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The Predictive Capacity of the Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test After Sport-Related Concussion in Adolescents
Conclusion This study found that the ΔHR (HRt minus resting HR) correlated with duration of clinical recovery in participants who were prescribed relative rest or a placebo-stretching program but not for participants prescribed sub-threshold aerobic exercise. A ΔHR of ≤50 bpm on the BCTT was 73% sensitive and 78% specific for predicting delayed recovery in concussed adolescents prescribed the current standard of care (i.e., cognitive and physical rest). This has implications for planning team and school activities in adolescents who sustain SRC. Ethics Statement This study was carried out in acco...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 23, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia Increase Frailty Syndrome in the Elderly
Conclusions World population is aging and the increase in life expectancy is often unhealthy. In particular, musculoskeletal aging, which leads to sarcopenia and osteoporosis, has several causes such as changes in body composition, inflammation, and hormonal imbalance. Sarcopenia, osteoporosis, and more frequently, sarcopenic obesity are commonly associated with aging and frequently closely linked each other, often leading to the development of a frailty syndrome. Frailty syndrome favors an increased risk of loss function in daily activities, for cardiovascular diseases, cancers, falls, and mortality. As the number of eld...
Source: Frontiers in Endocrinology - April 23, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research

Neurophysiological evaluation in a group of post-stroke hemiparetic patients subjected to a six week robot-assisted gait training
Introduction: Robotics and related technologies have begun to realize their promise to improve the delivery of rehabilitation therapy, but the mechanism by which they enhance recovery remains unclear and the details of the recovery process is still largely unknown [1,2]. The electromechanical-driven gait orthosis Lokomat has demonstrated its feasibility and utility for gait rehabilitation after stroke, but the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the improvement of motor function has not been deeply investigated yet [3].
Source: Gait and Posture - August 1, 2014 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: F. Bertolucci, V. Monaco, C. Simonella, S. Micera, B. Rossi, C. Chisari Source Type: research

Trunk motion and muscular strength affect knee valgus moment during single-leg landing after overhead stroke in badminton
Conclusions Larger lateral trunk bending associated with weak flexion strength increased knee valgus moment during single-leg landing. The core muscle training focused on trunk flexion strength may improve neuromuscular control of trunk and avoid excessive knee valgus moment in playing badminton, and this may play an important role of ACL injury prevention.
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - March 11, 2014 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Kimura, Y., Tsuda, E., Hiraga, Y., Maeda, S., Sasaki, S., Sasaki, E., Fujita, Y., Ishibashi, Y., Makino, M. Tags: Abstracts from the IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & amp; Illness in Sport, Monaco 2014 Source Type: research

Shoulder injuries in highly trained competitive swimmers
Conclusions Injury incidence was not influenced by sex or level of competition, but was 50% lower for breaststroke swimmers. Despite the symmetrical nature of swimming the right shoulder seems to be at greater risk of injury.
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - March 11, 2014 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Folland, J., Archer, G. Tags: Abstracts from the IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & amp; Illness in Sport, Monaco 2014 Source Type: research

Robot-assisted gait training improves motor performances and modifies Motor Unit firing in post-stroke patients.
Conclusions: The evidence that the improvement of walking ability observed in our study determines a significant increase of firing rate of VM not accompanied by an increase of force could suggest an effect of training on motorneuronal firing rate that thus contributes to improve motor control. Clinical Rehabilitation Impact. Given the current wide use of robotics in gait retraining after stroke, our approach can contribute to clarify the mechanisms underlying its rehabilitative impact so as to incorporate the findings of evidencebased practice into appropriate treatment plans for persons poststroke. PMID: 24476805 [P...
Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - January 30, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Chisari C, Bertolucci F, Monaco V, Venturi M, Simonella C, Micera S, Rossi B Tags: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med Source Type: research