The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of six weeks of depth jump (DJ) vs. countermovement jump (CMJ) training on sand on muscle soreness, jump, sprint, agility and leg press strength. Thirty healthy men (age 20.4±1.1 years; height 177.4±5.1 cm; mass 72.8±9.7 kg) volunteered to participate and were randomly assigned to one of three groups: DJ training group (n=10), CMJ training gr...

the aim of this research was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks of aerobic training and omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on plasma sicam-1 in elderly men. in this study, 36 male non-athletes (aged between 50 and 70) were selected through available method and randomly divided into 4 groups (9 subjects per group): aerobic training+omega-3 supplement, aerobic training+placebo, omega-3 suppleme...

introduction: the prevalence of chronic diseases increases with age. increased production of reactive oxygen species (ros) involves in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases such as coronary atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetic vascular complications, and heart failure. the present study aimed to explore the effects of resistance training on plasma hydrogen peroxide level of ageing wome...

This study analyzed the effects of self-controlled practice on learning cognitive decision-making skills, focusing primarily on how participants used the time available to them during the practice sessions. 30 college students (10 women) ages 22 to 29 years volunteered to practice the game of tic-tac-toe under one of two conditions, self-controlled practice and a yoked-control condition. Learni...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A nontraditional form of exercise recently applied for patients with Parkinson disease (PD) is boxing training. The primary purpose of this case series is to describe the effects of disease severity and duration of boxing training (short term and long term) on changes in balance, mobility, and quality of life for patients with mild or moderate to severe PD. The feasibilit...

BACKGROUND Intermanual transfer implies that motor skills learned on one side of the body transfer to the untrained side. This effect was previously noted in adults practicing with a prosthesis simulator. OBJECTIVE The study objective was to determine whether intermanual transfer is present in children practicing prosthetic handling. DESIGN A mechanistic, pseudorandomized, pretest-posttest ...

background: congenital heart disease causes large expenditures as well as mental pressures for the parents and, consequently, endangers the mothers’ quality of life and self efficacy. thus, the present study aimed to determine the effect of educational program on the quality of life and self efficacy of the mothers of the infants with congenital heart disease. methods: the present randomized co...

The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) based on use handicrafts in reducing symptoms Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among university students with hearing impairments. A total 12 impaired were randomly assigned either experimental group (n=6, M=19.47, SD=3.55) or control SD=3.55). Participants underwent fifteen sessions group-based ...

the aim of the current study was to investigate three volleyball skills in three training conditions of blocked, random and serial to reveal their effects in three phases of acquisition, retention and transfer. 60 amateur male students (mean age = 21.5 years, sd= 1.2) were voluntarily selected and randomly divided into three training groups (blocked, random and serial). a pretest was used to ma...