Can you jog with a friend who lives in London? Is it possible to play a fair game of table tennis with 3 people? How can you box with people on the other side of the world? Florian ‘Floyd’ Mueller has explored “Sports over a Distance” as part of his research on “Exertion Games” – these are games that require physical effort from their players – marrying human-computer interaction, computer game...

This study examines gender differences and laterality in maximal handgrip strength and controlled force exertion (CFE) in young adults. The subjects were 75 healthy young males (mean age 19.6 ± 1.6 yrs.) and 50 healthy young females (mean age 20.9 ± 1.9 yrs.). Maximal handgrip strength was measured twice. The subjects performed the CFE test three times after one practice trial. They matched the...

The mechanisms and concepts of perceived exertion have changed over the years. Thus, the objectives of the present literature review were i) to investigate the literature reviews that have been published since 1982 and to describe the proposed causal mechanisms of perceived exertion, and ii) to determine whether the concepts of perceived exertion have accompanied the changes of its proposed mec...

statement of problem: a general process in implant design is to determine the reason of possible problems and to find the relevant solutions. the success of the implant depends on the control technique of implant biomechanical conditions. objectives: the goal of this study was to evaluate the influence of both abutment and framework materials on the stress of the bone around the implant by usin...

Muscle endurance is one of the important composite factors to health-related physical fitness. However, previous measurement techniques for evaluation of isometric muscle endurance have been problematic, including rapid increase of blood pressure and heart rate. The progressive workload method which gradually increases the load can reduce subject's physical and mental burden and is safe even fo...

It has been shown that, in a bilateral force-matching task, subjects presenting weakness in one limb produce a lower force in the weakened limb even though they subjectively perceive that they are exerting the same force. The aim of this study was to verify whether subjects with hemiparesis produced asymmetrical forces during a bilateral submaximal grip task and whether this asymmetry is relate...