Influence of basketball shoe midsole inserts featuring different mechanical rebound properties on biomechanical loading and subjective perception during a side-cutting maneuver

2020 ◽  
pp. 175433712090198
Author(s):  
Jing W Pan ◽  
Thorsten Sterzing ◽  
Jun W Pang ◽  
YaoHui K Chua ◽  
Pui W Kong
Keyword(s):  
Range Of Motion ◽  
Frontal Plane ◽  
The Other ◽  
Subjective Perception ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Biomechanical Loading ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Biomechanical Evaluation ◽  
The Given ◽  
Weight Acceptance

This study examined the influence of basketball shoe midsole inserts with different forefoot and rearfoot rebound properties on biomechanical loading and subjective perception during a side-cutting maneuver. Eleven male basketball players executed side cutting in four shoe conditions mechanically characterized for their rearfoot/forefoot rebound: compliant/compliant, springy/springy, compliant/springy, and springy/compliant. Lower extremity kinetics and kinematics (normalized to body mass), as well as subjective perception, were measured. During the weight-acceptance phase, there were no differences between shoes in all biomechanical variables, except a slightly greater ankle range of motion (1.2° greater than the other three shoes) in the frontal plane for shoe compliant/springy. During the push-off phase, shoe springy/springy led to a greater ankle plantarflexion moment (1.21 Nm/kg greater than the other three shoes, p < 0.001) and knee internal rotation moment (0.09 Nm/kg greater than the other three shoes, p = 0.012), while shoe compliant/springy resulted in a greater ankle range of motion in the frontal plane (1.4° greater than the other three shoes, p < 0.001). Perception data showed no statistically significant difference among any shoes. In conclusion, springy inserts of basketball shoe midsoles induced a biomechanical loading effect. Perception of players being unaffected indicates the importance of biomechanical evaluation to examine the effects of the given shoe modifications during side cutting.

An Assessment of Hallux Limitus in University Basketball Players Compared with Noncompetitive Individuals

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (5) ◽  
pp. 468-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Trégouët
Keyword(s):  
Range Of Motion ◽  
Metatarsophalangeal Joint ◽  
Hallux Rigidus ◽  
Artificial Turf ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
First Metatarsophalangeal Joint ◽  
Hallux Limitus ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Turf Toe ◽  
The Difference

BackgroundInjuries of the first metatarsophalangeal joint have lately been receiving attention from researchers owing to the important functions of this joint. However, most of the studies of turf toe injuries have focused on sports played on artificial turf.MethodsThis study compared the range of motion of the first metatarsophalangeal joint in collegiate basketball players (n = 123) and noncompetitive individuals (n = 123).ResultsA statistically significant difference (P &lt; .001) in range of motion was found between the two groups. The difference between the two sample means was 21.35°.ConclusionsWith hallux rigidus being a potential sequela of repeated turf toe injuries, it seems likely that subacute turf toe injuries occur in basketball players, leading to degenerative changes that result in hallux limitus.

scholarly journals EP.TU.296A Significant Difference in Cancer Proportions Between Two Modelled Cohorts Investigated by 2-WeekWait (2WW) Colorectal referral pathway

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_7) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Gendia ◽  
A Tam ◽  
W Faux
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cohort Group ◽  
Extracolonic Cancer ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Rectal Mass ◽  
Group A ◽  
Group B ◽  
The Given

Abstract Aim To compare the proportions of malignancy between two modelled cohorts of referred and investigated by our colorectal 2 WW referrals pathway. Methods Two modelled cohorts were analysed from our prospectively maintained colorectal 2WW referrals database from August 2018 to July 2019. One cohort (group A) included patients without anemia, rectal mass or overt rectal bleeding. The other (group B) included the rest of referrals. Data collected and analysed in each group included total numbers of referrals, investigated referrals and malignancy proportion in each group. One tailed Z test was used to analysis statistical difference. Results 4240 referrals were made to our colorectal 2 WW pathway during the given period. 1333 (31%) were group A and 2907 (69%) were group B. Total number of patients investigated in group A was 1227, of those only 34 (2.8%) were colorectal cancer and 18 (1.5%) were extracolonic cancer. One the other hand, 2705 patients were investigated in group B, colorectal malignancy were found in 142 (5.3%) patients and 33 (1.2%) were extracolonic. There was a significant difference (p &lt; 0.05) in total number of malignancies between Group A (53/4.3%) and Group B (175/6.5%). Conclusion While the 2 Week-Wait referral pathway plays an important role in rapid testing and identifying colorectal cancer, there was a difference between malignancy distribution within the referrals. this difference doesn’t reflect a clinical significance but it can be a good stratification tool.

Center of Pressure and Perceived Stability in Basketball Shoes With Soft and Hard Midsoles

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 284-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hin Fong Leong ◽  
Wing-Kai Lam ◽  
Wei Xuan Ng ◽  
Pui Wah Kong
Keyword(s):  
Visual Analogue Scale ◽  
Analogue Scale ◽  
Center Of Pressure ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Subjective Perception ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Visual Analogue Scales ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Mediolateral Stability ◽  
Analogue Scales

This study aimed to investigate the effects of varying midsole hardness on center of pressure (COP) and perceived stability during basketball-specific tasks, as well as the correlation between COP and perception measurements. A total of 20 male basketball players performed 45° cutting and layup while wearing basketball shoes with soft and hard midsoles. COP trajectories were obtained from the Pedar insole system. Stability perceptions at the forefoot and rearfoot were assessed using 150-mm visual analogue scales. Results indicated greater COP mediolateral deviations in soft midsole compared with hard midsole during layup (soft: 16.6 [4.7] mm, hard: 15.8 [4.6] mm, P = .03) but not 45° cutting (soft: 15.7 [5.9] mm, hard: 15.8 [5.6] mm, P = .60). While 16 out of 20 participants preferred soft midsole, no significant difference in visual analogue scale ratings was found between shoes for both tested movements. There was no significant correlation between COP and perceived stability during layup or 45° cutting. In conclusion, midsole hardness of basketball shoes did not consistently affect mediolateral stability of the foot during 45° cutting and layup. Subjective perception alone cannot be used to indicate mediolateral deviation of the foot when executing basketball-specific maneuvers.

scholarly journals MYOFASCIAL RELEASE THERAPY IN ADDITION TO THE POSTERIOR PELVIC TILTING IN HYPERLORDOSIS INDIVIDUALS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Arun B ◽  
Suganya M ◽  
Adarsh Ashok
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Range Of Motion ◽  
Therapy Group ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Exercise Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Myofascial Release ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Group Outcomes ◽  
Significant Difference

Hyperlordosis is excessive curvature of lumbar spine, caused by incorrect posture, muscle weakness, obesity and pregnancy. Management for Hyperlordosis was not shown to be effective. The Aim of the study is to identify the effect of myofascial release therapy, posterior pelvic tilting and abdominal exercises in Hyperlordosis. Single blinded randomized controlled trial involves 69 participants who randomly divided into three groups, MFRG is myofascial release therapy group, PPTG is posterior pelvic tilting group & ABEG is abdominal exercise group. Outcomes measured are lordotic angle by Flexible ruler (FR) and Range of motion by Modified Schobers test (MST). Result shows that there was significant difference between the groups. Tukey HSD analysis showed that Q statistics for the FR between MFRG vs PPTG is 13,71 (p<0,01%) and MST is 20,34 (p<0,01%), FR between PPTG vs ABEG is 5,16 (p<0,01%) and MST is 15,35 (p<0,01%), FR between MFRG vs ABEG is 8,55 (p<0,01%) and MST is 4,99 (p<0,01%).PPTG group has showed marked differences when compared with the other two groups (MFRG and ABEG). ABEG also showed significant differences when compared with MFRG. Conclusion of this study was there is a significant difference obtains in the lordotic angle and range of motion in PPTG).

scholarly journals Relationship Between Jump Performance and Sport Ages in U16 Basketball Players

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Ozlem Orhan ◽  
Sezen Cimen Polat ◽  
Imdat Yarim
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
The Other ◽  
Countermovement Jump ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Jump Performance ◽  
Squat Jump ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Jump Ability

This study was conducted to evaluate the jump performance of youth basketball players according to their sport ages. 26 male basketball players (14.1&plusmn;1.6 year) who participated in the study were divided into two groups of sport ages of 4 and below (&le;4) and 6 and above (&ge;6). The group with sports ages &le;4 consisted of 12 male basketball players with a height of 162&plusmn;2.56 cm, a body weight of 51.4&plusmn;3.04 kg, a body mass index of 19.4&plusmn;0.74 kg/m&sup2;. The other group with sports ages &ge;6 consisted of 14 male basketball players with a height of 155.9&plusmn;1.98 cm, a body weight of 45.7&plusmn;1.85 kg, a body mass index of 18.8&plusmn;0.69 kg/m. All basketball players&rsquo; squat jump (SJ) and countermovement jump (CMJ) were measured (Optojump Microgate Bolzano, Italy). The Mann Whitney U test was used to determine whether there were differences between groups in terms of T flighttimes and jump heights. Statistically significant level of p&lt;0.05 was accepted. As a result of the study, no statistically significant difference was observed between the sport ages and SJ and CMJ splashes. In this respect, it can be considered that the Jump performance does not develop in parallel with the training age, and that the jump ability of this cause may be more related to motor skill and ability than the training age.

Writing in Aphasia Rehabilitation: Cursive vs Manuscript

1976 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel R. Boone ◽  
Harold M. Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Correct Response ◽  
The Other ◽  
Read Aloud ◽  
Writing Style ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Manual Responses ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Written Form ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Read Number

Reading and writing performance was observed in 30 adult aphasic patients to determine whether there was a significant difference when stimuli and manual responses were varied in the written form: cursive versus manuscript. Patients were asked to read aloud 10 words written cursively and 10 words written in manuscript form. They were then asked to write on dictation 10 word responses using cursive writing and 10 words using manuscript writing. Number of words correctly read, number of words correctly written, and number of letters correctly written in the proper sequence were tallied for both cursive and manuscript writing tasks for each patient. Results indicated no significant difference in correct response between cursive and manuscript writing style for these aphasic patients as a group; however, it was noted that individual patients varied widely in their success using one writing form over the other. It appeared that since neither writing form showed better facilitation of performance, the writing style used should be determined according to the individual patient’s own preference and best performance.

Multi-Center Study of Thromboplastin Calibration Precision – Influence of Reagent Species, Composition, and International Sensitivity Index (ISI)

1993 ◽  
Vol 69 (01) ◽  
pp. 035-040 ◽  
Author(s):  
A M H P van den Besselaar ◽  
R M Bertina
Keyword(s):  
Oral Anticoagulants ◽  
International Normalized Ratio ◽  
The Other ◽  
World Health ◽  
Rabbit Brain ◽  
Sensitivity Index ◽  
Bovine Plasma ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
International Sensitivity Index

SummaryFour thromboplastin reagents were tested by 18 laboratories in Europe, North-America, and Australasia, according to a detailed protocol. One thromboplastin was the International Reference Preparation for ox brain thromboplastin combined with adsorbed bovine plasma (coded OBT/79), and the second was a certified reference material for rabbit brain thromboplastin, plain (coded CRM 149R). The other two thromboplastin reagents were another rabbit plain brain thromboplastin (RP) with a lower ISI than CRM 149R and a rabbit brain thromboplastin combined with adsorbed bovine plasma (RC). Calibration of the latter two reagents was performed according to methods recommended by the World Health Organization (W. H. O.).The purpose of this study was to answer the following questions: 1) Is the calibration of the RC reagent more precise against the bovine/combined (OBT/79) than against the rabbit/plain reagent (CRM 149R)? 2) Is the precision of calibration influenced by the magnitude of the International Sensitivity Index (ISI)?The lowest inter-laboratory variation of ISI was observed in the calibration of the rabbit/plain reagent (RP) against the other rabbit/plain reagent (CRM 149R) (CV 1.6%). The highest interlaboratory variation was obtained in the calibration of rabbit/plain (RP) against bovine/combined (OBT/79) (CV 5.1%). In the calibration of the rabbit/combined (RC) reagent, there was no difference in precision between OBT/79 (CV 4.3%) and CRM 149R (CV 4.2%). Furthermore, there was no significant difference in the precision of the ISI of RC obtained with CRM 149R (ISI = 1.343) and the rabbit/plain (RP) reagent with ISI = 1.14. In conclusion, the calibration of RC could be performed with similar precision with either OBT/79 or CRM 149R, or RP.The mean ISI values calculated with OBT/79 and CRM 149R were practically identical, indicating that there is no bias in the ISI of these reference preparations and that these reference preparations have been stable since their original calibration studies in 1979 and 1987, respectively.International Normalized Ratio (INR) equivalents were calculated for a lyophilized control plasma derived from patients treated with oral anticoagulants. There were small but significant differences in the mean INR equivalents between the bovine and rabbit thromboplastins. There were no differences in the interlaboratory variation of the INR equivalents, when the four thromboplastins were compared.

IMMUNOLOGICAL REACTIVITY OF INSULIN IN HUMAN SERUM

1966 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 673-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torsten Deckert ◽  
Kai R. Jorgensen
Keyword(s):  
Normal Subjects ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Pancreas ◽  
Porcine Pancreas ◽  
Crystalline Insulin ◽  
Endogenous Insulin ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Human Sera ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
The One

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a difference could be demonstrated between crystalline insulin extracted from normal human pancreas, and crystalline insulin extracted from bovine and porcine pancreas. Using Hales & Randle's (1963) immunoassay no immunological differences could be demonstrated between human and pig insulin. On the other hand, a significant difference was found, between pig and ox insulin. An attempt was also made to determine whether an immunological difference could be demonstrated between crystalline pig insulin and crystalline human insulin from non diabetic subjects on the one hand and endogenous, circulating insulin from normal subjects, obese subjects and diabetic subjects on the other. No such difference was found. From these experiments it is concluded that endogenous insulin in normal, obese and diabetic human sera is immunologically identical with human, crystalline insulin from non diabetic subjects and crystalline pig insulin.

The acquisition of Hungarian recursive PPs

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-123
Author(s):  
Ágnes Langó-Tóth
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Functional Element ◽  
The Other ◽  
Functional Head ◽  
Experiment Subject ◽  
The Given

Abstract In this study an experiment is presented on how Hungarian children interpret two word orders of recursive PPs (subject-PP-verb and PP-subject-verb order). According to the research of Roeper (2011) and Hollebrandse and Roeper (2014), children tend to give conjunctive interpretation to multiple embedded sentences at the beginning of language acquisition. This interpretation later turns into an adult-like, recursive interpretation. Our aim is to discover (i) whether Hungarian children start with conjunction as well, and whether (ii) the apparently more salient functional head lévő appearing in Hungarian recursive PPs can help them to acquire the correct, recursive interpretation early. We also want to find out whether (iii) the word orders in recursive PPs have an influence on the acquisition of children. In this paper two experiments are presented conducted with 6 and 8-year-olds and adults, in which the participants were asked to choose between two pictures. One of the pictures depicted recursive and the other one depicted conjunctive interpretation of the given sentence. In the first experiment subject-PP-verb order was tested, but in the second one sentences were tested with PP-subject-verb order. We will claim that lévő, which is (arguably) a more salient Hungarian functional element than -i, does not help children to acquire the embedded reading of recursive sentences, because both of them are overt functional heads. However, the two types of word orders affect the acquisition of recursive PPs. PP-subject-verb order is easier to compute because the order of the elements in the sentences and the order of the elements in the pictures matches.

Pengaruh Luka Iris Pada Tikus Dengan Paparan Hidrogen Peroxida 3% terhadap Epitelisasi dan Pembentukan Eksudat pada Permukaan Epitel Kulit.

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 172
Author(s):  
HARMAN AGUSAPUTRA ◽  
MARIA SUGENG ◽  
AYLY SOEKAMTO ◽  
ATIK WULANDARI
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Wound Healing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Delayed Wound Healing ◽  
Peroxide Group ◽  
Hemostatic Effect ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Wound Healing Effect ◽  
Epithelial Growth

<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p><strong>Background:</strong> Hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) as antiseptic has been used frequently to clean woundsin in hospitals and clinics. Hydrogen peroxide has the effectof strong oxidative that can kill pathogens. It can clean up debris and necrotic tissuesin wounds. Hydrogen peroxidealso has hemostatic effect that can help to stop bleeding. Besides antiseptic effects, hydrogen peroxide i s suspected of having negative effect in wound healing. Hydrogen peroxide presumably could cause delayed wound healing by exudate formation and delayed epithelial growth.</p><p><strong>Method</strong>: This study was conducted in the laboratory using 48 white mice that were divided into 2 groups. All the mice were purposely wounded. Afterwards in one group the wounds were clean up using hydrogen peroxide, while in the other group without hydrogen peroxide as control. The wounds of both groups were observed on day 1, day 3 and day 7. On day 1 and day 3, both groups did not show significant difference.</p><p><strong>R</strong><strong>esult</strong> : on day 7 showed that the wound healing in hydrogen peroxide group were delayed. Fifty percent of them had the formation of exudate and 62.5% of them showed delayed epithelial growth.</p><p><strong>Conclusion </strong>: This study could show hydrogen peroxide as wound antiseptic has delayed wound healing effect.</p><p><strong>Keyword</strong>: hydrogen peroxide, wound healing</p>

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