Purpose To compare acute hemoglobin responses during bench press (BP) exercise among bodybuilders (BB), powerlifters (PL), Paralympic powerlifters (PP), and untrained controls (CON), with emphasis on relative load and sport background. Methods …
Aims Carbon dioxide (CO2) can regulate blood flow and is applied therapeutically in intensive care units to treat brain injury, as well as in balneotherapy for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and diabetic angiopathy; however, its mode of action …
Background Impaired cerebral perfusion during postural changes may contribute to fall risk in older adults. This study used near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) as a proxy for cerebral blood flow to investigate the association between cerebral …
Research suggests that overweight/obese adults (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) have an elevated risk of cognitive decline. Although exercise is recommended to improve both physical and cognitive health, adherence is often low in this population. Virtual reality …
Significance Naturalistic fNIRS data acquired on children enable studying real-world behaviors but challenge standard analysis methods such as block averaging and general linear model (GLM). In naturalistic paradigms, events often overlap, whereas …
To investigate the influence of decision-making styles on college students’ sports and health consumption preferences and the underlying cognitive neural mechanisms, this study recruited 39 college students as participants, adopted a one-factor …
Dietary nitrate supplementation has been shown to improve endurance exercise performance, but its effects on repeated anaerobic sprints and potential sex-based differences remain underexplored. This study examined whether acute dietary nitrate …
Introduction: Supervised exercise training (SET) is recommended as first-line therapy for symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD), but pain and limited tolerance often restrict the effective training dose. Eccentric exercise, such as downhill …
Introduction: An acute bout of exercise is associated with an increased cognitive performance and oxygenation levels in the cortical areas of human brain. Aim of the study: In the current study we evaluated the effect of acute bout of highintensity …
Gentleness, defined as the ability to handle tissues delicately while minimizing unnecessary force, is a critical indicator of surgical proficiency. Objective and real-time assessment of gentleness in virtual reality (VR)-based training can improve …
Introduction: Although virtual reality (VR) is increasingly deployed as a tool for education, little is known about how learning modality influences cognitive processing or whether wearable neuroimaging technologies can accurately classify cognitive …
The COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed face-to-face interactions, as face masks cover facial zones and affect face perception. Preterm birth is associated with altered face perception, which is important in socio-cognitive development. Use of face …
Hearing aids have improved speech intelligibility but not speech emotion perception in older adults with hearing loss. Hearing loss has also been linked to altered brain responses to emotional non-speech sounds, potentially contributing to the speech …
Despite pressurization of airliner cabins, some passengers experience in-flight hypobaric hypoxia with blood oxygen saturation dropping below 90%, potentially causing discomfort and increasing the risk of medical events. Enrichment of the cabin air …
We aimed to identify the physiological and muscle characteristics associated with mean power output in the final stage of a rowing incremental test in elite rowers. Twenty-two national level rowers (n = 9 female) completed the following assessments …
This study aims to identify physiological features sensitive to human–automation trust (HAT) and to distinguish between high HAT (HHAT) and low HAT (LHAT) levels. A simulated aviation monitoring and takeover task was conducted under a 2 (reliability) …
The ability to perceive other people’s emotions is essential for social interaction and communication. Emotion perception involves complex cognitive processes triggered by visual, auditory, or both stimuli. However, it remains unclear how people use …
Introduction The presence of sex differences in various vascular assessments in younger to middle-aged adults is inconsistent in the literature. Purpose Determine whether sex differences are present across four different indices of vascular health. …
Introduction Sex-related differences in microvascular reactivity may be influenced by the magnitude of muscle desaturation (ischemic stimulus) during the blood flow occlusion period. Thus, this study used near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to assess …
Introduction Continuous wave (CW) near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is widely used in skeletal muscle tissue hemodynamic and respiratory research utilizing fixed light scattering assumptions. Purpose Compare reproducibility and technical …