Clinical Relevance of a Balance Training Program on Liver Transplant Patients. A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Although some studies have reported significant improvements in physical function and strength after training programs on liver transplant (LT) recipients, there is a lack of knowledge on how it affects in static and dynamic balance, being an important part of these participants' tasks development. The aim of the study was to determine the effects of a 6-month multicomponent circuit training program on static and dynamic balance in LT participants.

Methods: Fifty-four participants were randomized at 6 months after LT into 2 groups: exercise (EXER) group and control (CONTROL) group, with repeat testing at 6 (baseline) and 12 months after LT.

Combined resistance and endurance training at a moderate-to-high intensity improves physical condition and quality of life in liver transplant patients.

Although currently moderate and high intensity concurrent physical exercise is prescribed in populations with special needs due to its greater effect on physical condition and health-related quality of life (HRQOL), there are no data in the liver transplantation (LT) setting. The aim of this study is to evaluate changes in maximal strength, aerobic capacity, body composition, liver function, and HRQOL in LT patients after a moderate-to-high intensity combined resistance-endurance training. Six months after LT, 54 patients were randomized into 2 groups: intervention group (IG) and control group (CG).

Muscle activation during push-ups performed under stable and unstable conditions.

Background/objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze muscle activation when performing push-ups under different stability conditions.

Methods: Physically fit young male university students ( = 30) performed five push-ups under stable conditions (on the floor) and using four unstable devices (wobble board, stability disc, fitness dome, and the TRX Suspension Trainer). The push-up speed was controlled using a metronome, and the testing order was randomized.

Is physical exercise harmful to liver transplantation recipients? Review of literature.

Liver transplantation is a treatment that significantly improves the patients' quality of life. However, we should be more ambitious and seek an improvement in their fitness through training protocols allowing them to fully return to daily activities. English and Spanish-language articles on PubMed and the Cochrane Library were searched untill 2014.

Shoulder muscle activation during stable and suspended push-ups at different heights in healthy subjects.

Objectives: To analyze shoulder muscle activation when performing push-ups under different stability conditions and heights.

Study Design: Comparative study by repeated measures.

Setting: Valencia University laboratory.