CHRONIC
CONDITIONS
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Protein
Metabolism In Rheumatoid Arthritis And Aging: Effects On Muscle Strength
Training And Tumor Necrosis
The Effect Of Progressive Resistance Training in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Strength Training Reduces Resting Blood Pressure In 65 To 75 Year Old
Men And Women
Strength
Training Normalizes Resting Blood Pressure In 65 To 73 Year Old Men
And Women With High Normal Blood Pressure
Strength Gains Without Muscle Injury After Strength Training In Patients
With Postpolio Muscular Atrophy
The following definitions
will be useful in understanding the research studies dealing with various
chronic conditions.
Cachexia:
A state of ill health, malnutrition and wasting.
Cytokines:
Small protein hormones that stimulate or inhibit many normal cell functions
such as cell growth and differentiation.
Dynamic Strength:
The amount of force that can be generated through motion (example: pressing
a weight through the range of motion of the joint).
Isometric Strength:
The amount of force that can be generated against an immovable object
(example: pressing against a wall).
Protein Metabolism:
The process by which proteins are broken down into amino acids which
can be utilized by the body.
Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction:
Inefficiency in delivering blood from the left ventricle of the heart
through the body: a type of chronic heart failure.
Postpolio Muscular Atrophy:
New muscular weakness and atrophy which develops in a patient 15 years
or more after they experienced an initial attack by the polio virus.
Rheumatoid Arthritis:
A chronic inflammatory disorder resulting in joint deterioration.
Tumor Necrosis Factor:
A substance that stimulates the killing of microbes at the site of inflammation,
also induces fever.
