Publications by authors named "Margaret K Eason"
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that a significant percentage of urgent care center to pediatric ED transfers can be discharged home without emergency department (ED) resource utilization.
Methods: A retrospective chart review was completed for a 6-month period on all patients transferred from urgent care centers. A data collection tool focusing on demographics, diagnoses, reason for transfer, ED resource utilization, ED disposition, and 72-hour ED return was used.
Several mechanisms contributing to the etiology of sarcopenia (age-related loss of muscle size) have been postulated. One of these attributes the loss of muscle mass to a preceding age-related denervation of myofibers. The aim of this study was to determine if signs of denervation were apparent at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) before fiber atrophy, or fiber type conversion could be documented, and to reveal if a muscle's activity level impacts its sensitivity to age-related denervation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMuscle unloading results in decreased strength. This is partly attributed to reduced neural activation. This study examined whether men and women experienced different adaptations to muscle unloading.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine whether prehabilitation, or exercise performed before muscle unloading, can effectively mitigate decreases in neuromuscular function typically elicited by unloading.
Design: Ten healthy, untrained young men (20.9 +/- 1.
Purpose: This investigation was conducted to compare the physiological responses of men and women, both during and following an exercise bout at the same relative submaximal intensity.
Methods: Ten untrained men (20.7+/-0.