[Purpose] This study aimed to examine the effects of a combined intervention consisting of massage therapy and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on gastrocnemius muscle fatigue, assessing whether the intervention improved muscle tone, stiffness, and muscle contraction. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 20 healthy males in their 20s who were equally divided into a transcutaneous...

The effects of growth hormone (GH) or insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) with or without exercise (ladder climbing) in countering the effects of unweighting on fast muscles of hypophysectomized rats during 10 days of hindlimb suspension were determined. Compared with untreated suspended rats, muscle weights were 16-29% larger in GH-treated and 5-15% larger in IGF-I-treated suspended rats. Exe...

     Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of specialized Kyokushin Karate exercises on the activity of leg muscles and the height of the medial longitudinal arch in adolescent girls with foot pronation.    Methods: This study recruited twenty-four adolescent girls with foot pronation who voluntarily agreed to participate and were randomly assigned to either a train...

The compliant nature of distal limb muscle-tendon units is traditionally considered suboptimal in explosive movements when positive joint work required. However, during accelerative running, ankle net mechanical positive. Therefore, this study aims to investigate how plantar flexor behavior modulated fast accelerations. Eleven female sprinters performed maximum sprint accelerations from startin...

The present study aimed to test if a long-term passive stretching training causes adaptations of the medial gastrocnemius architecture and Achilles tendon (AT) tangent modulus. A total 20 males took part in study. group (n = 12), performed exercises for plantar flexors 10 weeks, 4–5 times week, which comprised two static positions sustained twice each during 30 s. For group, maximum dorsiflexio...

BACKGROUND Severe extremity wounds with vascular injury are common in military trauma, and tourniquets are commonly used for hemorrhage control. The complications of tourniquet use in the setting of trauma are not well studied. This study investigated the combined effect of hemorrhagic shock and fluid resuscitation with Hextend (HX; BioTime, Inc) or lactated Ringer's (LR) on skeletal muscle sub...

background: gait disorder is a common motor complication after stroke. studies have revealed that conventional physiotherapy cannot manage this disorder efficiently; therefore, more studies regarding efficient treatment protocols are crucial. the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of compelled weight-bearing approach on muscle activation patterns during walking in individuals w...

OBJECTIVE This case study presents the epidemiology, etiology, diagnostic criteria, and therapeutic interventions for a common clinical condition - gastrocnemius injury. CLINICAL FEATURES A 44-year old male presented with acute calf pain with a palpable defect, loss of range of motion, and loss of strength after sustaining a soft tissue injury to the lower leg. The differential diagnosis of t...

This cross-sectional, exploratory study aimed to compare neuromuscular performance, balance and motor skills proficiencies of typically developing children and those with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and to determine associations of these neuromuscular factors with balance and motor skills performances in children with DCD.One hundred thirty children with DCD and 117 typically deve...