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FASEB J 2022 May;36 Suppl 1

Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating psychiatric disorder that is more prevalent in women than men and has been linked to an elevated risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Although the physiological mechanisms are unclear, it is thought that exaggerated neuro-cardiovascular reactivity is partially responsible. Indeed, women with PTSD demonstrate exaggerated muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) responses at the onset of exercise. Read More

Sci Rep 2022 May 11;12(1):7733. Epub 2022 May 11.

Neurosurgery Department, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.

Spinal cord stimulation enhanced restoration of motor function following spinal cord injury (SCI) in unblinded studies. To determine whether training combined with transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation (tSCS), with or without systemic serotonergic treatment with buspirone (busp), could improve hand function in individuals with severe hand paralysis following SCI, we assessed ten subjects in a double-blind, sham-controlled, crossover study. All treatments-busp, tSCS, and the busp plus tSCS-reduced muscle tone and spasm frequency. Read More

Work 2022 May 3. Epub 2022 May 3.

Faculty of Human Kinetics, Biomechanics and Functional Morphology Laboratory (BFML)/FMH, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

Background: The aging of the workforce is changing, but working conditions have not changed at the same exponential growth rate for senior workers. Such a situation can compromise the worker's physical and cognitive capability, reducing the ability to perform work activities.

Objectives: This study aims to understand the main functional capacity changes in senior workers in the automotive industry and to determine the contribution of working conditions on the decline of the functional capacity in senior workers. Read More

Anticancer Res 2022 May;42(5):2771-2774

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Background/aim: Handgrip strength has been used to evaluate the potential of elderly patients to survive different medical conditions or procedures, or to predict the nutritional status and length of hospitalization. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of handgrip strength as a predictor of the length of hospitalization and need for prolonged intensive care in patients with oral malignancies requiring surgical resection and simultaneous primary reconstruction with microvascular free flap.

Patients And Methods: This is a retrospective study of 37 head and neck carcinoma patients operated between 2012 and 2014 who had undergone a handgrip force test. Read More

Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 04 8;19(8). Epub 2022 Apr 8.

College of Medical Sciences, Institute of Physical Culture Studies, University of Rzeszow, 35-310 Rzeszów, Poland.

Background: Kickboxing is a combat sport that is complex in technique, tactics, and movement structure, and requires an adequate level of motor skills as a foundation for activities during competitions. General physical fitness, defined as the effect of the externalization of motor skills, is the basis for athletic training regardless of the sport. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of modified training based on the principles of CrossFit on the development of general physical fitness in a group of kickboxers compared to a control group. Read More