conclusions amateur motocross riders had significant anaerobic metabolism demands and had reduced handgrip strength following a training session. these data suggest an importance of physical training aimed at improving anaerobic and neuromuscular performance of the upper limbs in amateur motocross riders. background motocross is one of the most popular motorized off-road sports, characterized b...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 10 weeks of resistance training on serum levels of heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic women. 20 women with type 2 diabetes were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly divided into experimental group (n = 10, mean age 47.13±6.27 year, bmi 28.45±3.32 kg/m²) and control group (n = 10, mean age 5...

background cancer diagnosis among children can cause high stress and anxiety in parents, and they may lose their life expectancy. the present study investigated the effectiveness of logo therapy on anxiety and depression among mothers of children with cancer. materials and methods this study was conducted by a semi-pilot method using pre-test and post-test with a control experimental group. the...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of 8-week retraining programs, with either two or three training sessions per week, on measures of functional performance and muscular power in athletes with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). Sixteen male athletes were randomly assigned to two groups after ACLR: a functional training group (FTG, n = 8) training 2 intense sessi...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Accumulating evidence shows that cognitive bias modification produces immediate changes in attentional bias for, and consumption of, rewarding substances including food. This study examined the longevity of these attentional bias modification effects. METHODS A modified dot probe paradigm was used to determine whether alterations in biased attentional processing of f...

a bstract background: renal failure is a major public health problem in the world. these patients experience high levels of psychological tension, anxiety, and depression, which leads to their lowered quality of life, increased health care costs, and early mortality. due to medication side effects in these patients, non‑medicational methods are more in demand now. this study aimed to investigat...

The ability to predict learning performance from brain imaging data has implications for selecting individuals for training or rehabilitation interventions. Here, we used structural MRI to test whether baseline variations in gray matter (GM) volume correlated with subsequent performance after a long-term training of a complex whole-body task. 44 naïve participants were scanned before undertakin...

This study examined whether a measure of learning potential could predict work skill acquisition in schizophrenia beyond the prediction offered by a single administration assessment. Fifty-seven outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder completed a test-train-test version of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test as a measure of their learning potential. The outpatients were randomly ...

Introduction Sensory deprivations such as hearing impairment that affect sensory input have a secondary impact on cognitive functions such as working memory (WM). WM capacity is an important cognitive component that processes language-related activities. Moreover, several studies have shown a deficit in WM in children with a cochlear implant (CI). We aimed to assess the performance of children ...