Muscle Strength Development, Assessment & Role in Disease

Cleber Ferraresi, Nivaldo Antonio Parizotto (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

182 Seiten

2013
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62948-095-4 (ISBN)

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Muscle function has been used to measure the healthy and functional capacity of patients, sportsmen and athletes. The knowledge about muscle function and how to properly evaluate it can be determinant factors for the success of therapies during the treatment of many diseases, as well as improving muscle performance. Handgrip strength is a measure of maximum voluntary force of the hand. It has been reliable, valid and an objective parameter to evaluate overall muscular strength, and for this reason, it has been used as a predictor of physical disability. There are several techniques to treat and rehabilitate muscle function such as the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation technique (PNF), functional training and traditional muscular strengthening. Physical exercises produce unquestionable health benefits, and when used properly, physical exercise can treat or become an adjuvant therapy for many diseases such as cancer, diabetes mellitus and patients with chronic heart failure. In addition to all the health benefits of exercise, new techniques of rehabilitation and the improvement of muscle performance were included in this book through the use of muscle strengthening associated to technological therapies, such as phototherapy (laser and light-emitting diodes), for muscle repair and performance. During your reading, this book will provide you with concepts, techniques and new perspectives about physical exercises that will become differential knowledge for health professionals to treat patients and/or make champions using powerful tools: physical exercise and technology.

Handgrip Strength; Evaluation of the Efficacy of Training Protocols for the Sit-to-Stand Activity in Elderly Women; Functional Lateralities, Muscle Strength Asymmetries, & Injuries in Soccer; Current Advances on Stretching Effects & Different Methods of Muscle Contraction for Muscle Performance Improvement; Phototherapy by Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) & Light-Emitting Diode Therapy (LEDT) for Improvement of Muscle Performance; Strength Training Intervention in Cancer; Exercise & Diabetes Mellitus; Muscle Strength in Chronic Heart Failure; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.12.2013
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	456 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Fitness / Aerobic / Bodybuilding
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie
ISBN-10	1-62948-095-9 / 1629480959
ISBN-13	978-1-62948-095-4 / 9781629480954
Zustand	Neuware