Author(s): Furno Puglia V; Paquette M; Bergdahl A;

Purpose: Peripheral responses might be important in handcycling, given the involvement of small muscles compared to other exercise modalities. Therefore, the goal of this study was to compare changes in muscle oxygen saturation (?SmO2) and deoxyhemoglobin l ...

Article GUID: 38856729

Author(s): Naghdi N; Elliott JM; Weber MH; Fehlings MG; Fortin M;

Study design: Cross-sectional study. Objectives: To examine the relationship between morphological changes of the deep extensor neck muscles in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) and the level of maximum spinal cord compression (MSCC) and ...

Article GUID: 36289049

Author(s): Parenteau F; Puglia VF; Roberts M; Comtois AS; Bergdahl A;

Purpose: Cranberries have the highest polyphenol and antioxidant capacity among fruits and vegetables and may protect against exercise-induced free radical production, consequently improving performance. This study aimed to investigate the effect of polyphe ...

Article GUID: 38297471

Author(s): Rosenstein B; Burdick J; Roussac A; Rye M; Naghdi N; Valentin S; Licka T; Sean M; Tétreault P; Elliott J; Fortin M; ...

It remains unclear whether paraspinal muscle fatty infiltration in low back pain (LBP) is i) solely intramuscular, ii) is lying outside the epimysium between the muscle and fascial plane (epimuscul ...

Article GUID: 38280825

Author(s): Ornowski J; Dziesinski L; Hess M; Krug R; Fortin M; Torres-Espin A; Majumdar S; Pedoia V; Bonnheim NB; Bailey JF; ...

Background: Paraspinal muscle fat infiltration is associated with spinal degeneration and low back pain, however, quantifying muscle fat using clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques c ...

Article GUID: 38222819

Author(s): Rosenstein B; Montpetit C; Vaillancourt N; Dover G; Khalini-Mahani N; Weiss C; Papula LA; Melek A; Fortin M; ...

Background: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most disabling diseases and a major health issue. Despite the evidence of a link between paraspinal and gluteal muscle dysfunction and LBP, it is unkno ...

Article GUID: 38110922

Author(s): Naghdi N; Elliott JM; Weber MH; Fehlings MG; Fortin M;

Objectives: This study aimed to examine whether preoperative cervical muscle size, composition, and asymmetry from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can predict post-operative outcomes in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM). Methods: A tota ...

Article GUID: 37745653

Author(s): Fortin M; Rye M; Roussac A; Montpetit C; Burdick J; Naghdi N; Rosenstein B; Bertrand C; Macedo LG; Elliott JM; Dover G; DeMont R; Weber MH; ...

Low back pain (LBP), a globally widespread and persistent musculoskeletal disorder, benefits from exercise therapy. However, it remains unclear which type leads to greater changes in paraspinal mus ...

Article GUID: 37762861

Author(s): Mansur A; Joseph R; Kim ES; Jean-Beltran PM; Udeshi ND; Pearce C; Jiang H; Iwase R; Milev MP; Almousa HA; McNamara E; Widrick J; Perez C; Ra ...

Ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) dysfunction is associated with the pathology of a wide range of human diseases, including myopathies and muscular atrophy. However, the mechanistic understanding o ...

Article GUID: 37432316

Author(s): Nudo S; Jimenez-Garcia JA; Dover G;

Background: Athletes are injured frequently and often take analgesic medication. Moreover, athletes commonly use non-prescription topical and oral medications with little guidance. Despite wide use, relatively few studies exist on the efficacy of pain medic ...

Article GUID: 37278322

Author(s): Bianca Rossini

CONCLUSION: This study provided novel insights into LM characteristics in circus artists. Greater LM asymmetry was observed in artists with a history of low back pain. In accordance with previous studies in athletes, LM morphology and function were highly c ...

Article GUID: 37029443