Publications by authors named "G P Rowe"
Article Synopsis
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD) leads to various health issues, including high phosphate levels (hyperphosphatemia), which can harm blood vessels and cause muscle atrophy.
- In experiments with mice, those with CKD or high phosphate diets showed reduced muscle mass and function, confirming that hyperphosphatemia is linked to muscle damage.
- Direct exposure to high phosphate levels in cultured muscle cells also resulted in muscle atrophy, indicating that high phosphate can independently contribute to muscle injury, particularly in the context of CKD.
Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) can enhance maximal strength likely due to neural priming. Cruz et al. (Cruz R, Tramontin AF, Oliveira AS, Caputo F, Denadai BS, Greco CC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Unilateral strength training may attenuate the decline in muscle strength and size in homologous, contralateral muscles. This study aimed to determine whether the cross-education of strength could specifically attenuate the effects of detraining immediately after a short (prehabilitation-type) period of strength training.
Methods: Twenty-six strength-trained participants were assigned to either four weeks of unilateral strength training of the stronger arm (UNI) or detraining (Detrain).
Burn injuries can be devastating, with life-long impacts including an increased risk of hospitalization for a wide range of secondary morbidities. One area that remains not fully understood is the impact of burn trauma on the central nervous system (CNS). This review will outline the current findings on the physiological impact that burns have on the CNS and how this may contribute to the development of neural comorbidities including mental health conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Minimally invasive (MI) approaches to lung transplantation (LTx) offer the prospect of faster recovery compared to traditional incisions, however, little data exist describing the impact of surgical technique on early outcomes and analgesia use.
Methods: A prospectively maintained institutional registry identified 170 patients who underwent LTx between January, 2017 and June, 2022. Post-COVID acute respiratory distress syndrome, repeat, and multiorgan transplants were excluded (n = 27) leaving 37 MILTx and 106 traditional LTx patients.