OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate efficacy of a whole-body vibration (WBV) intervention on functional performan...
Calf muscle x-ray absorption is reduced in patients with chronic spinal cord injury, but not during 90 days of experimental bed rest
BACKGROUND:
Immobilisation leads to muscular atrophy. However, certain types of immobilisation, such as e.g. denervation can also caus...
Lower-limb muscle atrophy and effect of resistive vibration exercise during 56-day bed-rest
Objectives:
Developing more efficient countermeasures for the maintenance of muscle and muscle function in spaceflight is a priority f...
55-days bed rest with and without vibration exercise countermeasure: effects on human muscle protein dysregulation
Prolonged bed rest is often adopted as a model for the study of the effects of microgravity in humans, particularly on muscle mass, fib...
Increased Homer 2a/b expression by Resistive Vibration Exercise (RVE) in unloaded human soleus (SOL) and vastus lateralis (VL) muscle biopsies
Introduction:
The molecular mechanisms of human skeletal muscle adaptation following prolonged disuse are still largely unknown. Recen...
Evidence for an additional effect of whole-body vibration above resistive exercise alone in preventing bone loss during prolonged bed-rest
Prior work suggests that the addition of whole-body vibration to high-load resistive exercise (RVE) may be more effective in preventing...
Differential atrophy of the postero-lateral hip and thigh musculature during 60-days bed-rest and the effect of two different countermeasure exercises
Objectives:
Data from previous bed-rest studies have demonstrated that the muscle groups of the thigh most susceptible to atrophy duri...
Effect of a new physiotherapy concept on bone mineral density, muscle force and gross motor function in children with bilateral cerebral palsy
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a new physiotherapy concept on bone density, muscle force and motor...
Muscle cross sectional area and grip torque contraction types are similarly related to pQCT derived bone strength indices in the radii of older healthy adults
Objectives: We sought to identify the variance in radius bone strength indices explained by forearm muscle cross sectional area (MCSA) ...
Resistive vibration exercise attenuates bone and muscle atrophy in 56 days of bed rest: biochemical markers of bone metabolism
During and after prolonged bed rest, changes in bone metabolic markers occur within 3 days. Resistive vibration exercise during bed res...