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Human Performance Lab Newsletter, Vol 5, No. 1, St. Cloud State University

Human Performance Lab Newsletter

Contents of this issue include:

• Record Number of Graduate Students Enrolled
• To Your Health!
• Eating Fish is a Healthy Bet
• Exercise...Too Little or Too Much?

The Effect Of Carried Loads On The Combative Movement Performance Of Men And Women, Philip E. Martin, Richard C. Nelson

Philip E. Martin

This study examined the effect of carrying typical military loads of varying magnitude on the combative movement performance of 16 male and 14 female subjects. The subjects performed a series of tests which included a 25 yard spring, standing long jump, agility run, reaction - movement test, and ladder climb. These tests were performed under five load conditions ranging from a baseline condition (no load) to one of approximately 37 kg. The results from these performance tests constitute valuable information concerning the effects of selected loads on combative movement.

The Demise Of Officer Involvement In Soldiers Sport During The American Civil War, Lawrence W. Fielding, William T. Weinberg, Brenda Pitts, Richard A. Fee

Kinesiology Faculty Publications

During the American Civil War a few officers in the Army of the Potomac became involved in organizing sport for soldiers. They had ulterior motives. In each instance officers intended to use sport to improve soldier morale, assuage despondency and doubt, and to overcome homesickness. Officers chose sport because they believed that sport entertainment had the capacity to create excitement, excitement that drew men's minds off immediate problems and left a generalized "good feeling" among the men. Once officers had assigned a use value to sport, they began to consider ways to maximize sport's usefulness as a morale booster. To …

A Comparison Of Two Training Programs In Preparing For The Army Physical Readiness Test, Herbert E. Lattimore

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to compare two training programs on male Reserve Officers Training Corps students as it is related to a passing score on the Army Physical Readiness Test.

The subjects were sixteen volunteer students who were randomly placed in two groups, formal and informal. Both groups were given a pretest, before beginning the study, to determine if they were equal.

The subjects in both groups trained for four weeks to prepare for the Army physical fitness test. Each group trained three times a week during the training period. The formal group's training was restricted to performing …

Ua64/10/3 Photograph Album, Wku Physical Education & Recreation

WKU Archives Records

Photograph album documenting the activities of recreation classes from 1980 to 1985. Images include camping trips, canoeing, picnics. shooting and rock climbing.

Differences In Maximal Performance Between An Exercise Test On A Monark Bicycle Ergometer And A Racermate Wind Load Simulator, Carmen J. Ritz Haas

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine whether any significant difference in performance exists between a maximal exercise test on a Monark 868 bicycle ergometer and a Racermate II wind load simulator. Performance was measured according to three parameters: maximum oxygen consumption, maximum heart rate and test duration.

Nine trained subjects, five men and four women participated in the study. All subjects bad recently been involved in bicycling for training purposes.

Testing consisted of two trials for each subject, one trial on the bicycle ergometer using a standard protocol and one trial on the wind load simulator using a …

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Skeletal Muscle Weakness In Human Cancer: Reduced Myosin-Actin Cross-Bridge Formation And Kinetics, Michael Jj. Toth, Mark S. Miller, Damien M. Callahan, Andrew P. Sweeny, Ivette Nunez, Steven M. Grunberg, Hirak Der-Torossian, Marion E. Couch, Kim Dittus

Mark S. Miller

PHYSICAL FUNCTION DETERIORATES substantially following a diagnosis of cancer (3, 48), and patients view this decline as one of the most distressing side effects of the disease, more so than classic side effects such as pain, nausea, and vomiting (13, 60). Functional disability can be the impetus for dose reduction or cessation of anticancer treatments and predicts chemotherapy toxicity and survival (12, 30, 33, 39). Our current understanding of the factors contributing to reduced functional capacity in patients with cancer is, however, severely limited. Physiological changes that occur within the skeletal muscle of patients with cancer can contribute to functional …

Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Density, Gene Expression, And Enzyme Activities In Human Heart Failure: Minimal Effects Of The Disease And Resistance Training, Michael J. Toth, Mark S. Miller, Kimberly A. Ward, Philip A. Ades

Mark S. Miller

IMPAIRED SKELETAL MUSCLE ENERGETICS in heart failure (HF) patients (32) may contribute to physical disability and metabolic dysfunction. Decreased skeletal muscle oxidative capacity (63), secondary to reduced mitochondrial density (12, 13) and/or function (10, 36, 52), may contribute to exercise intolerance, the hallmark symptom of HF. Moreover, as mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with fiber atrophy (7), impaired energetics may reduce physical function by promoting muscle wasting and, in turn, weakness (21). Because mitochondrial dysfunction has been implicated in the pathophysiology of diabetes (41), alterations in mitochondrial content and/or function could also contribute to the high prevalence of insulin resistance in …

Chronic Heart Failure Reduces Akt Phosphorylation In Human Skeletal Muscle: Relationship To Muscle Size And Function, Michael J. Toth, Kimberly Ward, Jos Van Der Velden, Mark S. Miller, Peter Vanburen, Martin M. Lewinter, Philip A. Ades

Mark S. Miller

HEART FAILURE (HF) is the final common pathway for many chronic cardiac diseases and is presently the only cardiac diagnosis continuing to increase in prevalence in the United States. Patients suffering from HF report high rates of physical disability, as defined by an inability to perform simple daily activities (43). Although the reason for their physical disability is unclear, most research has focused on aerobic exercise intolerance in these patients (23). This is logical considering that the hallmark symptom of HF is exertional dyspnea and because of the widespread use of aerobic capacity as a diagnostic tool (36). Diminished aerobic …