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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"muscle tension"”.
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A Comparison of Muscle Tension and General Motor Ability
… to determine the relationship between muscular tension, as evidenced by inward and outward rotation of the lower extremities, and a general motor ability test; and (2) to determine the relationship between muscular tension as evidenced by hip flexion and a general motor ability test.
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The Effects of Self-Regulated Extraocular Muscle Tension on Intraocular Pressure.
… to examine the relationship between extraocular muscle tension and fluctuations in intraocular pressure (IOP) in normal subjects. Twenty subjects were asked to increase and decrease their EMG activity from the orbicularis muscle around the eye according to a biofeedback paradigm. Subjects …
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Incentive and Muscle Tension Influences Upon Ocular Scanning Behavior Andincidental Learning
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The Effects of Social Support on Perceived Mood and Perceived Muscle Tension
… Perception of Mood States (POMS) and perceived muscle tension with the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ). The results showed a main effect of social support on perceived mood both pre and post stressor and a main effect period on perceived mood. Due to study limitations, it not possible …
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Visually displayed-EMG biofeedback : training muscle relaxation in hearing impaired children :a thesis ...
… to reduce anterior temporalis or frontalis muscle tension . Five male and four female hearing impaired students between the ages of 13 and 15 were chosen from the California School for the Deaf, Fremont, CA to serve as participants. Each participant was randomly assigned to either an …
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Characterization and Improvement of the Clinical Assessment of Vocal Hyperfunction
… by excessive laryngeal and paralaryngeal tension (Aronson, 1980; M. D. Morrison, Rammage, Belisle, Pullan, & Nichol, 1983; N. Roy, Ford, & Bless, 1996). There is no widely accepted diagnostic measure of the presence and degree of vocal hyperfunction, and currently, assessment during …
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Recognizing actions using embodiment & empathy
… equipped with touch, proprioception, and muscle tension senses. It recognizes actions using only proprioception data. In order to build this empathic, action-recognizing system, I created a program called CORTEX, which is a complete platform for embodied AI research. It provides multiple …
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Clinical and Educational Efficacy of a University-Based Biofeedback Therapy Clinic.
… changes in both temperature training and muscle tension training as a whole group. When divided into subtypes based on the clients' primary presenting problem, findings indicate statistical significance in chronic pain, tension headache, and temporomandibular jaw pain on temperature …
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Inside the conductor's jacket : analysis, interpretation and musical synthesis of expressive gesture
… and accelerational data but also senses muscle tension from several locations on each arm. The Conductor's Jacket was used to gather conducting data from six subjects, three professional conductors and three students, during twelve hours of rehearsals and performances. Analyses of the …
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Analysis of the forces on the spine during a fall with applications towards predicting vertebral fracture risk
… backward fall. Models of a passive fall, without tension in the torso musculature, were constructed in order to examine the peak axial forces on the spine as a result of a passive fall. Muscle tension elements were added to examine the effect of pre-compression of the spine by the musculature. …
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Sonorous breathing: a theoretical and treatment outcome study
… snoring is a learned adaptation to a blood gas tension imbalance caused initially by an upper airway restriction. The adaptation response of reduced muscle tonus and mouth breathing causes snoring. Altering the stimulus configuration which elicits the respiration response was predicted to be …
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Exploring Authentic Expression Through Body/Breath Connection in Theatre@York's 'Oh What a Lovely War"
… In doing so I had to address my habitual muscle tension that has arisen from emotional and psychological barriers from my past in order to find an ease and flow of my breath throughout my body. This was pursued by using warm-up regimens from master teachers David Smukler and Kristin …
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A comparison of two palliative methods of intervention for the treatment of mathematics anxiety among female college students
… anxiety was operationally defined as skeletal muscle tension and measured with an electromyograph, CR led to significantly greater reductions in anxiety than MPR (F=2.81, p=.036); (3) there was no interaction between type of intervention and level of achievement in mathematics; (4) when anxiety …
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The Maestro myth : exploring the impact of conducting gestures on the musician's body and the sounding result
… a direct correlation between the gestures and muscle-tension of the conductor and the musicians' reaction in onset-precision as well as the quality and length of the evoked sound. While examining the gestural impact on the sounding result, we also examine, whether and in which way the mere form …
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The effects of simple physical countermeasures on the physiological detection of deception
… technique, either self-induced pain or muscle tension, and were coached as to when to produce responses in order to beat the test. All subjects were motivated to produce truthful responses by the offer of credit points toward their final grades if they were classified as truthful on a …
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The Effects of Massage on Mood State, Range of Motion, Sports Performance, and Perceived Performance
… increase blood flow, decrease swelling, reduce muscle tension, and increase a sense of well-being, massage is a widely used manual therapy across the world. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a twenty-minute sports massage on mood state, range of motion, sports …
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The Effects of Massage on Mood State, Range of Motion, Sports Performance, and Perceived Performance
… increase blood flow, decrease swelling, reduce muscle tension, and increase a sense of well-being, massage is a widely used manual therapy across the world. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a twenty-minute sports massage on mood state, range of motion, sports …
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The tell-tale body: investigating the intertwined relationship between social cognition and visual perception through physiological indices.
… traits were linked to increased facial muscle activity, suggesting heightened muscle tension in socially anxious individuals. Moreover, arachnophobia influenced early visual and physiological responses, with phobic participants displaying delayed reactions to intact spider images, likely …
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The Acute and Chronic Muscle Adaptations Following six weeks of "No Load" and Traditional High Load Resistance Training
Muscle growth is postulated to occur through mechanisms initiated by local muscle tension. This appears to be true, independent of the external load, provided sufficient tension is achieved. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to remove the influence of an external load and compare the acute and …
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Toward the Optimal Waveform for Electrical Stimulation
… stimulation (ES) is used to strengthen muscle, improve abnormal tone, and improve the healing rate of pressure sores. Four male and three female research subjects received four minute bouts of electrically stimulated isometric contractions equal to 10% of the maximal voluntary …
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