Braz. J. Phys. Ther. vol.12 número2 en a06v12n2

have not found signii cant correlations between the strength of the knee extensor muscles and the improvements of static balance in elderly women applying various tests: unipodal

Objective: To evaluate the role of an aerobic physical training program on psychosocial characteristics, quality of life, symptoms and exhaled nitric oxide of adults with moderate

h e following clinical data were included: types of UI (clinically dei ned according to the UI classii cation of the International Continence Society 1 ), UI signs and symptoms

Objective: To compare the effect of electrical stimulation (ES) applied daily and on alternate days, on the area density of the connective tissue (CT) and on the cross-sectional

h e basic assumption of the Rasch analysis, in this case, was that the better a person’s QOL perception, the greater the possibility of him/her achieving high scores for all

TD: time domain; FD: frequency domain; RSA-M: respiratory sinus arrhythmia accentuation maneuver; A1: initial evaluation; A2: second evaluation; A3: third evaluation; RMSSD:

By using the same muscle in isometric contractions with normal blood low and with induced ischemia for 8 minutes, we observed that the muscle strength, muscle iber conduction

The maintenance of absolute isometric muscle strength associated with the (non-significant) increase in RMSn in the upper limbs in group OA and the reduction of isometric