Pub Date : 2022-02-28DOI: 10.24321/2349.2880.202207
A. Kaushik
Testicular cancer is one of the least common cancers accounting for around 1% of all cancers that affect men.It affects men aged between 15 to 49 yrs. Early detection of the cancer helps to cure the disease in most of the cases. Testicular Self-Examination (TSE) is a screening technique in which inspection of the appearance and palpation of the testes is done to detect any changes from the normal. Objectives of the study were; to assess the knowledge of youth regarding testicular self- examination, to find out the expressed practice regarding testicular self- examination among youth. Quantitative research approach with descriptive survey design was used. Sample size was 100 and purposive sampling technique was used. Result showed that only 19% subjects had adequate knowledge regarding Testicular cancer and none was practising testicular self- examination.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-18DOI: 10.24321/2349.2880.202117
Reena Ojha
Introduction: Biologically, a human being from the developmental stages of birth to puberty may be referred as a child. Legally, child is usually called a minor, or a person who has not reached the age of majority. Child sexual abuse is a peculiarly ominous kind of trauma as it creates horrific shame in the victim. Victims of sexual abuse during this stagegenerally are too immature and cannot express what is happening and don’t seek out help. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding sexual abuse in school-going children and analyse the relation between a child’s level of knowledge about sexual abuse and selected demographic variables. Methodology: The research design adopted in this study was non-experimental exploratory research design. A semi-structured tool consisting of two parts was used to collect data. Part A of the tool consisted of questions pertaining to demographic profile of the participants and part B consisted of knowledge assessment questions. Results: Out of 60 students, 83% had good knowledge and 17% had average knowledge. A positive correlation was found between the level of knowledge regarding sexual abuse and educational qualification of parents. Conclusion: The results showed that 17% of the students had average knowledge about sexual abuse and 83% had good knowledge.With this, it can be concluded that there is still a need to educate the children regarding sexual abuse and empower them to protect themselves from this traumatising experience. Hence the study was followed by a health education programme with the help of an educational video by NCERT named ‘Komal’.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-18DOI: 10.24321/2349.2880.202116
A. Patel
Background: Following the COVID-19 pandemic, a nationwide lockdown was announced in India in March 2020; wherein medical institutes throughout the country were closed. Various factors like physical inactivity, lack of social interaction, media news, uncertainty regarding examinations and course completion were expected to affect the mental health of medical students. This study was undertaken to understand the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on the mental health of medical students in Gujarat, India.Settings and Design: This was an analytical cross-sectional study conducted over 26 medical colleges in Gujarat.Method: An online survey was carried out over a period of ten days through Google Forms which included demographic details and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21). MedCalc software was used as a statistical software for data analysis.Results: 2021 students (1107 males and 914 females) across 26 medical colleges participated in the survey. More than two-thirds (68.1%) of total students reported being physically less active during the lockdown. Around half of the participants reported some severity of depression (50.27%), anxiety (51.46%) and stress (41.61%). Significant difference was found in terms of gender, physical exercise, meditation for the severity of depression, anxiety and stress. Females reported more severe depression and stress. Physical exercise and meditation were found to be having a positive impact on the mental health of the students.Conclusion:The lockdown has negatively affected the mental health of medical students in terms of increased depression, anxiety, stress among them.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-30DOI: 10.24321/2349.2880.202115
K. Zutshi
Introduction: Many athletes perform stretching exercises as part of a warm-up prior to physical activity in order to prevent injuries and enhance their performance by an increase in flexibility. The significance of this study was that it may provide information about the better stretching method between dynamic and PNF stretching immediately before the sports events which may help to enhance the strength of knee extensor, thereby helping in improving performance and injury prevention.Method: An experimental design was used in the study. 51 subjects were randomly divided and statistically analysed for results. Group 1 had to under go dynamic stretching, Group 2 had to undergo PNF stretching for a period of four, and Group 3 (control group) did not undergo any kind of stretching. Results: It was observed that there was no significant difference in peak torque and average torque at 60⁰/s and 180⁰/s and SEBT scores after 4 weeks of dynamic vs PNF stretching. No significant difference was found in dynamic balance after 4 weeks of dynamic vs PNF stretching. Conclusion: We may infer that dynamic stretching and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching of antagonist muscle have the same effect on knee extensor torque and dynamic balance in young collegiate males.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-30DOI: 10.24321/2349.2880.202114
Ajit Kumar
Introduction: The performance of sports persons can be enhanced through scientific inputs from physiotherapists, as demonstrated in this study.Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of plyometric training versus strength training in improving the power, standing broad jump, and vertical jump performance of college-level volleyball players.Methodology: Fifty subjects were randomly assigned to either of one group equally after assessment. Subjects in Group 1 were trained with plyometric training while subjects in Group 2 (n = 25) were trained with strength training. The pre-test and post-test data of standing broad jump, power, vertical jump performance were taken before and after the intervention respectively using standing long jump test, power by Sayer’s formula, and vertical jump test.Results: In Group 1, average power before the intervention was 3409.39 ± 290.19 watts and after the intervention, it was 3912.30 ± 100.00 watts. In Group 2, average power before the intervention was 3318.30 ± 236.17 watts, and after the intervention, it was 3709.2 ± 298.86 watts. Thus, in both the groups, intervention led to a significant improvement in power. In Group 1, average vertical jump height before the intervention was 42.16 ± 4.52 cm and after the intervention, it was 49.68 ± 4.95 cm. In Group 2, average vertical jump height before the intervention was 40.96 ± 3.93 cm and after intervention, it was 47.08 ± 4.76 cm. Conclusion: Both the groups showed improvement after the training, but the group trained with plyometric training showed better results than the strength training group.
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