The objective of the study was to describe the views and experiences of participation in a high-intensity functional exercise (HIFE) program among older people with dementia in nursing homes. The study design was a qualitative interview study with 21 participants (15 women), aged 74-96, and with a Mini-Mental State Examination score of 10-23 at study start. The HIFE-program comprises exercises ...

In female subjects, ageing and the menopausal transition contribute to a rapid increase of metabolic and cardiac risk factors. Exercise may be an option to positively impact various risk factors prone to severe metabolic and cardiac diseases and events. This study was conducted to determine the long-term effect of a multipurpose exercise program on metabolic and cardiac risk scores in postmenop...

The scattering of photons in plasmas is an important diagnostic tool. The region of warm dense matter can be probed by x-ray Thomson scattering. This requires intense x-ray sources, such as the free electron laser (FEL) at DESY Hamburg. We improve the standard treatment of the scattering on free electrons within the random phase approximation (RPA) by including collisions. The dynamic collision...

Transmembrane lactate movements are mediated by monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs), but these proteins have never been characterized in rainbow trout. Our goals were to clone potential trout MCTs, determine tissue distribution, and quantify the effects of exhausting exercise on MCT expression. Such information could prove important to understand the mechanisms underlying the classic “lactate r...

To the Editor: Ventilation (VE) is controlled by the arterial tension of carbon dioxide (PaCO2), but during exercise other mechanisms prevail. At low work rates, the moderate increase in VE represents “hypoventilation” as PaCO2 increases, whereas at 60–70% of work capacity and during intense exercise, the marked increase in VE restores to the resting value, or even lowers, PaCO2 (2). Also, duri...

Intense exercise stimulates the systemic release of a variety of factors that alter neutrophil surface receptor expression and functional activity. These alterations may influence resistance to infection after intense exercise. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of exercise intensity on neutrophil receptor expression, degranulation (measured by plasma and intracellular myelopero...

Recent literature suggests that ergogenic substances may play a beneficial role in intermittent exercise. Maltodextrin supplementation has been investigated soccer players, but few studies have reported. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect 6% maltodextrin on capillary lactate players. carried out during training, which characterised by intense activity (90 min). Participants (n = 2...

To the Editor: Ventilation (VE) is controlled by the arterial tension of carbon dioxide (PaCO2), but during exercise other mechanisms prevail. At low work rates, the moderate increase in VE represents “hypoventilation” as PaCO2 increases, whereas at 60–70% of work capacity and during intense exercise, the marked increase in VE restores to the resting value, or even lowers, PaCO2 (2). Also, duri...

The transcription factor signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) has been identified as a mediator of cytokine signaling and implicated in hypertrophy; however, the importance of this pathway following resistance exercise in human skeletal muscle has not been investigated. In the present study, the phosphorylation and nuclear localization of STAT3, together with STAT3-regulat...