Prediction of Functional Overreaching From Subjective Fatigue and Readiness to Train After Only 3 Days of Cycling.

Purpose: To investigate whether monitoring of easily measurable stressors and symptoms can be used to distinguish early between acute fatigue (AF) and functional overreaching (FOR).

Methods: The study included 30 subjects (11 female, 19 male; age 40.8 ± 10.

Effect of latissimus dorsi flap breast reconstruction on the strength profile of the upper extremity.

Objective: Dissection of the latissimus dorsi (LD) flap may have a distinct impact on upper extremity function and strength. To date, insufficient differentiation has been made between loss of muscular strength and shoulder function by dissection of the LD muscle per se and loss of function resulting from all excisional surgery, radiation therapy, and reconstructive procedures at the donor site and the recipient site that may have been combined near the shoulder region.

Methods: This study determines the long-term effect of the LD breast reconstruction on the strength profiles of the upper extremity by measuring the isometric torque strength both in seven synergistic- and two contra-movement directions.