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Muscle strength development, assessment and role in disease /
Muscle function has been used to measure the healthy and functional capacity of patients, sportsmen and athletes. The knowledge about muscle function and how to properly evaluate it can be determinant factors for the success of therapies during the treatment of many diseases, as well as improving mu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Physiology-laboratory and clinical research series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- ""MUSCLE STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT, ASSESSMENT AND ROLE IN DISEASE""; ""MUSCLE STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT, ASSESSMENT AND ROLE IN DISEASE""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: HANDGRIP STRENGTH""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW""; ""1. PREHENSION OR HANDGRIP""; ""2. HANDGRIP STRENGTH ASSESSMENT""; ""3. HANDGRIP ACROSS LIFESPAN""; ""4. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE""; ""5. EFFECTS OF TRAINING PROGRAMS AND DETRAINING ON FUNCTIONALITY OF THE HAND""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""
- ""Chapter 2: EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY OF TRAINING PROTOCOLS FOR THE SIT-TO-STAND ACTIVITY IN ELDERLY WOMEN""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: FUNCTIONAL LATERALITIES, MUSCLE STRENGTH ASYMMETRIES, AND INJURIES IN SOCCER""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""2. MUSCLE STRENGTH LATERALITIES-ASYMMETRIES""; ""3. MUSCLE STRENGTH ASYMMETRIES AND INJURIES""; ""4. PREVENTION OF SOCCER INJURIES BASED ON STRENGTH TRAINING""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""
- ""Chapter 4: CURRENT ADVANCES ON STRETCHING EFFECTS AND DIFFERENT METHODS OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION FOR MUSCLE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1. MUSCULAR PHYSIOLOGY""; ""2. CLINICAL RELEVANCE OF STRETCHING IN MUSCLE SHORTNESS""; ""3. INNOVATING TECHNIQUES FOR MUSCLE EXTENSIBILITY""; ""THE INFLUENCE OF STRETCHING AND THE DIFFERENT METHODS OF CONTRACTION ON STREGTHENING AND ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES OF MUSCLE FIBRE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""
- ""Chapter 5: PHOTOTHERAPY BY LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY (LLLT) AND LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE THERAPY (LEDT) FOR IMPROVEMENT OF MUSCLE PERFORMANCE""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 6: STRENGTH TRAINING INTERVENTION IN CANCER""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 7: EXERCISE AND DIABETES MELLITUS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 8: MUSCLE STRENGTH IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1. RATIONALE FOR STRENGTH TRAINING IN CHF""
- ""2. ACUTE EFFECTS OF STRENGTH TRAINING""""3. STRENGTH TRAINING AS A COMPONENT OF REHABILITATION PROGRAMS""; ""4. NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION, AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF STRENGTH TRAINING IN CHF""; ""5. NUTRITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN CHF""; ""6. STRENGTH TRAINING FOR CHF PATIENTS IN PRACTICE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""EDITOR CONTACT INFORMATION""; ""INDEX""