Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the influence of body mass index (BMI) in obese individuals on functional reach. Methods: Obese subjects whose BMI was ≥30 kg/m2 and normal subjects with BMI 18.5-24.9 kg /m2 were considered for this study. They were screened for eligibility to participate in the study and they were grouped into obese and normal of 50 subjects each. The subjects were asked to lean forward with 90 degrees of shoulder flexion, taking precautions not to rotate the trunk, and to flex the knees without raising the heels. The distance reached in this position was marked as the final reference. The average of three trails of the initial and final reference points was noted as the reading. Results: A Pearson correlation between increasing BMI and forward functional reach (FFR) in obese individuals was statistically significant (Table 2) whereas a correlation between increasing height and forward functional reach in obese individuals was statistically not significant (Table 3). The results reveal that as the BMI increases in obese individuals the FFR reduces. Conclusion: Obese individuals show less forward functional reach when compared to normal subjects.
{"title":"A study to compare forward functional reach between normal and obese subjects","authors":"R. Vasanthi, Sivakumar Ramachandran","doi":"10.15442/apgr.22.4.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15442/apgr.22.4.2","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the influence of body mass index (BMI) in obese individuals on functional reach. Methods: Obese subjects whose BMI was ≥30 kg/m2 and normal subjects with BMI 18.5-24.9 kg /m2 were considered for this study. They were screened for eligibility to participate in the study and they were grouped into obese and normal of 50 subjects each. The subjects were asked to lean forward with 90 degrees of shoulder flexion, taking precautions not to rotate the trunk, and to flex the knees without raising the heels. The distance reached in this position was marked as the final reference. The average of three trails of the initial and final reference points was noted as the reading. Results: A Pearson correlation between increasing BMI and forward functional reach (FFR) in obese individuals was statistically significant (Table 2) whereas a correlation between increasing height and forward functional reach in obese individuals was statistically not significant (Table 3). The results reveal that as the BMI increases in obese individuals the FFR reduces. Conclusion: Obese individuals show less forward functional reach when compared to normal subjects.","PeriodicalId":249650,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Physiotherapy and Global Researches","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122228706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Concurrent validity and reliability of the Microsoft kinect™ device in cervical spine range of motion assessment","authors":"A. Ademoyegun, Michael O. Egwu, C. Mbada","doi":"10.15442/apgr.22.4.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15442/apgr.22.4.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":249650,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Physiotherapy and Global Researches","volume":"147 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123486233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wiktor Wezgraj, I. Łuszczewska-Sierakowska, Katarzyna Przylepa
Aesthetic medicine offers a very wide range of beauty treatments. However, most of the filling substances (e.g. hyaluronic acid, calcium hydroxyapatite, polylactic acid) are absorbed with time and thus require replenishment. Treatments should be repeated at different time intervals. Moreover, such treatments depend on the intra-tissue administration of different substances that improve the appearance and exert rejuvenating effects albeit are simply foreign bodies. Alternatively, the patient`s fat can be used as a filling substance. Autologous adipose tissue transplants are called lipofilling. The method is extremely safe as the patient’s own tissue is transplanted, which eliminates the risk of rejection. In other procedures with fillers, the substances used are foreign materials and generate the risk of inflammatory conditions. Therefore, an ideal alternative is to use the patient’s fat for filling, i.e. adipose tissue autotransplantation. The tissue needed for the procedure, is obtained by excision or liposuction of the adipose tissue from fat deposits using cannulas. Subsequently, the collected material is centrifuged, decanted and injected into the area requiring correction. Noteworthy, in aesthetic and cosmetic medicine, the fatty tissue is considered a free transplant that has to be incorporated into the surrounding tissues (the affected area) and therefore, the volume of fat transplanted during one procedure cannot be large. Nevertheless, it is a living tissue, which will live normally and remain permanently in the new area. Fat transplants reduce wrinkles that appear with age, stimulate, rejuvenate, smooth the skin and correct various asymmetries and defects, which improves the skin tonicity and significantly enhances microcirculation; thus, the skin becomes well-toned, youthful and much smoother. The use of the patient’s own tissue causes no allergic reactions and no risk of rejection. Such a transplant does not lead to any inflammatory reactions around the transplanted fat tissue.
{"title":"Lipofilling – restoration of balance of the facial adipose tissue","authors":"Wiktor Wezgraj, I. Łuszczewska-Sierakowska, Katarzyna Przylepa","doi":"10.15442/apgr.22.4.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15442/apgr.22.4.4","url":null,"abstract":"Aesthetic medicine offers a very wide range of beauty treatments. However, most of the filling substances (e.g. hyaluronic acid, calcium hydroxyapatite, polylactic acid) are absorbed with time and thus require replenishment. Treatments should be repeated at different time intervals. Moreover, such treatments depend on the intra-tissue administration of different substances that improve the appearance and exert rejuvenating effects albeit are simply foreign bodies. Alternatively, the patient`s fat can be used as a filling substance. Autologous adipose tissue transplants are called lipofilling. The method is extremely safe as the patient’s own tissue is transplanted, which eliminates the risk of rejection. In other procedures with fillers, the substances used are foreign materials and generate the risk of inflammatory conditions. Therefore, an ideal alternative is to use the patient’s fat for filling, i.e. adipose tissue autotransplantation. The tissue needed for the procedure, is obtained by excision or liposuction of the adipose tissue from fat deposits using cannulas. Subsequently, the collected material is centrifuged, decanted and injected into the area requiring correction. Noteworthy, in aesthetic and cosmetic medicine, the fatty tissue is considered a free transplant that has to be incorporated into the surrounding tissues (the affected area) and therefore, the volume of fat transplanted during one procedure cannot be large. Nevertheless, it is a living tissue, which will live normally and remain permanently in the new area. Fat transplants reduce wrinkles that appear with age, stimulate, rejuvenate, smooth the skin and correct various asymmetries and defects, which improves the skin tonicity and significantly enhances microcirculation; thus, the skin becomes well-toned, youthful and much smoother. The use of the patient’s own tissue causes no allergic reactions and no risk of rejection. Such a transplant does not lead to any inflammatory reactions around the transplanted fat tissue.","PeriodicalId":249650,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Physiotherapy and Global Researches","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128834840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In modern world, procedures associated with beauty maintenance or restoration are one of the most profitable services. Many cosmetic procedures are based on the action of active substances, natural or produced by pharmaceutical companies (like medicines). The results of such procedures can be enhanced by various physical phenomena, as each form of energy generates biological effects. The effects of cosmetic procedures depend on numerous factors, including the kind and intensity of energy, time and the areas involved as well as the kinds of tissues that are affected. Modern cosmetological procedures are based on various physical phenomena. The most common ones include electromagnetic radiation, ultrasounds, various frequency currents, changes in pressure or temperature. Until recently, these phenomena have been used separately. At present, in order to obtain better effects, the combination of two of them is most frequently applied, e.g. laser light and radiofrequency (RF) or intensive pulsating light (IPL) and RF. Such combinations improve the effectiveness of procedures albeit increase the risk of adverse side effects. Thanks to continuous research and technical advances, miniaturisation and market competitiveness, the combined procedures are becoming the future of beauty salons. The aim of the present paper was to discuss the selected procedures based on medical devices used for treating the most common cosmetic defects; moreover, the biophysical processes occurring in the affected tissues were described.
{"title":"Medical equipment-based procedures in cosmetic technologies","authors":"Elżbieta Wenerska-Wojtaszek","doi":"10.15442/apgr.22.4.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15442/apgr.22.4.5","url":null,"abstract":"In modern world, procedures associated with beauty maintenance or restoration are one of the most profitable services. Many cosmetic procedures are based on the action of active substances, natural or produced by pharmaceutical companies (like medicines). The results of such procedures can be enhanced by various physical phenomena, as each form of energy generates biological effects. The effects of cosmetic procedures depend on numerous factors, including the kind and intensity of energy, time and the areas involved as well as the kinds of tissues that are affected. Modern cosmetological procedures are based on various physical phenomena. The most common ones include electromagnetic radiation, ultrasounds, various frequency currents, changes in pressure or temperature. Until recently, these phenomena have been used separately. At present, in order to obtain better effects, the combination of two of them is most frequently applied, e.g. laser light and radiofrequency (RF) or intensive pulsating light (IPL) and RF. Such combinations improve the effectiveness of procedures albeit increase the risk of adverse side effects. Thanks to continuous research and technical advances, miniaturisation and market competitiveness, the combined procedures are becoming the future of beauty salons. The aim of the present paper was to discuss the selected procedures based on medical devices used for treating the most common cosmetic defects; moreover, the biophysical processes occurring in the affected tissues were described.","PeriodicalId":249650,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Physiotherapy and Global Researches","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133185356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Based on our own research and the literature overview we verified the concept of the transverse arch of the foot and the use of this concept in the aetiology of acquired female foot changes. The results of podological studies carried out for many years in the Orthopaedic Department in Lublin have not demonstrated the existence of a transversal arch, and thus questioned its impact on the formation of forefoot changes in women. In order to obtain a fully objective assessment of the issue, a study was carried out at the Vincent Pol University in Lublin in 2013, including, among others, a dynamic podographic evaluation of 25 women aged from 17 to 26 years. The analysis of the results obtained undermined the historical view of the existence of the transversal arch of the foot and its role in the formation of acquired pathological changes of the forefoot. Aim: In view of the notion of the transversal arch of the foot that can still be found in a number of publications attributing to it a significant function in the formation of forefoot overload in women, the aim of the present study was to explain the above issue explicitly.
{"title":"Erroneous theory of the transverse arch of the foot and its negative consequences","authors":"K. Metera, T. Saran","doi":"10.15442/apgr.22.4.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15442/apgr.22.4.1","url":null,"abstract":"Based on our own research and the literature overview we verified the concept of the transverse arch of the foot and the use of this concept in the aetiology of acquired female foot changes. The results of podological studies carried out for many years in the Orthopaedic Department in Lublin have not demonstrated the existence of a transversal arch, and thus questioned its impact on the formation of forefoot changes in women. In order to obtain a fully objective assessment of the issue, a study was carried out at the Vincent Pol University in Lublin in 2013, including, among others, a dynamic podographic evaluation of 25 women aged from 17 to 26 years. The analysis of the results obtained undermined the historical view of the existence of the transversal arch of the foot and its role in the formation of acquired pathological changes of the forefoot. Aim: In view of the notion of the transversal arch of the foot that can still be found in a number of publications attributing to it a significant function in the formation of forefoot overload in women, the aim of the present study was to explain the above issue explicitly.","PeriodicalId":249650,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Physiotherapy and Global Researches","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122200207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Kiełtyka-Dadasiewicz, Aleksandra Kubat-Sikorska
{"title":"Chemical diversity of mint essential oils and their aromatherapy significance","authors":"A. Kiełtyka-Dadasiewicz, Aleksandra Kubat-Sikorska","doi":"10.15442/apgr.22.4.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15442/apgr.22.4.6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":249650,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Physiotherapy and Global Researches","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130915307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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