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  • Evaluating balance and strength of older women in exercise programs

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    Dinger, Melanie
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    Falls are a common problem among older adults, including those who are relatively healthy and living independently. Exercise has been recommended as an intervention to reduce falls by slowing and/or reversing age-related declines in balance, strength, and mobility. However, it remains unclear which types or combinations of programs are most...
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    Masters Thesis
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    References Blake, A. J., Morgan, K., Bendall, M. J., Dallosso, H., Ebrahim, S. B. J., Arie, T. H. D

  • Bone gains in adolescent athletes and non-athletes

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    Rinder, Todd Anthony
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    Discordance in bone mass between young adult swimmers and soccer players may be a direct result of differences in bone loading patterns that influence bone mineralization during growth. Our aim was to evaluate whether sports participation (soccer and swimming) had an independent effect on bone mass accrual at the hip...
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    Dissertation
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    , Magnusson et al. (2001) examined femoral neck BMD over the span of several decades. The researchers

  • The Influence of Knee Extension Rate of Torque Development on Sagittal Plane Knee Biomechanics during Landing

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    Almog, Roy
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    Purpose: To investigate the influences of RTD on biomechanical factors upon landing. Methods: A nine camera motion capture system (Vicon, Inc.) was used with standard retroreflective marker set (27 static, 23 dynamic) to capture lower limb kinematics of 40 healthy female subjects during double leg jump landing (DL) and single-leg...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    , Magnusson, & Dyhre-Poulsen, 2002; Koga et al., 2010). In explaining the importance of such a difference in

  • The relationship between rate of torque development of the triple extensors at different time intervals

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    Kitagawa, Taichi
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    The ability to quickly generate torque of the triple extensors is critical during rapid movements, especially when there is not enough time to reach peak torque. Rate of torque development (RTD), which is the rate of rise of the torque-time curve, is a commonly used measure of rapid torque generation....
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    Masters Thesis

  • Spinal control differences between the sexes

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    Johnson, Samuel T.
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    Despite years of research, females continue to have a higher incidence of non-contact ACL injuries. One of the major findings of this research is that males and females perform certain tasks, such as, cutting, landing, and single-leg squatting, differently. In particular, females tend to move the knee into a more...
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    Dissertation

  • The neuromuscular effects of a long-term static stretching program on the human soleus

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    Hayes, Bradley T.
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    The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effects of a long-term static stretching program on flexibility and spinal reflexes in the human soleus muscle. Day-to-day reliability over two days of H-reflex gain (Hslp/Mslp) and pre-synaptic inhibition of spinal reflexes in the human soleus was measured in an initial...
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    Dissertation
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    , Duchateau 3, Hainaut K., 2001). From a mechanical perspective, increased flexibility from static stretching

  • The effects of whole body vibration on the neuromuscular system

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    Hong, Junggi
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    Recently, changes in human performance following whole-body vibration (WBV) training have been attributed to enhanced neuromuscular function. However, the exact neural and muscular mechanisms responsible for these changes remain less understood. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the acute and chronic effects of whole body vibration on the...
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    Dissertation
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    . 7    REFERENCES   Aagaard P, Simonsen EB, Andersen JL, Magnusson P, Dyhre-Poulsen P (2002

  • Spinal Motor Control Adaptations to Explosive Strength Training

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    Stone, Clara A.
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    The nervous system has an integral role in rapid torque production of the lower extremity, which is often necessary for proper motor response to a dynamic environment. The nervous system is complex with numerous pathways, including spinal motor control networks, which influence the ability to move. However, few studies have...
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    Masters Thesis
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    rest (Aagaard, Simonsen, Andersen, Magnusson, & Dyhre-Poulsen, 2002; Del Balso & Cafarelli, 2007

  • Spinal control mechanisms in elite level, explosively-trained athletes from two different sports

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    Zidek, Marie E.
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    Mechanisms of motor control and function are interesting to those from the medical, athletic training and sports performance professions primarily during the development of conditioning and rehabilitation programs. The aim of this study was to assess spinal control mechanisms in two groups of explosively trained, female athletes from a NCAA...
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    Masters Thesis
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    References 1. Aagaard P, Simonsen EB, Anderson JL, Magnusson P, and Dyhre- Poulsen P. Increased rate of

  • The effects of plyometrics on neuromuscular control

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    Doeringer, Jeffrey R.
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    The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of plyometric training on both spinal and supraspinal motor control as well as the rate of torque development (RTD) in healthy active females. Thirty-one subjects were recruited to participate in the study and participated in either the training or control...
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    Dissertation
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    Female Collegiate Soccer Players. Am J Sports Med 2008;36:1476-83. 4. Lim B, Lee Y, Kim J, An K, Yoo