Calcium channel blockers (CCB) was studied extensively in cardiology for their tissue
protective effect following myocardial infarction; we hypothesized that administration of
a CCB would interfere with the processes that result in exercise-induced muscle damage
(EIMD) and delayed onset muscle soreness. To investigate the effects of a CCB on a...
Function of the shoulder complex is highly dependent on the relationship between the scapula and the humerus. Etiologies for the disruption of the glenohumeral relationship include impaired or abnormal scapular function, motion, or position. The lateral scapular slide test (LSST) has been developed as a clinical tool to assess this...
Lateral heel wedge orthotics are designed to reduce medial tibiofemoral joint loading and pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). To date, the efficacy of long-term lateral heel wedge orthotics use among OA patients has not been determined. This study evaluated the extent to which lateral heel wedge orthotics reduced...
In the last 30 years, birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L. )
has been recognized as a great potential source of forage. Since the
1930's, many studies have been reported in relation to birdsfoot
trefoil characteristics, including some directly related with the
association between seed yield and its components.
The purpose...
Ankle injuries comprise more than 15% of all sports injuries worldwide. The efficacy of the ankle taping for injury prevention has long been under scrutiny as numerous studies have shown that tape rapidly loses its ability to constrain ankle motion with exercise. Consequently, ankle braces (orthoses) are being used with...
Wildland firefighters encounter many situations during forest fires that require
them to rely on their knowledge, experience, and fitness level for survival While energy
expenditure of wildland firefighters on the fire line has been well established, relatively
little is known about the physical fitness level of wildland firefighters when they...
All possible single crosses from three different maturity
groups of 27 selected parental genotypes of tall fescue were established
in a randomized block experiment to be evaluated in 1962 for
five agronomic characters: height, width and maturity per plant;
self -seed yield per plant; and forage yield per plant. For...
Under researched somatosensory contributions to postural stability, in addition to high incident rates of foot injury in the physically active population, lead to two investigative studies. An initial research study compared variables of two postural stability assessment devices to determine reliability of outcome measures and commonality of outcome measures to...
Maintenance of one's self and one's people in a free
society requires educational, cultural, and economic
literacy. This is fully as imperative in a democracy as the
maintenance of ignorance of slaves is required in an
oppressive society. The requisite skills needed both to
sustain one's self and become a...
Decreases in glenohumeral (GH) rotation motion and rotator cuff strength have been linked to multiple pathologies in the throwing arms of baseball pitchers, but a full understanding of the shoulder mechanisms affected by a total arc of motion deficit (TAMD) has not yet been achieved. This study was designed to...