OBJECTIVE There is little high-quality evidence on the efficacy of the Pilates-based exercises for the treatment of chronic nonspecific low back pain. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to present a study protocol to investigate the efficacy of adding Pilates-based exercises to a minimum intervention in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. METHODS This randomized controlle...

We have proposed and implemented a distributed asynchronous Web-based training (WBT) system. In order to improve the scalability and robustness of this system, all exercises and functions, such as scores user’s answers are realized on mobile agents. These agents are distributed to computers, and they can be constructed with a P2P network that modified Content-Addressable Network (CAN). In this ...

Objective and Background: Knee osteoarthritis is one of the most common musculoskeletal problems that is associated with impaired balance. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of strengthening and balance on static stability indices in female with knee osteoarthritis. Materials and Methods:  In this randomized controlled single-blind clinical trial, 13 women with knee oste...

In the framework of our ongoing project [2, 3, 4], we aim at developing a Reactive Virtual Trainer (RVT), an intelligent virtual agents (IVA) who can not only perform exercises, but adjust those, and interweave the physical performance with explanations, correcting remarks and social chat. For an IVA in such a role where the demonstrated motion is to be copied by the user, the subtle, physicall...

[Purpose] The purpose of this review was to investigate the types of exercises that can improve the tropism of the multifidus muscles, based on clinical evidence. [Methods] Following to the PICO (Problem, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) model, we considered studies of subjects with specific or non-specific LBP that used exercises aimed at activating the lumbar multifidus muscle and measured ...

Abstract: This study demonstrates that formal training in debugging helps students develop skills in diagnosing and removing defects from computer programs. To enhance debugging skills in an assembly language course, students completed debugging exercises, debugging logs, development logs, reflective memos, and collaborative assignments. The debugging exercises were optional, but the other acti...

The present study explored which underlying motivations induced people to participate in a television exercise program called "The Netherlands on the Move!-television" (NOM-tv). A cross-sectional study was carried out among 1,349 viewers of NOM-tv. The respondents completed the intrinsic motivation inventory (IMI), assessing their levels of intrinsic motivation towards participating in the NOM-...

Grammar exercises for language learning fall into two distinct classes: those that are based on “real life sentences” extracted from existing documents or from the web; and those that seek to facilitate language acquisition by presenting the learner with exercises whose syntax is as simple as possible and whose vocabulary is restricted to that contained in the textbook being used. In this paper...

Based on a state of the art analysis of exercise classifications and empirical findings from an Action Research approach this paper presents a classification for command post exercises, that addresses identified shortcomings concerning practical support for goal-achievement and evaluation in exercise design. The authors’ classification distinguishes between Training, Test and Experimentation Ex...

Game playing and genetic algorithms (GAs) are two important topics in artificial intelligence (AI). In this work we employ network tournament to assist in teaching these concepts associated with AI. Three exercises that implement a game-playing program are designed to help students learn relevant topics in AI. The first exercise involves game theory, e.g. mini-max search and alpha-beta pruning....