A novel adaptable isometric strength analysis and exercise development system design.

In this study, a low-cost and adaptable isometric strength measurement and exercise development system are described. The implemented system consists of mechanical structure, force measurement sensor, electronic circuit, and computer software. Isometric-isotonic (via spring resistance) strength analysis and various exercise programs can be applied with the system.

Effect of manual lymph drainage on removal of blood lactate after submaximal exercise.

[Purpose] It has been well-established that exercise-induced muscle damage occurs following intense exercise. Massage is commonly used to manage muscle damage resulting from exercise. However the effect of massage after exercise is still not clear.

Effect of exercise on appetite-regulating hormones in overweight women.

Over the past decade, our knowledge of how homeostatic systems regulate food intake and body weight has increased with the discovery of circulating peptides such as leptin, acyl ghrelin, des-acyl ghrelin and obestatin. These hormones regulate the appetite and food intake by sending signals to the brain regarding the body's nutritional status. The purpose of this study was to investigate the response of appetite-regulating hormones to exercise.

The implications of Ramadan fasting for human health and well-being.

Unlabelled: Islamic Ramadan is a 29-30 day fast in which food, fluids, medications, drugs and smoking are prohibited during the daylight hours which can be extended between 13 and 18 h · day(-1) depending on the geographical location and season. The majority of health-specific findings related to Ramadan fasting are mixed. The likely causes for these heterogeneous findings lie in the amount of daily time of fasting, number of subjects who smoke, take oral medications, and/or receive intravenous fluids, in the type of food and eating habits and in changes in lifestyle.

Influence of Ramadan Fasting on Anaerobic Performance and Recovery Following Short time High Intensity Exercise.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Ramadan fasting on anaerobic power and capacity and the removal rate of lactate after short time high intensity exercise in power athletes. Ten male elite power athletes (2 wrestlers, 7 sprinters and 1 thrower, aged 20-24 yr, mean age 22.30 ± 1.

Effects of high dose oral creatine supplementation on anaerobic capacity of elite wrestlers.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of high dose oral creatine supplementation on anaerobic capacity of elite wrestlers.

Experimental Design: comparative randomized design.

Setting: Wingate anaerobic tests of the participants were taken at the Human Performance Laboratory of the Department of Physical Education and Sports in The Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

[Paragliding accidents--a prospective analysis in Swiss mountain regions].

During the period from 1.1 to 31.12.

[Multicenter paragliding accident study 1990].

During the period from 1.1.90 until 31.

Fusion of neurotransmitter vesicles with target membrane is calcium independent in a cell-free system.

In adrenal chromaffin cells, stimulation of Ca2+ influx leads to the secretion of neurotransmitters. The intracellular Ca2+ target involved in the fusion of secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane (PM) is still not known. We have reconstituted this fusion in vitro by using chromaffin granules (CGs) and target membrane vesicles and a Ca2(+)-dependent phospholipase A2 (PLA2).

Inhibition of exocytosis by intracellularly applied antibodies against a chromaffin granule-binding protein.

Exocytotic secretion requires the interaction and fusion of secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane. This process could be mediated by specific recognition molecules acting as intracellular, membrane-bound receptors and ligands. One possible component of such a recognition site on the plasma membrane is a protein of relative molecular mass (Mr) 51,000 (51K) that has been isolated from bovine adrenal chromaffin cells.

Digitonin-permeabilized cells are exocytosis competent.

Release of norepinephrine from PC12 cells can be stimulated by free Ca2+ in micromolar concentrations after permeabilization with 10 micrograms/ml of digitonin. This release is time and temperature dependent, half-maximal at 0.3 microM Ca2+, and, after washing out of endogenous ATP, half-maximal at about 0.

Docking of chromaffin granules--a necessary step in exocytosis?

Putative docking of secretory vesicles comprising recognition of and attachment to future fusion sites in the plasma membrane has been investigated in chromaffin cells of the bovine adrenal medulla and in rat phaeochromocytoma (PC 12) cells. Upon permeabilization with digitonin, secretion can be stimulated in both cell types by increasing the free Ca2+-concentration to microM levels. Secretory activity can be elicited up to 1 hr after starting permeabilization and despite the loss of soluble cytoplasmic components indicating a stable attachment of granules to the plasma membrane awaiting the trigger for fusion.