BACKGROUND: Research on muscular fatigue has extensive value of application in fundamental research about neuromuscular system, handicapped rehabilitation engineering, objective evaluation on physiotherapeutic effect, scientific training of athletes and ergonomics etc.OBJECTIVE: To study partial muscular fatigue by using AR model parameter of needle electrode electromyography (NEMG) signal and try to reveal the quantitative relationship between local muscular fatigue process and AR model coefficient of NEMG signal.DESIGN: Human NEMG signal was taken as the subject, the changing rule of myoelectric characteristics parameter in local muscular fatigue process was studied.SETTING: NML Laboratory of China University of cience and Technology.PARTICIPANTS: 4 eases of NEMG signals were obtained from NEMG signal collection system manufactured by NML Laboratory of China University of Science and Technology. Four volunteers that selected were healthy males and their tibialis anterior muscles were tested.METHODS: Based on the theory of random signal parameter model,NEMG signals were modeled and parameter was selected, the trend of parameter of NEMG signal changing with the time increasing was studied in the muscular fatigue process. Relative programs from MATLAB language toolbox were adopted for programming.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The trend of α1 parameter of NEMG signal changing with the time (fatigue process) increasing. RESULTS: There was a correlation between local museular fatigue of human body and the changing trend of α1 parameter of NEMG signal tested from the muscle, that is, α1 parameter of NEMG signal increased with the time (fatigue process) increasing.CONCLUSION: By means of the increasing trend of α1 parameter of NEMG signal with the time (fatigue process) increasing, muscular fatigue state can be better evaluated.

Objective To compare the clinical efficacy and safety of sublingual nifedipine,intravenous urapidil and micropump nitroglycerin in the treatment of APH (acute postoperative hypertension).Methods A retrospective study was conducted to analyze clinical data of 497 patients with AHP undergoing tumor resection from July 2007 through December 2010.Patients received antihypertensive treatment for APH; hypertension occurred within 24 hours after surgery; patients received no long-acting antihypertensive agents within 24 hours.Patients with a previous history of coronary heart disease,arrhythmia,stroke and incomplete clinical data were excluded.All patients were divided into three groups.Nifedipine group,10 mg nifedipine tablet was administered sublingually; urapidil group,12.5 mg of urapidil was diluted in 20 ml normal saline and administered by intravenous injection; nitroglycerin group,25 mg of nitroglycerin was diluted in 40ml normal saline and infused intravenously by a micropump.The x2 test was employed to compare the efficacy and safety among different treatment.Results Treatment with sublingual nifedipine caused a reduction of the systolic blood pressure by 5.8％,and diastolic blood pressure by 4.7％.Treatment with intravenous urapidil caused a reduction of the systolic blood pressure by 11.1％,and diastolic blood pressure by 8.4％.Treatment with micropump nitroglycerin caused a reduction of the systolic blood pressure by 13.1％,and diastolic blood pressure by 10.2％.There is not different between intravenous urapidil and micropump nitroglycerin (63.4％ vs 57.8％,P =0.506).Intravenous urapidil and micropump nitroglycerin were associated with a significantly higher rate of blood pressure control than sublingual nifedipine (63.4％ vs 33.3％,P =0.000; 57.8％ vs 33.3％,P =0.001).The frequency of cardio-cerebrovascular events in intravenous urapidil group was similar to that in sublingual nifedipine group (6.9％ vs 4.7％,P =0.345),but it was significantly higher in micropump nitroglycerin group compared with intravenous urapidil group and sublingual nifedipine group.(24.4％ vs 6.9％,P =0.001 ; 24.4％ vs 4.7％,P =0.000).Conclusions Considering therapeutic effect and safety,we concluded that intravenous administration of urapidil was more suitable for the treatment of APH compared with sublingual nifedipine and micropump nitroglycerin.

Cells, Cultured ; Comet Assay ; DNA Damage ; drug effects ; Female ; Humans ; Lymphocytes ; drug effects ; Male ; Micronucleus Tests ; Vincristine ; toxicity

Surface electromyogram (sEMG) may have low signal to noise ratios. An adaptive wavelet thresholding technique was developed in this study to remove noise contamination from sEMG signals. Compared with convention- al wavelet thresholding methods, the adaptive approach can adjust thresholds based on different signal to noise ratios of the processed signal, thus effectively removing noise contamination and reducing distortion of the EMG signal. The advantage of the developed adaptive thresholding method was demonstrated using simulated and experimental sEMG recordings.
Algorithms ; Electromyography ; Humans ; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Wavelet Analysis

AIM To investigate the effect of puerarin (Pue) on tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ?, interleukin (IL) 6 secreted by neonatal rat cardiomyocytes during hypoxia/reoxygenation injury. METHOD The activities of TNF ? and IL 6 in the supernatants of cultured myocytes, which were sampled from different groups (control, model, and therapeutic groups with 1 g?L -1 Pue, 0 1 g?L -1 Pue, 0 01 g?L -1 Pue) at different time, were assayed by bioassay method. RESULTS TNF ? and IL 6 activity increased compared with that of control ( P

Objective To investigate the expressions of receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) and nuclear factor κB(NF-κB) in brain hippocampus of rat with chronic fluorosis,and to reveal the mechanism of brain damage resulted from chronic fluorosis.Methods Sixty clean grade SD rats were randomly divided to three groups(20 rats in each group,10 female and 10 male) fed with different contents of fluoride,control group with normal tap-water(＜ 0.5 mg/L fluoride),small dosage of fluoride exposure group(10 mg/L fluoride in tap-water) and large dosage of fluoride exposure group(50 mg/L fluoride) for six months.Then the rats were killed by femoral artery bleeding and hippocampus was removed.Protein and mRNA levels of RAGE and NF-κB in the hippocampus were determined by Western blotting and quantitative real time PCR,respectively.Results As compared to the control groups[(100.00 ± 2.60)％,(100.00 ± 7.80)％],the expressions of RAGE and NF-κB at protein level in the hippocampus were significantly increased in the small dosage of fluoride exposure groups [(205.00 ± 15.30)％,(156.00 ± 12.20)％] and the large dosage of fluoride exposure groups[(232.00 ± 10.90)％,(162.00 ± 9.80)％,all P ＜ 0.05]; for the mRNA level of RAGE and NF-κB,the expressions were higher in the small dosage of fluoride exposure groups(1.27 ± 0.09,0.83 ± 0.15) and the large dosage of fluoride exposure groups (2.60 ± 0.19,1.27 ± 0.19) than those of the control groups(0.66 ± 0.18,0.32 ± 0.08,all P＜ 0.05).Conclusions The increased expressions of RAGE and NF-κB in the hippocampus of rat brain are caused by chronic fluorosis,and these changes may be associated with the mechanism of nerve injury.

Objective Aim of the study is to investigate the expression of syndecan-4 and nuclear factor κB(NF-κB) in the kidney of rat with chronic fluorosis,and to reveal the mechanism of kidney damage resulted from the toxicity of excessive amount of fluoride.Methods According to body mass and sex,sixty SD rats were randomly divided to three groups according to body mass and fed with different contents of fluoride:control group with normal tap-water(＜ 0.5 mg/L fluoride),small dosage of fluoride exposure group (adding 10 mg/L fluoride in tap-water) and large dosage of fluoride exposure group (50 mg/L fluoride) for six months.The protein level of syndecan-4 and NF-κB in the kidney was detected by Western blotting and syndecan-4 mRNA level by quantitative real time PCR.Results As compared to the control group[(100.0 + 8.1)％],the expression of syndecan-4 at protein level in the kidney of rat was significantly increased in the small dosage of fluoride exposure group [(198.5 + 5.6)％,P ＜ 0.05] and large dosage of fluoride exposure group [(209.2 + 13.0)％,P ＜ 0.05]; the protein levels of NF-κB in the small dosage of fluoride exposure group[(284.4 + 11.1)％,P ＜ 0.05] and in the large dosage of fluoride exposure group[(343.2 + 2.9)％,P ＜ 0.05] were significantly increased than that of the control group[(100.0 ± 10.7)％].The mRNA levels of syndecan-4 in the kidney in the small dosage of fluoride exposure group and large dosage of fluoride exposure group(0.431 + 0.058 and 0.453 ± 0.065,both P ＜ 0.05,respectively) were significantly increased than that of the control(0.128 + 0.026).Conclusions The increased expression of NF-κB in the kidney is induced by increased expression of syndecan-4,which may be involved in kidney damage of chronic fluorosis.

Objective To investigate the expression of glucocorticoid receptor(GR), GR? mRNA and GR? mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMC)of patients with multiple sclerosis(MS) and healthy controls and investigate the relationship between GR protein, GR? mRNA, GR? mRNA and intravenous injection methylprednisolone(IVMP)effect.Methods GR in PBMC was measured by radioligand assays in 20 patients with relapsing-remitting MS(RRMS), 6 with the second progressive MS (SPMS)and 26 healthy controls.Semi-quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)was used to detect the expression of GR? mRNA and GR? mRNA in PBMC of patients with MS and healthy controls.The effect of IVMP was evaluated by the expanded disability status scale(EDSS). Results(1)Before IVMP, GR in PBMC of MS was significantly lower(RRMS:(3.8?0.2)?10~3 site/cell;SPMS:(1.6?0.2)?10~3 site/cell)than those of controls((4.2?0.8)?10~3 site/cell, P

Objective: To observe the effect of Yi Jin Jing (Sinew-transforming Qigong Exercises) on the muscle strength in senile sarcopenia. Methods: Sixty-five old people with sarcopenia were randomized into Yi Jin Jing group and a blank control group. Thirty-three patients in Yi Jin Jing group practiced Yi Jin Jing (Sinew-transforming Qigong Exercises), while 32 patients in the blank control group didn't receive any interventions. The muscle strength was measured before and after 12-week training. Results: During the study, each group had 1 dropout. The muscle strength was improved after 12-week training in Yi Jin Jing group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05); there was no significant difference in the blank control group (P>0.05). After the intervention, there was a significant difference between Yi Jin Jing group and the blank control group in comparing the muscle strength (P<0.05). Conclusion: Constant Yi Jin Jing (Sinew-transforming Qigong Exercises) training can notably improve skeletal muscle strength in senile sarcopenia.