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Paraplegic standing supported by FES-controlled ankle stiffness [PDF]

, 2001
The objective of this paper was to investigate whether a paraplegic subject-is able to maintain balance during standing by means of voluntary and reflex activity of the upper body while being supported by closed loop controlled ankle stiffness using FES.
Hunt, K.J., Jaime, R.P., Matjacic, Z.
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A Scoping Review of the Characteristics of Activity-based Therapy Interventions Across the Continuum of Care for People Living With Spinal Cord Injury or Disease

Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 2022
Objective: To identify the characteristics of activity-based therapy (ABT) that individuals with spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D) participate in across the continuum of care.
Anita Kaiser, MSc, Katherine Chan, MSc, Maureen Pakosh, MISt, Shane McCullum, Chris Rice, José Zariffa, PhD, Kristin E. Musselman, PhD   +6 more
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Task‐specific strength increases after lower‐limb compound resistance training occurred in the absence of corticospinal changes in vastus lateralis [PDF]

, 2020
Neural adaptations subserving strength increases have been shown to be task‐specific, but responses and adaptation to lower‐limb compound exercises such as the squat are commonly assessed in a single‐limb isometric task.
Angius, Luca, Ansdell, Paul, Brownstein, Callum, Durbaba, Rade, Frazer, Ashlyn, Goodall, Stuart, Hicks, Kirsty, Howatson, Glyn, Kidgell, Dawson, Thomas, Kevin, Škarabot, Jakob   +10 more
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Muscle inactivation of mTOR causes metabolic and dystrophin defects leading to severe myopathy [PDF]

, 2009
Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a key regulator of cell growth that associates with raptor and rictor to form the mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) and mTORC2, respectively.
Baas, Dominique, Bauché, Stéphanie, Bigard, Xavier, Conjard-Duplany, Agnès, Corneloup, Claudine, Defour, Aurélia, Ferrier, Bernard, Ferry, Arnaud, Freyssenet, Damien, Gangloff, Yann-Gaël, Hantaï, Daniel, Koulmann, Nathalie, Kozma, Sara C., Le-Marchand-Brustel, Yannick, Mazelin, Laetitia, Moncollin, Vincent, Mueller, Matthias, Pende, Mario, Richard-Bulteau, Hélène, Risson, Valérie, Roceri, Mila, Romanino, Klaas, Rüegg, Markus A., Sanchez, Hervé, Schaeffer, Laurent, Tanti, Jean-François, Thomas, George, Vignaud, Alban   +27 more
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The Effect of Whole Body Electromyostimulation Exercises on Improving Static Balance and Self-Efficacy in the Elderly

Health Nexus, 2023
The primary aim of this research was to investigate the effect of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) on the enhancement of static balance and self-efficacy in elderly individuals.
Maedeh Ahmadpour, Meysam Rezaei
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Whole-body electrical muscle stimulation superimposed walking as training tool in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus

, 2023
Hintergrund: Die weltweite Prävalenz von Diabetes hat in den letzten Jahren zugenommen. Bis zum Jahr 2045 wird mit einer Prävalenz von 700 Millionen Patienten gerechnet, was zu einer wirtschaftlichen Belastung für die Gesellschaft führt.
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Investigating A Dose Response Relationship between High Fat Diet Consumption and the Contractile Performance of Isolated Mouse Soleus, EDL and Diaphragm Muscles [PDF]

, 2019
PurposeRecent evidence has demonstrated an obesity-induced, skeletal muscle-specific reduction in contractile performance. The extent and magnitude of these changes in relation to total dose of high-fat diet consumption remains unclear.
A Abdelmoula, A Matsakas, A Wronska, BH Goodpaster, C Barclay, C Barclay, Cameron Hill, CJ Blimkie, CJ Tanner, D Akhmedov, D Pette, D Tomlinson, DM D’Souza, DS Ward, F Zurlo, FR Paolillo, H Eshima, J Aucouturier, J Ciapaite, J Kemp, J Machann, J Mendez, J Szymura, J Tallis, J Tallis, J Tallis, J Tallis, J Tallis, J Wilde de, Jason Tallis, JD Altringham, JD Bruton, Josh Hurst, KE Shortreed, KE Trajcevski, M Hulens, MA Brotto, MM Thomas, MS Denies, N Miyatake, NA Maffiuletti, NA Maffiuletti, P Capodaglio, P Kopelman, P Rogers, R Singh, RK Josephson, RK Josephson, Rob S. James, RS James, RS James, RS James, S Warmington, SR Anderson, Val M. Cox, Y Rolland, Y Yoshida   +56 more
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Occasional essay: upper motor neuron syndrome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [PDF]

, 2020
The diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) requires recognition of both lower (LMN) and upper motor neuron (UMN) dysfunction.1 However, classical UMN signs are frequently difficult to identify in ALS.2 LMN involvement is sensitively detected ...
Burke, David, deCarvalho, Mamede, Grosskreutz, Julian, Kiernan, Matthew C, Leigh, P Nigel, Swash, Michael, Turner, Martin R   +6 more
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Methods for Improving Quadriceps Femoris Strength after Total Knee Arthroplasty

Reabilitacijos Mokslai: Slauga, Kineziterapija, Ergoterapija, 2019
Research background. The recovery of quadriceps femoris muscle strength after total knee arthroplasty is suboptimal. Quadriceps weakness is associated with decreased gait speed, balance, stair–climbing and chair rise ability, as well as increased risk ...
Toma Petkutė, Eglė Lendraitienė
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Angiotensin II and VEGF are Involved in Angiogenesis Induced by Short-Term Exercise Training [PDF]

, 2001
Results from our laboratory have suggested a pathway involving angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptors and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in angiogenesis induced by electrical stimulation.
Amaral, Sandra L., Greene, Andrew S., Papanek, Paula   +2 more
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