Objective: Hamstring muscle strain is one of the most frequently occurring injuries in sports. Backward Walking (BW) and Forward Walking (FW) on the treadmill are as a common tool for fitness training in the sports. However minimal clinical research has been conducted on the effectiveness of BW in addition to conservative hamstring strain rehabilitation. Materials and Methods: Thirty, grade I a...

BACKGROUND Falls remain a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. It is suggested that backward walking (BW) may offer some benefits especially in balance and motor control ability beyond those experienced through forward walking (FW), and may be a potential intervention for prevention of falls. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of BW on balance in boys. MET...

Extensive muscle damage can be induced in isolated muscle preparations by performing a small number of stretches during muscle activation. While typically these fiber strains are large and occur over long lengths, the extent of exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) observed in humans is normally less even when multiple high-force lengthening actions are performed. This apparent discrepancy may ...

Graphs are powerful vehicles to represent data objects that are interconnecting or inter-acting with each other. We explore random walks on various kinds of graph to addressdifferent searching and mining scenarios. This dissertation focuses on two symmetric formsof random walk called the forward walk and backward walk, which can be applied to enrichthree key tasks in searching a...