[Purpose] Fragmentary studies on characteristics of respiratory muscles are being done to increase respiratory capacity by classifying exercises into voluntary respiratory exercise which relieves symptoms and prevents COPD and exercise using breathing exercise equipment. But this study found changes on respiratory pattern through changes on the activity pattern of agonist and synergist respirat...

Lower back pain (LBP) is a major health care challenge affecting the military aircrew worldwide. Researchers conducted studies addressing this problem to provide insight into various aspects of illness. A comprehensive literature review was carried out on peer-reviewed sources identify evidence-based Research lower pain. The analysis has shown causes LBP, including long flight hours, full body ...

introduction: industrial lifestyle considered as one of the main problems of humanity, because it result in reduced mobility and activities of people. leisure time and the ways which is spent is a novel concepts which had been found its true meaning in accordance with rising  various technologies and industrialization of societies. nowedays, recreational sports with sports-related leisure time ...

BACKGROUND Pilates exercise is recommended for people with chronic low back pain (CLBP). In the literature, however, Pilates exercise is described and applied differently to treat people with CLBP. These differences in the definition and application of Pilates exercise make it difficult to evaluate its effectiveness. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to establish consensus regarding the def...

Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) improves survival for patients afflicted with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and may also reduce the incidence of repeat hospitalization due to exacerbations. When properly dosed and titrated, LTOT has also been shown to improve exercise tolerance, thereby enhancing the overall health-related quality of life for this growing patient population. Equi...

INTRODUCTION The ever-present risk of mass casualties and disaster situations may result in airway management situations that overwhelm local emergency medical services (EMS) resources. Endotracheal intubation requires significant user education/training and carries the risk of malposition. Furthermore, personal protective equipment (PPE) required in hazardous environments may decrease dexterit...

The goal of this project was to develop a structured process for evaluating the capability of simulators to support mariner performance assessment. In this approach, simulator evaluation objectives and criteria are based on performance-based mariner assessment requirements. The approach produces a simulator evaluation protocol that addresses four areas of simulator capability: (1) providing fle...

Innovation in training equipment is important for increasing training effectiveness, performance and changes in body composition, especially in wheelchair users with paraplegia. The main objective of a workout session is to induce an adaptation stimulus, which requires overload of involved muscles by voluntary effort, yet this overload may be highly influenced by the size of the spinal cord les...