Abstract Regular physical activity has favourable influence on the bone status. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationships between the bone quality index (BQI) in the calcaneus and anthropometric variables in male elite athletes. Participants were Hungarian elite male athletes: kayak-canoe (KC, n=43); triathlon (T, n=16); track & field (TF, n=46); water-polo (WP, n=19). Their physique was characterised by Heath-Carter somatotype. Calcaneal Quantitative Ultrasound (QUS) parameters were registered by Sonost3000 densitometer. Differences in bone quality between the groups and correlation patterns between QUS and physique were analysed (p<0.05). There were significant differences in QUS parameters. T and TF had significantly higher SOS (speed of sound, m/s) values than WP. KC had lower SOS values than T athletes (TF: 1519.3±16.0; T: 1512.9±20.8; KC: 1505.6±12.4; W: 1495.1±10.8. BUA (broadband ultrasound attenuation, dB/MHz) was the largestest in TF but this only differed significantly from WP (TF: 106.5±14.8; T: 98.9±11.5; KC: 98.7±16.5; WP: 92.2±8.8). BQI (αSOS+βBUA) was higher in TF (92.0±16.7) than in KC (79.2±13.1), WP (69.3±10.0); it was higher in T (84.8±19.6) than WP. Muscle percentage correlated positively, while absolute bone measurements correlated inversely with bone parameters. Higher QUS values were associated with lower endomorphy and mesomorphy, while more linear physiques correlated with better bone parameters. Physique and type of exercise training appear to be associated with bone status. Both weight-bearing and non-weight bearing exercise improve calcaneus bone parameters such as BQI to different extents. It might be preferable to combine some weight-bearing exercise during the sessions, and it is also highly recommended after a competitive period and during recreational sport activities.
{"title":"Calcaneal Bone Quality and Physique in Elite Hungarian Male Athletes.","authors":"Szmodis, Bosnyák, Protzner, A. Farkas, Kemper Hcg","doi":"10.46940/sphrj.02.1010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46940/sphrj.02.1010","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\u0000Regular physical activity has favourable influence on the bone status. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationships between the bone quality index (BQI) in the calcaneus and anthropometric variables in male elite athletes. Participants were Hungarian elite male athletes: kayak-canoe (KC, n=43); triathlon (T, n=16); track & field (TF, n=46); water-polo (WP, n=19). Their physique was characterised by Heath-Carter somatotype. Calcaneal Quantitative Ultrasound (QUS) parameters were registered by Sonost3000 densitometer. Differences in bone quality between the groups and correlation patterns between QUS and physique were analysed (p<0.05). There were significant differences in QUS parameters. T and TF had significantly higher SOS (speed of sound, m/s) values than WP. KC had lower SOS values than T athletes (TF: 1519.3±16.0; T: 1512.9±20.8; KC: 1505.6±12.4; W: 1495.1±10.8. BUA (broadband ultrasound attenuation, dB/MHz) was the largestest in TF but this only differed significantly from WP (TF: 106.5±14.8; T: 98.9±11.5; KC: 98.7±16.5; WP: 92.2±8.8). BQI (αSOS+βBUA) was higher in TF (92.0±16.7) than in KC (79.2±13.1), WP (69.3±10.0); it was higher in T (84.8±19.6) than WP. Muscle percentage correlated positively, while absolute bone measurements correlated inversely with bone parameters. Higher QUS values were associated with lower endomorphy and mesomorphy, while more linear physiques correlated with better bone parameters. Physique and type of exercise training appear to be associated with bone status. Both weight-bearing and non-weight bearing exercise improve calcaneus bone parameters such as BQI to different extents. It might be preferable to combine some weight-bearing exercise during the sessions, and it is also highly recommended after a competitive period and during recreational sport activities.","PeriodicalId":347206,"journal":{"name":"SunKrist Public Health and Research Journal","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133623318","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}
Abstract This article examines the results of a 2010 sample of HIV+ African Americans in Louisiana within the larger context of health, educational, economic and incarceration disparities in the state. Similarities and differences between the sample and the general population of African Americans in the state were noted with the numbers incarcerated in the sample being the most dramatic difference. Over half of the sample had been incarcerated in a state recognized for its penchant for using the police and incarceration to control African Americans. The article concluded with attempts to connect the dots between vulnerability to HIV due to childhood trauma, a weathering from racism from an early age, educational deprivation, and policy choices such as abstinence-only sex education that raise the risks for young African Americans in Louisiana.
{"title":"The “Wear and Tear” of African Americans in Louisiana with\u0000HIV/AIDs: More Than HIV.","authors":"S. Parsons","doi":"10.46940/sphrj.02.1009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46940/sphrj.02.1009","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\u0000This article examines the results of a 2010 sample of HIV+ African Americans in Louisiana within the larger context of health, educational, economic and incarceration disparities in the state. Similarities and differences between the sample and the general population of African Americans in the state were noted with the numbers incarcerated in the sample being the most dramatic difference. Over half of the sample had been incarcerated in a state recognized for its penchant for using the police and incarceration to control African Americans. The article concluded with attempts to connect the dots between vulnerability to HIV due to childhood trauma, a weathering from racism from an early age, educational deprivation, and policy choices such as abstinence-only sex education that raise the risks for young African Americans in Louisiana.","PeriodicalId":347206,"journal":{"name":"SunKrist Public Health and Research Journal","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116691490","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}
Abstract Background Good nutrition affects individuals, communities, national development. It is imperative that right food is available, and is consumed. Dietary diversity must ensure adequacy of requirements for optimal physical, mental health. Not much is known about villagers having land, crops grown, women’s health.
{"title":"Agriculture and Health of Tribal Women in A Rural, Forestry, Hilly Region with Extremely Low Resources.","authors":"S. Chhabra","doi":"10.46940/sphrj.02.1007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46940/sphrj.02.1007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Background Good nutrition affects individuals, communities, national development. It is imperative that right food is available, and is consumed. Dietary diversity must ensure adequacy of requirements for optimal physical, mental health. Not much is known about villagers having land, crops grown, women’s health.","PeriodicalId":347206,"journal":{"name":"SunKrist Public Health and Research Journal","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126260632","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}
Abstract The possibility of applying the kinetic theory of aging of biological species published earlier by the authors of this work to assess and predict changes in the number of specific populations is evaluated. The populations of the USA, China and Russia, as well as the population of mice observed in the experiment "mouse paradise" of the American scientist John Calhoun are considered. To this end, a historically consistent analysis of the main previously proposed multi-scenario mathematical models describing demographic data and predicting the dynamics of the population was performed. The results of these models show a decrease in the population growth rate, a tendency toward a limit with an increase in historical time, the achievement of such a limit in some developed countries with a relatively high level of social security, a subsequent decrease in the number and further uncertainty of the final population outlook in the distant future. In addition, these models made it possible to establish that the observed population growth in developed countries is unambiguously accompanied by its aging - a relative predominant increase in the number of elderly people compared to the number of the younger generation (people are aging, the population of countries is aging). In this work, the assumption was made and confirmed that the dynamics of the aging of the population of the countries of the World corresponds to the dynamics of aging of a person of one generation and is mathematically described by the differential equation of the kinetic theory of aging of living systems of the same type with close values of the parameters. The biophysical meaning of the parameters of the kinetic equation reflects G. Selye's concept of the determining role of stress in human life and populations. An analysis of the changes in the numbers of the considered populations of humans and mice at various stages of their development is qualitatively commented on from the standpoint of comparative tension according to G. Selye. To assess the degree of aging of a biological object of one population in kinetic theory, the probability of death during life is selected as an indicator of aging. In this work, the probability of reaching the maximum population size was chosen as an indicator of the aging of a biological object of various populations. The published literature predicts various options for changing the population after reaching a maximum - maintaining the reached maximum level and decreasing to a certain limit, less than the maximum achieved. In this paper, based on an analysis of its results and an analogy with the complete degeneration of mice in the “mouse paradise” experiment, a conclusion is drawn about a hypothetically possible third variant of the limiting decrease in the population - its complete degeneration.
{"title":"A Model of Population Change Based on The Kinetic Theory of Aging of\u0000Living Systems.","authors":"","doi":"10.46940/sphrj.02.1005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46940/sphrj.02.1005","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\u0000The possibility of applying the kinetic theory of aging of biological species published earlier by the authors of this work to assess and predict changes in the number of specific populations is evaluated. The populations of the USA, China and Russia, as well as the population of mice observed in the experiment \"mouse paradise\" of the American scientist John Calhoun are considered. To this end, a historically consistent analysis of the main previously proposed multi-scenario mathematical models describing demographic data and predicting the dynamics of the population was performed. The results of these models show a decrease in the population growth rate, a tendency toward a limit with an increase in historical time, the achievement of such a limit in some developed countries with a relatively high level of social security, a subsequent decrease in the number and further uncertainty of the final population outlook in the distant future. In addition, these models made it possible to establish that the observed population growth in developed countries is unambiguously accompanied by its aging - a relative predominant increase in the number of elderly people compared to the number of the younger generation (people are aging, the population of countries is aging). In this work, the assumption was made and confirmed that the dynamics of the aging of the population of the countries of the World corresponds to the dynamics of aging of a person of one generation and is mathematically described by the differential equation of the kinetic theory of aging of living systems of the same type with close values of the parameters. The biophysical meaning of the parameters of the kinetic equation reflects G. Selye's concept of the determining role of stress in human life and populations. An analysis of the changes in the numbers of the considered populations of humans and mice at various stages of their development is qualitatively commented on from the standpoint of comparative tension according to G. Selye. To assess the degree of aging of a biological object of one population in kinetic theory, the probability of death during life is selected as an indicator of aging. In this work, the probability of reaching the maximum population size was chosen as an indicator of the aging of a biological object of various populations. The published literature predicts various options for changing the population after reaching a maximum - maintaining the reached maximum level and decreasing to a certain limit, less than the maximum achieved. In this paper, based on an analysis of its results and an analogy with the complete degeneration of mice in the “mouse paradise” experiment, a conclusion is drawn about a hypothetically possible third variant of the limiting decrease in the population - its complete degeneration.","PeriodicalId":347206,"journal":{"name":"SunKrist Public Health and Research Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122312960","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}
Abstract Exploring bacterial existence in environments such as soils represents a major opportunity to understand their roles in such environments, which helps in utilizing these magnificent organisms in the different applications of human use. In the present study, samples were collected from the soils of Halopeplis perfoliata community at the coastal line of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The bacterial stains were isolated from the soil samples on nutrient agar with the addition of NaCl. Genomic DNA was processed to identify these bacteria by 16s rRNA approach. As a result of this study, four types of bacteria have been identified; Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, B. halotolerans, B. subtilis, and Ammoniphilus sp. These bacteria are significant beneficial for biotechnological applications.
{"title":"Newley Isolated Bacilli from the Saline Soil of the Halophytic Plant\u0000Halopeplis Perfoliata Community.","authors":"","doi":"10.46940/sphrj.02.1004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46940/sphrj.02.1004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\u0000Exploring bacterial existence in environments such as soils represents a major opportunity to understand their roles in such environments, which helps in utilizing these magnificent organisms in the different applications of human use. In the present study, samples were collected from the soils of Halopeplis perfoliata community at the coastal line of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The bacterial stains were isolated from the soil samples on nutrient agar with the addition of NaCl. Genomic DNA was processed to identify these bacteria by 16s rRNA approach. As a result of this study, four types of bacteria have been identified; Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, B. halotolerans, B. subtilis, and Ammoniphilus sp. These bacteria are significant beneficial for biotechnological applications.","PeriodicalId":347206,"journal":{"name":"SunKrist Public Health and Research Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129398154","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}
Abstract Background: Stroke is a major Cerebro-vascular disease resulting in high mortality and persistent disability in adults across the world, WHO reported in 2012 that stroke was the second leading cause of death in KSA. Objectives: To assess neurological changes among Cerebro-vascular Accident (CVA) patients at the same time as D-dimer being measured and to test the predictive capacity of D-dimer to detect clinical improvement and correlate it with National Institute of health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). Subjects and methods: A Prospective longitudinal then comparative case control study based on NIHSS was carried out. All CVA patients admitted to AFHSR in a Period of three months from January 1st till April 1st 2016 was included in the study, every patient was evaluated according to NIHSS at the 10th day of admission, D-dimer was measured and every patient was followed for three months then evaluated to either improved or not. Results: D-dimer showed to be significant (p=0.02) after three months follow up which means that D-dimer level can predict whether the cases of ischemic CVA can improve or not. Conclusion: D-dimer can play a role in predicting prognosis among ischemic CVA patients.
{"title":"The Effect of D- Dimer in Predicting Prognosis Among Ischemic Stroke\u0000Patients in Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia, A Clinico-Epidemiologic study.","authors":"","doi":"10.46940/sphrj.01.1001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46940/sphrj.01.1001","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\u0000Background: Stroke is a major Cerebro-vascular disease resulting in high mortality and persistent disability in adults across the world, WHO reported in 2012 that stroke was the second leading cause of death in KSA.\u0000Objectives: To assess neurological changes among Cerebro-vascular Accident (CVA) patients at the same time as D-dimer being measured and to test the predictive capacity of D-dimer to detect clinical improvement and correlate it with National Institute of health Stroke Scale (NIHSS).\u0000Subjects and methods: A Prospective longitudinal then comparative case control study based on NIHSS was carried out. All CVA patients admitted to AFHSR in a Period of three months from January 1st till April 1st 2016 was included in the study, every patient was evaluated according to NIHSS at the 10th day of admission, D-dimer was measured and every patient was followed for three months then evaluated to either improved or not.\u0000Results: D-dimer showed to be significant (p=0.02) after three months follow up which means that D-dimer level can predict whether the cases of ischemic CVA can improve or not.\u0000Conclusion: D-dimer can play a role in predicting prognosis among ischemic CVA patients.","PeriodicalId":347206,"journal":{"name":"SunKrist Public Health and Research Journal","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125711845","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}
J. Petrofsky, R. Donatelli, James M. McKivigan, M. Laymon
Abstract Background: Eccentric Exercise has been shown to be more effective in building muscle and healing damaged tissue than concentric or isometric exercise. It has also been shown to be effective in increasing motor control. But the duration of therapeutic exercise in physical therapy is limited by insurance to 30-60 minutes a day. Objectives: Four standard therapy eccentric exercises of the lower limbs were compared (toe raise, ball exercise, side lying eccentric exercise and incline board exercise) to a trainer called the BTE Eccentron to see if the efficiency of exercise could be increased using one exercise session to meet or beat the four individual exercises. Subjects and Methods: The study examined eight randomly selected participants with no known medical conditions (neurological or orthopedic) that would preclude their participation (age=24.1+/-2.1 years height=168.9+/-6.4 cm BMI=23.2+/-3.2). EMG was used to assess muscle recruitment in each exercise. The muscles studies were the gastrocnemius, hamstring, hip adductors, and quadriceps muscles. Results: Muscle use on the eccentron was almost double that of the other exercises. Thus, making therapy more efficient. One single exercise bout showed more muscle activation during eccentric exercise than the other four exercises, with an average muscle use almost 4 times higher on the eccentron. Conclusion: The Eccentron offers a considerable advantage for clinical treatment making exercise and neuromuscular training more efficient.
背景:离心运动已被证明比同心或等距运动更有效地增强肌肉和愈合受损组织。它也被证明是有效的增加电机控制。但在物理治疗中，治疗性运动的持续时间被保险限制在每天30-60分钟。目的:将四种标准的下肢偏激运动(提趾、球运动、侧卧偏激运动和倾斜板运动)与BTE偏激训练器进行比较，观察一次运动是否能达到或超过四种单项运动，从而提高运动效率。研究对象和方法:该研究随机选择了8名参与者，他们没有已知的医学状况(神经或骨科)会阻止他们参加研究(年龄=24.1+/-2.1岁身高=168.9+/-6.4 cm BMI=23.2+/-3.2)。肌电图用于评估每次运动中的肌肉恢复情况。肌肉研究包括腓肠肌、腘绳肌、髋内收肌和股四头肌。结果:离心运动的肌肉使用量几乎是其他运动的两倍。因此，使治疗更有效。在离心运动中，有一项运动比其他四项运动显示出更多的肌肉激活，在离心运动中，平均肌肉使用量几乎高出四倍。结论:离心器在临床治疗中具有一定的优势，使运动和神经肌肉训练更有效。
{"title":"Can Eccentric Exercise of The Lower Limb Be Made More Efficiently, A\u0000Pilot Study.","authors":"J. Petrofsky, R. Donatelli, James M. McKivigan, M. Laymon","doi":"10.46940/sphrj.01.1002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46940/sphrj.01.1002","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract \u0000Background: Eccentric Exercise has been shown to be more effective in building muscle and healing damaged tissue than concentric or isometric exercise. It has also been shown to be effective in increasing motor control. But the duration of therapeutic exercise in physical therapy is limited by insurance to 30-60 minutes a day. \u0000Objectives: Four standard therapy eccentric exercises of the lower limbs were compared (toe raise, ball exercise, side lying eccentric exercise and incline board exercise) to a trainer called the BTE Eccentron to see if the efficiency of exercise could be increased using one exercise session to meet or beat the four individual exercises. \u0000Subjects and Methods: The study examined eight randomly selected participants with no known medical conditions (neurological or orthopedic) that would preclude their participation (age=24.1+/-2.1 years height=168.9+/-6.4 cm BMI=23.2+/-3.2). EMG was used to assess muscle recruitment in each exercise. The muscles studies were the gastrocnemius, hamstring, hip adductors, and quadriceps muscles. \u0000Results: Muscle use on the eccentron was almost double that of the other exercises. Thus, making therapy more efficient. One single exercise bout showed more muscle activation during eccentric exercise than the other four exercises, with an average muscle use almost 4 times higher on the eccentron. \u0000Conclusion: The Eccentron offers a considerable advantage for clinical treatment making exercise and neuromuscular training more efficient.","PeriodicalId":347206,"journal":{"name":"SunKrist Public Health and Research Journal","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114911334","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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