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Associated Factors of Time Spent Walking for Community-Dwelling Stroke Survivors
CONCLUSIONS: Environmental and personal factors are associated with insufficient walking time in community-dwelling stroke survivors.PMID:37597844 | DOI:10.1123/jpah.2022-0415
Source: Journal of Physical Activity and Health - August 19, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Young-Ah Choi Jung Soo Lee Yeo Hyung Kim Source Type: research

Effect of core stabilization exercises in addition to conventional therapy in improving trunk mobility, function, ambulation and quality of life in stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial
ConclusionThis study concluded that core stabilization training is better as compared to the conventional physical therapy treatment for improving trunk impairments, functional ambulation and quality of life among patients of stroke. The core stabilization training is also more effective in improving trunk mobility in sagittal plane. This study is registered in Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials IRCT20210614051578N1 and was approved by the local research ethics committee of Riphah International University.
Source: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation - April 8, 2022 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research

Acute spontaneous spinal cord infarction: Utilisation of hyperbaric oxygen treatment, cerebrospinal fluid drainage and pentoxifylline.
CONCLUSIONS: SCI can be severely disabling. Triple therapy with pentoxifylline, CSF drainage and HBOT may reduce disability and further prospective trials are required. PMID: 33325011 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - December 17, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Diving Hyperb Med Source Type: research

A Comparison of the Physiology of Sedentary Behavior and Light Physical Activity in Adults With and Without a Physical Disability.
CONCLUSIONS: Physiologic responses during sedentary behavior are comparable for controls and adults with mild to moderate stroke and CP, whereas higher metabolic demands and muscle activity (stroke only) were observed in severely affected individuals. PMID: 31382243 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Physical Activity and Health - August 7, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: J Phys Act Health Source Type: research

Assessing upper limb function: transcultural adaptation and validation of the Portuguese version of the Stroke Upper Limb Capacity Scale
ConclusionsThe present version of SULCS shows valid and reliable cultural adaptation, with good reliability and stability.
Source: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation - August 3, 2017 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research

Athlete health and safety in rowing: editorial by the FISA (rowing) Sports Medicine Commission
Rowing should become the favourite sport of our young people as no other exercise can provide them with the physical and moral qualities that they need: energy, initiative and health —Pierre de Coubertin The FISA Sports Medicine Commission advises the FISA Council and member federations on rowing-related sports medicine issues. Rowing has been part of the Olympic programme since 1896; women’s rowing was introduced as an Olympic sport in 1976 and the lightweight category was included in 1996. The first World Championships for ‘Adaptive’ (persons with a disability) rowers was in 2002. Rowing was intro...
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - October 12, 2014 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Lacoste, A., Hannafin, J., Wilkinson, M., Smith, M., Oswald, D., Rolland, J.-C. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research