Effect of locally formulated recovery drink on perfomance and muscle soreness in adolescent soccer players by Mutiah Mardatillah, Budi Setiawan, Sri Anna Marliyati

“… Background: Adequate post-exercise nutrition is critical for recovery and performance, especially among adolescent athletes undergoing growth and development. …”
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Intervention Effects of the Holistic Physio-Cognitive Rehabilitation for Alzheimer Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment by Aiko Osawa, Shinichiro Maeshima, Masaki Kamiya, Ikue Ueda, Naoki Itoh, Izumi Kondo, Hidenori Arai

“…Although a complex rehabilitation program that includes exercise, cognitive tasks, and family guidance improves physical ability in people with dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), the effects on cognitive function and ADL remain unclear. …”
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Team Survivors: Preliminary Analysis of an Innovative Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant by Meghan K. Flannery, Jocelyn Morin, Katrina O’Malley, Debra Schmidt, Jennifer A. Hoag

“…Neither caregiver-reported exercise self-efficacy nor HRQoL significantly differed between pre- and post-intervention, but notable improvements were reported in all domains of HRQoL. …”
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Personalised, GIS-based counselling to promote habitual walking in mobility-limited and chronically ill older adults: protocol of the MOBITEC-Routes randomised controlled trial by Timo Hinrichs, René Schilling, Alexandros Sofios, Denis Infanger, Luisa Prechtl, Nora Stauffer, Viviane Eichenberger, Eleftheria Giannouli, Taina Rantanen, Erja Portegijs, Corina Schuster-Amft, Anna Mai, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Christina Röcke, Robert Weibel

“…The experimental intervention offers personalised promotion of habitual walking, delivered by an exercise professional in face-to-face and telephone sessions. …”
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Physical Performance Is Associated with Executive Functioning in Older African American Women by Brooke C. Schneider, Peter A. Lichtenberg

“…An older adult's ability to perform physical tasks is predictive of disability onset and is associated with declines in cognition. …”
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Professional and psychological discourse as an instrument of influence on the addressee by Heorhiy Kalmykov

“…It is noted that psychotherapeutic and psycho-counseling discursive influences are aimed at the expansion, deepening and harmonization of personality’s consciousness, enable to more effective management of the certain life and professional situations, individual psycho states, develop the ability to exercise self-control, to prove adequate self-esteem, self-defense against informational stresses that in complex helps to overcome negative psycho states, which can be a destructive factor.…”
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Shoulder Optimization and Motion Simulation of a 7-DOF Exoskeleton Upper Limb Rehabilitation Robot by Liu Jiajun, Zhang Xinbo, Xie Yinhui, Li Jun, Lin Guijuan, Gong Qingzhong

“…A 7-DOF exoskeleton upper-limb rehabilitation robot is designed for the needs of rehabilitation training ability enhancement of arm movement disorders. The flat motors and harmonic reducers are used as drivers, and the shoulder joint is optimized. …”
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Hannah Arendt‘s reflections on power, violence and terror by Helgard Mahrdt

“…While violence according to Arendt is ruled by means-end reasoning, power corresponds to the human ability to act in concert. Thus power is the essence of all government, deriving its legitimacy from the people acting as a political community, while violence can never lead to the legitimate exercise of authority. …”
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Necessary and inherent limits to internet surveillance by Joss Wright

“…As our means of interaction increasingly centre on the internet, there is a desire from nation states to exercise control and obtain access to the communications of citizens. …”
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Effects of Wrist-Ankle Acupuncture Combined with Pulmonary Rehabilitation Training on Patients with Hemiplegic after Cerebral Ischemic Stroke by ZHENG Mei, LAI Wenfang, ZHOU Xiaoxuan, HUANG Jianfeng, CHEN Kaizhen

“…Before and after treatment, an advanced exercise cardiopulmonary function tester was used to detect the pulmonary ventilation function [forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV₁), maximum peak expiratory flow rate (PEF), maximum minute ventilation volume (MVV)]; an intelligent respiratory endurance training device was used to detect the respiratory muscle strength [maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP), maximum expiratory pressure (MEP)]; the Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS) was used to evaluate the trunk control ability (dynamic sitting balance, static sitting balance, coordination ability); the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) was used to evaluate motor function; and adverse events (local pain, hematoma, mild bleeding, adhesive tape allergy, etc.) during the treatment period were observed.ResultsCompared with those before treatment, FVC, FEV₁, PEF, MVV, MIP, MEP, dynamic sitting balance score, static sitting balance score, coordination ability score, TIS total score and FMA score in both groups after treatment increased significantly, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Effect of fatigability on sprint time performance and force-velocity profile according to maturity status in young rugby players. by Paul Galantine, Anthony Sudlow, Arnaud Hays, Freddy Maso, Pascale Duché, Denis Bertin

“…Little is known about the influence of fatigue in repeated overground sprinting on force-velocity properties in children and adolescents, while this ability to repeat sprints is important for future progress in rugby union. …”
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The Role of EEG-Based Emotional Feedback in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Tai Chi Sports Programs for Oral Health Promotion by Si Wei

“…Tai Chi, a mind-body exercise rooted in traditional Chinese medicine, is recognized for its ability to promote both physical and mental well-being through controlled movement, breath regulation, and cognitive focus. …”
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Handgrip strength predicts leg power but not cardiorespiratory fitness in children by Salem Alotaibi, Rizwan Qaisar, Rizwan Qaisar, Rizwan Qaisar, M. Azhar Hussain, M. Azhar Hussain, Osama Aljuhani, Maha H. Alhussain, Diogo Luís Marques, Diogo Luís Marques, Daniel Almeida Marinho, Daniel Almeida Marinho, Shaea A. Alkahtani

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Effect of laser acupuncture on pain, range of motion, and function in patellofemoral pain syndrome: a randomised controlled trial by Nesma M. Allam, Hadeel Alsirhani, Maani Batel Alruwaili, Dalal Mabkhout Dosh, Huriyyah Mislat Alruwaili, Wessal Hisham Almazyad, Rokaia A. Toson, Doaa Ayoub Elimy, Doaa Ayoub Elimy, Mohamed El-Sherbiny, Ateya Megahed Ibrahim, Ateya Megahed Ibrahim, Hasnaa Ali Ebrahim, Nermine Nosseir, Mohamed A. Eladl, Zeinab A. Ali

“…However, Group A showed a significant reduction in VAS scores (p &lt; 0.001) and a significant improvement in the Kujala score and ROM for knee flexion and extension (p &lt; 0.001) compared with Group B.ConclusionFour-week LA intervention combined with an exercise programme demonstrated greater improvements in pain, knee ROM, and functional ability than the exercise programme alone. …”
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Spasm and electromyography intensity of bilateral extensor during relaxation period in trunk anterior flexion–extension performance response to sustained asymmetry spinal loading by Longzhen Wang, Jingyuan Wang, Wenjin Wang, Xiangrong Cheng, Wenrong Wang, Xinhai Shan

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School-level variation in children’s moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity before and after COVID-19: a multilevel model analysis by Ruth Salway, Danielle House, Robert Walker, Lydia Emm-Collison, Katie Breheny, Kate Sansum, Joanna G Williams, William Hollingworth, Frank de Vocht, Russell Jago

“…Children also told us about how they travelled to school and whether they went to after-school sports or exercise clubs. We asked schools about their policies and lessons. …”
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Efficacy of low-magnitude high-frequency vibration (LMHFV) on musculoskeletal health of participants on wheelchair: a study protocol for a single-blinded randomised controlled stud... by Ronald Man-Yeung Wong, Simon Kwoon Ho Chow, Chung Yan Ho, Hiu Wun Wong, Yu Ning Chim, Wing Hoi Cheung

“…Previous studies showed that LMHFV is beneficial to muscle strength, postural control, balancing ability, new bone formation, spinal bone mineral density (BMD) and blood circulation. …”
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An analysis of the factors influencing the demand for care in the community for older adults with mild dementia in China: a cross-sectional study by Shuang Teng, Shuxin Xu, Mengmeng Liang, Jingjie Li, Dongdong Shen, Yan Cheng, Xianping Tang

“…For activities of daily living and psychological comfort, needs increased significantly with the severity of impairment and decreased with worsening impairment in environmental care and social participation. Comprehensive ability level for older adults: Moderately impaired (β = 0.136, P = 0.012), Severely impaired (β = 0.306, P < 0.001), Age:70-79 years (β = 0.136, P = 0.010), 80 years and above (β = 0.354, P < 0.001), Living with children (β = 0.267, P < 0.001), Living with spouse (β = 0.232, P = 0.003) and participation in sports and exercise (β = 0.162, P = 0.001)) had significant positive effects on community care service needs, drinking alcohol (β = -0.118, P = 0.007), and with other chronic diseases ((β = -0.130, P = 0.004) had significant negative effects on community care service needs. …”
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Journey to the South: Consequences of inadequate Family care and National response to Kayayei in Ghana by Sylvester Kyei-Gyamfi, Theophilus Kwabena Abutima, Bernard Akyeampong Amoh

“…The paper concludes that budget issues hinder the government's ability to address the kayayei phenomenon. The paper suggests that the government prioritize the welfare of "Kayayei" in the national budget and consider a nationwide data-collection exercise to generate accurate data on kayayei for improving programming and policy decisions regarding kayayei. …”
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New, Optimized Skin Calorimeter Version for Measuring Thermal Responses of Localized Skin Areas during Physical Activity by Miriam Rodríguez de Rivera, Pedro Jesús Rodríguez de Rivera

“…Human subject tests, both at rest and during exercise, confirmed its ability to accurately measure localized skin heat flux, heat capacity, and thermal resistance (less than 5% uncertainty). …”
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