Inter-Session Reliability of Functional Performance and Muscle Power in Adults With Severe Obesity.

Reliable and sensitive testing of physical function is crucial for assessing the effects of treatment or exercise intervention in various patient populations. The present study investigated the test-retest reliability and sensitivity (smallest detectable difference: SDD) of selected physical performance tests commonly used in clinical rehabilitation, including tests of habitual and maximal walking speed, walking endurance capacity, handgrip strength (HGS), and lower limb muscle power (Sit-to-Stand (STS), stair climb) in adults with severe obesity meeting the criteria for bariatric surgery. Thirty-two adults (BMI 43.

Intersession reliability of lower limb muscle strength assessments in adults with obesity eligible for bariatric surgery.

Background: The aim of this study was to examine the test-retest reliability in lower limb muscle strength and rate of torque development (RTD) using isokinetic dynamometry in adults with obesity, with a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 35 kg/m.

Method: Thirty-two adults with a BMI of 43.8 ± 6.

Daily life coping-Helping stress-afflicted people manage everyday activities.

Background: Symptoms of stress are widespread in the working population and associated with long-term sickness absence and poor work functioning. Occupational therapy (OT)-based interventions are effective in improving return-to-work (RTW)-rates in stress-afflicted long-term sickness benefit beneficiaries (SBBs). No Danish standard on OT-RTW for stress-afflicted SSBs exists.

Preferred Content in Occupational Therapy-Based Weight Loss Interventions: A Survey.

Despite decades of attempts from doctors and dietitians to break the obesity curve, obesity rates are increasing in Denmark. To counteract this, municipal occupational therapy-based interventions are in development as part of the Danish Obesity Intervention Trial (DO: IT). The objective was to survey Danish adults on preferred content in an occupational therapy municipal weight loss intervention and determine if preferences differed by gender and age.

Effects of low load exercise with and without blood-flow restriction on microvascular oxygenation, muscle excitability and perceived pain.

This paper aimed to examine the acute effect of low-load (LL) exercise with blood-flow restriction (LL-BFR) on microvascular oxygenation and muscle excitability of the vastus medialis (VM) and vastus lateralis (VL) muscles during a single bout of unilateral knee extension exercise performed to task failure. Seventeen healthy recreationally resistance-trained males were enrolled in a within-group randomized cross-over study design. Participants performed one set of unilateral knee extensions at 20% of one-repetition maximum (1RM) to task failure, using a LL-BFR or LL free-flow (LL-FF) protocol in a randomized order on separate days.

Muscle function following testosterone replacement in men on opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Chronic pain and opioid treatment are associated with increased risk of male hypogonadism and subsequently decreased muscle function. A diagnosis of hypogonadism is based on the presence of low total testosterone and associated symptoms. The effect of testosterone replacement therapy on muscle function in men with chronic pain and low total testosterone remains to be investigated.