Sunday, March 29, 2009
To evaluate the effectiveness of recovery strategies on physical performance during a 3-day tournament style basketball competition, 29 male players (mean age 19.1 years, s= 2.1; height 1.84 m, s= 0.34; body mass 88.5 kg, s= 14.7) were assigned to one of three treatment groups: carbohydrate+stretching (7.7 g kg(-1) day(-1), s= 1.7; [...]
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Bell's palsy is an idiopathic neuropathy of cranial nerve VII, and the incidence ranges from 15 to 40 per 100,000. The majority of patients recover, but up to 16 percent of patients have significant sequelae.
The phenomenon of the "late recovered" Bell's palsy has the following specific features and has not formerly been [...]
March 13, 2009
Full recoil golf swings have been implicated in back pain and injury in golfers. Evidence suggests that a restricted backswing may reduce the potential for injury without compromising performance.
This study examined both golf swing performance and selected muscular actions of the trunk and shoulder during a full recoil swing as compared with a [...]
Sunday, March 08, 2009
This study investigated the presence of active and latent muscle trigger points (TrPs) in the forearm musculature on both affected and unaffected sides in patients with tennis elbow or lateral epicondylalgia (LE) and healthy controls.
Twenty-five patients with LE and 20 healthy matched controls participated. Both groups were examined for the presence of [...]
Soft Tissue Comfort Center
