To the Editor, We write to highlight the failure of an intravenous fluid warming device, HOTLINE HL-290 Blood and Fluid Warmer (Smiths Medical International, Kent, UK), which could have resulted in harm to the patient. Fluid warmer failures are becoming more prevalent, as evidenced by the United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issuing a recall of all Level 1 S...

The theme of the present study is to stress the importance of duration of warm-up exercise on respiratory functions in athletes. Significant improvements in athletic performance was achieved due to warm-up exercise owing to increase in blood flow, muscle and core temperature. The optimum intensity and duration are required to bring about the desired warm-up. A close examination on respiratory f...

An alternative to the set hypothesis for warm-up decrement (WU) is proposed which states that WU is due to the loss over rest of an activity-set consisting of proper adjustment of activation, attention to relevant sources of feedback, etc. Force estimation (Exp. 1) and arm positioning (Exp. 2 and 3) were used as criterion tasks. During an interpolated rest period, activities were introduced whi...

[Purpose] This study examined whether low-frequency group exercise improved the motor functions of community-dwelling elderly people in a rural area when combined with home exercise with self-monitoring. [Subjects] The subjects were community-dwelling elderly people in a rural area of Japan. [Methods] One group (n = 50) performed group exercise combined with home exercise with self-monitoring. ...

was reported to have had sudden vomiting and after several vomits she fainted. Examination?'Temperature on admission 99.2?F., pulse?140, respiration?40 per minute and regular. Lungs clear; heart nothing abnormal found; liver not enlarged; spleen 2 fingers below the costal margin; no rigidity of neck; limbs flaccid; pupils contracted; reflexes present and equal on both sides; knee-jerk slightly ...

PURPOSE This study was designed to examine the effects of moderate-intensity endurance exercise on cycling performance, gross efficiency, and 30-s sprint power output. METHODS Two separate experiments were conducted. After a controlled warm-up, subjects completed as much work as possible in a 5-min performance test (EXP1) or a maximal 30-s sprint test (EXP2). These initial exercise bouts were...

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of frostbite on feet using Cell Alive System (CAS) freezer with an oscillating magnetic field. We recently reported the application of the CAS freezer to the cryopreservation of various tissues, but did not evaluate the effects of frostbite after freezing. In order to characterize how a freezer with a magnetic field affects fro...