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The acute effects of a rotational medicine ball throw exercise on baseball pitching biomechanics
(2019-06-03)
The ability to throw at higher velocities with proper mechanics is very advantageous for baseball
pitchers to increase performance and decrease injury risk. Pitching utilizes the movement of
energy through the kinetic ...
Remote Patient Monitoring using Health Bands with Activity Level Prescription
(2016-12-19)
With the advent of new commercially available consumer grade fitness and
health devices, it is now possible and very common for users to obtain, store, share and learn about some of their important physiological metrics ...
The Health in Mental Health: Exploring Individualized Holistic Health Practices as a Process to Transform Mental Health
(2022-05-17)
Mental health problems are on the rise, especially among college students. Problematically, the two most common approaches - pharmacotherapy and talk therapy - are either grounded in a limited and suspect evidence base or ...
Effect of Pre-Workout Supplementation on Aerobic Endurance
(2015)
INTRODUCTION: Pre-workout supplements are meant to improve exercise performance by increasing power, focus, endurance, and reaction time. Cellucor C4 Extreme is a popular pre-workout supplement containing multiple ingredients ...
THE EFFECT OF CAFFEINE AS AN ERGOGENIC AID DURING A SHORT-DURATION, HIGH INTENSITY EXERCISE
(2016)
INTRODUCTION: Many athlete use caffeine as an ergogenic aid to improve performance. The world anti doping agency (WADA) currently monitors the pattern caffeine is being used during competition among athletes. Evidence from ...
The Effects of Creatine Supplementation on the Upper and Lower Body Muscular Strength and Endurance
(2016)
•BACKGROUND: Since its discovery, many studies have been done on creatine (Cr) and it is an ergogenic supplement that increases short term, high intensity exercise performance. Most of the total Cr (95%) in humans is located ...
THE EFFECTS OF ACUTE DIETARY NITRATE SUPPLEMENTATION ON MAXIMAL EXERCISE PERFORMANCE
(2016)
INTRODUCTION: Beet juice has recently become a growing dietary supplement used by athletes to improve exercise performance. Beet juice is high in dietary nitrates which is absorbed in the upper gastrointestinal tract. The ...
Effects of Incorporating Body Weight as Resistance on Lower Body Strength
(2015)
INTRODUCTION: Incorporating a person’s own body weight as resistance is commonly used when a person is transitioning from sedentary to starting an exercise routine. In addition, incorporating one’s own body weight as ...
The Effect of Beta-Alanine on Peak Anaerobic Power and Blood Lactate Levels
(2015)
Introduction
• Beta-alanine is an increasingly popular dietary supplement that sometimes is promoted as a performance enhancer (7).
• Oral supplementation with the amino acid beta-alanine increases muscle content of the ...
EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE ON FLUID INTAKE ON PERFORMANCE
(2015)
INTRODUCTION: Fluid intake during exercise is a very important aspect to both health and performance of an athlete. It is known that during exercise, an increase in exercise intensity causes an increase in HR, breathing ...