Due to the disease itself and dialysis procedure, patients with end-stage renal (ESRD) are more likely experience sleep disorders other psychological pathologies than general population. Except decreasing quality of life for patients, long-term disturbances can increase risk cardiovascular all-cause death. The traditional Chinese health exercises (TCHEs) such as Baduanjin, Taijiquan Qigong slow...

The prescription of eccentric loading is considered as a mainstay of non-operative rehabilitation programmes for mid-substance chronic Achilles tendinopathy. Such exercises have some degree of clinical utility in comparison with concentric training and are often referred to as a strengthening programme. Yet the dose parameters of the eccentric loading do not reflect an optimal strengthening pro...

Purpose: Most studies have examined the effect of stretching and strength exercises on the glenohumeral joint (shoulder joint), on the other hand, due to the importance of the relationship between core stability and pectoral girdle, especially in archery athletes, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of six weeks of core stability exercises on the glenohumeral joint internal rota...

The purpose of t his study was to investigate the acute effects of pre-exercise static and dynamic stretching on peak torque of the knee extensors in female athletes and non-athletes. Thirty subjects (15 athletes and 15 nonathletes) completed three tests on an isokinetic dynamometer. After performing a randomly assigned preexercise stretching protocol (no stret ching, static or dynamic) the sub...

Parkour consists of overcoming obstacles mostly in an urban landscape. Little is known regarding usual training habits and injury risks traceurs, i.e. , parkour practitioners. In this study, a 20-min survey have been fulfilled by population traceurs load, (type warm up, physical conditioning, stretching), type footwear, number ankle- knee-injuries during their career. A total 180 responses were...