BACKGROUND Norms clarification has been identified as an effective component of college student drinking interventions, prompting research on norms clarification as a single-component intervention known as Personalized Normative Feedback (PNF). Previous reviews have examined PNF in combination with other components but not as a stand-alone intervention. OBJECTIVES To investigate the degree to...

Purpose: Scapular dyskinesis is defined as alteration in scapular movements due to the loss of strength muscles; tightness soft tissues around shoulder and postural problems. Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) one therapeutic exercises improve muscles weakness pain levels. The aim this study was investigate effects a six-week PNF application on muscle strength, asymmetry, pectorali...

Islet primary nonfunction (PNF) is defined as the loss of islet function after transplantation for reasons other than graft rejection. It is a major obstacle to successful and efficient islet transplantation. DcR3/TR6 is a soluble death decoy receptor belonging to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor family, and it can block apoptosis mediated by several TNF receptor family members such as ...

ABSTRACT Introduction: Joint flexibility and muscle strength play a vital role in the training process of martial arts athletes. The proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) technique encourages neural receptors, through application manual resistances, gain functional range motion stability to its patients. It is believed that this can be adapted sports environment. Objective: Evaluate i...

BACKGROUND No definitive, antemortem diagnostic test for canine degenerative myelopathy (DM) is available. Phosphorylated neurofilament heavy (pNF-H) is a promising biomarker for nervous system diseases. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVE Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum pNF-H is a detectable biological marker for diagnosis of canine DM. ANIMALS Fifty-three DM-affected, 27 neurologically normal, 7 asy...

Background and Study Aim. Strength, power flexibility are among the features that provide advantage against opponent in kick boxers. There many factors can affect development of these parameters a positive negative way before competition. These may differ according to type intensity warm-up stretching exercises, depending on psychological physiological conditions. The aim this study is evaluate...

Until recently, the scientific community believed that post-exercise stretching could reduce delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), but recent reviews of studies on the topic have concluded that pre- or post-exercise static stretching has no effect on mitigating DOMS. However, the effect of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) post-exercise stretching on preventing DOMS has not been a...

OBJECTIVE Despite long-standing social psychological research supporting the influence of injunctive norms (i.e., what is commonly approved or disapproved) on behavior, support for this influence on health behaviors is limited. We examined the utility of correcting misperceptions of injunctive norms for improving sun protection and whether changes in attitudes mediated the injunctive norm-inten...

Stretching is known to be an effective method for increasing range of motion. Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) is a stretching technique that is often associated with a partner. The goal of this study was to examine the changes in hip range of motion (ROM) and hip, back and shoulder flexibility (HBSF) after an intervention of self-administered PNF vs. traditional static stretchin...