Does Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation-Based Hamstring Stretching Influence Deep Cervical Flexor Muscle Endurance?

To assess the acute effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF), stretching was applied to the hamstring muscles to evaluate deep cervical flexor endurance. Potential variables correlating with endurance adaptations were examined. This randomized controlled trial performed between September 2023 and June 2024 included healthy female university students aged 18-25 years.

[Inflammaging and metabolic syndrome: molecular mechanisms.].

One of the most pressing medical and social problems in the world is the widespread prevalence of chronic age-associated pathology, which includes metabolic syndrome. Metabolic inflammation accompanying metabolic diseases and aging have a common pathogenesis, the basis of which is the activation of the innate immune system and an increase in the inflammatory background. During the aging process, chronic, asymptomatic, sluggish inflammation develops, called inflamaging, which leads to a cascade of pathological changes that disrupt the functions of adipose tissue and the endocrine system, and thereby contributes to the development of a number of diseases.

Correction: Belyaeva et al. Tuberculosis and Autoimmunity. 2022, , 298-318.

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Tuberculosis and Autoimmunity.

Tuberculosis remains a common and dangerous chronic bacterial infection worldwide. It is long-established that pathogenesis of many autoimmune diseases is mainly promoted by inadequate immune responses to bacterial agents, among them Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is a multifaceted process having many different outcomes and complications.