Hurtubise JM, Gorbet DJ, Hynes LM, Macpherson AK, Sergio LE. White Matter Integrity and Its Relationship to Cognitive-Motor Integration in Females with and without Post-Concussion Syndrome. J Neurotrauma. 2020 Jul 1;37(13):1528-1536. doi: 10.1089/neu.2019.6765. Epub 2020 Mar 18. PMID: 31928154. Significance of the research: Thinking and moving together is something we do every day; it is […]
Josse AR, Ludwa IA, Kouvelioti R, Calleja M, Falk B, Ward WE, Klentrou P. Dairy product intake decreases bone resorption following a 12-week diet and exercise intervention in overweight and obese adolescent girls. Pediatr Res. 2020 Dec;88(6):910-916. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-0834-5. Epub 2020 Mar 16. PMID: 32179870. Significance of the research: We demonstrated that guided lifestyle […]
Turk-Adawi K, Supervia M, Lopez-Jimenez F, Adawi A, Sadeghi M, Grace SL. Women-Only Cardiac Rehabilitation Delivery Around the World [published online ahead of print, 2020 Feb 29]. Heart Lung Circ. 2020;S1443-9506(20)30060-3. doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2020.01.015 Significance of the research: Cardiac rehab (CR) offers structured exercise, including resistance training, which promotes muscle health. Despite its proven benefits, availability around […]
Di Bacco VE, Taherzadeh M, Birot O, Gage WH. The effects of single versus multiple training sessions on the motor learning of two Krav Maga strike techniques, in women. PeerJ. 2020;8:e8525. Published 2020 Feb 13. doi:10.7717/peerj.8525 Significance of the research: Proponents have suggested that Krav Maga is easily and quickly learned. The current research […]
Nwadozi, E, Rudnicki, M, De Ciantis, M, et al. High‐fat diet pre‐conditioning improves microvascular remodelling during regeneration of ischaemic mouse skeletal muscle. Acta Physiol. 2020; 229:e13449. https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.13449 Significance of the research: Peripheral artery disease severely reduces blood flow to leg muscles, resulting in extensive and prolonged ischemic muscle damage. A multi-disciplinary team of scientists from York University, University of Western Ontario and […]
Hughes MC, Ramos SV, Turnbull PC, et al. Impairments in left ventricular mitochondrial bioenergetics precede overt cardiac dysfunction and remodelling in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. J Physiol. 2020;598(7):1377-1392. doi:10.1113/JP277306 Significance of the research: 98% of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) develop cardiomyopathy, with 40% developing heart failure. Using mice, the study by Hughes and Ramos […]
Cheng AJ, Jude B, Lanner JT. Intramuscular mechanisms of overtraining [published online ahead of print, 2020 Feb 26]. Redox Biol. 2020;101480. doi:10.1016/j.redox.2020.101480 Significance of the research: Our recently published review focuses on identifying the mechanisms of overtraining on skeletal muscle function. We examine several leading hypotheses previously proposed to explain skeletal muscle weakness in overtraining […]