This study examined age-group and individual differences on the controlled force-exertion test by bar-chart display and proposed a provisional norm in 249 females who were right-handed and ages 15 to 84 years. The subjects matched their submaximal grip strength to changing demand values, appearing as a bar chart on the ...

In this study iliopsoas muscle strength was measured by portable dynamometer and it was explored to what extent independent predictors (age, body weight, body height and body mass index) affect iliopsoas strength in healthy subjects and in subjects with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The study population was consisted of 183 girls ...

The aim of this research was to examine the influences of specially programmed physical education lessons on biomotor development in boys, as well as the influence of those changes on relations between the set of morphological and motor variables and athletic variables for the assessment of sprint and throw abilities. ...

STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional study on young adults. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationships between low back pain (LBP), maximal isometric trunk muscle strength, and body sway among young adults. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: The results of previous studies evaluating the association between trunk muscle strength and LBP are conflicting and ...

AIM: The aim of this study was to compare muscle strength and thickness, body composition and dietary intake between master strength athletes and controls. METHODS: Cross-sectional comparison between: 1) young control men (25.7+/-3.4 y; n=10); 2) middle-aged master athletes (52.1+/-4.7 y; n=9); 3) middle-aged control men (51.9+/-3.1 y; n=11); 4) ...

Jar opening is commonly viewed as a challenging task for female adults in daily living. The thumb plays a particular role in grasping the jar lid and leading the turning activity through opposition to the other digits. This study measured and compared the force, torque and torque contribution of the ...

Previously published data (J Bone Miner Res (2005); 20: 471) did not give evidence that the administration of the nitric oxide precursor L-arginine increases bone formation and decreases bone resorption in postmenopausal women. Data of this trial were reanalysed for putative effects of L-arginine on muscle mass and muscular function. ...

BACKGROUND: A number of studies have reported lower muscular strength of the hamstring and the quadriceps and better postural control in female compared with male athletes. Whether those differences are innate and also exist in children and adolescents or are caused by training and participation in different sports is unknown. ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: To determine reference values and associated factors for handgrip strength among healthy adults. METHODS: Three hundred well nourished (SGA category A) subjects were studied, aged 18-90 years. Handgrip strength (HS) was determined using a hand dynamometer. Adductor pollicis muscle (APM) thickness and other anthropometric variables were also ...

The aim of this study is to elucidate anatomical detail of the tympanoparotid fascia (TPF), deployed anteroinferiorly to the tragus, in relation to neck lift and platysmaplasty. Forty-one hemifaces of 25 Korean adult cadavers (age range: 43-101 years, 19 males and 6 females) were used for the study. Thirty-seven were ...

Claims of recently developed energy patches suggest that organic nanoscale biomolecular "antennas" produced by L and D-stereoisomers resonate at frequencies in unison with molecules in the cells inducing electron flow to assists in recruiting calcium ions, allowing greater muscle fiber recruitment during muscle contraction. The purpose of the study was ...

PURPOSE: Distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) instability can be tested using biomechanical cadaveric models, but inadequate isolation of the DRUJ during instability testing may introduce measurement error. The first goal of this investigation was to develop an effective model for isolating the DRUJ during biomechanical cadaveric testing. The second goal was ...

CONTEXT: Hand-held dynamometry (HHD) has been shown to be a reliable, objective way to obtain strength measurements in elderly and physically impaired subjects. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the intratester, intertester, and intersession reliability of HHD testing of lower extremity movements in young, healthy subjects. DESIGN: Repeated measures. SETTING: Sports medicine laboratory. ...

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether young (21.7 yr) and aged (68.5 yr) men experienced similar responses to 7 d of muscle unloading (N = 10 per group). METHODS: Unilateral lower limb suspension (ULLS) was used to impose muscle unloading of the knee extensors. To compare ...

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationship between countermovement vertical jump (CMJ) performance and various methods used to assess isometric and dynamic multijoint strength. Twelve NCAA Division I-AA male football and track and field athletes (age, 19.83 +/- 1.40 years; height, 179.10 +/- 4.56 cm; mass, 90.08 ...

BACKGROUND: The Jamar dynamometer and the Martin vigorimeter, two instruments often used to assess grip strength, have good validity and reliability when employed to evaluate adults. Grip strength measurements are often performed to assess children with hand disorders. However, the reliability of these measurements when used to assess children under ...

Ambiguity exists in the literature regarding whether individuals can restore function to 100% after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. The response of force production and reactive strength in stretch-shortening cycle activities after surgery has not been established. To compare reactive strength and force production capabilities between the involved and uninvolved ...

Previous studies have shown that oxidative protein damage is independently associated with low grip strength and that dietary intake and circulating levels of antioxidant vitamins are positive predictors of muscle strength among older persons. Since uric acid (UA), has strong antioxidant properties, we tested the hypothesis that UA levels is ...

The present study was aimed at analyzing correlation between strength of lower body extremities and postural stability in function of age. A pool of 180 women divided into 6 age groups (65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85-89 and 90-94 years) was examined. They all were informed-consent participants. The results suggest that ...

The objectives of this study were to establish data concerning normal hand grip strength (GS) and to explore possible associations with anthropometric parameters. GS was measured in 232 individuals in a standard arm position using the Jamar dynamometer. We examined differences between right/left and dominant/nondominant hands. Possible correlations of GS ...

Intra-individual and inter-individual variations of key pinch strength were analysed in a standardised manner for healthy Caucasian adults (female n = 403; male n = 366) aged between 20 and 95 years. The mean strength was less in women (right 6.6 kg; left 6.1 kg) than in men (right 10.4 ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine if peak torques generated by the hip flexors and extensors are dependent on test position in healthy adults and in people with chronic stroke. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Motor performance laboratory. PARTICIPANTS: Volunteers were 10 young (20.7+/-1.5y), 10 older adults (62.1+/-7y), and 10 stroke survivors (60.6+/-10y) who ...

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to update reference data of handgrip strength for healthy adults of both genders spanning a wide age range and to analyze possible factors of influence. METHODS: Intraindividual and interindividual variations of grip strength and their relation to several anthropometric factors were analyzed in ...

This study assessed low back muscle fatigue during Sørensen back endurance test in chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients and healthy controls, and investigated relationship between the erector spinae muscle fatigability and subject's anthropometric characteristics. Four groups (n = 10 per group) of middle-aged (47-52-year-old) subjects participated: 1) female CLBP ...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether 50 mT magnetic bracelets would be suitable as a placebo control condition for studying the pain relieving effects of higher strength magnetic bracelets in arthritis. DESIGN: Randomised controlled comparison between groups given either a weak 50 mT or a higher strength 180 mT magnetic bracelets to ...

PURPOSE: To assess the role of muscular degeneration, we evaluated the correlation between ptosis severity and levator muscle function. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. METHODS: The medical records of 136 patients (53 men and 83 women; mean age, 67 years) with acquired blepharoptosis were reviewed for levator function (LF), margin reflex ...

AIM: To provide normative age- and gender-associated values on muscular strength, power and endurance and to establish a reference database on healthy school children aged 7 to 12 years. In addition, associations between some simple functional tests and the more sophisticated isokinetic strength measures were investigated. METHODS: Three hundred seventy-six ...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the test-retest reliability of select physical performance measures among people with peripheral neuropathy (PN). METHODS: 20 PN patients (12 women, 8 men, mean age=68.4+/-12.5 years) were assessed on two separate occasions. Plantar pressure sensitivity was determined with a monofilament of known strength. ...

A recorded muscular torque at one joint is a resultant torque corresponding to the participation of both agonist and antagonist muscles. This study aimed to examine the effect of aging on the mechanical contributions of both plantar- and dorsi-flexors to the resultant maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) torques exerted at the ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether aerobic capacity is normal in boys with different types of hemophilia compared with healthy peers and whether the level of aerobic capacity correlates with the amount of physical activity, joint health status, muscle strength, and anthropometrics. STUDY DESIGN: 47 patients (mean [SD] age, 12.9 [3.2] years; ...

STUDY DESIGN: Case control study. OBJECTIVES: To classify individuals with functional ankle instability (FAI) into deficit and non-deficit categories based on the evaluation of the most common factors that have been proposed to be related to FAI. BACKGROUND: Recent studies have suggested that FAI may be secondary to a combination ...

OBJECTIVE: To describe the profile of joint mobility and grip and pinch strength of MPS VI patients and to correlate this with urinary excretion of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), ARSB activity, and the distance covered in a 6-minute walking test (6MWT). METHODS: This was an observational study of 28 patients with MPS ...

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate whether the athlete who has high performance in hang power clean, a common weightlifting exercise, has high performances in sprinting, jumping, and changing of direction (COD). As the secondary purpose, relationships between hang power clean performance, maximum strength, power and performance ...

We tested the hypothesis that aging is associated with an impaired contraction-induced rapid vasodilation in healthy adults. We reasoned that employing single contractions of a small muscle mass would allow us to isolate the local rapid vasodilatory responses independent of systemic hemodynamic and sympathetic neural influences on forearm hemodynamics. We ...

OBJECTIVE: The objective was to determine the effect of trunk focused neuromuscular training (TNMT) on hip and knee strength. The hypothesis was that TNMT would increase standing isokinetic hip abduction, but not knee flexion/extension, strength. METHODS: 21 high-school female volleyball players (14 TMNT, mean age 15.4 (1.4) years, weight 170.5 ...

OBJECTIVE: to identify socio-economic, behavioural and disease status risks for impaired balance or self-reported dizziness in older people from a large population-based study. METHODS: data were from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), for 2,925 participants, aged 65+. Multivariate models were used to assess the associations between balance and ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate early radiation effects on tongue function for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and to provide a scientific database for early intervention plans. Twelve subjects with NPC and 12 age- and sex-matched normal subjects were included. Tongue maximum isometric strength and endurance at ...

The objective of the present study was to investigate the age-related effects of submaximal static and cyclic loading on the mechanical properties of the vastus lateralis (VL) tendon and aponeurosis in vivo. Fourteen old and 12 young male subjects performed maximal voluntary isometric knee extensions (MVC) on a dynamometer before ...

Using real mechanical controls, this experiment studied strength and reversibility of direction-of-motion stereotypes and response times for a rotary control with horizontal and vertical scales. Thirty-eight engineering undergraduates (34 men and 4 women) ages 23 to 47 years (M=29.8, SD=7.7) took part in the experiment voluntarily. The effects of instruction ...

PURPOSE: Greater resistance to muscle fatigue has been observed in women versus men and in older versus young individuals. As suggested mechanisms for these differences include task intensity and duty cycle, the purpose of this study was to evaluate fatigue in healthy young and older men and women during maximum-effort ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the age of hand involvement in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), since various types of hand dynamometry have been applied to evaluate patients in clinical trials. We studied 40 patients with DMD from our university hospital clinic and 80 healthy, age-matched controls. Hand ...

It is unclear whether older adults of different race or ethnicity vary in the ways they perceive functional limitations. Variation in such self-reports may be relevant clinically, because many diagnoses (and subsequent care) depend on self-reported disability. To examine this question, self-reported hand function was compared with performance-based assessment of ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the rate of torque development and maximal motor unit discharge frequency in young and elderly adults as they performed rapid submaximal contractions with the ankle dorsiflexors. Recordings were obtained of the torque exerted by the dorsiflexors during the isometric ...

BACKGROUND: The ocular motility (OM) deficit in myasthenia has not been studied systematically. Anecdotal reports yield no consensus, with the pattern mimicking infranuclear, internuclear or supranuclear disorders. The current study defines the pattern of extra-ocular muscle (EOM) weakness at presentation for a group of newly diagnosed untreated ocular myasthenics (OMG). ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: As adults lose strength with age and an increasing proportion of older adults are overweight or obese, this study was undertaken to examine the contribution of strength and adiposity to mobility difficulties among community-dwelling men and women at least 65 years of age. METHODS: The National Health ...

Electromyographic power spectral analysis is a valuable measurement; however, conflicting results have been reported for amplitude and frequency changes during a fatiguing submaximal muscle contraction. This study compared gender differences for two analyses in subjects with low back pain (LBP). Distinct gender differences are found in musculoskeletal illness/dysfunction, and we ...

The aims of this study were twofold: (1) to compare the strength of four muscle groups of the lower limb (quadriceps [Q], hamstrings [H], plantar flexors [PF], and dorsiflexors [DF]) between female adolescent ballet dancers (BALs) and basketball players (BBs) over three angular velocities (30 degrees, 60 degrees and 90 ...

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the association between cognitive ability and upper body muscle strength. Two sources of existing data were pooled for this examination. Thirty-eight older participants diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or dementia (25 women, 13 men; age = 83.2 +/- 5.6 years, MMSE score = ...

PURPOSE: To determine the cohesive tensile strength throughout the stroma of normal human donor corneas and evaluate the relevance of these findings within the context of current excimer laser surgical techniques. METHODS: Twenty normal corneoscleral buttons from 11 donors were obtained from the Georgia Eye Bank. The corneas were cut ...

The aim of this study was twofold: (i) to describe the criterion-related validity of the sit-and-reach test (SRT) using a hand-held inclinometer when assessing hamstring muscle length (HML) when HML is recorded in degrees of hip joint angle (HJA); and (ii) to describe the effect of gender and age on ...