This study determined the effects of exercise on the ability of macrophages (Mphi) to present antigen to T cells. Pathogen-free male Balb/c mice (8 +/- 2 wk of age) were randomly assigned to either home cage control, moderate exercise (Mod; 18 m/min, 5% grade, 0.5 h/day), exhaustive exercise (Exh, 18-30 m/min, 3 h/day), or treadmill control groups. The mice underwent treatments for 4 days durin...

QUESTION Does walking on a treadmill at increasing intensities adversely affect walking pattern or reduce walking quality during treadmill walking? Are any changes influenced by walking ability? DESIGN A within-participant, repeated measures experimental study. PARTICIPANTS 18 individuals with a first stroke who were undergoing inpatient rehabilitation. INTERVENTION Walking on a treadmill...

nowadays, research on exercise physiology has developed. many of studies try to discover body responses or adaptations to exercise training or physical activity. in many cases, human beings are not suitable models to study these mechanisms in vivo due to ethical and legal limitations. laboratory animals especially mice and rats are appropriate models for these researches. treadmill is an excell...

PURPOSE Exercise is becoming readily accepted as a beneficial adjunct therapy to maintain or enhance quality of life in breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy. An essential precursor to these studies is to investigate whether exercise modulates the antitumor efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Athymic female mice were transplanted with MDA-MB-231 breast x...

In order to determine optimal training parameters for robot-assisted treadmill walking, it is essential to understand how a robotic device interacts with its wearer, and thus, how parameter settings of the device affect locomotor control. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of different levels of guidance force during robot-assisted treadmill walking on cortical activity. Eighteen he...

Abstract Background Anti-gravity treadmills are used to decrease musculoskeletal loading during treadmill running often in return play rehabilitation programs. The effect different gradients (uphill/downhill running) have on kinetics and spatiotemporal parameters when using an AlterG® is unclear with previous research focused level only. Methods Ten well-trained healthy male athletes ran the at...