Purpose: Regular physical activities are a keystone in the nonmedical and nonsurgical treatment of knee-osteoarthritis. However, the underlying mechanisms are still regarded as a black-box and a matter of debate. As potential candidates, two groups can be distinguished: First, jo...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2020/v23i1130197
Purpose: Drug testing by means of urine samples is part of the standard operating procedures in a wide range of related settings. In order to avoid sample manipulation by the client, samples are almost collected under direct observation. However, the supervision procedure is hand...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/44565
Purpose: Non-specific low back pain is one of the leading public health problems worldwide. With respect to the duration of pain, it is generally divided into acute, subacute, and chronic. While physical exercises are promoted as a non-pharmacologic treatment in the chronic state...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/42069
Purpose: Field studies show, that in several sports a major part of athletes are seriously dehydrated and carbohydrate depleted after a match. Therefore, during sports-game competitions, it is of great importance to optimize short-term regeneration such as fluid and carbohydrate...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/41498
Purpose: Urine marking is an alternative approach to supervise sample collection in order to prevent urine manipulation in the field of drug usage and the use of doping substances. Polyethylene glycols (PEG) with low molecular masses are already established as marker substances b...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2017/38741
Purpose: The study deals with changes in pressure pain thresholds (PPT) after exhaustive exercises. Two different protocols were applied to trained men of different age groups and the magnitude of exercise induced hypoalgesia (EIH) compared in inactive and loaded muscles. Metho...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28731
Purpose: In the field of urine drug testing, there are several strategies to manipulate a urine sample to become false negative and a wide variety of instructions and manipulation kits are offered on the internet. Some adulteration techniques for urine seriously disturb immunolog...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/40427