The adaptive mechanisms that prevent edema of the lower limbs when standing involve the action of muscles pumping fluids against the force of gravity. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the interference of gravitational pressure on active exercises of lower limbs with lymphedema. A total of 24 male and 5 female patients with a mean age of 34.6 and lymphedema of the...

BACKGROUND Artistic Gymnastics is a sport where athletes are frequently fatigued. One element that might influence this aspect is carbohydrate, an important energy substrate for the muscles and the CNS. Our goal was to investigate the influence of fatigue over artistic gymnastics athlete's performance and the effects of a carbohydrate supplementation on their performance. METHODS We evaluated...

Introduction: Myostatin regulates skeletal muscle mass and adipogenesis, but serum response to continuous and discontinuous exercises training it has not been studied in menopause and menstrual groups of women. The purpose of this study was to investigate the serum response of myostatin, insulin and glucose to use four different aerobic exercises training in menopause and menstrual groups of wo...

The Radionuclide Metrology Laboratory (RML) from IFIN-HH organized proficiency tests regarding the measurement of the radioactive content of the food products, water equivalent, with the involved laboratories. RML prepared 14 solid volume sources, of cylindrical shape, containing a mixture of Cs-134 and Cs-137 radionuclides, uniformly distributed in a water equivalent matrix. 13 participants fr...

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...