Effects of sports training associated with nutritional intervention on athletes' post-competition recovery / Efeitos do treinamento esportivo associado à intervenção nutricional sobre a recuperação dos atletas pós-competição / Efectos del entrenamiento deportivo asociado a una intervención nutricional en la recuperación post competición de los deportistas

ABSTRACT Introduction: The athletes' physiological capacity and psychological level are raised to the limit during the competition, which is necessary for adequate recovery after the dispute. Objective: Study the effect of sports training associated with nutritional intervention on athletes' post-competition recovery. Methods: In the first two weeks of the experiment, training was done in slow aerobic exercise, aerobics, and running. Strength training and a small amount of anaerobic training were added to the training with the gradual practice of the experiment. Results: The proportion of breakfast, lunch, and dinner was 25.33%, 42.55%, and 32.12%, respectively; protein intake decreased from 34.23% to 20.13%, and the proportion of fat intake decreased from 15. 56% to 12.3%, and IgG content changed from 7.654 ± 0.283 (mmol/L) at the end to 8.586 ± 0.651 (mmol/L); IgM content changed from 3.382 ± 0.875 (g/L) at the end to 3.169 ± 1.002 (g/L). Conclusion: Athletes can effectively, through sports training and nutritional intervention, adjust body changes caused by competition while maintaining a good exercise level. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigation of treatment outcomes.

RESUMO Introdução: A capacidade fisiológica e o nível psicológico dos atletas são elevados ao limite durante a competição, sendo necessária uma recuperação adequada após a disputa. Objetivo: Estudar o efeito do treinamento esportivo associado à intervenção nutricional para a recuperação dos atletas após a competição. Métodos: Nas duas primeiras semanas da experiência, realizou-se o treinamento na forma de exercício aeróbico lento, aeróbica e corrida. O treinamento de força e uma pequena quantidade de treinamento anaeróbico foram adicionados ao treinamento com a prática gradual do experimento. Resultados: A proporção de café da manhã, almoço e jantar foi de 25,33%, 42,55% e 32,12% respectivamente, a proporção de ingestão de proteínas diminuiu de 34,23% para 20,13%, a proporção de ingestão de gordura diminuiu de 15,56% para 12,3%, e o conteúdo de IgG mudou de 7,654 ± 0,283 (mmol/L) no final para 8,586 ± 0,651 (mmol/L); o conteúdo de IgM mudou de 3,382 ± 0,875 (g/L) no final para 3,169 ± 1,002 (g/L). Conclusão: Os atletas podem de maneira eficaz, através de treinamento esportivo e intervenção nutricional, ajustar as alterações corporais ocasionadas pela competição, mantendo um bom nível de exercício. Nível de evidência II; Estudos terapêuticos - investigação dos resultados do tratamento.

RESUMEN Introducción: La capacidad fisiológica y el nivel psicológico de los atletas se elevan al límite durante la competición, siendo necesaria una adecuada recuperación tras la disputa. Objetivo: Estudiar el efecto del entrenamiento deportivo asociado a la intervención nutricional para la recuperación de los deportistas tras la competición. Métodos: En las dos primeras semanas del experimento, el entrenamiento se realizó en forma de ejercicio aeróbico lento, aeróbic y carrera. El entrenamiento de fuerza y una pequeña cantidad de entrenamiento anaeróbico se añadieron al entrenamiento con la práctica gradual del experimento. Resultados: La proporción de desayuno, comida y cena fue del 25,33%, 42,55% y 32,12% respectivamente, la proporción de ingesta de proteínas descendió del 34,23% al 20,13%, la proporción de ingesta de grasas descendió del 15. 56% a 12,3%, y el contenido de IgG pasó de 7,654 ± 0,283 (mmol/L) al final a 8,586 ± 0,651 (mmol/L); el contenido de IgM pasó de 3,382 ± 0,875 (g/L) al final a 3,169 ± 1,002 (g/L). Conclusión: Los atletas pueden ajustar eficazmente, mediante el entrenamiento deportivo y la intervención nutricional, los cambios corporales provocados por la competición, manteniendo un buen nivel de ejercicio. Nivel de evidencia II; Estudios terapéuticos - investigación de los resultados del tratamiento.

Analysis of the effects of high-intensity strength training on musculature and metabolism in college students / Análise dos efeitos do treinamento de força de alta intensidade sobre a musculatura e o metabolismo de estudantes universitários / Análisis de los efectos del entrenamiento de fuerza de alta intensidad sobre la musculatura y el metabolismo en estudiantes universitarios

ABSTRACT Introduction: Recent studies shows that college students have decreased physical fitness and increased obesity rates, and the rate of obesity will continue to increase over time. Objective: Study the effect of high-intensity strength training on college students' muscle optimization and metabolic recovery. Methods: This paper adopts the experimental control method. An experimental group performed high-intensity strength training and completed the training with the help of the existing equipment in our school's gym. The control group used normal aerobic training to complete the running training and other movements in athletics. The experimental and control groups were trained three times a week for one hour at a time. Results: In the experimental group, left arm elbow joint extension was optimized to (18.405 ± 2.8878) kg after the experiment, P<0.05; right leg knee joint extension was optimized to (38.754 ± 6.6556) kg after the experiment, P<0.01; serum total cholesterol was optimized to (3.682 ± 0.2643) mmol/L after the experiment, P<0.01. Conclusion: High-intensity strength training, when compared with ordinary aerobic training, has a better optimizing effect on college students' indicators and higher exercise efficiency. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigation of treatment outcomes.

RESUMO Introdução: Segundo consta nas pesquisas recentes, os estudantes universitários têm diminuído a aptidão física e aumentado a taxa de obesidade, e o índice de obesidade permanecerá aumentando com o tempo. Objetivo: Estudar o efeito do treinamento de força de alta intensidade sobre a otimização muscular e a recuperação metabólica dos estudantes universitários. Métodos: Este trabalho adota o método experimental de controle. Um grupo experimental realizou o treinamento de força de alta intensidade e completou o processo de treinamento com a ajuda do equipamento existente na academia da nossa escola. O grupo de controle usou o treinamento aeróbico normal para completar o treino de corrida e outros movimentos no atletismo. O grupo experimental e o grupo de controle foram treinados três vezes por semana durante uma hora de cada vez. Resultados: No grupo experimental, a extensão da articulação do cotovelo do braço esquerdo foi otimizada para (18,405 ± 2,8878) kg após o experimento, P<0,05; a extensão da articulação do joelho da perna direita foi otimizada para (38,754 ± 6,6556) kg após o experimento, P<0,01; o colesterol total sérico foi otimizado para (3,682 ± 0,2643) mmol/L após o experimento, P<0,01. Conclusão: O treinamento de força de alta intensidade, quando comparado com o treinamento aeróbico comum, tem um melhor efeito de otimização nos indicadores dos estudantes universitários e uma maior eficiência no exercício. Nível de evidência II; Estudos terapêuticos - investigação dos resultados do tratamento.

RESUMEN Introducción: Según las investigaciones recientes, los estudiantes universitarios presentan una disminución de la forma física y un aumento de la tasa de obesidad, y la tasa de obesidad seguirá aumentando con el tiempo. Objetivo: Estudiar el efecto del entrenamiento de fuerza de alta intensidad sobre la optimización muscular y la recuperación metabólica en estudiantes universitarios. Métodos: Este trabajo adopta el método de control experimental. Un grupo experimental realizó el entrenamiento de fuerza de alta intensidad y completó el proceso de entrenamiento con la ayuda del equipamiento existente en el gimnasio de nuestro colegio. El grupo de control utilizó el entrenamiento aeróbico normal para completar el entrenamiento de carrera y otros movimientos en atletismo. El grupo experimental y el grupo de control se entrenaron tres veces por semana durante una hora cada vez. Resultados: En el grupo experimental, la extensión de la articulación del codo del brazo izquierdo se optimizó a (18,405 ± 2,8878) kg después del experimento, P<0,05; la extensión de la articulación de la rodilla de la pierna derecha se optimizó a (38,754 ± 6,6556) kg después del experimento, P<0,01; el colesterol total sérico se optimizó a (3,682 ± 0,2643) mmol/L después del experimento, P<0,01. Conclusión: El entrenamiento de fuerza de alta intensidad, en comparación con el entrenamiento aeróbico ordinario, tiene un mejor efecto optimizador sobre los indicadores de los estudiantes universitarios y una mayor eficacia del ejercicio. Nivel de evidencia II; Estudios terapéuticos - investigación de los resultados del tratamiento.

Arthroscopic Anatomical Repair of Anterior Talofibular Ligament for Chronic Lateral Instability of the Ankle: Medium- and Long-Term Functional Follow-Up.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the functional outcomes of arthroscopic anatomical repair of anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) in the treatment of chronic lateral ankle instability (CLAI) during medium- and long-term follow-up. METHODS: From September 2014 to August 2017, the data of 37 patients (23 males, 14 females; 12 left ankles, 25 right ankles) aged between 21 and 56 years, with an average age of 32.17 ± 6.35 years, presenting with CLAI, was retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 32 injuries were caused by sprain and five injuries were caused by car accidents. The course of the disease lasted for 12 to 60 months, with an average of 26.07 ± 13.29 months. All patients had intact skin around the ankle and no skin lesions. All patients underwent arthroscopic anatomical repair of ATFL, with the fixation of one to two anchors. Pre- and post-operative visual analogue scales (VAS), the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Ankle-Hindfoot Score (AOFAS), and the Karlsson Ankle Functional Score (KAFS) were compared to evaluate the curative effect of the operation. RESULTS: The operation was successful in all 37 cases. The operation time ranged from 40 to 75 min, with an average of 51.25 ± 11.49 min. After surgery, all incisions healed in stage I and there were no complications such as nerve, blood vessel and tendon injury, implant rejection, or suture rejection. Hospital stays of postoperative patients were 3 to 5 days, with an average of 3.77 ± 1.36 days. All patients were followed for 24 to 45 months, averaging 33.16 ± 10.58 months. For three patients with CLAI combined with mild limitation of subjective ankle movement, joint activity was normal after rehabilitation function exercise and proprioceptive function training for 2 months. At the final follow-up, ankle pain had disappeared completely. The ankle varus stress test and ankle anterior drawer test were both negative. Range of joint motion was good. There was no lateral instability of the ankle and all patients returned to normal gait. The mean VAS score decreased to 1.12 ± 0.13, the AOFAS score increased to 92.53 ± 4.87, and the KAFS score increased to 93.36 ± 6.15. All the follow-up indexes were significantly different from those before surgery. CONCLUSION: Arthroscopic anatomical repair of ATFL for CLAI is precise, with less surgical trauma and reliable medium- and long-term effect.

[Anterior corpectomy combined with intervertebral decompression and fusion for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical outcomes of anterior corpectomy combined with anterior intervertebral decompression and fusion for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy. METHODS: The clinical data of 28 patients with multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy who underwent surgery from October 2012 to June 2014 were retrospectively analyzed. There were 18 males and 10 females, aged from 45 to 77 years old with an average of (60.11±9.37) years. Three levels were involved in 27 cases, while four levels were involved in 1 case. The preoperative JOA score was 8.89±1.87; the fusion segments angles was (4.87±4.56)°; and the cervical curvature was (11.68±1.25)°. Anterior hybrid decompression and fusion were performed in 28 patients. The fusion segments angles and the cervical curvature were assessed by X-rays at 1, 12 months after operation, respectively. JOA score was used to evaluate the clinical effect. RESULTS: The operative time was 163 min on average (ranged from 120 to 205 min), and intraoperative bleeding was 198 ml on average(ranged from 100 to 300 ml). Hoarseness occurred in 1 case and got recovery at 3 weeks after operation and choke cough occurred in 1 case, and got improvement at 1 week after operation. All the patients were regularly followed for 12-24 months with an average of(18.46±3.20) months. Graft bone obtained fusion at 12 months after operation and the position of internal fixation was good. The fusion segments angles, the cervical curvature and JOA scores were significantly improved at 1, 12 months after operation(P<0.05). The improvement rate of JOA score was(46.46±20.26)% at 12 months after operation, 12 cases got excellent results, 14 good and 2 fair. CONCLUSIONS: Anterior corpectomy combined with anterior intervertebral decompression and fusion is safe and effective and can get satisfactory effects for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy.

Chlamydia trachomatis pORF5 protein inhibits apoptosis through activating PI3K-Akt pathway / 中国免疫学杂志

Objective:To study the relationship between apoptosis and the pORF5 protein of Chlamydia trachomatis,and further to explore its molecular mechanisms,which could lay a foundation for chlamydial pathogenic mechanisms.Methods:pGEX-6p/pORF5 recombinant expression vector was transformed to XL1-blue E.Coli to express GST-pORF5 fusion protein,and GST-pORF5 fusion protein was purified with Glutathione Sepharose 4B Beads,and cleaved to get pORF5 protein without GST tag by PreScission protease.The pORF5 protein was used to stimulate HeLa cells at different concentrations,then Western blot was used to evaluate the ex-pression of Bax,Bcl-2 and phosphorylation of PI3K/Akt at different time points,Hoechst staining and Flow cytometry were applied to measure the apoptosis of HeLa cells.Before treated with pORF5 protein for 24 h,HeLa cells were pretreated with PI3K inhibitor LY294002 for 1 h,the expression of Bax,Bcl-2 and the phosphorylation of Akt were evaluated by Western blot,apoptosis rates were also determined.Results:The pORF5 protein changed the expression of Bax and Bcl-2 in dose-and time-dependent manners,pORF5 increased the expression of Bcl-2 and decreased the expression of Bax at the concentration of 10 μg/ml,and there was obvious change at concentration of 15 μg/ml for 24 h.The apoptosis rates of pORF5 treated group were reduced by 27.3% and 8.4% respectively when compared with TNF-α treated group(P<0.01) and untreated group (P<0.05).Akt was phosphorylated after stimulated with pORF5 protein for 15 min,and reached its peak at 30 min.PI3K/Akt inhibitor led to the decrease of the expression of Bcl-2 and phosphorylation of Akt and increase of the expression of Bax,furthermore,PI3K/Akt inhibitor reversed pORF5-mediated anti-apoptosis, the apoptosis rate in LY294002 treated group was increased by 13.0%,when compared with the control group(P<0.01).Conclusion:pORF5 protein could inhibit apoptosis through activating PI3K/Akt signal pathway by induction of Bcl-2 and suppression of Bax.

[Comparison of clinical effects between anterior cervical Zero-incision fusion system and traditional nail plate system in the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy].

OBJECTIVE: To compare the short-term efficacy of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion(ACDF) with traditional nail plate system and Zero-profile device in the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy(CSM). METHODS: The clinical data of 45 patients with CSM treated from July 2014 to August 2015 was retrospectively analyzed. There were 23 males and 22 females with an average age of 53.7 years old(range, 32 to 71 years old). The course of disease was 5 months to 2 years. All the patients were treated with ACDF with 24 cases by traditional nail plate system fixation(group A) and 21 cases by Zero-P system fixation(group B). Operation time and intraoperative bleeding were compared between two groups. Neurological function and cervical pain were evaluated by Japanese Orthopaedic Association scores (JOA) and visual analogue scale (VAS), respectively. Cervical curvature(Cobb angle) change and intervertebral fusion were evaluated by X-rays and CT. And associated complications were analyzed in two groups. RESULTS: All the patients were followed up for 12 to 16 months with an average of 14 months. Operation time of group A and B was(87.6±23.2) min and (62.7±17.3) min respectively, and the difference was significant between two groups; and intraoperative bleeding was (80.2±36.8) ml and (78.4±29.6) ml respectively, and the difference was not significant. At final follow-up, JOA and VAS of all patients were obvious improved, but there was no significant difference between two groups. Preoperative Cobb angle in group A and B was (8.7±4.3) ° and (8.6±4.2) ° respectively, and the difference was significant. The Cobb angle at final follow-up was (14.5±6.4) ° and (17.4±8.6) ° respectively, and the difference between two groups was significant. The incidence of dysphagia in group A and B were 29.17% and 9.52% respectively, and there was significant difference between two groups. All intervertebral spaces got fusion at final follow-up. No tracheo-asophageal injury and recurrent laryngeal nerve damage or other complications were found. No fusional migration, subsidence, loosening, breakage, etc. were found. CONCLUSIONS: The clinical comparison of Zero-P interbody fixation system and cervical plate internal fixation for the treatment of cervical spondylosis was quite fair, but Zero-P showed a better therapeutic effect with improvement of life quality.

New parametric imaging method with fluorescein angiograms for detecting areas of capillary nonperfusion.

OBJECTIVES: Fluorescein angiography (FAG) is currently the most useful diagnostic modality for examining retinal circulation, and it is frequently used for the evaluation of patients with diabetic retinopathy, occlusive diseases, such as retinal venous and arterial occlusions, and wet macular degeneration. This paper presents a method for objectively evaluating retinal circulation by quantifying circulation-related parameters. METHODS: This method allows the semiautomatic preprocessing and registering of FAG images. The arterial input function is estimated from the registered set of FAG images using gamma-variate fitting. Then, the parameters can be computed by deconvolution on the basis of truncated singular value decomposition, and they can finally be presented as parametric color images in a combination of three colors, red, green, and blue. RESULTS: After the estimation of arterial input function, the parameters of relative blood flow and mean transit time were computed using deconvolution analysis based on truncated singular value decomposition. CONCLUSIONS: The parametric color image is helpful to interpret the status of retinal blood circulation and provides quantitative data on retina ischemia without interobserver variability. This system easily provides the status of retinal blood circulation both qualitatively and quantitatively. It also helps to standardize FAG interpretation and may contribute to network-based telemedicine systems in the future.

New Parametric Imaging Method with Fluorescein Angiograms for Detecting Areas of Capillary Nonperfusion / 대한의료정보학회지

OBJECTIVES: Fluorescein angiography (FAG) is currently the most useful diagnostic modality for examining retinal circulation, and it is frequently used for the evaluation of patients with diabetic retinopathy, occlusive diseases, such as retinal venous and arterial occlusions, and wet macular degeneration. This paper presents a method for objectively evaluating retinal circulation by quantifying circulation-related parameters. METHODS: This method allows the semiautomatic preprocessing and registering of FAG images. The arterial input function is estimated from the registered set of FAG images using gamma-variate fitting. Then, the parameters can be computed by deconvolution on the basis of truncated singular value decomposition, and they can finally be presented as parametric color images in a combination of three colors, red, green, and blue. RESULTS: After the estimation of arterial input function, the parameters of relative blood flow and mean transit time were computed using deconvolution analysis based on truncated singular value decomposition. CONCLUSIONS: The parametric color image is helpful to interpret the status of retinal blood circulation and provides quantitative data on retina ischemia without interobserver variability. This system easily provides the status of retinal blood circulation both qualitatively and quantitatively. It also helps to standardize FAG interpretation and may contribute to network-based telemedicine systems in the future.

Assessment of binocular alignment using the three-dimensional Strabismus Photo Analyzer.

AIM: To evaluate the efficacy of the three-dimensional (3D) Strabismus Photo Analyzer for estimating binocular alignment using photographs. METHODS: Thirty-two subjects with exotropia, 30 subjects with esotropia and 38 orthotropic subjects were included. Two independent ophthalmologists examined the angle of deviation using the Krimsky test and prism and alternate cover test (PCT). Full-face photographs were obtained using an 8.2-megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera, and the images were analysed using the 3D Strabismus Photo Analyzer. The images were adjusted for age-dependent ophthalmic biometry and angle κ. The main outcome measures were inter-observer variability, test-retest reliability and correlation between the angles of deviation measured by different methods. RESULTS: The 95% limit of agreement of inter-observer variability was ± 3.5° (6.1 prism dioptres (PD)), ± 3.1° (5.4 PD) and ± 1.5° (2.6 PD) for the Krimsky test, PCT and the 3D Strabismus Photo Analyzer, respectively. The test-retest reliability was ± 2.8° (4.9 PD) for the 3D Strabismus Photo Analyzer versus the Krimsky test. The results of the Krimsky test and 3D Strabismus Photo Analyzer showed a strong positive correlation. CONCLUSIONS: The 3D Strabismus Photo Analyzer is a simple and reliable tool for measuring ocular deviation. It has excellent agreement with the Krimsky test and substantially improved reproducibility.

Comparison of image enhancement methods for the effective diagnosis in successive whole-body bone scans.

Whole-body bone scan is one of the most frequent diagnostic procedures in nuclear medicine. Especially, it plays a significant role in important procedures such as the diagnosis of osseous metastasis and evaluation of osseous tumor response to chemotherapy and radiation therapy. It can also be used to monitor the possibility of any recurrence of the tumor. However, it is a very time-consuming effort for radiologists to quantify subtle interval changes between successive whole-body bone scans because of many variations such as intensity, geometry, and morphology. In this paper, we present the most effective method of image enhancement based on histograms, which may assist radiologists in interpreting successive whole-body bone scans effectively. Forty-eight successive whole-body bone scans from 10 patients were obtained and evaluated using six methods of image enhancement based on histograms: histogram equalization, brightness-preserving bi-histogram equalization, contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization, end-in search, histogram matching, and exact histogram matching (EHM). Comparison of the results of the different methods was made using three similarity measures peak signal-to-noise ratio, histogram intersection, and structural similarity. Image enhancement of successive bone scans using EHM showed the best results out of the six methods measured for all similarity measures. EHM is the best method of image enhancement based on histograms for diagnosing successive whole-body bone scans. The method for successive whole-body bone scans has the potential to greatly assist radiologists quantify interval changes more accurately and quickly by compensating for the variable nature of intensity information. Consequently, it can improve radiologists' diagnostic accuracy as well as reduce reading time for detecting interval changes.

A study on hemorrhage detection using hybrid method in fundus images.

Image processing of a fundus image is performed for the early detection of diabetic retinopathy. Recently, several studies have proposed that the use of a morphological filter may help extract hemorrhages from the fundus image; however, extraction of hemorrhages using template matching with templates of various shapes has not been reported. In our study, we applied hue saturation value brightness correction and contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization to fundus images. Then, using template matching with normalized cross-correlation, the candidate hemorrhages were extracted. Region growing thereafter reconstructed the shape of the hemorrhages which enabled us to calculate the size of the hemorrhages. To reduce the number of false positives, compactness and the ratio of bounding boxes were used. We also used the 5 × 5 kernel value of the hemorrhage and a foveal filter as other methods of false positive reduction in our study. In addition, we analyzed the cause of false positive (FP) and false negative in the detection of retinal hemorrhage. Combining template matching in various ways, our program achieved a sensitivity of 85% at 4.0 FPs per image. The result of our research may help the clinician in the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy and might be a useful tool for early detection of diabetic retinopathy progression especially in the telemedicine.

A Study of Joint Space Narrowing and Erosion in Rheumatoid Arthritis / 대한의료정보학회지

OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to measure radiographic joint space width and to estimate erosion in the hands of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. It showed that joint space width, homogeneity, and invariant moments are parameters to discriminate between the normal and the rheumatoid joint. METHODS: In order to measure the joint space width and to estimate erosion in the finger joint, 32 radiographic images were used - 16 images for training and 16 images for testing. The joint space width was measured in order to quantify the joint space narrowing. Also, homogeneity and invariant moments was computed in order to quantify erosion. Finally, artificial neural networks were constructed and tested as a classifier distinguishing between the normal and the rheumatoid joint. RESULTS: The joint space width of normal was 1.04+/-0.15 mm and the width of patients with rheumatoid arthritis was 0.94+/-0.15 mm. The Homogeneity of normal was 16568.83+/-2669.83 and invariant moments were 6843.45+/-2937.55. They were statistically difference (p<.05). Using these characteristics, artificial neural networks showed that they discriminate between normal and rheumatoid arthritis (AUC=0.91). CONCLUSION: Measuring joint space width, estimating homogeneity, and invariant moments provide the capability to distinguish between a normal joint and a rheumatoid joint.