PURPOSE The study investigated the effects of FIFA 11+ and HarmoKnee, both being popular warm-up programs, on proprioception, and on the static and dynamic balance of professional male soccer players. METHODS Under 21 year-old soccer players (n = 36) were divided randomly into 11+, HarmoKnee and control groups. The programs were performed for 2 months (24 sessions). Proprioception was measure...

Schizophrenics and controls participated in functional MRI (fMRI) and event-related potential (ERP) experiments, in which they viewed a face, eyes and moving eyes. Low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (LORETA) was reconstructed using ERPs. In fRMI, controls exhibited more eminent activations for the face in the fusiform gyrus and superior temporal gyrus bilaterally than did schizophr...

objectives: the goal of the present study was to compare the role of vision on static postural stability between athletes and nonathletes. methods: participants included two groups of 25 persons, men karatekas who were selected in isfahan (age 20.6±2.8 years, 66.24±10.34 kg of weight, height 1.76±0.07 m) and healthy young men in isfahan (age 21.6±2.33 years, 66.8±11.34 kg of weight, height 1.74...

So far the static properties of hadrons have been introduced in various models. The static properties of hadrons (charge radius, magnetic moment, etc.) are useful for understanding the quark structure of hadron. In this work we have introduced the hypercentral constituent quark and isospin dependent potentials. Here constituent quarks interact with each other via a potential in which we have ta...

BACKGROUND Skew deviation is typically caused by brainstem damage, and has not been identified with focal cerebellar lesions. This vertical strabismus has been attributed to asymmetric disruption of vestibuloocular reflex (VOR) projections from otolithic receptors of the utricle to ocular motoneurons, but asymmetry of the utriculo-ocular counter-roll reflex has not been detected. METHODS Lesi...

We measure the temperature, magnetic-field, and current dependence for the switching of nanomagnets by a spin-polarized current. Depending on current bias, switching can occur between either two static magnetic states or a static state and a current-driven precessional mode. In both cases, the switching is thermally activated and governed by the sample temperature, not a higher effective magnet...