Overhead athletes including those in racket sports, throwers, volleyball players, and swimmers require full, unrestricted use of their upper extremity to compete at optimal levels. Scapulothoracic and scapulohumeral (rotatorcuff) muscle function are critical for normal overhead activities of the shoulder and play an important role in normal shoulder function. Furthermore, weakness of scapulotho...

Zusammenfassung Wir stellen ein Web-basiertes System zur Abwicklung des Übungsbetriebs im Grundstudium Technische Informatik an der FernUniversität vor. Das System umfasst drei Komponenten: ein Entwurfswerkzeug zur leichten Eingabe von Digitalschaltungen und der Möglichkeit der Selbstkontrolle ihrer Korrektheit, ein Web-gestütztes System zur Einreichung der Schaltungen und Rücksendung der korri...

In this paper, we propose a self-organizing feature map-based (SOM) monitoring system which is able to evaluate whether the physiotherapeutic exercise performed by a patient matches the corresponding assigned exercise. It allows patients to be able to perform their physiotherapeutic exercises on their own, but their progress during exercises can be monitored. The performance of the proposed the...

In this work, we report on a novel tool for managing exercises used in a collaborative course organization environment at university. Our approach focuses on the separation of the content of the exercises and its layout. The latter is based on the typesetting system LaTeX. Content management of the exercises is established by a web-based interface. As a whole, our tool provides a time-saving an...

In this paper we describe Ensinador, a tool that creates grammar exercises for teaching Portuguese as a foreign language, at university level, based on large annotated corpora. After discussing the motivation for the tool, and the context in which it was deployed, we present its specification and its implementation, discussing the particular requirements with concrete examples. We report actual...

syntax. An abstract syntax has been designed to represent imperative programs, supporting the language constructs of Table 8. This abstract syntax is implemented using data types in Strategy-based feedback for imperative programming exercises 34 Haskell, in which a Program is the top-level type that consists of zero or more statements. The Statement data type represents the various program stat...

The growth of the security industry is sparking a significant interest in well-rounded security professionals. Regional and national competitions in the academic community have been developed to help identify qualified candidates to support this industry. A course has been built to allow students to improve their skills in this area. This paper describes the process used to administer events in...

STUDY DESIGN Controlled laboratory study. OBJECTIVES To describe and compare scapular and clavicular kinematics and muscle activity during 6 retraction exercises in young healthy adults (mean +/- SD age, 23.2 +/- 2.4 years). BACKGROUND Based on the association between shoulder injuries and scapular/clavicular movement, muscle activity during various exercises that target muscles surrounding...

In recent years, fitness practitioners have increasingly recommended core stability exercises in sports conditioning programs. Greater core stability may benefit sports performance by providing a foundation for greater force production in the upper and lower extremities. Traditional resistance exercises have been modified to emphasize core stability. Such modifications have included performing ...