. Gilbert, Gonzalez-Cadavid, GREIG, H. Wackerhage, Hameed, I. Selmer, J. Brady, K. C. H. Fearon, Lakshman, Lauretani, Lee, Lexell, Moreland, Newman, P. Rauchhaus, P. Yaworsky, Pahor, Payette, Rantanen, Rommel, Rosenberg, S. Alesci, Schuelke, Siriett, Streckis, T. Dhanani, T. W. Redpath, Wagner, Wolfe, Zimmers   +41 more
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Comparison of quadriceps-sparing minimally invasive and medial parapatellar total knee arthroplasty: A 2-year follow-up study

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2012
Quadriceps-sparing minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has been proposed to limit surgical dissection without compromising surgical outcome.
Hongsen Chiang, Chung-Chien Lee, Wei-Peng Lin, Ching-Chuan Jiang   +3 more
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Interaction of central and peripheral factors during repeated sprints at different levels of arterial O2 saturation. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
PURPOSE:To investigate the interaction between the development of peripheral locomotor muscle fatigue, muscle recruitment and performance during repeated-sprint exercise (RSE).
François Billaut, Jarrod P Kerris, Ramon F Rodriguez, David T Martin, Christopher J Gore, David J Bishop   +5 more
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Efficacy of a rehabilitation protocol on pulmonary and respiratory muscle function and ultrasound evaluation of diaphragm and quadriceps femoris in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome: a series of cases

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2022
This study assessed the efficacy of a pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) on pulmonary and respiratory muscle function and thickness of quadriceps femoris and diaphragm of patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome.
Karina Vieira da Costa, Iara Tainá Cordeiro de Souza, João Victor dos Santos Felix, Celso Brendo Furtado Brandão, Vanessa Michelle de Souza Fernandes, Andressa Bomfim Lugon Favero, Maria Lucrécia de Aquino Gouveia, Dyego Tavares de Lima, José Heriston de Morais Lima, Rafaela Pedrosa, Tatiana Onofre, Geraldo Eduardo Guedes de Brito, Eduardo Eriko Tenorio de França   +12 more
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Skeletal muscle myopenia in mice model of bile duct ligation and carbon tetrachloride-induced liver cirrhosis [PDF]

, 2017
Skeletal muscle myopathy is universal in cirrhotic patients, however, little is known about the main mechanisms involved. The study aims to investigate skeletal muscle morphological, histological, and functional modifications in experimental models of ...
Ascenzi, Francesca, Barberi, Laura, Caporaso, Nicola, D'Argenio, Giuseppe, Di Sario, Francesca, Gaudio, Eugenio, Giusto, Michela, Merli, Manuela, Musaro', Antonio, Nicoletti, Carmine, Renzi, Anastasia, Rizzuto, Emanuele   +11 more
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Quadriceps strength in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Lung India, 2019
Background: Skeletal muscle dysfunction is well known in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The muscle strength is altered in various muscles variedly. Lower-limb muscle strength is very important for walking distance.
Swati Shah, Bhushan Darekar, Sundeep Salvi, Arun Kowale   +3 more
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A prospective study of the muscle strength and reaction time of the quadriceps, hamstring, and gastrocnemius muscles in patients with plantar fasciitis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2020
Background Muscle weakness is an important etiological factor in plantar fasciitis (PF), but available data on the role of the quadriceps, hamstring, and gastrocnemius (GCM) muscles are limited.
Jin Hyuck Lee, Hae Woon Jung, Woo Young Jang   +2 more
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Cytokines and chemokines as regulators of skeletal muscle inflammation: presenting the case of Duchenne muscular dystrophy [PDF]

, 2013
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a severe inherited muscle disease that affects 1 in 3500 boys worldwide. Infiltration of skeletal muscle by inflammatory cells is an important facet of disease pathophysiology and is strongly associated with disease ...
De Bleecker, Jan, De Paepe, Boel
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Whole‐Body Pattern of Muscle Degeneration and Progression in Sarcoglycanopathies

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To characterize whole‐body intramuscular fat distribution pattern in patients with sarcoglycanopathies and explore correlations with disease severity, duration and age at onset. Methods Retrospective, cross‐sectional, multicentric study enrolling patients with variants in one of the four sarcoglycan genes who underwent whole‐body ...
Laura Costa‐Comellas, Mauro Monforte, Angel Sanchez‐Montañez, Penélope Romero‐Duque, Elena Pegoraro, Jordi Díaz‐Manera, Dmitry Vlodavets, Lorenzo Maggi, Marco Moscatelli, Adele D‘Amico, Montse Olivé, Jorge Alonso‐Pérez, Giacomo Comi, José Miguel Escudero‐Fernández, Gabriela S. Urcuyo, Anna Pichiecchio, Angela Berardinelli, Kristl G. Claeys, Claudio Bruno, Chiara Panicucci, Sara Bortolani, Eleonora Torchia, Enzo Ricci, Soledad Monges, Jorge A. Bevilacqua, Jorge Diaz‐Jara, Maggie C. Walter, Simone Thiele, Nicoline Løkken, John Vissing, Susana Quijano‐Roy, Robert Y. Carlier, Nicol C. Voermans, Chiara Marini‐Bettolo, Michela Guglieri, Volker Straub, Lea Leonardis, Francina Munell, David Gómez‐Andrés, Giorgio Tasca   +39 more
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