Isometric exercise has been shown to increase metaboliasm in muscle. By contracting agonsit / antagonist muscle pairs, appreciable muscle activity can be achieved. An advanatge of isometric exercise is that no exercise equipment is needed; people can exercise at home on their own. In the present investigation 16 subjects were examined during an isometric co contraction exercise video compared t...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether isometric exercise increases collateral flow in remote ischaemic myocardium in acute coronary occlusion models of patients with coronary artery disease. DESIGN A randomized controlled study. SUBJECTS Sixty-five patients with 1-vessel coronary artery disease. METHODS Subjects were randomly assigned to either the isometric exercise group or non-exercise group....

BACKGROUND Strength improvement of the shoulder muscles is a major goal in rehabilitation or athletic conditioning programs. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of shoulder core exercises on the isometric torque of glenohumeral joint movements. METHODS A total of 36 healthy females with no history of shoulder injury enrolled in this study. Subjects were randomly assigned int...

This study was conducted on Korean male high school soccer players who underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) to identify the effects of an accelerated rehabilitation exercise (ARE) program on knee joint isometric strength, thigh circumference, Lysholm score, and active balance agility. We assigned eight test participants each to a physical therapy group (PTG) and an acceler...

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of dynamic trunk exercises and isometric trunk exercises on gait in elderly people. [Subjects] This study randomly allocated 20 elderly people to an isometric trunk exercise group (n=10) and a dynamic trunk exercise group (n=10). The exercises were performed for 30 minutes three times a week for 12 weeks. Gait speed, stride length, cadence, a...

PURPOSE Little is known about potential effects of smoking on ocular blood flow regulation. In the present study, the hypothesis was that choroidal blood flow (CBF) changes during an increase in ocular perfusion pressure induced by isometric exercise are altered in chronic smokers. METHODS The study was performed in 24 (12 smokers and 12 nonsmokers) healthy male volunteers in an observer-mask...

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the muscle strength characteristics of shoulder internal and external rotators and the effects of isokinetic exercise on muscle activity in patients with adhesive capsulitis. DESIGN Cohort study with control subjects. PARTICIPANTS Eight patients with adhesive capsulitis and 8 controls. METHODS Maximal isometric and isokinetic strength tests of shoulder internal an...

The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the effects of isometric exercise types on low back pain (LBP) patients. Isometric exercise types were mat exercise and I-Zer exercise. Subjects were divided into 3 groups: LBP control group, LBP mat exercise group, and LBP I-Zer exercise group in 23-25 aged men. Visual analogue scale (VAS) and electromyography (EMG) were used to evaluate the degr...