Effects of weight-lifting or resistance exercise on breast cancer-related lymphedema:A systematic review

The purpose of this systematic review was to identify the effects of weight-lifting or resistance exercise on breast cancer-related lymphedema.Published articles written in English were retrieved from electronic databases,including ScienceDirect,PubMed,Scopus,and CINAHL databases.Hand-searches for unpublished papers were also completed.Content analysis was used to examine articles that met the inclusion criteria.Among 525 searched papers,15 papers met the inclusion criteria:13 trials evaluated weight-lifting or resistance exercise alone and two trials evaluated weight-lifting or resistance exercise plus aerobic exercise.The results of the review showed that no arm volume change was observed for either exercise modality.In addition,six included studies showed that weight-lifting or resistance exercise did not cause lymphedema or adverse events in patients at risk of breast cancer-related lymphedema.For patients with breast cancer-related lymphedema,six studies reported that change of swelling outcome measures were not significantly different between the weight-lifting or resistance exercise group and the control group.However,three included studies reported that volume of arm was significantly more reduced in the weight-lifting or resistance exercise group than those in the control group.The findings suggest that supervised resistance exercise may be safe,feasible,and beneficial in patients with breast cancer-related lymphedema or at risk for breast cancer-related lymphedema.However,the limitation of small sample size implies that further research is needed to confirm these findings.

APPLICATION OF WEIGHTED NONOSCILLATORY AND NON-FREE-PARAMETER DISSIPATION DIFFERENCE SCHEME IN CALCULATING THE FLOW OF VIBRATING FLAT CASCADE

A dual-time method is introduced to calculate the unsteady flow in a certain vibrating flat cascade. An implicit lower-upper symmetric-gauss-seidel scheme（LU-SGS） is applied for time stepping in pseudo time domains, and the convection items are discretized with the spatial three-order weighted non-oscillatory and non-free-parameter dissipation difference （WNND） scheme. The turbulence model adopts q-co low-Reynolds-number model. The frequency specmuns of lift coefficients and the unsteady pressure-difference coefficients at different spanwise heights as well as the entropy contours at blade tips on different vibrating instants, are obtained. By the analysis of frequency specmuns of lift coefficients at three spanwise heights, it is considered that there exist obvious non-linear perturbations in the flow induced by the vibrating, and the perturbation frequencies are higher than the basic frequency. The entropy contours at blade tips at different times display an intensively unsteady attribute of the flow under large amplitudes.

Effect of scraping therapy on weightlifting ability

OBJECTIVE:To verify the effects of scraping therapy on the weightlifting ability by measuring the subjective sensation,and changes of biomarkers.METHODS:Five students,who have been trained for 3 years in a sport school in China were participated in this study.A course of scraping therapy was applied to intervene during the normal 7-week of weightlifting training programme.The ability of weightlifting,the scale of rating perceived exertion and serum biochemical markers were measured before and after the intervention.RESULTS:Scraping therapy caused a significant increase in weightlifting ability(P<0.05).The level of rating perceived exertion remained stable with the increase in the training volume.Immuno-globulinA was significantly increased(P<0.05),and creatine kinase and blood urea nitrogen were significantly decreased(P<0.05).No significant changes were observed in white blood cell,neutrophil,and testosterone.CONCLUSION:Scraping therapy may facilitate weightlifting ability mainly by decreasing weight sensation and improving serum biochemical parameters.

The Effects of 5 Weeks of Leg-Drive Training on Bench Press Performance in Recreationally-Trained,College-Age Men

Introduction The bench press is commonly used to measure upper-body strength.While much emphasis has been placed on the upper-body,little is known about how the lower-body can play a role in bench press performance.Leg-drive is a technique that includes flexing the knee so the feet line up posterior to the knee joint,while simultaneously contracting the knee extensors isometrically during the lift.The purpose of this study was to compare strength characteristics of lifters in a standard bench press versus a leg-drive bench press over the course of 5-weeks of training.Methods Twenty-three recreationally active males(age:22.4±2.1 years,height:175.0±5.9 cm,mass:78.4±9.5 kg)were randomized into a standard bench or leg-drive bench press group.Participants performed four sets to failure,two times per week for five weeks.Variables of interests were training volume and 1-repetition maximum(1RM)strength.For training volume,a 2×5(group×week)repeated measures analysis of variance(RMANOVA)was used.For the 1RM’s,a 2×2×2(group×press type×time)RMANOVA was used.A priori alpha levels were set to 0.05.Results Over time,both groups showed an approximate 6%increase in 1RM strength.Training volume for week 4 was 5.6%less than week 5,but was not different from weeks 1 through 3.No between-group differences were observed for 1RM strength or training volume.Conclusion This results of this work indicates that 5 weeks of leg-drive training is effective in increasing 1RM strength,but was not more effective than standard bench press training.Practically,lifters should choose either lifting style based on personal preference.

SPECTRAL METHOD FOR MIXED INHOMOGENEOUS BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS IN THREE DIMENSIONS

In this paper, we investigate spectral method for mixed inhomogeneous boundary value problems in three dimensions. Some results on the three-dimensional Legendre approxima- tion in Jacobi weighted Sobolev space are established, which improve and generalize the existing results, and play an important role in numerical solutions of partial differential equations. We also develop a lifting technique, with which we could handle mixed inho- mogeneous boundary conditions easily. As examples of applications, spectral schemes are provided for three model problems with mixed inhomogeneous boundary conditions. The spectral accuracy in space of proposed algorithms is proved. Efficient implementations are presented. Numerical results demonstrate their high accuracy, and confirm the theoretical analysis well.