BACKGROUND: Law enforcement agencies often include fitness testing as part of the hiring process. However, it can be months from this to when a recruit starts academy. OBJECTIVE: To determine changes academy in recruits who graduate (GRAD) or separate (SEP; do not complete) METHODS: Analysis on one agency, split into GRAD (n = 436) and SEP 78) groups, was conducted. These tests were conducted d...

UNLABELLED Beta-alanine supplementation has been shown to improve exercise performance in short-term high-intensity efforts. However, whether supplementation with beta-alanine is ergogenic to actual sporting events remains unclear and should be investigated in field testing or race simulations. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to assess if beta-alanine supplementation could improve 2,000-m r...

Eleven children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) who could walk underwent exercise at the anaerobic threshold (AT) point. The subjects exercised for 20 minutes per session, twice a week for a period ranging from 6 to 20 weeks. The subjects were divided into two groups. The leg exercise group contained six CP children who exercised on a cycle ergometer with average attendance of 1.8 days a week....

Force production profile and neuromuscular activity during slide-based and stationary ergometer rowing at standardized submaximal power output were compared in 14 male and 8 female National Team rowers. Surface electromyography (EMG) was obtained in selected thoracic and leg muscles along with synchronous measurement of handle force and rate of force development (RFD). Compared to stationary co...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of a cycle ergometer-based exercise program to a standard protocol on the increment of the maximum distance walked during the six-minute walk test in the postoperative rehabilitation of patients submitted to coronary artery bypass grafting. METHODS A controlled clinical trial pilot, blinded to the outcome, enrolled subjects who underwent coronary artery bypas...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to compare respiratory responses, focusing on the time-domain variability of ventilatory components during progressive cardiopulmonary exercise tests performed on cycle or arm ergometers. METHODS The cardiopulmonary exercise tests were conducted on twelve healthy volunteers on either a cycle ergometer or an arm ergometer following a ramp protocol. The time-domain va...