Physical and Physiological Profile of Elite Karate Athletes

Objective: Anxiety disorders are common among youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Both anxiety and ASD are associated with differences in physiological activity. To date, few studies have investigated the physiological profile of youth with ASD and even fewer have systematically assessed how the co-occurrence of anxiety disorders and ASD modulates resting physiological activity.Method: The aim of the present study was to evaluate sympathetic and parasympathetic activity at rest in 75 school-aged children and adolescents with ASD, with (ASD+Anxiety = 22, 6F) and without co-occurring anxiety (ASD Alone =15, 6F) and to compare their physiological profile with that of matched typically developing controls (TDC) with (Anxiety Alone = 16, 6F) and without co-occurring anxiety disorders (TDC = 22, 8F).Results: Results indicated reduced sympathetic and parasympathetic activity at rest in ASD as compared to TDC youth without anxiety. The ASD+Anxiety and Anxiety Alone groups showed different sympathetic, but similar parasympathetic, activity. Correlational, multivariate, and regression analyses indicated that the four groups differed among several physiological and subjective measures.Conclusion: These findings suggest that ASD and anxiety are associated with distinct profiles of autonomic nervous system activity that cannot be reduced to either the sympathetic or parasympathetic branch alone. An autonomic profile-based approach is more likely to advance research, diagnosis, and treatment of ASD and anxiety than unidimensional, single-modality approaches.

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Eye-hand Coordination of Skill Gyaku Tsuki Karateka Gokasi

International Journal of Kinesiology and Physical Education ◽

10.34004/ijkpe.v1i1.12 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 27-35

Author(s):

Sameer Mohammed Sayyd ◽

Arie Asnaldi ◽

Resa Laura Putri

Keyword(s):

Field Observations ◽

Research Hypothesis ◽

Hand Eye Coordination ◽

Hand Coordination ◽

Karate Athletes

The problem of this study is based on field observations, it was found that the skills Gyaku Tsuki Gokasi dojo karate athletes SMAN 1 Tarusan. This type of research is correlational. The population in this study karate dojo athletes SMAN 1 Tarusan consisting of 15 people. Sampling in this study using sampling purposive totaling 15 athletes sons. Data is taken in two ways, ball Werfen und fangen test to measure the eye-hand coordination and gyaku test to measure the results gyau tsuki. ?0,05 as significant and research hypothesis is: there is a relationship to the hand-eye coordination skills tsuki gyaku. The results showed that: there is a relationship eye-hand coordination on the ability of the athlete tsuki gyaku gokasi karate dojo SMAN1 tarusan. was obtained R count it price = 0,848>

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Physiological profile of undifferentiated bovine blastocyst-derived trophoblasts

Biology Open ◽

10.1242/bio.037937 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. bio037937

Author(s):

Viju Vijayan Pillai ◽

Luiz G. Siqueira ◽

Moubani Das ◽

Tiffany G. Kei ◽

Lan N. Tu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physiological Profile ◽

Bovine Blastocyst

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Physical Performance and Anthropometric Characteristics of Male South African University Soccer Players

Journal of Human Kinetics ◽

10.1515/hukin-2017-0098 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 60 (1) ◽

pp. 153-158 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alliance Kubayi ◽

Yvonne Paul ◽

Prescott Mahlangu ◽

Abel Toriola

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

Body Fat ◽

Body Height ◽

Soccer Players ◽

Successful Performance ◽

Physiological Profile ◽

Percentage Of Body Fat ◽

Body Fat Content ◽

Anthropometric Characteristics ◽

Better Than

Abstract Soccer is the most popular sport worldwide. Despite its global acclaim, scientific studies of soccer have tended to focus on tactics and techniques, thereby neglecting the physical and physiological profile of the players. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine physical and anthropometric characteristics of male South African university soccer players. Twenty-seven male soccer players aged 19 to 24 (mean age: 22.1 years; s = 1.5 years) volunteered to participate in the study. The results showed that goalkeepers (77.5 ± 9.7 kg) and defenders (68.2 ± 6.5 kg) were the heaviest compared to players in other playing positions. The goalkeepers also had the highest percentage of body fat (11.3 ± 2.3%), in contrast to midfielders who had the lowest body fat content (9.1 ± 0.9%). With regard to flexibility, defenders (45.1 ± 4.9 cm) and midfielders (45.9 ± 5.4 cm) performed better than goalkeepers (37.1 ± 4.3 cm) and strikers (40.1 ± 3.4 cm). Midfielders (57.2 ± 3.1 ml1·kg−1·min1) and defenders (56.1 ± 5.1 ml1·kg−1·min1) had significantly higher values of maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) than goalkeepers (47.9 ± 0.2 ml−1·kg−1·min−1) and strikers (49.8 ± 6.2 ml−1·kg−1·min−1). No significant (p > 0.05) differences were observed for all other variables, with the exception of body height, body mass, and VO2max. It was therefore concluded that sports scientists and coaches should tailor conditioning programmes in soccer according to players’ positions in view of the implications for successful performance.

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Physiological Profile of a Masters Runner

The Physician and Sportsmedicine ◽

10.1080/00913847.1980.11710952 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 8 (8) ◽

pp. 49-52 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Rudolph H. Dressendorfer

Keyword(s):

Physiological Profile

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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BERG BALANCE, PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILE ASSESSMENT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, PHYSICAL FUNCTION AND BODY COMPOSITION: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Journal of Frailty & Aging ◽

10.14283/jfa.2015.57 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

D.J. SMEE ◽

H.L. BERRY ◽

G. WADDINGTON ◽

J. ANSON

Keyword(s):

Body Composition ◽

Physical Function ◽

Risk Measures ◽

Berg Balance Scale ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Physiological Profile ◽

Falls Risk ◽

Balance Scale ◽

The Relationship ◽

Physiological Profile Assessment

Background: Falls are of great concern to older adults and costly to the health system. In addition the relationship between falls risk and falls risk predictor characteristics is complex. Objective: This study aimed to explore the relationship between two objective fall-risk measures tools, the Physiological Profile Assessment and the Berg Balance Scale and to determine how an individual’s sex, level of physical function, health-related and body composition characteristics impact these objective falls risk measures. Design: A cross-sectional, observational study. Participants: 245 community-dwelling older adults (M age=68.12 years, SD=6.21; 69.8% female). Measurements: Participants were assessed for falls-risk (Physiological Profile Assessment and the Berg Balance Scale), physical activity, physical functional and body composition characteristics. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients were calculated to examine bivariate relationships and hierarchical multiple linear regression modelling was used to estimate the contribution of each predictor in explaining variance in falls-risk. Results: In females, there was a weak association between the two objective falls-risk measures (r =-0.17 p <0.05). The number of falls in the previous 12 months explained 6% of variance in Physiological Profile Assessment scores, with bone density of the lumbar spine contributing a further 1%. In males and females, variance in the Berg Balance Scale showed that age (25%) and physical function (16% for females, 28% for males) contributed significantly to the explaining variance in the falls-risk measure. Conclusion: Sex differences are apparent and as such males and females should be assessed (and potentially treated) differently with regards to falls risk. Results indicate that both falls risk assessment tools measure aspects of balance but are not interchangeable. The Berg Balance Scale may be more discriminative in older, less functioning adults and the Physiological Profile Assessment is more useful in assessing falls risk in females.

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