Atypical inflammatory demyelinating syndromes are rare neurological diseases that differ from multiple sclerosis (MS), owing to unusual clinicoradiological and pathological findings, and poor responses to treatment. The distinction between them and the criteria for their diagnoses are poorly defined due to the lack of advanced research studies. Balo's concentric sclerosis (BCS) and Schilder's d...

Because traditional procedures of evaluating elastic-like behaviour have yielded mixed results, the purpose of this work was to explore two methods of measuring elastic-like behavior in the power squat. The entire concentric time method was based on traditional procedures. The initial concentric time method was developed to examine elastic-like behavior for the beginning 0.2 s of concentric mov...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether superior concentric performance could be achieved in the bench throw with the use of additional eccentric loads. Fourteen male subjects performed bench throws in a smith machine with an eccentric-concentric load of 40-kg (40-40), and 40-kg concentric with additional eccentric loads of 20 (60-40), 30 (70-40), and 40 kg (80-40). A linear position...

background: the association of metabolic syndrome (ms) with left  ventricular (lv) hypertrophy is controversial. the objective of our study was to investigate the infl uence of ms on lv mass and geometry in community-based hypertensive patients among han chinese.materials and methods: this study included 1733 metabolic syndrome patients according to the international diabetes federation (idf) d...

Purpose: An appropriate activity of the knee agonist -antagonist muscles is important to resist against abnormal abduction-adduction moments loads around knee joint and reduce the risk of knee injuries. Exercise training has been commonly used as an intervention to improve neuromuscular activity within the synergic and/or agonist-antagonist muscles. However, maximizing the effectiveness of exer...

background around 7% of the world population have diabetes and suffer from its extensive complications. many studies are conducted on the positive effects of aerobic and resistance exercises on the reduction of body performances, but considering the available references, no specific study is conducted on the effect of eccentric exercises on patients with diabetes. objectives the current study a...

The aim of this study was to describe the isokinetic thigh muscle strength profile of professional male football players in Australia. Concentric (60° and 240°·s(-1)) and eccentric (30° and 120°·s(-1)) hamstrings and quadriceps isokinetic strength was measured with a HUMAC NORM dynamometer. The primary variables were bilateral concentric and eccentric hamstring and quadriceps peak torque ratios...

This paper proposes a new image based rendering technique called concentric mosaic for virtual reality applications. It is constructed by capturing vertical slit images when a camera is moving around a set of concentric circles. Concentric mosaic allows the user to move freely in a circular region and observe significant parallax and lighting changes without recovering the geometric and photome...