Objectives: To determine whether proprioception or muscular strength is the dominant factor in balance and joint stability and define what type of ankle rehabilitation i s most effective for these purposes. Setting: The University of North Carolina Sports Medicine Research Laboratory. Subjects: Thirty-two healthy volunteers free of head injury, dominant leg injury, and vestibular deficits. Desi...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether active school travel is associated with muscular fitness, which is an emerging marker of youth health. METHODS Handgrip strength, vertical jump and vertical jump peak power were measured in n=6829 English schoolchildren (53% males, age 12.9 ± 1.2 years) between 2007 and 2011. Participants were grouped according to self-reported habitual school travel modality. ...

BACKGROUND Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is the 3(rd) most common form of muscular dystrophy. Effective treatments for any of the muscular dystrophies have yet to be realized. This report describes such a treatment. CASE REPORT A 66 year old female was diagnosed with osteoporosis. She had been diagnosed with FSHD muscular dystrophy a number of years previously by both genetic ...

OBJECTIVES to compare the pelvic floor muscle strength in primiparous women after normal birth and cesarean section, related to the socio-demographic characteristics, nutritional status, dyspareunia, urinary incontinence, perineal exercise in pregnancy, perineal condition and weight of the newborn. METHODS this was a cross-sectional study conducted after 50 - 70 postpartum days, with 24 primi...

The present study was designed to provide further insight into the neuromuscular mechanisms that determine the decrease in maximum strength and strength development of the quadriceps muscle with aging. Different neuromuscular tests were performed in order to assess the neural and muscular changes. The age-related decrease in isometric maximum voluntary torque (iMVT) was accompanied by a decline...

BACKGROUND the association between muscular strength, mortality and hospitalisation with ageing can change depending on sex and the body region analysed (e.g. upper and lower limb muscles). OBJECTIVE to determine the effect of measuring lower and upper extremities muscular strength on the relationship between strength, mortality and hospitalisation risk in elder men and women. DESIGN a popu...

Context: Physical exercise is regarded as a useful tool in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). Generally, physical rehabilitation have been based on the prescription of aerobic exercises, while fewer programs have been aimed at developing muscular strength. Objective: To establish whether the physical fitness of MS sufferers can be improved by a training program for developing muscular st...