[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to elucidate the relationship between Y-balance test (YBT) distance and the lower-limb strength of adult women. [Subjects] Forty women aged 45 to 80 years volunteered for this study. [Methods] The participants were tested for maximal muscle strength of the lower limbs (hip extensors, hip flexors, hip abductors, knee extensors, knee flexors, and ankle dors...

Recent studies showed that polymorphisms in alpha 1 chains of types I (COL1A1) and V (COL5A1) collagen, growth and differentiation factor 5 (GDF5), and matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP3) genes were associated with injuries in tendons and ligaments (e.g., September et al. (Br J Sports Med 43: 357-365 2009)). In the present study, we aimed to investigate the effects of injury-associated polymorphi...

In order to examine fatigue of the knee flexor and extensor muscles and to investigate the characteristics of muscular fatigue in different sports, a Cybex machine was used to measure muscle fatigue and recovery during isokinetic knee flexion and extension. Eighteen baseball players, 12 soccer players and 13 marathon runners were studied. Each subject was tested in the sitting position and made...

Trunk extensors and flexors muscles imbalance is strong indication of the etiology of low back pain. The aim of the present study was to verify the effect of Pilates© method upon trunk flexors and extensors isokinetic function. To do so, we selected 20 volunteers (16 women 34.06 ± 7.21 yrs; 4 men 33.5 ± 6.68 yrs) capable to perform the intermediate-advanced level of Pilates© method (25 sessions...

Post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) is an improvement to voluntary muscle following a conditioning activity. There evidence of fatigue resistance deficits in non-exercised muscles unilateral fatiguing exercise contralateral muscle. The purpose this study was determine if protocol could induce PAPE contralateral, young healthy adults. Thirty-two recreationally trained (n = 16) and ath...

BACKGROUND: Isokinetic testing is often used to provide coaches with important information about the physical status of athletes. Therefore, a number of studies is focused on the assessment of the relationship between isokinetic and functional tests. The results of a limited number of studies indicate that the relationship changes in different training periods. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study w...

27 The human motor cortex is capable of rapid and long-lasting reorganization. This 28 reorganization is evident globally, in the form of shifts in body part representations, and at 29 the level of individual muscles in the form of changes in corticospinal excitability. 30 Representational shifts provide an overview of how various body parts reorganize relative to 31 each other but do not tell ...

conclusions the frequency of rls among our patients was remarkable and we conclude that all patients who are undergoing hemodialysis should be screened for rls, which can assist in providing proper attention and treatment. results according to our results, 54.5% of patients were diagnosed with rls, and of those 65.2% and 42.9% were women and men, respectively. rls is seen more often among patie...