Objectives: Regular sports participation is a gendered phenomenon in China. Women have reported much higher constraints than men on time, partner, psychology, knowledge, and interest. This study explores personal, family, lifestyle, and health factors associated with sports participation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To observe the influence of acupuncture on the motor ability of training-induced fatigue mice so as to explore its mechanism underlying acupuncture-induced improvement of physical training fatigue.
Methods: Sixty Kunming mice were divided into normal control, training model and acupuncture groups, with 20 mice in each. The training-fatigue model was established by forcing the mouse to swim in a water tank for 30 min/d in the 1st week, 60 min/d in the 2nd week, 90 min/d in the 3rd week and 120 min/d in the 4th and 5th weeks.