RESEARCH ARTICLE Effect of Four Weeks Detraining on Strength, Power, and Sensorimotor Ability of Adolescent Surfers Tai T. Tran, Lina Lundgren, Josh Secomb, Oliver R.L. Farley, G. Gregory Haff, Sophia Nimphius, Robert U. Newton, Lee E. Brown and Jeremy M. Sheppard Hurley Surfing Australia High Performance Centre, Casuarina Beach, NSW, Australia Centre for Exercise and Sport Science Research, Ed...

Physical education (PE) teachers carry out resistance training programs at the beginning of a school year so that children can do other tasks safely during the whole course. However, after a few weeks of detraining, children revert back to their initial strength level. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a maintenance resistance training program on muscular strength in chil...

RATIONALE We report on a stroke patient who showed restoration of discontinued corticoreticular pathways (CRPs) on serial diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) concurrent with recovery of gait disturbance following shunt operation for hydrocephalus. PATIENT CONCERNS A 67-year-old female patient underwent stereotactic drainage for management of intraventricular hemorrhage due to a rupture of the...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of pre- and postoperative C-reactive protein (CRP) levels on tumour recurrence following curative nephrectomy in patients with stage T1 clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC). METHODS Patients with stage T1 CCRCC were recruited. CRP was quantified 3 days before and 4 weeks after surgery. Patients were followed-up for clinical outcome every 3 months. A subset...

Objective: The current study was conducted to compare the effect of 150,000 and 300,000 IU of vitamin D on the healing status of diabetic foot ulcer among the patients with diabetes. Materials and Methods: This randomized clinical trial was carried out on 47 patients with diabetic foot ulcer and vitamin deficiency during four weeks follow-up. The patients were randomly assigned into two groups...

INTRODUCTION    Increased C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations during pregnancy are associated with several perinatal complications. OBJECTIVES    The aim of the study was to assess serum CRP concentrations and identify its determinants in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes. PATIENTS AND METHODS    CRP concentrations were determined using a high-sensitivity assay (hs-CRP) in the first trime...

INTRODUCTION Several conditions such as training, aging, estrogen deficiency and drugs could affect the biological and anatomo-physiological characteristics of the tendon. Additionally, recent preclinical and clinical studies examined the effect of detraining on tendon, showing alterations in its structure and morphology and in tenocyte mechanobiology. However, few data evaluated the importance...

To the Editor: Pellicchia et al1 should be congratulated for their unique database and their recent paper on ventricular remodeling after cessation of competitive sports in elite athletes. Their conclusion that ventricular cavity size and wall thickness decreased in all athletes after detraining is consistent with reports in previous longitudinal studies.2,3 However, their observation that vent...