Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1968. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography.

<p> The work in this thesis describes the metabolic and structural response of human skeletal muscle to acute exercise and nutritional manipulation. Over a series of three studies, healthy young men performed acute bouts of either endurance or resistance exercise, and a range of invasive and non-invasive techniques were applied to examine the muscle adaptive response during exercise and recovery. Study 1 investigated the hypothesis that co-ingestion of protein with carbohydrate during exercise would improve oxidative energy metabolism and attenuate ultrastructural disruption during prolonged 90 min of cycling at ~70% VO2peak. While protein ingestion increased blood amino acids, there was no difference between treatments in glycogen degradation or the content of TCA cycle intermediates during exercise, or the blood concentration of plasma creatine kinase (CK) after 24 h of recovery. Given the limitations associated with traditional indirect markers of muscle injury, study 2 examined the potential for a non-invasive imaging technique, diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DT-MRI), to detect exercise-induced changes in skeletal muscle structure. Subjects performed 300 eccentric actions of the leg extensors, a protocol previously shown to induce histological evidence of muscle disruption. DT-MRI revealed changes consistent with muscle disorganization 24 h post-exercise compared to baseline, including decreased fractional anisotropy (FA) and increased tensor eigenvalue λ3. The exercise protocol also induced changes in traditional direct and indirect markers of muscle injury, including Z-band streaming, increased blood CK and a decrease in force-generating capacity. Study 3 examined the potential for DT-MRI to detect structural changes in response to an acute bout of work, previously shown to induce muscle damage that more closely simulated normal endurance exercise. Subjects performed 45 min of downhill running (-10° grade) and DT-MRI revealed increased ADC and tensor eigenvalue λ3 24 h post-exercise compared to baseline, in addition to increased plasma CK and decreased force-generating capacity. The main finding from the thesis is the application of DT-MRI to non-invasively detect exercise-induced changes in skeletal muscle structure as verified using well understood direct and indirect measures of muscle damage.</p> / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Thesis (doctoral)--University of Jyväskylä, 1994. / Thesis is based on six separately published papers which are reprinted at end. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (doctoral)--University of Jyväskylä, 1994. / Thesis is based on six separately published papers which are reprinted at end. Includes bibliographical references.

Le métabolisme lipidique est stimulé lors de l'exercice musculaire. La contribution énergétique des lipides s'accentue pendant l'exercice d'endurance d'intensité modérée de longue durée (40% à 60% de VO2max). Outre les acides gras circulants, les réserves de lipides intramyocellulaires (IMCL) sont sensées être utilisées pendant des performances dépassant 4 heures. Devant le manque de preuves expérimentales jusqu'à ce jour, une 1ere étude a été entreprise sur 10 sportifs (40 ± 6 ans) lors d'une course de 24h. Les résultats obtenus sur le muscle vaste externe ont montré une baisse significative d'IMCL de 56% et 45% dans les fibres de type I et IIA respectivement, alors que le glycogène n'a diminué que dans les fibres I. Ces données indiquent un catabolisme d'IMCL plus efficace que celui du glycogène dans les fibres rapides lors de l'exercice d'ultra endurance, dont le mécanisme reste à déterminer. IMCL s'accumule lors du vieillissement ou de l'obésité et peut constituer un risque de résistance à l'insuline (RI). Un entraînement combiné en endurance (EE) et en résistance (ER) de 14 semaines a été mené sur des sujets âgés (73 ± 4 ans) et d'autres en surpoids (58 ± 5 ans). Dans les deux groupes IMCL a augmenté (p<0.05) dans le muscle vaste externe (après EE) mais est resté stable dans le muscle deltoïde (après ER) et s'est accompagné de l'augmentation (p<0.05) de la capacité enzymatique de la β-oxydation après EE. Les céramides musculaires, une classe de lipides impliquée dans RI, ont été diminués (p=0.052) par EE et non par ER. Ces résultats confirment que l'augmentation d'IMCL n'est pas un facteur de risque métabolique et que EE se traduit par une diminution des céramides et de RI / Lipid metabolism is involved during muscle exercise. Energetic contribution of lipids increases during long lasting endurance exercise of moderate intensity (40% à 60% of VO2max). As well as circulating free fatty acids, intramyocellular lipid storages (IMCL) are postulated to be used during performances longer than 4 hours. Due the the lack experimental evidences untill today, a first study was undertaken on 10 athletes (40 ± 6 yrs) during a 24h running. Results obtained on vastus lateralis muscle showed a significant 56% and 45% decrease of IMCL in type I and IIA fibres respectively while glycogen decreased only in type I fibres. These data indicate a more efficient catabolism of IMCL than those of glycogen in fast twitch fibres during ultra endurance exercise, of which mechanism remains to be explored. IMCL accumulates during ageing or overweighting and may constitute a risk of insulin resistance (IR). A combined 14 weeks endurance (ET) and resistance (RT) training was followed by older (73 ± 6 yrs) and overweighted (58 ± 5 yrs) subjects. In the two groups IMCL increased (p<0.05) in vastus lateralis muscle (after ET) but remained stable in deltoidus muscle (after RT) and was linked to an increase (p<0.05) of β-oxydation enzymatic capacity after ET. Muscle ceramides, a category of lipids implicated in IR, decreased (p=0.052) after ET and not after RT. These results confirm that increase in IMCL is not a metabolic risk factor and that ET induces a decrease of both ceramides and IR

Les objectifs de ce travail de thèse étaient d’évaluer les effets des différences (i) de niveau de force, en utilisant différents groupes et longueurs musculaires, et (ii) de profil métabolique entre enfants pré-pubères et adultes sur les différences de développement et d’origine de la fatigue neuromusculaire, ainsi que (iii) d’accroître nos connaissances sur les mécanismes de la fatigue neuromusculaire chez l’enfant pré-pubère. Les résultats de ce travail montrent que les différences de niveau de force pourraient être un facteur expliquant les différences de développement et d’origine de la fatigue neuromusculaire entre enfants et adultes. Toutefois, ce facteur n’est pas suffisant pour expliquer toutes les différences de fatigue entre ces deux populations. En effet, nos résultats soulignent aussi que les différences de profil métabolique pourraient être impliquées de façon importante dans les différences de développement et d’origine de la fatigue neuromusculaire entre enfants et adultes. Par ailleurs, les résultats de nos études rapportent que les enfants présentent généralement une fatigue périphérique plus faible par rapport aux adultes au profit d’une fatigue centrale plus importante suite à un protocole de fatigue maximal intermittent. Cette moindre fatigue périphérique est associée à une moindre altération des propriétés contractiles et du couplage excitation-contraction, et à une meilleure adaptation de l’oxygénation musculaire chez l’enfant pré-pubère. Nos résultats semblent suggérer que la fatigue spinale ne permettrait pas d’expliquer les différences de fatigue centrale entre enfants et adultes et donc que la fatigue centrale plus importante des enfants pourrait être attribuée à une fatigue supra-spinale plus élevée. / The aims of this PhD thesis were to evaluate the effects of differences of (i) force level, throughout different muscle groups and muscle lengths, and (ii) metabolic profile on the differences of development and etiology of the neuromuscular fatigue between prepubertal children and adults, as well as (iii) to improve our knowledge of the mechanisms of neuromuscular fatigue in children. The results of this PhD thesis showed that force level differences could be a factor underpinning the differences in the development and etiology of neuromuscular fatigue between children and adults. However, this factor cannot fully account for differences in fatigue between both populations. Indeed, our results also highlighted that metabolic profile differences could explain the difference of development and etiology of neuromuscular fatigue between children and adults. Additionally, the results of this thesis showed that children exhibit lower peripheral fatigue and greater central fatigue than adults after an intermittent maximal exercise. This lower peripheral fatigue was associated with a lower alteration of the contractile properties and excitation-contraction coupling, and a better adaptation of the muscle oxygenation in prepubertal children. Our results suggest that spinal fatigue could not explained the differences in central fatigue between children and adults, and that the greater central fatigue in children could be attributed to a greater supra-spinal fatigue.

Syfte och frågeställning Syftet med denna studie är att identifiera effekten av svänghjulsträning på styrkerelaterade variabler som påverkar idrottslig prestation genom en sammanställning av befintlig vetenskaplig litteratur. Studiens frågeställning var: (1) Vilken effekt har svänghjulsträning på muskeltillväxt (hypertrofi)? (2) Vilken effekt har svänghjulsträning på utvecklingen av maximal styrka? (3) Vilken effekt har svänghjulsträning på utvecklingen av Power (effektutveckling)? (4) Vilken effekt har svänghjulsträning på horisontell förflyttning? (5) Vilken effekt har svänghjulsträning på vertikal förflyttning? Metod En metaanalys för 15 experimentella studier som uppfyllt urvalskriterierna genomfördes. De inkluderade studierna kvalitetsgranskades med Pedros skala. För att möjliggöra en sammanställning av samtliga resultat analyserades resultaten i dataprogrammet Review Manager version 5.3 med Random effekt modell och presenteras med Forest plots. Jämförelserna gjordes över en period på 4-24 veckor. Resultat Svänghjulsträning under en period av 4-24 veckor visar på en statistisk signifikant utveckling  av muskulär hypertrofi (effektstorlek 0,68), maximal styrka (1,40), Power (1,0), horisontell (0,54) och vertikal förflyttning (0,60). Slutsats Det finns stöd i litteraturen för att friska individer presterar bättre på så väl dynamiska styrketest som funktionella test efter svänghjulsträning. Evidensen är särskilt stark för att svänghjulsträning utvecklar maximal styrka och Power för tränade yngre individer samt i kortare mer intensiva block. Denna metaanalys har bara sammanställt skillnader i prestation före och efter svänghjulsträning och kan därför inte säga om effekten av svänghjulsträning är större än effekten av upprepade mätningar eller annan träning. / Aim The aim of this study was to identify the effect of the flywheel training on strength-related variables that affect athletic performance by compiling existing scientific literature. Research questions: (1) What effect does flywheel training have on muscle growth (hypertrophy)? (2) What effect does flywheel training have on the development of maximum strength? (3) What effect does flywheel training have on the development of Power (effect development)? (4) What effect does flywheel training have on the development of horizontal movement? (5) What effect does flywheel training have on the development of vertical movement? Method A meta-analysis was conducted from 15 experimental studies that met the selection criteria. The quality of included studies was reviewed by Pedro scale. In order to identify possible bias in the selection process a Funnel plot was carried out. To enable the compilation of all results an analyze with Random effect model was carried out with software Review Manager Version 5.3 and presented with Forest plots. Comparisons were made over a period of 4-24 weeks. Results Flywheel training for a period of 4-24 weeks show a statistically significant increase in effect size for muscular hypertrophy (0,49), maximum strength (1,40), Power (1,00), horizontal-(0,54) and vertical movement (0,60). Conclusions There's support in published studies that healthy individuals perform better on dynamic strength tests as wells as functional test after flywheel training. The evidence is particularly strong that flywheel training develops maximum strength and Power in trained younger individuals and in shorter more intensive blocks. This meta-analysis has just compiled the differences in performance before and after flywheel training and therefore cannot say if the effect of flywheel training is greater than the effect of repeated measurements or other exercise.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:16:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 IvaniziaSS_DISSERT.pdf: 831811 bytes, checksum: 8d5c9ce3de798ff5fead323295073f95 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-12-17 / In asthmatic, the lung hyperinflation leaves the inspiratory muscle at a suboptimal position in length-tension relationship, reducing the capacity of to generate tension. The increase in transversal section area of the inspiratory muscles could reverse or delay the deterioration of inspiratory muscle function. Objective: To evaluate the evidence for the efficacy of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) with an external resistive device in patients with asthma. Methods: A systematic review with meta-analysis was carried out. The sources researched were the Cochrane Airways Group Specialised Register of trials, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (The Cochrane Library Issue 11 of 12, 2012), MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, AMED, ClinicalTrials.gov and reference lists of articles. All databases were searched from their inception up to November 2012 and there was no restriction on the language of publication. Randomised controlled trials that involved the use of an external inspiratory muscle training device versus a control (sham or no inspiratory training device) were considered for inclusion. Two reviewers independently selected articles for inclusion, evaluated risk of bias in studies and extracted data. Results: A total of five studies involving 113 asthmatic patients were included. Three clinical trials were produced by the same group. The included studies showed a significant increase in maximal inspiratory pressure (MD 13.34 cmH2O, 95% CI 4.70 to 21.98), although the confidence intervals were wide. There was no statistically significant difference between the IMT group and the control group for maximal expiratory pressure, peak expiratory flow rate, forced expiratory volume in one second, forced vital capacity, sensation of dyspnea and use of beta2-agonist. There were no studies describing exacerbation events that required a course of oral and inhaled corticosteroids or emergency department visits, inspiratory muscle endurance, hospital admissions and days of work or school. Conclusions: There is no conclusive evidence in this review to support or refute inspiratory muscle training for asthma, once the evidence was limited by the small number of studies included, number of participants in them together with the risk of bias. More well conducted randomized controlled trials are needed, such trials should investigate respiratory muscle strength, exacerbation rate, lung function, symptoms, hospital admissions, use of medications and days off work or school. IMT should also be assessed in the context of more severe asthma / No paciente asm?tico, a hiperinsufla??o pulmonar coloca os m?sculos inspirat?rios em uma posi??o desfavor?vel na rela??o comprimento-tens?o, reduzindo a capacidade de gerar tens?o. O aumento na ?rea de sec??o transversa dos m?sculos inspirat?rios poderia reverter ou atrasar a deteriora??o da fun??o muscular inspirat?ria. Objetivo: Avaliar a evid?ncia da efic?cia do treinamento muscular inspirat?rio (TMI) com um dispositivo externo em pacientes com asma. M?todos: O tipo de estudo utilizado foi uma revis?o sistem?tica com metan?lise. As fontes pesquisadas foram o Cochrane Airways Group Specialised Register of trials, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (The Cochrane Library Issue 11 of 12, 2012), MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, AMED, ClinicalTrials.gov e lista de refer?ncias dos artigos. Todas as bases de dados foram pesquisadas desde seu in?cio at? novembro de 2012 e n?o houve restri??o de idioma. Foram considerados para inclus?o ensaios cl?nicos controlados e randomizados envolvendo o uso de um aparelho de treinamento muscular inspirat?rio externo versus um controle (placebo ou sem aparelho). Dois revisores independentemente selecionaram os artigos para inclus?o, avaliaram o risco de vi?s e extra?ram os dados dos estudos inclu?dos. Resultados: Um total de cinco estudos envolvendo 113 pacientes asm?ticos foram inclu?dos na revis?o, sendo 3 destes ensaios desenvolvidos pelo mesmo grupo. Os estudos inclu?dos mostraram que o TMI aumenta significativamente a press?o inspirat?ria m?xima (DM 13.34 cmH2O, 95% IC 4.70 ? 21.98), contudo existiu um largo intervalo de confian?a. N?o houve diferen?a significativa entre o grupo TMI e o grupo controle para press?o expirat?ria m?xima, taxa de pico de fluxo expirat?rio, volume expirat?rio for?ado no primeiro segundo, capacidade vital for?ada, sensa??o de dispneia e uso de beta2-agonista. Nenhum estudo investigou os seguintes desfechos: exacerba??es que requereram o uso de corticosteroides inalado ou oral ou visita ao servi?o de emerg?ncia m?dica, endurance dos m?sculos inspirat?rios, admiss?o no hospital e dias de falta ao trabalho ou escola. Conclus?es: N?o existe evid?ncia conclusiva para apoiar ou refutar o uso do TMI para a asma, uma vez que a evid?ncia foi limitada pelo pequeno n?mero de ensaios inclu?dos, reduzido n?mero de participantes e risco de vi?s. Mais estudos randomizados e controlados bem xiv conduzidos s?o necess?rios, tais ensaios devem investigar a for?a muscular respirat?ria, exacerba??es, fun??o pulmonar, sintomas, admiss?o no hospital, uso de medicamentos e dias de falta ao trabalho ou escola. O TMI deve tamb?m ser avaliado no contexto de asma mais grave

The purpose of this experiment was to investigate skeletal muscle blood flow and glucose uptake in m. biceps (BF) and m. quadriceps femoris (QF) 1) during recovery from high intensity cycle exercise, and 2) while wearing a compression short applying ~37 mmHg to the thigh muscles. Blood flow and glucose uptake were measured in the compressed and non-compressed leg of 6 healthy men by using positron emission tomography. At baseline blood flow in QF (P = 0.79) and BF (P = 0.90) did not differ between the compressed and the non-compressed leg. During recovery muscle blood flow was higher compared to baseline in both compressed (P&lt;0.01) and non-compressed QF (P&lt;0.001) but not in compressed (P = 0.41) and non-compressed BF (P = 0.05; effect size = 2.74). During recovery blood flow was lower in compressed QF (P&lt;0.01) but not in BF (P = 0.26) compared to the non-compressed muscles. During baseline and recovery no differences in blood flow were detected between the superficial and deep parts of QF in both, compressed (baseline P = 0.79; recovery P = 0.68) and non-compressed leg (baseline P = 0.64; recovery P = 0.06). During recovery glucose uptake was higher in QF compared to BF in both conditions (P&lt;0.01) with no difference between the compressed and non-compressed thigh. Glucose uptake was higher in the deep compared to the superficial parts of QF (compression leg P = 0.02). These results demonstrate that wearing compression shorts with ~37 mmHg of external pressure reduces blood flow both in the deep and superficial regions of muscle tissue during recovery from high intensity exercise but does not affect glucose uptake in BF and QF. © 2013 Sperlich et al. / <p>:doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0060923</p>