Exploring trends of running performance during matches of professional soccer players in Montenegro: A longitudinal study.

The practical value of monitoring is that well-chosen performance indicators can help coaches identify the good and bad performance of individuals or teams. External monitoring of matches is useful in establishing the physiological requirements of the sport and assessing how a player compares to the requirements of the event in this regard. This study aimed to analyze the trend component of running performance during a game of professional soccer in Montenegro.

The Non-Avoidant Pacing Scale: Development and Preliminary Validation.

Despite widespread use as a chronic pain management strategy, pacing has been linked with higher levels of pain and disability. A recent meta-analysis found a positive correlation between existing measures of pacing and avoidance, which may partially account for these poorer outcomes. A measure was developed to differentiate pacing from avoidance by emphasizing non-pain-contingent pacing behaviors and nonavoidance of pain.

The Relationship Between Pacing and Avoidance in Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Unlabelled: Activity pacing is ubiquitous in chronic pain management and aims to reduce pain-contingent avoidance of activity to improve functioning. A meta-analysis, however, has linked pacing with higher levels of pain and disability. One potential explanation is an overlap between existing measures of pacing and avoidance, leading to links with poorer outcomes that are typically associated with avoidance.

Alpha1-antitrypsin inhibits Moraxella catarrhalis MID protein-induced tonsillar B cell proliferation and IL-6 release.

Alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) is a major circulating and tissues inhibitor of serine proteinases implicated in the regulation of inflammation and host defence. There is now increasing evidence that AAT may also exhibit anti-inflammatory activities independent of its protease inhibitor function. This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of native (inhibitory) and polymerized (non-inhibitory) forms of AAT on MID (Moraxella IgD binding protein)-induced human tonsillar B cell activation in vitro.