
Altin ErindiSports University of Tirana | UST · Sport Medicine
Altin Erindi
Docent in Sport Medicine
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Introduction
Altin Erindi currently works at the Sport Medicine, Universiteti i Sporteve të Tiranës. Altin does research in Diabetology, Geriatrics and Sports Medicine. Their current project is 'Traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation, a case-study of non-operative management in a basketball player'.
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March 2000 - April 2020
January 2000 - July 2015
Education
October 1993 - July 1999
Publications
Publications (26)
Introduction People have always had back pain. Back pain was described in the distant past in old texts from 1500 BC. The word sciatica has been used since Ancient Greek times and Hippocrates (460-370 BC) described “sciatic” pain as mainly affecting men aged 40-60 years (Allan and Waddell, 1989). Purpose of the study This is a single case study abo...
Background:
Former athletes who continue a regular, performance-oriented training throughout life provide a unique model for studying successful aging. With this in mind, the current study aimed to compare the effects of an acute resistance exercise on proteolytic and myogenic markers in older weightlifters and untrained participants.
Methods:
S...
1: University of Vienna, Centre for Sport Science an University Sports, Austria, 2: Academy of Physical Education and Sport “Vojo Kushi”,
Tirana, Albania, 3: Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Introduction: Ageing is associated with progressive loss of muscle mass and function. It is known that resistance exercise training provides
an effective...
Introduction Many adolescent boys are highly concerned about their body image perception and combined martial arts and weight
training are prefered by them to improve muscle strength. Pubescent boys have presented a higher arm and thigh circumference in
relation to prepubescent boys, and this fact may be explained due to the higher increase on the...
Introduction: Obesity is recognized as a major health problem in many parts
of the world and the incidence of the condition is escalating at an alarming
rate (1, 2).
Effects of obesity on musculoskeletal function. Research into the effect of
adiposity on musculoskeletal function has largely focused on the impact of
obesity on the loco motor charact...
Introduction: Ageing is associated with a progressive loss of muscle mass and strength often resulting in reduced functional capacity. On
a molecular basis it has been shown that ageing alters gene expression of muscle growth and remodelling such as the Insulin-like
growth factor-1 (IGF-1) or myostatin resulting in an impaired muscle protein turnov...