[Purpose] The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Nordic pole walking on the electromyographic activities of upper extremity and lower extremity muscles. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were randomly divided into two groups as follows: without Nordic pole walking group (n=13) and with Nordic pole walking group (n=13). The EMG data were collected by measurement while the subjects w...

For many years the national alcohol policies of Nordic countries have been an important foundation for efforts to reduce per capita alcohol consumption and associated alcohol harm, including establishing production, import, and retail monopolies in four of the Nordic Countries, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, and Norway. The membership of Finland and Sweden as well as the economic treaty agreement of...

The aim of this study was to perform an electromyographic and kinetic comparison of two commonly used hamstring eccentric strengthening exercises: Nordic Curl and Ball Leg Curl. After determining the maximum isometric voluntary contraction of the knee flexors, ten female athletes performed 3 repetitions of both the Nordic Curl and Ball Leg Curl, while knee angular displacement and electromyogra...

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze factors associated with presenteeism in nursing workers sociodemographic variables, health and work conditions, productivity musculoskeletal symptoms. Methods: this is a cross-sectional, descriptive analytical study, 306 from hospital municipal emergency room Brazilian capital. The Stanford Presenteeism Scale, the Work Limitations Questionnaire, Nordic Musculoskel...

background: exposure to human blood and body fluids is a common risk for nurses. many factors can affect the prevalence and incidence of this occupational hazard. psychosocial factors at work may be a risk factor for the exposure. objective: to assess needle stick, sharp injury and mucus exposure to blood-borne pathogens among nurses in iran and to determine the association between these exposu...

AIM This article compares adolescent alcohol and illicit drug use among first- and second-generation immigrants from Nordic, non-Nordic European and non-European countries with that of the native Swedish majority population. METHODS Using data from a 2005 survey, multilevel logistic regression analysis was performed on a sample of 13,070 adolescents. The survey was conducted in three Swedish ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to map and evaluate the available resources and the premises of traumatic head injury management in the Nordic countries, before the implementation of a Nordic adaption of the Brain Trauma Foundation guidelines for prehospital management. METHODS The study is a synthesis of two cross-sectional surveys. Questionnaires were used to collect data on the annual n...