Relative scapular-muscle ratios during maximal isokinetic shoulder-girdle strength performance in elite field hockey players

Context: The shoulder joint and girdle are highly loaded during field hockey play. To optimize performance and to better substantiate preventive programs, it is important to gain insight into shoulder-girdle muscle function and balance in this athlete population. Objective: To evaluate relative scapular muscle-activity ratios through surface electromyography during maximal isokinetic strength testing in elite male field hockey players compared with nonathletes. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Institutional laboratory. Patients or Other Participants: Twenty-five elite field hockey players from the Belgian National Team and 25 age-and sex-matched nonathletes. Intervention(s): We measured bilateral activity in 4 scapular muscles (upper trapezius [UT], middle trapezius [MT], lower trapezius [LT], and serratus anterior [SA]) during an external-internal rotation and protraction-retraction isokinetic shoulder protocol. Main Outcome Measure(s): Relative scapular muscleactivity ratios, or balance ratios, of the UT : MT, UT : LT, UT: SA, SA : MT, and SA : LT. Results: We noted lower ratios bilaterally in the athlete group compared with the control group for the UT: MT, UT: LT, and SA: MT ratios during protraction, retraction, and external rotation, respectively, and unilaterally (dominant side only) for the UT: LT ratio during protraction. No consistent trend was present for established side differences in the studied balance ratios. Conclusions: Compared with nonathletes, elite field hockey players had altered intramuscular (within the trapezius) and intermuscular (between the trapezius and SA) balance ratios during maximal shoulder-girdle contractions, with relatively more MT and LT activity. This may reflect a sport-specific adaptation to optimize coordinated activity of the scapulothoracic muscles, meeting the specific demands of field hockey movements and simultaneously better protecting the shoulder against injury. Our results can assist in optimizing high-performance training and in supporting injury-prevention programs, which are key to both successful and long-lasting athletic careers

The Grizzly, December 14, 1999

A Miracle of Science: Missing Link to Graduation and Real World Reappears for UC Bio Majors • Debate and Discussion Hailed a Success by College Dems • Final Exam Schedule • Winners From the Holiday Decorating Contest • Men\u27s Basketball Wins 3 Straight • First Win for Women\u27s Basketball Teamhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1455/thumbnail.jp

IDENTIDADE CULTURAL E PODER EM EL AHOGADO M?S HERMOSO DEL MUNDO: Proposta para o ensino de l?ngua espanhola

O presente artigo tem por objetivo analisar a rela??o entre identidade cultural e poder apresentada no conto El ahogado m?s hermoso del mundo (1978), de Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez. A metodologia pela qual seguimos est? ancorada em uma an?lise de car?ter bibliogr?fico, a partir de te?ricos como Hall (2006), que discute as quest?es referentes ? identidade cultural na modernidade; Santos (2011), por analisar proposi??es conceituais e hist?ricas acerca das identidades culturais; Felten (2016), que apresenta quatro poss?veis interpreta??es para a an?lise do conto de Garc?a M?rquez; PerroneMois?s (1997), que apresenta paradoxos nacionalistas da literatura latino-americana, e Muniz e Cavalcante (2009), que abordam sobre o lugar da literatura no ensino de espanhol. Como resultado, constatamos que o processo de identidade cultural ? algo que se constr?i por interm?dio da alteridade e do poder que o outro exerce sobre n?s, e constatamos tamb?m a import?ncia de conhecer a cultura do outro para que assim aprendamos a respeit?-la e a crescer como seres humanos

Relationship between intensity and recovery in post-stroke rehabilitation: a retrospective analysis.

Work in animal models suggests high-intensity rehabilitation-based training that starts soon after stroke is the most effective approach to promote recovery.1 In humans, the interaction between treatment onset and intensity remains unclear.2 It has been suggested that reducing daily treatment duration below 3 hours at the acute and subacute stages leads to a poorer prognosis,3 while there may also be an upper bound beyond which high-intensity motor rehabilitation at the acute stage might lead to unwanted side effects.4 Designing optimal rehabilitation treatment programmes for stroke patients will not be possible until we understand ‘how much’, ‘when’ and ‘what’ treatment should be delivered.2 In this retrospective analysis, we assessed patients’ responsiveness to high-intensity and low-intensity rehabilitation protocols across different stages of chronicity post-stroke to address the ‘how much’ and ‘when’ questions.This study was supported by the cRGS project under the grant agreement H2020-EU, ID: 840052, and by the RGS@home project from H2020-EU, EIT Health, ID: 19 277

Risk and Work Configuration Management as a Function of Integrated Safety Management

National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec), has established a work management program and corresponding electronic Facilities and Operations Management Information System (e-FOM) to implement Integrated Safety Management (ISM). The management of work scopes, the identification of hazards, and the establishment of implementing controls are reviewed and approved through electronic signatures. Through the execution of the program and the implementation of the electronic system, NSTec staff work within controls and utilize feedback and improvement process. The Integrated Work Control Manual further implements the five functions of ISM at the Activity level. By adding the Risk and Work Configuration Management program, NSTec establishes risk acceptance (business and physical) for liabilities within the performance direction and work management processes. Requirements, roles, and responsibilities are specifically identified in the program while e-FOM provides the interface and establishes the flowdown from the Safety Chain to work and facilities management processes to company work-related directives, and finally to Subject Matter Expert concurrence. The Program establishes, within the defined management structure, management levels for risk identification, risk mitigation (controls), and risk acceptance (business and physical) within the Safety Chain of Responsibility. The Program also implements Integrated Safeguards and Security Management within the NSTec Safety Chain of Responsibility. Once all information has been entered into e-FOM, approved, and captured as data, the information becomes searchable and sortable by hazard, location, organization, mitigating controls, etc

Real-time auditory feedback may reduce abnormal movements in patients with chronic stroke

Purpose The current pilot study assesses the use of real-time auditory feedback to help reduce abnormal movements during an active reaching task in patients with chronic stroke. Materials and methods 20 patients with chronic stroke completed the study with full datasets (age: M = 53 SD = 14; sex: male = 75%; time since stroke in months: M = 34, SD = 33). Patients undertook 100 repetitions of an active reaching task while listening to self-selected music which automatically muted when abnormal movement was detected, determined by thresholds set by clinical therapists. A within-subject design with two conditions (with auditory feedback vs. without auditory feedback) presented in a randomised counterbalanced order was used. The dependent variable was the duration of abnormal movement as a proportion of trial duration. Results A significant reduction in the duration of abnormal movement was observed when patients received auditory feedback, F(1,18) = 9.424, p = 0.007, with a large effect size (partial η2 = 0.344). Conclusions Patients with chronic stroke can make use of real-time auditory feedback to increase the proportion of time they spend in optimal movement patterns. The approach provides a motivating framework that encourages high dose with a key focus on quality of movement

The Grizzly, December 7, 1999

Student Crimes On College Campuses • Biology Major Woes: Schedule Changes Leave Students Frustrated • Rich Barrett Scores his 1,000th Career Point • Talent Show Displays Ursinus Students\u27 Skills • AIDS Quilt Displayed in Helfferich Gym • Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate Will Speak at Ursinus • Omwake: The House of Ill Repute • Final Exam Schedule • Lovin\u27 it at Louie\u27s • Letter to the Editors • Singing Group Edges out Magician • Ursinus College Choir Presents Messiah • Women\u27s Volleyball; The Year in Review and their Run to the ECAC\u27s • Wrestling Struggles in Tourney • Men\u27s Hoopsters Net First Win • Ursinus Swimming Falls to Red Devils of Dickinson • Seniors Remembered: Teammates Reflect on Departing Upperclassmenhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1454/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, February 8, 2000

Main Street Traffic Problematic for UC Pedestrians • Low Injury Rate No Accident at UC Sporting Fields and Facilities • CIE Hailed a Success After Inaugural Semester • Race for the President Heats up in New Hampshire • Opinion: Pledging: Meaningless, Horrible; Freshman Perspective; Study Abroad Questions of Residence on Return • A Piano Starr • Music Review: The Deb Callahan Band • Summer Plans: Internship or Summer Job? • UC Women\u27s Basketball Still Confident for CC Win • Swimming Edged out by the Mawrters • Ursinus Gymnastics Ousts SUNY-Cortland • Wrestling Battles for 2-1 Week • Men\u27s Basketball Pounds CC Competitionhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1458/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, October 5, 1999

Bears Clobber Swarthmore During Family Day Game • Family Day A Success • Admission Rumor Proves False • Sophomore Week Set • 811 Main Street • Forget MTV: Career Services Offering UC Seniors Opportunity to Star in Real World • Opinion: Stereotypes on Campus Affect and Hurt Everyone; Letter to the Editors • Ursinus Football Crushes Swarthmore in Centennial Conference Action, 59-0 • Volleyball wins Allentown Invit. and Family Day Tourney • Monumental Changes in UC Cheerleading • Soccer Splits for 1-1 on the Weekhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1447/thumbnail.jp

Motivating Stroke Rehabilitation Through Music: A Feasibility Study Using Digital Musical Instruments in the Home

Digital approaches to physical rehabilitation are becoming increasingly common and embedding these new technologies within a musical framework may be particularly motivating. The current feasibility study aimed to test if digital musical instruments (DMIs) could aid in the self-management of stroke rehabilitation in the home, focusing on seated forward reach movements of the upper limb. Participants (n=3), all at least 11 months post stroke, participated in 15 researcher-led music making sessions over a 5 week intervention period. The sessions involved them 'drumming' to the beat of self-chosen tunes using bespoke digital drum pads that were synced wirelessly to an iPad App and triggered percussion sounds as feedback. They were encouraged to continue these exercises when the researcher was not present. The results showed significant levels of self-management and significant increases in functional measures with some evidence for transfer into tasks of daily living