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... Thus, group C was only submitted to two assessments of the passive knee extension angle, with a two week interval between assessments (the time corresponding to the intervention), whi[r] ... See full document

... after 12 weeks of training were compared, in spite of the presence of the ...the 12 tested ...after 12 weeks the percentage reached 85% (Figure ... See full document

... he ICC values for inter-examiner reliability obtained via goniometry were poor for lexion, extension and right lateral lexion movements and moderate for right and left r[r] ... See full document

... of 82±12%, torque peak 75±15%, and quadriceps endurance of 67±17%. Upon comparing the percentages of the palm pressure strength developed in relation to the torque peak and to the qua- driceps endurance, in the ... See full document

... onwards, the articles published in our Journal will be available to researchers from various parts of the world, which will broaden the visibility of the Brazilian scientii c production[r] ... See full document

... Between March and July 2005, a school-based cross-sectional study was carried out among ifth to eighth grade elementary school students in the urban zone of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. he sample size was calculated ... See full document

... Worrell, Smith and Winegardner 9 submitted knee lexor muscles to two kinds of stretching: static and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF). he authors veriied tha[r] ... See full document

... tigate the inluences of joint mobilization through accessory movements of the shoulder, on the initial recovery of patients with chronic tendinopathy of the supraspinatus and/or biceps[r] ... See full document

... Conclusions: Significant increases in SAP, DAP, MAP and DP were observed while maintaining the seated posture of the GPR method that was used in this study, but these values returned t[r] ... See full document

... to verify their level of well-being using a scale from level 1 (much worse) to level 7 (much better). One hundred and thirty two FM patients were divided into two groups. The participants in the first group received an ... See full document

... Electromyographic activity of vastus medialis obliquus and vastus lateralis muscles during functional activities in subjects with patellofemoral pain syndrome Atividade eletromiográf[r] ... See full document

... ∙ Breath-stacking: a siliconized mask connected to a one-way valve was adapted to the patient’s face. Once the mask was set to allow only the inspiration (the expiratory branch re- mained occluded), the individual ... See full document

... Twenty male Wistar rats (229.05±18.02gr) were obtained from the central vivarium of the Institution and were kept in polyethylene cages, with free access to water and commercially produced animal feed, under controlled ... See full document

... Sampling calculus obtained from the analysis using the GraphPad StatMate 2.0 for Windows software program, with 80% power and α=5%, was for eight volunteer subjects for each group. All subjects were pre-selected from a ... See full document

... In conclusion, the respiratory kinesiotherapy contributed to the early recovery of both the pulmonary function and of the muscular strength of the patients who underwent laparo- scopic[r] ... See full document

... problems are increased in the supine position due to the need of greater muscle torques at the arm to initiate movements, and also because gravity ampliies the oscillation of the upper limb in this position. With the ... See full document

... By using i ber proportion analysis from biopsies of the brachial biceps muscle of subjects with a clinical hypothesis for myopathy, as well as isokinetic and isometric muscle performa[r] ... See full document

... Objective: To investigate whether there were correlations between gait speed, body balance and age in two groups of elderly women, one that participated in a therapeutic exercise progr[r] ... See full document

... itness training in the physical therapy treatment of patients with ibromyalgia”, published in this journal 1 , entitled “Efects of muscle stretching and 1.. he issue is extremely releva[r] ... See full document

... Among the possibilities of future studies, the following can be mentioned: investigation of the correlation of lexibility and other variables of physical itness, especially muscle str[r] ... See full document