The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of sequence of resistance and aerobic training on energy consumption on sedentary overweight females. Participants were 15 sedentary overweight females (age = 28.6 ±12 yrs; BMI = 28.1±7.8) Subjects did a counterbalanced intervention: resistance training (circuit training) first (intervention RT) or aerobic exercise first (intervention AT...

Bodyweight supported treadmill training has become a prominent gait rehabilitation method in leading rehabilitation centers. This type of locomotor training has many functional benefits but the labor costs are considerable. To reduce therapist effort, several groups have developed large robotic devices for assisting treadmill stepping. A complementary approach that has not been adequately explo...

BACKGROUND Body-weight supported treadmill training has been shown to be effective in improving walking speed in post-stroke hemiparetic subjects, and those that have shown improvements generally maintain them after the completion of rehabilitation. However, currently no biomechanical variables are known to be related to those who will either continue to improve or regress in their self-selecte...

Astronauts experience disturbances in balance and gait function when they return to Earth. The highly plastic human brain enables individuals to modify their behavior to match the prevailing environment. Subjects participating in specially designed variable sensory challenge training programs can enhance their ability to rapidly adapt to novel sensory situations. This is useful in our applicati...

24 25 Resubmitted to Journal Neurophysiology 26 1 27 ABSTRACT 28 Robotic devices have been developed to assist body weight supported 29 treadmill training in individuals with spinal cord injuries and stroke. Recent 30 findings have raised questions about the effectiveness of robotic training that fully 31 assisted stepping movements. The purpose of this study was to examine 32 whether assist-as...

We evaluated the effects of 6 months of exercise training (bicycle ergometry, walking and jogging) on exercise performance and ventricular function in patients with recent myocardial infarction. Fifteen patients were selected on the basis of myocardial infarction at least 6 weeks but not more than 6 months before the study and age younger than 65 years. The patients were evaluated by maximal tr...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) induces incapacitating neuropathic pain in the form of allodynia-a painful response to normally non-noxious stimuli. Unfortunately, the underlying mechanisms of these sensory changes are not well understood, and effective treatments for allodynia have proven elusive. We examined whether physical exercise can improve sensory function after experimental SCI by promoting n...

OBJECTIVES to compare the therapeutic effects of two approaches to gait re-training--a schedule of conventional physiotherapy and treadmill re-training--in patients with higher-level gait disorders associated with cerebral multiinfarct states. DESIGN single-blind crossover study involving a 4-week baseline period, 4 weeks of treadmill re-training and 4 weeks of conventional physiotherapy. S...

How to repair the injured spinal cord is a question that scientists have struggled with for decades. The answer is of course still a mystery. But ask people on the street for their opinion and they will likely offer something like “stem cells” as the solution. I find it amusing (and honestly, a bit annoying) that family and friends continue to ask me if there is anything new with stem cells. My...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of treadmill training on motor skills and immunoreactivity to tyrosine hydroxylase in the substantia nigra pars compacta and ventral tegmental area from diabetic rats induced by streptozotocin. Male Wistar rats were divided into three groups: control, diabetic and trained diabetic. Treadmill training was performed for 8weeks. Blood glucose conce...