Publications by authors named "M T G Pain"
In all vertebrates, maintaining trunk posture primarily depends on descending commands originating from brainstem vestibulospinal nuclei. Despite being broadly outlined across species, the detailed anatomical and operational structure of these vestibulospinal networks remains poorly understood. frogs have previously served as an excellent model for exploring such anatomical and functional aspects in relation to the animal's behavioral requirements.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Early Exercise Intolerance (EEI) is associated with delayed recovery and longer time to Return To Play (RTP), but this has not been established.Participants; ( = 52, male = 30) UK university-aged rugby-union student-athletes.
Methods: Student-athletes completed baseline screening (July-October 2021 and 2022).
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- The study aimed to determine if a personalized Sub-Symptom Heart Rate Threshold (SSHeRT) rehabilitation program is more effective than a traditional 14 days of physical rest in aiding recovery from a sport-related concussion (SRC) in university-aged student-athletes.
- It involved comparing two groups: one following physical rest guidelines (PRG) and the other participating in the SSHeRT program (CEG), with various cognitive and physical assessments conducted at multiple time points post-SRC.
- Results indicated that the CEG showed significant improvements in cognitive function and was more likely to return to play and resume activities sooner than the PRG, suggesting that SSHeRT could be a safer and more effective approach for recovery.
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- The study examined the impact of two eccentric training methods, Nordic hamstring training (NHT) and lengthened state eccentric training (LSET), on the size and strength of the hamstring muscles in young men.
- Results showed that LSET significantly increased muscle volume and aponeurosis size compared to NHT, indicating it was more effective for muscle growth.
- The findings suggest LSET may lead to better sprint performance and reduced risk of hamstring injuries compared to NHT.
Power, and recently force-velocity (F-V) profiling, are well-researched and oft cited critical components for sports performance but both are still debated; some would say misused. A neat, applied formulation of power and linear F-V in the literature is practically useful but there is a dearth of fundamental explanations of how power and F-V interact with human and environmental constraints. To systematically explore the interactions of a linear F-V profile, peak power, gravity, mass, range of motion (ROM), and initial activation conditions, a forward dynamics point mass model of vertical jumping was parameterised from an athlete.
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