Background The supplementation of standard diets with creatinebased compounds in speed-and-strength sports has become very popular today. The creatine alone is an endogenous substance synthetized in internal organs, such as liver, pancreas and kidneys. Primary stores of free creatine (Cr) and its phosphorylated form (PCr) are skeletal muscles, cardiac muscle and smooth muscle tissues. Since the...

BACKGROUND Regular physical activity has a favorable effect upon the prevention and treatment of hypertension. Various movements in sports, however, affect blood pressure (BP) differently. METHODS In the present study, the resting BP data of a large number (3,697) of young men and women (age: 19-40 years) who participated in sports medical examinations were compared according to their sport. ...

The foot corresponds to the body segment that allows exchange of forces between support surface and athlete's body; itsmorphology function influence quality movement alignment. Moreover, morphology can be modified according different adaptations sports cause, such as running, sport combat team sports. This work aimed define knowledge a sample athletes has about their Medial Longitudinal Foot Ar...

A forensic expert in the field of self-defense is a specialist with extensive knowledge defence methods, close combat, defensive means, or coercive means. The core expert's work this assessment facts conflict situations which physical violence between two more persons has been used. role to answer questions related parties' roles conflict, factors that influenced conduct fight, course fight and...

Rev Esp Cardiol 2004;57(6):495-8 495 (type I fibers), which are recruited and activated during moderate intensity exercise. Given the above, it is understandable that not all exercise or sporting activity will have the same effect on the lipid profile. Unfortunately, on many occasions the terms “physical exercise” and “sport” are used as synonyms, even though they describe different concepts. P...