Juniper Publishers Journal of Complementary Medicine & Alternative Healthcare

Juniper Publishers: The Effect of Family History of Diabetes and Middl... : Journal of Diabetes & Obesity - Juniper Publishers Abstract Background: Abdominal obesity is on the increase worldwide and ethn...

Juniper Publishers Understanding positional differences in terms of specific movement, speed and mechanical demands imposed upon elite professional soccer players in training and match play is of paramount importance to further develop player performance. The primary investigation aim was to examine a novel multi-metric method and reveal the representation of a tapered structure referencing a direct relationship with competitive match demands. The study involved 29-elite male European soccer players (26.7±4.07 years, height 183.4±5.87cm, body mass 78.4±8.03kg, VO2max 57.55±5.32mL.kg−1.min−1 and sum of 8 skinfolds 54.12±13.65mm). Daily positional TL data relating to competitive match day (MD) data was assessed via a Global Positioning System (GPS) across a 22-week period during the mid-phase of the competitive season. Results revealed differences between playing positions; central forwards (CF) revealing lower average intensity values when compared with CBs, FBs and WFs (p<0.0...

Juniper Publishers Objective:  To explore the peripheral mechanism of chrono- acupuncture with respect to purinergic signaling in local acupoints.  Methods:  The Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into two groups. One group was injected 0.1ml saline as control group. Another group was established by subcutaneous injecting 0.1ml complete Freund’s adjuvant (CFA). After modeling successfully, model rats were randomly divided into model group and acupuncture group based on the basic pain threshold. The basic pain threshold was tested by tail-flick method. The extracellular ATP concentration in local acupoints was detected by high- performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) after acupunctured at different times, which were zeitgeber time 0(ZT0) (7:00), ZT4(11:00), ZT8(15:00), ZT12(19:00), ZT16(23:00), and ZT20(3:00) respectively. Based on the characteristics of the variation of pain threshold and extracellular ATP concentration, the peak phase and valley phase w...