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J Torii

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PubMed1992

Effect of time of day on adaptive response to a 4-week aerobic exercise program.

The circadian effects of an aerobic training program were studied in 3 groups of men who exercised at different times of day. Twelve healthy sedentary men were assigned to morning (9:00-9:30), afternoon (15:00-15:30) or evening (20:00-20:30) exercise groups. Each group performed a 30-minute 60% VO2max cycle ergometer exercise 4 days per week over a 4-week period. Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) was estimated and adaptive responses of heart rate and blood lactate levels to the training program were measured. After 4 weeks, the afternoon group showed a significant increase in estimated VO2max. A significant decrease in heart rate and blood lactate responses occurred in the afternoon and morning groups and the afternoon and evening groups, respectively. These results suggest that aerobic training is most effective in the afternoon.

Adaptation, Physiological↗
PubMed1989

[Changes in temperature and humidity at different layers inside clothing during rest, exercise, and recovery].

This paper presents the results of experiments in which we measured humidity and temperature changes that took place in different layers inside and on clothing. The experiments were conducted during rest, exercise, and recovery. During each experiment, subjects wore one of three kinds of outerwear made of three different materials, respectively. These materials were nylon taffeta (N), nylon taffeta-Goretex-nylon tricot laminated fabric (G), and polyvinylchloride-coated plain cotton fabric (V). The subjects wore an undershirt and a T-shirt under the outerwear. The humidity and the temperature were measured in the following parts of each subjects' back: (1) the layer between the subject's skin and the undershirt (first layer), (2) the layer between the undershirt and the T-shirt (second layer), (3) the layer between the T-shirt and the outerwear (third layer), and (4) the surface of the outerwear (fourth layer). We also measured the sensation of comfort, the skin temperature, the oral temperature and the degree of sweating of the subjects. The experiments were conducted in a climatic chamber under conditions of 20.7 +/- 0.4 degrees C, 61.2 +/- 3.6% RH and 2.5 +/- 0.5 cm/sec. The results we obtained were as follows: 1) While the subjects kept still, little change of humidity was observed with time in all the four layers. When the subjects were in motion, humidity increased as they started sweating. After the exercise ended, the humidity reached its maximum and then gradually decreased. 2) When subjects kept still, there was no difference in humidity in all the four layers of the outerwear.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Adult↗
PubMed1989

[Clinical, electrophysiological and histological analysis of adult onset chronic sensory neuropathy].

We reported clinical, electrophysiological and pathological findings in 10 patients with acquired, slowly progressive sensory neuropathy. Group I patients which had delayed sensory nerve conduction velocities (SNCV) or no response of SCV in electrophysiological studies were observed to have marked deep sensory disturbances. On the other hand, Group II who had abnormalities of both SNCV and motor nerve conduction velocities electrophysiologically has tendency to show superficial sensory disturbances more dominantly than that of deep sensation. Histological findings of biopsied sural nerve in Group I were mainly composed of diminution of large myelinated fibers, in Group II the diminution of large myelinated fibers with decreased unmyelinated fibers were observed. However, there were no significant difference between Group I and Group II in the quantitative analysis of myelinated fibers. There were no definite tendency under the basic disease or background factors of these 10 patients. Only 3 of these 10 patients had immunological abnormalities such as RA factors or antinuclear antibodies.

Adult↗
PubMed1976

[Facial paralysis].

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Facial Paralysis↗