Public Health and Sport Sciences: Recent submissions
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Spaceflight Induces Strength Decline in Caenorhabditis elegans
(MDPI, 17 October 2023)Background: Understanding and countering the well-established negative health consequences of spaceflight remains a primary challenge preventing safe deep space exploration. Targeted/personalized therapeutics are at the ... -
Bisphosphonates attenuate age-related muscle decline in Caenorhabditis elegans
(Wiley, 18 September 2023)BACKGROUND: Age-related muscle decline (sarcopenia) associates with numerous health risk factors and poor quality of life. Drugs that counter sarcopenia without harmful side effects are lacking, and repurposing existing ... -
Assessing electronic device use behaviours in healthy adults: development and evaluation of a novel tool
(BMC, 15 January 2024)BACKGROUND: Chronic exposure of the macula to blue light from electronic devices has been identified as a potential macular health concern. The impacts remain poorly investigated as no validated methods to capture usual ... -
Morning compared to afternoon school-based exercise on cognitive function in adolescents
(Elsevier, 2 February 2024)Purpose: Adolescents may be less ready to learn in the mornings due to a propensity for waking up later. High-intensity interval exercise (HIIE) has been shown to acutely improve cognitive functioning in teenagers. This ... -
The impact of forearm immobilization and acipimox administration on muscle amino acid metabolism and insulin sensitivity in healthy, young volunteers
(American Physiological Society, 17 January 2024)Although the mechanisms underpinning short-term muscle disuse atrophy and associated insulin resistance remain to be elucidated, perturbed lipid metabolism might be involved. Our aim was to determine the impact of acipimox ...