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Effects Of Sex And Gender On Adaptation To Space: Musculoskeletal Health, Lori Ploutz-Snyder, Susan Bloomfield, Scott M. Smith, Sandra K. Hunter, Kim Templeton, Debra Bemben
Effects Of Sex And Gender On Adaptation To Space: Musculoskeletal Health, Lori Ploutz-Snyder, Susan Bloomfield, Scott M. Smith, Sandra K. Hunter, Kim Templeton, Debra Bemben
Exercise Science Faculty Research and Publications
There is considerable variability among individuals in musculoskeletal response to long-duration spaceflight. The specific origin of the individual variability is unknown but is almost certainly influenced by the details of other mission conditions such as individual differences in exercise countermeasures, particularly intensity of exercise, dietary intake, medication use, stress, sleep, psychological profiles, and actual mission task demands. In addition to variations in mission conditions, genetic differences may account for some aspect of individual variability. Generally, this individual variability exceeds the variability between sexes that adds to the complexity of understanding sex differences alone. Research specifically related to sex differences of …
The Stroke-Related Effects Of Hip Flexion Fatigue On Over Ground Walking, Megan M. Rybar, Eric R. Walker, Henry Kuhnen, Daniel R. Ouellette, Reivian Berrios, Sandra K. Hunter, Allison Hyngstrom
The Stroke-Related Effects Of Hip Flexion Fatigue On Over Ground Walking, Megan M. Rybar, Eric R. Walker, Henry Kuhnen, Daniel R. Ouellette, Reivian Berrios, Sandra K. Hunter, Allison Hyngstrom
Exercise Science Faculty Research and Publications
Individuals post stroke often rely more on hip flexors for limb advancement during walking due to distal weakness but the effects of muscle fatigue in this group is not known. The purpose of this study was to quantify how stroke affects the influence of hip flexor fatigue on over ground walking kinematics and performance and muscle activation. Ten individuals with chronic stroke and 10 without stroke (controls) participated in the study. Maximal walking speed, walking distance, muscle electromyograms (EMG), and lower extremity joint kinematics were compared before and after dynamic, submaximal fatiguing contractions of the hip flexors (30% maximal load) …