The goal of the paper was to depict the status of FA from the historical and contemporary aspects of trait psychology and kinesiology research along with the guidelines for the use of FA methods. Researchers in psychology and kinesiology apply factor analytical methods in research of abilities and traits with the purpose of developing hierarchical theories of personality organization. However, ...

RATIONALE Low back pain has a significant socioeconomic impact. Repetitive lifting, with combined twisting and flexion motions of the lumbar spine, increases the risk for low-back pain and injury to the supporting tissues. PATIENT CONCERNS A 60-year-old male who presented with acute low-back pain, with a pain intensity of 6/10 on the visual analog scale (VAS) and an Oswestry disability index ...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to investigate the immediate effect on gait function when ankle balance taping is applied to amateur soccer players with lateral ankle sprain. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-over randomized design was used. Twenty-two soccer players with an ankle sprain underwent 3 interventions in a random order. Subjects were randomly assigned to ankle balance taping, ...

David D Peterson*, Kaitlyn M Tyms and Mark Caleb Smith Author Affiliations Cedarville University, United States Received: May 17, 2022 | Published: 24, Corresponding author: Peterson, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, Cedarville, OH, DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2022.44.006997

Chronic or refractory breathlessness adversely affects quality of life. Current treatment strategies for managing are often inadequate in providing complete relief. Kinesiology tapin...

Koen Put is with the Department of Kinesiology, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium. Marcus V.C. Baldo is with the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil. André M. Cravo is with the Center for Mathematics, Computation and Cognition, Federal University of ABC, Br...

1 College of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5B2 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain 3 School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA 4 Severance Hospital Diabetes Center, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medici...