Publications by authors named "W Conkright"
Unlabelled: The purpose of this study was to determine the difference between estimated energy expenditure (EE) and self-reported dietary intake (EI), and factors associated with energy balance in deployed U.S. Army Special Operations Forces (SOF) Soldiers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConcurrent resistance and endurance exercise training (CET) has well-studied benefits; however, inherent hormonal and genetic differences alter adaptive responses to exercise between sexes. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are factors that contribute to adaptive signaling. Our purpose was to test if EV characteristics differ between men and women following CET.
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- Resistance training offers health benefits linked to circulating factors, particularly through extracellular vesicles (EVs) that carry signaling molecules like microRNA (miRNA) to target cells.
- A study with 10 participants analyzed changes in EV miRNAs after an acute heavy resistance exercise test, finding 34 differentially expressed miRNAs that influenced nearly 5,000 target messenger RNAs and involved many biological pathways.
- The results suggest that acute resistance exercise impacts EV miRNAs related to growth, metabolism, and inflammation signaling, indicating that these circulating EVs play a crucial role in the body’s adaptive response to exercise.
Objectives: Obesity is associated with chronic inflammation, which may impact recovery from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). The objective was to assess the role of obesity in recovery of symptoms, functional outcome and inflammatory blood biomarkers after mTBI.
Methods: TRACK-TBI is a prospective study of patients with acute mTBI (Glasgow Coma Scale=13-15) who were enrolled ≤24 hours of injury at an emergency department of level 1 trauma centres and followed for 12 months.
Unlabelled: Laboratory-based studies designed to mimic combat or military field training have consistently demonstrated deleterious effects on warfighter's physical, cognitive, and emotional performance during simulated military operational stress (SMOS).
Purpose: The present investigation sought to determine the impact of a 48-h simulated military operational stress (SMOS) on military tactical adaptive decision making, and the influence of select psychological, physical performance, cognitive, and physiological outcome measures on decision making performance.
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