BACKGROUND Grip strength is widely used for estimating whole body strength but there is a lack of information relating to grip endurance. Comparison between endurance of different muscle groups has received little attention. The main aim of the present study was to determine the endurance characteristics of hand grip and quadriceps muscles in healthy young adults and then to examine the associa...

background: analysis of many proteins produced during the transition into the stationary phase and under stress conditions (including starvation stress) demonstrated that a number of novel proteins were induced in common to each stress and could be the reason for cross-protection in bacterial cells. it is necessary to investigate the synthesis of these proteins during different stress condition...

cancer treatment is still of the greatest challenges that health care providers and patients are facing. one of the unsolved problems in cancer treatment is cells’ reaction to metabolic stress caused by harsh nutritional conditions around tumor. in order to be able to treat this disease properly, it is important to understand the true nature of the disease. in fact, the cells inside the central...

Current treatment options for lung disease caused by Mycobacterium abscessus complex infections have limited effectiveness. To maximize the use of existing antibacterials and to help inform regimen design treatment, we assessed in vitro bactericidal activity single drugs against actively multiplying net nonreplicating M. populations nutrient-rich nutrient-starvation conditions, respectively. As...

fibroblasts could be considered as connective tissue cells that are morphologically heterogeneous with diverse functions depending on their location and activity. these cells play critical role in health and disease such as cancer and wound by production of collagen, fibronectin, cytokines and growth factors. absence of insulin and other growth factors in serum deprivation condition and similar...

Regular moderate exercise confers many cardiovascular and health benefits. Because of this, endurance sports events have become very popular with participation increasing tremendously over the past few years. In conjunction with this increase in popularity and participation, people also have increased the amount that they exercise with many training for and competing in ultraendurance events su...

In the current study, we adopted a combination of sEMG (surface electromyography) and self-manufactured digital hand grip interfaced with software in order to analyze agility, power, and endurance of grip strength in response to visual reactions. In the results of agility assessment which measures time takes to generate grip strength against visual reaction, it was shown to be 351.7 ± 55.06 ms ...

Study objective: The aims of this work were to determine (1) whether patients with COPD have impaired skeletal muscle performance (ie, maximal strength and endurance) compared with healthy subjects, and (2) whether the level of physical activity, body composition, and lung function are related to skeletal muscle performance in COPD patients. Methods: Seventeen COPD patients and eight healthy ag...