Wheelchair bound paraplegics tend to spend a sedentary life. They seem to be vulnerable to prolonged strenuous exertion because of their many physical handicaps such as metabolic depression, cardiovas...
Leptin is a hormone produced by the adipocytes to regulate food intake and energy expenditure at the hypothalamic level. It is commonly accepted that the main determinants of leptin secretion are the ...
Particle-volume size distribution curves for the urines of a group of male ultra-marathon runners have been recorded and show the same features as those reported in an earlier study involving standard...
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between gender and the development of hyponatremia in marathon runners. DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of prerace and postrace data collected on 117 runners co...
INTRODUCTION: Exercise is thought to stimulate the release of hematopoietic and endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) from the bone marrow. Little is known about the influence of strenuous exercise on th...
Four top-class runners who regularly performed marathon and long-distance races participated in this study. They performed a graded field test on an artificial running track within a few weeks of a co...
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The strategy to achieve the desired outcome of five-year operation without downtime was discussed. This article provides an update of the experience with the new systems, problems encountere...