{"title":"Chronic Skeletal Muscle Damage Induced by a Demanding Physical Training is Not a Major PhysioPathological Factor for Overtraining Development in Wistar Rats","authors":"Francisco Leite","doi":"10.31031/RISM.2020.06.000635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/RISM.2020.06.000635","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to test the assumption that successive muscle damage accumulation due to the training overload is in the origin of the overtraining syndrome (OTS), using the soleus (SOL) and tibialis anterior (TA) muscles of Wistar rats exposed to a demanding exercise training protocol. Animals were randomized distributed to a control group (CG, n=5) or to an exercised training group (EE, n=10), which performed a treadmill running training (-20º; from 25m/min, progressive increase of 1.25m/min per day; 60min) for 6 times/week being sacrificed 1 (EE1, n=5) and 3 weeks (EE3, n=5) after the beginning of the training program. Body weight, food intake, hair appearance, ability to perform work, and animals’ behavior were measured during the protocol. After sacrifice, SOL and TA muscles were collected for histological analysis. Both showed muscle damage signs in EE1 and EE3 through the increase of cell degeneration, tissue necrosis, and inflammatory activity. However, no OTS signs were observed. In parallel to the occur rence of muscle injury, adaptative signs in the exercised muscles were found, such as enhanced collagen content and muscle fibers cross-sectional area. The great amount of chronic muscular damage in SOL and TA was not associated with the OTS in the short (1 week) and medium-term (3 weeks). Further, muscle damage demonstrated different behaviors according to the type of work that each muscle has performed, questioning the use of systemic markers of muscle damage as reliable methods to study the relationship between skeletal muscle damage and OTS.","PeriodicalId":104100,"journal":{"name":"Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130856233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Gronek, T. Banasiewicz, M. Borejsza-Wysocki, Roman Celka, Jan Adamczyk, Michał Boraczyński, Cain C T Clark, Maria Tarnas, A. Wiza, Joanna Gronek
{"title":"On the Road to Recovery: Do I/D Polymorphisms in the ACE Gene have a Part to Play?","authors":"P. Gronek, T. Banasiewicz, M. Borejsza-Wysocki, Roman Celka, Jan Adamczyk, Michał Boraczyński, Cain C T Clark, Maria Tarnas, A. Wiza, Joanna Gronek","doi":"10.31031/RISM.2020.06.000634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/RISM.2020.06.000634","url":null,"abstract":"The serum angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) level in individuals with a DD genotype is two-fold higher than those with an II genotype. The DD genotype is correlated with a higher risk of cardiovascular diseases, lower adaptability to hypoxic conditions, as well as lower cardio-respiratory capacity. The aim of the study was to examine the role of I/D polymorphisms in the ACE gene in surgical patients vs. healthy, active individuals. Two groups were investigated in the study: 91 surgical patients and 39 physically active controls. The level of adaptation to physical stress, compensating processes, and sense of well-being of participants were determined with subjective and objective inferential methods. Additionally, the repre-sented ACE gene polymorphism was evaluated using molecular analyses. The role of the DD vs. II genotype is unclear in healthy, active individuals. Whilst in patients who reg-ularly participated in sport accrued shorter hospital stay time (P = 0.04). The type of surgery performed significantly affects patients’ time to convalescence (P = 0.03). Patients’ time in hospital after oncological surgeries is longer, regardless of whether chemotherapy was received or not. Based on the collected data, it was not possible to indicate a common genotype predisposing resistance to physical stress in both examined groups, with no statistically significant correlation between the ID polymorphism of ACE gene in either group. However, the noted tendencies may suggest a role of allele I and II genotypes in patient convalescence and as such, necessitates further investigation.","PeriodicalId":104100,"journal":{"name":"Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114460674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Data Science in Neuroscience: A Review of The EEG Analytical Workflow","authors":"G. Cugliari, M. Ivaldi","doi":"10.31031/RISM.2020.06.000633","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/RISM.2020.06.000633","url":null,"abstract":"maximally temporally independent signals that can be considered in the inferential analyses; the goal of the clustering function is to compute an N-dimensional cluster position vector for each component; Finally, the statistical modeling phase shows the potential alternatives to analyze data considering the aim of the study with the aim to validate the association estimates. Abstract In the era of big data, quantitative-based approach has become a very useful tool in neuroscience studies. Neural phenomena that occur at the level of the cerebral cortex generates electric activity that can be recorded using electroencephalography (EEG). We can divide into three macro areas, considering non-pathological studies in human movement, the suite of interesting topics as i) physical stimuli and body postures, ii) visual stimuli and experience, and iii) auditory stimuli and motor imagery. In this context, data analysis represents a fundamental core of tasks with the aim to extract accurate and consistent information. To facilitate the replicable identity, scientific research is therefore interested in developing statistical procedures of biological data analysis. The aim of this review is to explain the analytical workflow applied to the EEG signal. Through theoretical and practical feedback, this work will be useful for data scientists, neuroscientists, statistics, engineers or physiologists.","PeriodicalId":104100,"journal":{"name":"Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129202899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Use of Pulse Oximetry at High Altitude","authors":"M. Tannheimer","doi":"10.31031/RISM.2020.06.000631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/RISM.2020.06.000631","url":null,"abstract":"More than 100 million people visit high mountain regions every year and engage there in sporting activities [1]. Due to the reduced air pressure at altitude, the arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) decreases [2,3]. The resulting oxygen deficiency in the tissue is the cause of acute mountain sickness (AMS) in previously healthy individuals [4-6]. It can easily be quantified noninvasively by pulse oximetry [3,7,8]. For this reason, the pulse-oximetric determination of oxygen saturation (SpO2) during altitude stays is used frequently for the diagnosis of AMS as well as for the assessment of altitude acclimatization status [3,5,7,9-11]. However, pulse oximetry measurements at altitude are much more complex and error-prone than at sea level [8,10,12,13]. Therefore, the use of pulse oximetry at high altitude is viewed critically by experts [8-10,14]. This mini-review describes the special aspects of pulseoximetric measurements at altitude and gives recommendations on how to perform them.","PeriodicalId":104100,"journal":{"name":"Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121742753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characteristics of Sickle Cell Trait Policies and Procedures at NCAA Division II Institutions","authors":"S. C","doi":"10.31031/rism.2020.06.000630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/rism.2020.06.000630","url":null,"abstract":"Sickle cell trait (SCT) is a condition that manifests in individuals who inherit one normal beta hemoglobin allele, and one sickle beta hemoglobin allele. SCT is a separate condition from sickle cell disease in which individuals inherit two sickle hemoglobin alleles [1]. In the United States, these conditions are detected during newborn screening, but parents are not typically informed about SCT status unless the information is requested [2]. In general, SCT is more common among people with heritage Sub-Saharan Africa, the Mediterranean region, the Arabian Peninsula, the Caribbean, and South and Central America [3]. In 2015, it was reported that 3 million Americans carry SCT, including 8% of blacks, .5% of Hispanics, and .2% of whites [4].","PeriodicalId":104100,"journal":{"name":"Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131532707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing the Internal Representation of the Body Through Sensorimotor Training in Sports and Dance Improves Balance Control","authors":"Marie Fabre, J. Blouin, L. Mouchnino","doi":"10.31031/RISM.2020.06.000629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/RISM.2020.06.000629","url":null,"abstract":"Postural or balance control is of paramount importance for motor actions such as standing or walking. Interestingly preserving balance or body orientation while a voluntary movement is performed implies prediction of the postural disturbances provoked by the movement itself [1]. Indeed, limb or trunk movements induce a shift of body’s center of mass that can disturb balance if not compensated prior to their execution [2]. Such anticipated control of balance is grounded on the capacity of the brain to use a body internal representation (BIR) in space [3,4]. The BIR is built up and updated from multisensory integration involving proprioceptive, tactile, vestibular, visual inputs and is referred relative to a stable reference frame such as gravity. For example, the updating of the BIR through labyrinthine and muscle proprioceptive Ia inputs allows the fine tuning of the postural reactions following body disturbance [5]. It is worth noting that despite being important for calibrating proprioceptive inputs, visual information appears to be less involved than somatosensory for the fast updating of the body parts or whole-body position in space (i.e. BIR) required for enabling appropriate postural reactions. In this review, we will explore how the accuracy of the BIR can be improved by sensorimotor experience enabled by the practice of physical activities. We will particularly focus on activities that involve knowledge of the body parts’ relative motion and that require keeping or disrupting the vertical alignment of the body.","PeriodicalId":104100,"journal":{"name":"Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128404721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Maximizing the Mental and the Physical: Pre- Performance Routines of Elite Squash Athletes","authors":"AC Muran, J. Muran, SK Sobhy, BS Gorman","doi":"10.31031/RISM.2020.06.000628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/RISM.2020.06.000628","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past 40 years, there has been a proliferation of interest in performance science, specifically towards developing and evaluating strategies to promote peak performance (see [1,2] for popular translations from the empirical literature). One such strategy that has received great attention is the use of a pre-performance routine (PPR). PPRs have long existed as part of an athlete’s regimen [3]. These have been defined as an ordered collection or “sequence of task-relevant thoughts and actions which an athlete engages in systematically prior to his or her performance of a specific sports skill”([4], p. 177; see also [3,5]).","PeriodicalId":104100,"journal":{"name":"Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114295188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Guidolin, P. Gava, B. Ravara, H. Kern, L. AmberPond, G. Albertin
{"title":"Lessons from Masters World Records: Lack of Gender Differences In Aging Muscle Decay Rates","authors":"D. Guidolin, P. Gava, B. Ravara, H. Kern, L. AmberPond, G. Albertin","doi":"10.31031/RISM.2020.06.000626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/RISM.2020.06.000626","url":null,"abstract":"Guidolin D1, Gava P2, Ravara B2,3, Kern H4, Amber Pond L5 and Albertin G1,6* 1Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Italy 2A&C M-C Foundation for Translational Myology, Italy 3Department of Biomedical Science, University of Padova, Italy 4Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rehabilitation Research, Austria 5Department of Anatomy, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, USA 6Human Movement Sciences, University of Padova, Italy","PeriodicalId":104100,"journal":{"name":"Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123684399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Cupping Therapy on Lower Quarter Y-Balance Test Scores in Collegiate Baseball Players","authors":"S. C","doi":"10.31031/rism.2020.06.000627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/rism.2020.06.000627","url":null,"abstract":"Cupping therapy is a therapeutic modality that has been suggested to improve blood flow, decrease pain, and increase function. Due to the scarcity of the literature in regard to best practices, parameters for pre-scribing and applying cupping therapy is absent in competitive athletic population. To ensure appropri ate usage of cupping therapy, gaps in the literature on range of motion, strength, proprioception, power, speed and agility must be investigated. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a single cupping therapy treatment to the gastrocnemius on Lower Quarter Y-Balance Test (YBT) scores in collegiate baseball players. Ten male (age 21.6 ± 1.90) collegiate baseball players participated in this study. Participants completed three attempts in the anterior, posterolateral, and posteromedial direc tions for both lower extremities per YBT procedures. Following baseline measurements, four plastic cups were applied to the gastrocnemius of the non-dominant lower extremity for 15-minutes. After treatment, follow up YBT scores were taken. Upon completion of data collection paired samples t-tests and one-way repeated measures ANOVAs were performed to determine significant differences in scores following cupping therapy. Significant improvements were found pre- and post-treatment in all three directions in the lower extremity receiving cupping therapy (p < 0.05). When compared with the control extremity, significant differences were found in the anterior and posteromedial directions (p < 0.05). These results suggest that a single cupping therapy treatment to the gastrocnemius may improve anterior and postero medial YBT scores in collegiate baseball players. Further studies are required to determine the effects of multiple cupping therapy treatments, as well as long term effects of cupping therapy on dynamic stability.","PeriodicalId":104100,"journal":{"name":"Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131294911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Injuries in Short Track Speed Skating","authors":"Kolenc M","doi":"10.31031/rism.2019.05.000625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31031/rism.2019.05.000625","url":null,"abstract":"Short track speed skating is an Olympic sport that has been on olympic programme since 1992. During competitive season 64.2% of professional skaters sustain at least one injury and they are equally distributed through training and competition. As in every other sport, injuries are a part of training and competition process. Most common injuries are the injuries regarding lower extremities, such as: knee contusion, muscle starins, fractures and sprains. When disscusing about injuries in short track, one must take into account four different ascpects: racing style, sport equipment, rink size and skating postition. All of these aspects have a certain role in increasing the posibility for injury. Explosive knee valgus, internal rotation od the knee and high front tibial shear force, which are main movements in short track, are the movements that will most","PeriodicalId":104100,"journal":{"name":"Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133161248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}