Linear and daily undulating resistance training periodizations have differential beneficial effects in young sedentary women.

The aim of this randomized controlled study was to verify the impact of a 12-weeks muscular endurance (ME) training of high repetitions (i. e., 15-30) with 2 different periodization models on body composition, maximal strength, muscular endurance and cardiorespiratory fitness. Twenty eight sedentary women aged 20-35 years were randomly assigned to: control (CON) (n=8), linear periodization (LP) (n=10) and daily undulating periodization (DUP) (n=10). LP and DUP models significantly improved body composition, maximal strength and ME. However, no significant changes were detected for cardiorespiratory fitness. LP showed a higher body fat loss (- 12.73%) compared to DUP (- 9.93%) (p=0.049), and systematically higher effect sizes (ES) when compared with DUP for maximal strength and cardiorespiratory fitness parameters (e. g. ES=0.53 for ventilatory threshold). In contrast, DUP exhibited a significantly (p=0.002) greater ME gain (129.43%) compared to LP (70.72%) in bench press, and greater ES in all exercises. It may be suggested that LP performed with a high number of repetitions may be considered an appropriate periodization model for untrained young women that would likely lead to the improvement of body composition and maximum strength performance, whereas DUP is more effective for the development of ME.

Efeito do ultra-som na permeacao cutanea do tiratricol: analise histologica / Effect of ultrasound on the tiratricol skin permeation: histologic analysis

O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar o efeito do ultra-som na permeacao cutanea do tiratricol, farmacio lipolitico muito utilizado no tratamento mesoterapico para celulite. Trata-se, porem, de metodo invasivo, razao do interesse pela aplicacao topica. Os tratamentos topicos foram realizados no dorso de cinco suinos(Landrace x Large White), machos, com 50 dias, em areas de 8cm :C-controle, G-gel (carbpol 940), G+US-gel +ultra-som, G+T-gel+tiratricol (20mg/3 de gel), G+T+US-gel+tiratricol+ultra-som, e M- mesoterapia, tratados diariamente por 15 dias. O protocolo do US foi: 3 MHz, 0,2 W/cm, continuo. Apos processamento histologico em parafina com coloracao por HE, usando-se ocular milimetrada (Zeiss), forma feitas medidas histometricas da pele, analisadas pela (ANOVA) com teste de DUNNET a 5(por cento) (p>,0,05) de significancia. Essa analise mostrou espessamento na epiderme, em razao do poder hidratente do gel, o que nao ocorreu no tratamento com mesoterapia. A hipoderme das areas tratadas por mesoterapia sofreu reducao significativa em sua espessura (33,8(por cento), p<0,05), assim como as areas tratadas por gel + tiratricol + US (23,5 (por cento), p<0,05), o que nao ocorreu com o tiratricol isoladamente (6,08 por cento, p>0,05). Concluiu-se que o US aumentou a permeacao do tiratricol