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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Number of repetitions"”.
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Carbohydrate Supplementation and Resistance Exercise Performance in Males Undergoing Energy Restriction
This study examined the effects of carbohydrate supplementation on resistance exercise performance, cortisol levels, and creatine kinase levels in trained males undergoing energy restriction. Sixteen experimental subjects were randomly assigned to a carbohydrate (C, n=8) or placebo group (P, n=8). …
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The role of analytical prestudy in the memorization and retention of piano music with subjects of varied aural/kinaesthetic ability
This study investigated the relationship of aural/kinaesthetic (A/K) ability, the ability to play by ear, to the time and number of repetitions needed for 16 subjects using four methods of prestudy to memorize and rememorize four compositions. Two of the methods involved studying the score before …
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The acute effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on the performance of velocity based squat training
… This effect is mainly attributed to the ability of tDCS to modulate the cerebral cortex, influencing motor response and fatigue resistance. However, it is still unclear which cortical area is optimal for stimulation, as there is limited and inconclusive evidence comparing different brain regions. …
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An Environment for Stroke Therapy Game Authoring
Stroke is the leading cause of disability in the industrialized world. The disabilities caused by stroke can significantly impact the quality of daily life for stroke survivors. Studies show that a high number of daily body movement repetitions can help recover lost motor functionality. However, …
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Identifying Dosage Effect of LEDT on Muscular Fatigue in Quadriceps
<p>The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of various dosages of light emitting diode therapy (LEDT) on muscle fatigue, while performing a single leg extension to exhaustion. 34 recreationally resistance trained athletes between the ages of 18 and 26 participated in four trials. Each …
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The effects of speech rate, message repetition, and information placement on synthesized speech intelligibility
… performance. This study examined the effects of speech rate, message repetition, and the placement of information in a message. Briefly, subjects heard messages generated by a speech synthesizer and were asked to transcribe what they had heard. After entering each transcription, subjects rated …
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Wheelchair Training Program for New Manual Wheelchair Users
… cord injury (SCI). Manual wheelchair users often experience pain and chronic overuse injuries in their upper extremities, limiting their mobility and their ability to complete daily activities. The repetitive trauma of propelling a wheelchair may be a contributing factor to upper extremity …
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Motion-Based Video Games for Stroke Rehabilitation with Reduced Compensatory Motions
Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability among adults in industrialized nations, with 80% of people who survive strokes experiencing motor disabilities. Recovery requires daily exercise with a high number of repetitions, often without therapist supervision. Motion-based video games can …
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The Effects of Resistance Deception on Muscular Strength, Muscular Endurance, and Perceived Exertion
… exercise. Studies that have observed effects of deception while training have yielded mixed results. The effects of deception on strength, muscular endurance, and perceived exertion and the mechanisms of action that may elicit changes are still unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this study is …
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Fluctuation Relations for Stochastic Systems far from Equilibrium
Fluctuations are of great importance in systems of small length and energy scales. Measuring the pulling of single molecules or the stationary fiow of mesospheres dragged through a viscous media enables the direct analysis of work and entropy distributions. These probability distributions are the …
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Bridging the gap between learning and memory
This thesis uses a fusion of recognition memory and implicit learning methods to investigate performance based on implicit learning. A series of experiments exposed participants to a study list composed of natural words that conform to a conjunctive rule-set involving the frequency and the …
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Feature Extraction for Automatic Recognition of Telephone Speech
… for transforming telephone speech into strings of symbols, suitable for use by a word classifier. The hypothesis upon which the feature extractor is based is that measurements of the relative changes in the speech data form a useful basis for the description of words. This was formed from …
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Effect of creatine monohydrate supplementation in aging adults with type II diabetes
… in individuals with T2D. However, the effects of creatine supplementation in aging adults with T2D in unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of creatine supplementation on measures of blood glucose, muscle strength, endurance and tasks of physical performance …
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Endurance of Lower Paraspinals and Gluteal Muscles Using Surface EMG on Healthy Subjects During Performance of Common Lumbar Stabilization Exercises
… biomechanically safe posture are routinely part of the rehabilitation process. No established time or protocol to train the muscles for endurance exists. The length of training time and number of repetitions of an exercise per rehabilitation session must be determined to safely and effectively …
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Do self-reported individual differences in preference for and tolerance of exercise intensity predict CrossFit® WOD performance?
… relationship, but this kind of exercise is unique and has yet to be systematically studied. By examining individual difference characteristics (e.g., personality) of participants as well as their responses to single sessions of training, important information could be gained …
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F.I.RE. fighters: Fitness intervention in recruit firefighters
… as job performance. Given the increased risk of many diseases and diminished health, firefighters’ fitness levels are crucial for preventing these potentially morbid diseases or at least decreasing their risk. The purpose of this project was to examine the relationships between: (1) physical …
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Assessment of intelligibility in children
Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate different aspects of intelligibility in children and to develop reliable and valid methods for assessment. Method: Initially, four assessment methods were studied: multiple-choice assessment and transcription of single words, transcription of …
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Observation, description, and prediction of long-term learning on a keyboarding task
Three major principles of learning a chord keyboarding task were investigated. Five subjects were taught 18 characters on a chord keyboard, then practiced improving their keying speed for about 60 hours. The first objective of the study was to observe long-term learning on a keyboarding task. The …
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Acute Cardiovascular Response and Perception of Effort Between the Super Slow and Gold Standard Resistance Training Protocols
… aerobic exercise. However, whether this type of training is safe for the older, possibly hypertensive population to which it is being targeted is questionable. To help provide an answer to this question the purpose of this study was to measure blood pressure, heart rate (HR), and ratings of …
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