Can One Hang on Kneeling with Tied-Leg and Mouth?

One-leg standing time with eyes open: comparison between the mouth-opened and mouth-closed conditions.

OBJECTIVE Many studies report a significant relationship between the one-leg standing time with the eyes open and the occlusal relationship. To determine the association between proprioception (the periodontal membrane vs muscle spindle) to the one-leg standing time, the authors compared the one-leg standing time with eyes open between mouth-opened and mouth-closed conditions. METHODS The stu...

Switching mating types with one arm tied

he mating type (MAT) locus on Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome III can recombine with the HMRa locus near the right telomere or the HML ␣ locus near the left telomere of the same chromosome. On page 361, Bressan et al. show that the current mating type of a cell determines the spatial configuration of these three loci in the nucleus, suggesting that the outcome of mating type switching is di...

Mechanical evidence that flamingos can support their body on one leg with little active muscular force.

Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) often stand and sleep on one leg for long periods, but it is unknown how much active muscle contractile force they use for the mechanical demands of standing on one leg: body weight support and maintaining balance. First, we demonstrated that flamingo cadavers could passively support body weight on one leg without any muscle activity while adopting a stable, unchang...

Can A Table Stand On One Leg? Critical and Ludological Thoughts on Star Wars: Galaxies

Balance strategies in athletes with chronic ankle instability, Coper and healthy athletes while standing on one leg

Ankle sprain is one of the most commonly damaged lower extremities. More than 70% of people with ankle sprain experience chronic ankle instability. However, some people are well adapted to this damage (Coper people) and do not suffer from chronic ankle instability. The aim of this study was to compare EMG activity of the selected involved muscles in balance control strategies in athletes with c...