Reproducibility of jumping mechanography in healthy children and adults
Objectives: To describe mechanographic tests that can be performed by patients with a range of functional abilities and to assess the r...
Determinants of peak muscle power: effects of age and physical conditioning
The relationships between absolute peak muscle power (Wpeak), muscle cross sectional area (CSAtot, i.e. the sum of both thigh and calf ...
Neuromuscular performance and bone structural characteristics in young healthy men and women
Muscle mass and strength have been shown to be important factors in bone strength. Low muscular force predisposes to falling especially...
The relationship between isokinetic quadriceps strength test and hop tests for distance and one-legged vertical jump test following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Isokinetic measurements and functional tests are often used to assess function following knee ligament reconstruction using the opposit...
Differential effects of countermovement magnitude and volitional effort on vertical jumping
The importance of vertical jumping in sport and rehabilitative medicine is widely recognized. Despite the ample use of jump tests to as...
A new sledge jump system that allows almost natural reactive jumps
Aim
Sledge jump systems (SJS) are often employed to examine the underlying mechanical and neuromuscular mechanisms of the stretch-short...
The 2(nd) Berlin BedRest Study: protocol and implementation
Long-term bed-rest is used to simulate the effect of spaceflight on the human body and test different kinds of countermeasures. The 2nd...
Assessment of bone response to conditioning exercise in the radius and tibia of young Thoroughbred horses using pQCT
Objectives: To assess the effect of conditioning exercise on bone parameters at multiple sites in the radius and tibia of young Thoroug...
Reporting whole-body vibration intervention studies: Recommendations of the International Society of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions
Whole-body vibration (WBV) is receiving increasing interest as a therapeutic modality to improve neuromuscular performance or to increa...
Muscle activity and acceleration during whole body vibration: effect of frequency and amplitude
BACKGROUND: Whole body vibration may improve muscle and bone strength, power and balance although contradictory findings have been repo...