QUESTION Does warm-up or cool-down (also called warm-down) reduce delayed-onset muscle soreness? DESIGN Randomised controlled trial of factorial design with concealed allocation and intention-to-treat analysis. PARTICIPANTS Fifty-two healthy adults (23 men and 29 women aged 17 to 40 years). INTERVENTION Four equally-sized groups received either warm-up and cool-down, warm-up only, cool-do...

Known as an occupational disease, chronic manganese intoxication is recently being observed among abusers of psychoactive substances. Methcathinone hydrochloride is obtained by combining ephedrine/pseudoephedrine and potassium permanganate. Various neuropsychiatric symptoms have been reported among Efedron users. Our patient is a 29 year old male, who was referred to our hospital from a state g...

INTRODUCTION Cycling is a recommended activity after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and it has been shown that up to 50 % of the TKA patients are riding a bike and 25 % think that cycling has an important place in their life. In a recent in vitro study [1], which investigated the contact pressures in TKA components for common recreational activities (cycling, power walking, downhill walking, jog...

Downhill esophageal varices are a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. We present a case of downhill variceal bleeding due to superior vena cava thrombosis resulting from a prior central venous catheter. The patient was managed with endoscopic band ligation and later with surgical axillary vein to right atrium bypass grafting. Successful long-term resolution of varices was achieved ...

AbstractBrandenberger, KJ, Warren, GL, Ingalls, CP, Otis, JS, and Doyle, JA. Downhill running impairs activation strength of the elbow flexors. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000–000, 2019—The purpose this study was to determine if knee extensor injury induced by 1 hour downhill attenu

Running downhill causes structural damage in deep slow-twitch extensor muscles of the limbs. Both mechanical and metabolic hypotheses have been proposed to explain the damage. The purpose of this study was to use measurements of glycogen loss in the muscles and metabolic rates of rats running on the level and up and down 16 degrees inclines at 26 m min-1 to try to distinguish between these hypo...

BACKGROUND/AIM In alpine ski racing, there is limited information about skiers' mechanical characteristics and their relation to injury risk, in particular for World Cup (WC) competitions. Hence, current findings from epidemiological and qualitative research cannot be linked to skiers' mechanics. This study was undertaken to investigate whether recently reported differences in numbers of injuri...