scholarly journals Balance performance in sedentary and active healthy young individuals – a cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-119
Author(s):  
Radu Petroman ◽  
Andreea Luciana Rata
Keyword(s):  
Postural Balance ◽  
Scoring System ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Balance Performance ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sedentary Group ◽  
Balance Error Scoring System ◽  
Balance Error

Background and Study aim. Balance ability has a fundamental role in many activities of daily living, as well in athletic activities. The Balance Error Scoring System is a valid and reliable test used to evaluate postural balance. The aim of this study was to assess the postural balance in active and sedentary healthy young individuals. Material and Methods. A cross-sectional study was carried out to evaluate the balance performance in forty-four healthy young individuals (mean age 21.69±4.87 years), based on their physical activity level. Balance was assessed using the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS), and the total number of errors was scored, for the non-dominant limb (the left leg for both groups). The errors were counted for each of the six situations (double leg stance, single leg stance and tandem stance, on hard and soft surface). Results. Group 1 consisted of twenty-two active subjects (mean age 21.18±2.32 years, 59.09% females), with a BESS score of 9.87±1.6. The sedentary group (group 2), with twenty-two young subjects (mean age 22.22±6.61 years, 59.09% females), scored a significantly higher BESS score for the sedentary group (15.48±2.24) (p<0.001). No gender differences were recorded. Conclusions. Physically active young people have a better postural balance than do the sedentary ones, as scored with the BESS.

scholarly journals Disordered Eating Attitudes and Exercise Behavior among Female Emirati College Students in the United Arab Emirates: A Cross- Sectional Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haleama Al Sabbah ◽  
Shatha Muhsineh
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
College Students ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Disordered Eating Attitudes

Background: Growing evidence is showing high levels of physical inactivity and disordered eating attitudes among young females in the United Arab Emirates. This is clearly concerning, but little is known about the activity level of those with disordered eating attitudes and their dieting behavior. This study examines the female Emirati college students’ disordered eating attitudes and its relation to exercise behavior.Method: A cross- sectional study using a validated and reliable questionnaire was conducted on 242 Emirati female students attending a public university in Dubai. Eating Attitudes Test- 26 (EAT26) was used to measure eating attitudes and the short International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was included to measure physical activity level. A systematic random sampling from a list of classes in the fall 2014 semester was used for recruitment. The university’s Research Ethics Committee approved the study and consents were obtained from participants. SPSS v.21 was used for data analysis. Chi-square test was used to compare frequencies. Significance level was set at 0.05.Results: The participants’ mean age and standard deviation (Mean± SD) was 19 ±1.3 years. 31.4% of the participants showed disordered eating attitudes. The percentage of participants engaged in at least one concerning behavior in the past six months was 43.8%. A membership in a health club was significantly related to disordered eating attitudes (p <0.01). A high level of physical activity was correlated with laxative use, over the counter supplements, and exercising for more than 60 minutes to control weight (p<0.05). Conclusion: There is a great need for intervention programs and policies to contain the level of abnormal eating attitudes and promote healthy level of physical activity among college students.

scholarly journals Does the type of sedentary behaviors influence blood pressurein adolescents boys and girls? A cross-sectional study

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 2575-2585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano Machado Ferreira Tenório de Oliveira ◽  
Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias ◽  
Breno Quintella Farah ◽  
Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro ◽  
Mauro Virgílio Gomes de Barros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Video Games ◽  
High Blood Pressure ◽  
Television Viewing ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Viewing Time ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract The aim of this study was to analyze the association between different sedentary behaviors and high blood pressure in adolescent boys and girls. We conducted a cross-sectional study with 6,264 Brazilian adolescents (14 to 19 years old). Demographic data, obesity indicators and blood pressure, were evaluated. Time spent in the sedentary behaviors (television viewing, playing video games, using the computer, non-screen sitting and, total time sitting) were also assessed. The girls spent more time watching television than boys, whereas boys spent more time using computers and video games (12.7% vs. 7.4%, p < 0.001) than girls. Boys who watched more than four hours of television presented higher odds to give high blood pressure after adjustments for physical activity level, body mass index, age and educational level of mother (OR = 2.27, p < 0.001). In girls, we did not find a relation between sedentary behaviors and high blood pressure (p > 0.05). Television viewing time is associated with high blood pressure only boys. So, reduce this sedentary behavior, stimulating physical activities, might be essential to health, principally for male adolescents.

scholarly journals Association between Dietary Selenium Intake and the Prevalence of Osteoporosis: A Cross-Sectional Study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuqing Wang ◽  
Dongxing Xie ◽  
Jiatian Li ◽  
Huizhong Long ◽  
Jing Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Status ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Mineral Density ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dietary Selenium ◽  
Radiographic Absorptiometry ◽  
Prevalence Of Osteoporosis

Abstract Objective To examine the correlation between dietary selenium (Se) intake and the prevalence of osteoporosis (OP) in the general middle-aged and older population in China. Methods Data for analyses were collected from a population based cross-sectional study performed at the Xiangya Hospital Health Management Centre. Dietary Se intake was evaluated using a validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. OP was diagnosed on the basis of bone mineral density scans using a compact radiographic absorptiometry system. The correlation between dietary Se intake and the prevalence of OP was primarily examined by multivariable logistic regression. Results This cross-sectional study included a total of 6267 subjects (mean age: 52.2 ± 7.4 years; 42% women), and the prevalence of OP among the included subjects was 9.6% (2.3% in men and 19.7% in women). Compared with the lowest quartile, the energy intake, age, gender and body mass index (BMI)-adjusted odds ratios of OP were 0.72 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.55-0.94), 0.72 (95% CI 0.51-1.01) and 0.47 (95% CI 0.31-0.73) for the second, third and fourth quartiles of dietary Se intake, respectively (P for trend = 0.001). The results remained consistent in male and female subjects. Adjustment for additional potential confounders (i.e., smoking status, drinking status, physical activity level, nutritional supplements, diabetes, hypertension, fibre intake, and calcium intake) did not cause substantial changes to the results. Conclusions In the middle-aged and older humans, participants with lower levels of dietary Se intake have a higher prevalence of OP in a dose-response manner.

scholarly journals Diagnostic efficacy of Fenyo-Lindberg scoring system in patients of acute appendicitis a one-year cross sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 3998
Author(s):  
Kartik Sahu ◽  
Anil P. Bellad
Keyword(s):  
Acute Appendicitis ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Scoring System ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Histopathological Diagnosis ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Diagnostic Efficacy ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Group I ◽  
One Year

Background: Diagnostic scores have been found to be very efficient. The present study was taken up to calculate diagnostic efficacy of Fenyo-Lindberg (FL) scoring system in patients of acute appendicitis.Methods: A one-year cross sectional study was done on 100 patients in patients with right lower quadrant pain. Group I had patients with score of -2 and above and group II with score below -2. The groups were compared with histopathological diagnosis. Then, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictable value (PPV) and negative predictable value (NPV) were calculated.Results: In this study, the males were 52 and females were 48.15 patients, Total leucocyte count (TLC) had more than 14,000 whereas 16 patients had onset of pain in less than 24 hours. 47 patients had vomiting. Tenderness was present in all cases, while rebound tenderness was present in 54% of cases. 98% of patients had progression of pain, whereas migration was seen in 76%. 56% patients had increased pain on coughing. 54 patients had acute appendicitis on histopathology. The study shows that this scoring system has sensitivity of 72% and specificity of 71% in diagnosing acute appendicitis. The PPV was 75% and NPV was 68%.Conclusions: The FL score is an inexpensive clinical tool that may help the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The results are comparable to previous studies but as the sample size is small, study has to be done in higher sample size to get the data necessary to generalize the findings and the fact that this study was first on this scoring system in India should also be considered.

scholarly journals Greater Cortical Thickness in Elderly Female Yoga Practitioners—A Cross-Sectional Study

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui F. Afonso ◽  
Joana B. Balardin ◽  
Sara Lazar ◽  
João R. Sato ◽  
Nadja Igarashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cortical Thickness ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Superior Frontal Gyrus ◽  
Healthy Elderly ◽  
Yoga Practitioners

Yoga, a mind-body activity that requires attentional engagement, has been associated with positive changes in brain structure and function, especially in areas related to awareness, attention, executive functions and memory. Normal aging, on the other hand, has also been associated with structural and functional brain changes, but these generally involve decreased cognitive functions. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to compare brain cortical thickness (CT) in elderly yoga practitioners and a group of age-matched healthy non-practitioners. We tested 21 older women who had practiced hatha yoga for at least 8 years and 21 women naive to yoga, meditation or any mind-body interventions who were matched to the first group in age, years of formal education and physical activity level. A T1-weighted MPRAGE sequence was acquired for each participant. Yoga practitioners showed significantly greater CT in a left prefrontal lobe cluster, which included portions of the lateral middle frontal gyrus, anterior superior frontal gyrus and dorsal superior frontal gyrus. We found greater CT in the left prefrontal cortex of healthy elderly women who trained yoga for a minimum of 8 years compared with women in the control group.

The effect of fatiguing exercise on balance performance as measured by the balance error scoring system

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurtekin Erkmen ◽  
Halil Taşkın ◽  
Turgut Kaplan ◽  
Ahmet Sanioǧlu
Keyword(s):  
Scoring System ◽  
Balance Performance ◽  
Fatiguing Exercise ◽  
Balance Error Scoring System ◽  
Balance Error

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Physical Activity Level and Exam Anxiety Level in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (04) ◽  
pp. 336-341
Author(s):  
ümit Yalçın
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
University Students ◽  
Physical Activity Level ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Exam Anxiety ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Inactive Group

Introduction: Anxiety, depression and other mental problems are one of the important health problems on university campuses. The anxiety created by the exams in the students negatively affects the students' attitude and success towards the lessons. The studies carried out, the understanding the relationship between exercise, depression and anxiety, and positive results obtained were satisfying and also increased the value given to this issue. In our study, we examined the relationship between university students' physical activity level and exam anxiety. Material-Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 175 volunteer university students who did and did not do sports. The International Physical Activity Assessment Questionnaire (IPAQ) Long Form was used to measure the level of physical activity and the Exam Anxiety Inventory to determine the level of anxiety. Results: The rate of female patients was significantly higher in the inactive group than the minimally active and active group (p ˂ 0.05). In the inactive group, the test anxiety score was significantly higher (p ˂ 0.05) than the minimally active and active group. Conclusion: As a result, our research revealed that the physical activity levels of university students are quite low, especially in female students, and there is a relationship between the level of physical activity and anxiety.

scholarly journals Association between Muscular Strength and Depressive Symptoms among Chinese Nursing Freshmen—A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liya Guo ◽  
Jianhua Cao ◽  
Yingke Li ◽  
Guang Yang ◽  
peng cheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Muscle Strength ◽  
Muscular Strength ◽  
Handgrip Strength ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
College Freshman ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Female College

Abstract Increased physical activity level is related to lower risk of depressive symptoms, and an inverse association between muscular strength and risk of depressive symptoms among the elderly population. However, the association among younger adults is unclear. The aim of this study was to examine the association between muscle strength, using handgrip strength as a representative of skeletal muscle strength, and the risk of depressive symptoms among Chinese female college freshman. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 867 participants aged between 16-23 years. Handgrip strength was measured with a handheld digital Smedley dynamometer, and depressive symptoms were evaluated using the 20-item Zung self-rating depression scale (SDS) with 3 cut-off points to indicate elevated depressive symptoms. We found that 10.7% of participants (17.2% or 29.2%) were classified as having moderate to severe depressive symptoms using 50 as the cut-off point. After adjusting for these potential confounders, the adjusted odds ratios for moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms across tertile of relative handgrip strength were 1.00 (reference) for tertile 1, 0.61 (95% CI: 0.35, 1.04) for tertile 2, and 0.53 (95% CI: 0.39, 0.94) for tertile 3 (P for trend: 0.024). The significant associations remained when other cut-off points (SDS 48 or 45) were used. Interactions between the handgrip strength and potential confounders for depressive symptoms in the final models were insignificant. This study showed that handgrip strength is inversely and independently related to the risk of depressive symptoms among Chinese female college freshman. These results can help with the development of an effective intervention strategy against depression. For future research, it is important to explore the causality of the effects of handgrip strength on the depressive symptoms by intervention study.

scholarly journals Enthesopathy and involvement of synovio-entheseal complex in systemic sclerosis: an ultrasound pilot study

Rheumatology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riccardo Terenzi ◽  
Rositsa Karalilova ◽  
Gemma Lepri ◽  
Cosimo Bruni ◽  
Silvia Bellando-Randone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scoring System ◽  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Power Doppler ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Interquartile Range ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Internal Organs ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cortical Irregularity ◽  
Chronic Autoimmune Disease

Abstract Objectives SSc is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation of the skin and multiple internal organs. Articular involvement is one of the main features of SSc, and typical hallmarks of SpA have been found in SSc patients. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of entheseal and synovio-entheseal complex (SEC) alterations in a cohort of SSc patients. Methods One hundred SSc patients and 25 healthy subjects were included in this cross-sectional study. The enthesis sites of lateral epicondylar common extensor tendons (CET) and the enthesis of the Glasgow Ultrasound Enthesis Scoring System were evaluated. SEC involvement was evaluated only at CET enthesis. Results In SSc, the Glasgow Ultrasound Enthesis Scoring System score was significantly higher (median 4.0, interquartile range 2.0–7.0) than in controls (median 1.0, interquartile range 0.0–3.0) (P < 0.0001). CET enthesis of SSc patients showed more frequent US B-mode alterations than that of controls (χ2 = 11.47, P = 0.0007 for size; χ2 = 13.79, P = 0.0002 for cortical irregularity, χ2 = 5.24, P = 0.022 for calcification/enthesophytes). Power Doppler US signal at CET enthesis was significantly more frequent in SSc patients than in healthy controls (χ2 = 9.11, P = 0.0025), as was the concomitant SEC involvement (χ2 = 8.52, P = 0.0035). Conclusion These data show that SSc patients frequently present US features of enthesopathy. Moreover, CET enthesopathy was correlated with SEC inflammation, suggesting that entheseal inflammation in SSc may share the same micro-anatomical targets as found in SpA.

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