scholarly journals Manipulation of task constraints on throwing of amateur handball athletes

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-136
Author(s):  
Gabriel A. Ribeiro ◽  
Pedro H. B. F. Spinola ◽  
Helga T. Tucci ◽  
Raquel P. Carvalho

BACKGROUND: In handball, speed and accuracy are essential characteristics for the performance of throwing. AIM: To verify the effects of manipulation of task constraints during the throws on kinematic variables in amateur handball players. METHOD: 18 amateur handball players (18-27 years) made 10 throws to the target with a focus on speed and 10 throws with a focus on accuracy. The kinematic analysis of the throwing was performed, and the Student's t-test was used. RESULTS: Greater velocity, and hand, acromion, and iliac spines trajectories for throws with a focus on speed in cocking phase was observed. During the acceleration phase, there was greater velocity, and trajectory of the right upper posterior iliac spine, and less time and hand, acromion, and left upper posterior iliac spines trajectories for throws with a focus on speed. The throw with a focus on speed showed greater shoulder and elbow angles at the beginning, and greater elbow angle at the end of throwing. CONCLUSION: The manipulation in the focus of the throw influenced the movement strategy from the cocking phase to the acceleration phase according to the movement intentionality, with most of the variables presenting greater values in the throw with a focus on speed.

Cephalalgia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 718-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Syvertsen Mykland ◽  
Marte Helene Bjørk ◽  
Marit Stjern ◽  
Trond Sand

Background The migraine brain is believed to have altered cortical excitability compared to controls and between migraine cycle phases. Our aim was to evaluate post-activation excitability through post-movement beta event related synchronization (PMBS) in sensorimotor cortices with and without sensory discrimination. Subjects and methods We recorded EEG of 41 migraine patients and 31 healthy controls on three different days with classification of days in relation to migraine phases. During each recording, subjects performed one motor and one sensorimotor task with the right wrist. Controls and migraine patients in the interictal phase were compared with repeated measures (R-) ANOVA and two sample Student’s t-test. Migraine phases were compared to the interictal phase with R-ANOVA and paired Student’s t-test. Results The difference between PMBS at the contralateral and ipsilateral sensorimotor cortex was altered throughout the migraine cycle. Compared to the interictal phase, we found decreased PMBS at the ipsilateral sensorimotor cortex in the ictal phase and increased PMBS in the preictal phase. Lower ictal PMBS was found in bilateral sensorimotor cortices in patients with right side headache predominance. Conclusion The cyclic changes of PMBS in migraine patients may indicate that a dysfunction in deactivation and interhemispheric inhibition of the sensorimotor cortex is involved in the migraine attack cascade.


2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Pazetto Balsanelli ◽  
Isabel Cristina Kowal Olm Cunha ◽  
Iveth Yamaguchi Whitaker

This study aims to explore the association between nurses' leadership styles and personal and professional nursing profile and workload. The sample consisted of seven nurses and seven nursing technicians who were grouped into pairs. At the end of three months, nurses were queried regarding what leadership style would be adopted when the nursing technician under their evaluation delivered care to patients admitted to the ICU. Relevant data was analyzed by applying descriptive statistics, Tukey's multiple comparison test and Student's t-test (p< 0.05). Nursing workload reached 80.1% on average. The personal and professional profile variables did not show any relation with the leadership styles chosen by nurses (p>0.05). The determine, persuade, and share leadership styles prevailed. However, whenever the nursing workload peaked, the determine and persuade styles were used (p<0.05).


2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. QUADRI ◽  
N. NATALE ◽  
C. SPREAFICO ◽  
C. BELLONI ◽  
D. BARISANI ◽  
...  

Intravesical prostaglandin E2 is effective in the recovery of spontaneous voiding after transvaginal reconstruction of the pubocervical fascia and short arm sling according to Lahodny. The aim of the study was to compare the effects of intravesical prostaglandin E2 in the prevention of urinary retention after transvaginal reconstruction of the pubocervical fascia and short arm sling according to Lahodny. STUDY DESIGN: From November 1996 to June 1999 fifty women underwent the Lahodny procedure for moderate/severe cystocele and stress urinary incontinence. Women were randomly assigned to 1 of the 2 study groups: intravesical prostaglandin E2 versus controls. Data obtained were analyzed with the Student t test and the Fisher exact test. RESULTS: Two patients of the treatment group had to be excluded from the study, one because of the wrong measurement of the post-voidal residual volume and another due to a fastidious burning sensation which appeared immediately after prostaglandin instillation and required the suspension of the treatment. No other side effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or hyperthermia were observed. Patients who underwent the prostaglandin E2 treatment showed a recovery of spontaneous voiding after 7.9&plusmn;6.7 days, whereas this interval was significantly longer in the control group, being 12.9&plusmn;9.7 days (p=0.04, Two tailed Unpaired Student's T test). CONCLUSION: The effectiveness and the low associated morbidity mark the treatment with intravesical prostaglandin E2 useful in the recovery of normal voiding after transvaginal pubocervical fascia reconstruction and short arm sling with the procedure according to Lahodny.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-108
Author(s):  
Lijo Isaac ◽  
A. P. Nirmal Raj ◽  
Reshma Karkera ◽  
R Naveen Reddy

Very little studies were done on relationship of the dental status and the nutritional status. The present study was done to study relation between edentulism and the presence of anemia. The study was included of 46 adult patients with edentulism and same numbers of patients were taken as controls. The results were tabulated and analyzed with the help of IBM SPSS statistics 20 using student’s t test. The hemoglobin levels were lower in the edentulous patients that that of the control group. The present study had shown that the nutritional status were poor resulting in anemia in case of edentulous patients as compared to control group with the same age group.  


2002 ◽  
Vol 130 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 64-67
Author(s):  
Dejan Petrovic ◽  
Radmila Obrenovic ◽  
Mileta Poskurica ◽  
Biljana Stojimirovic

Functional and structural damages of tubulointerstitium are caused by proteinuria. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of different proteinuria levels on Na+, K+, Cl tubular transport. We examined 50 patients (24 males, 26 females), mean age 46.50 ? 13.08 years, with mean creati-nine clearence of 87.29 ? 31.17 mL/min. They were separated in three groups depending on proteinuria value. The first group with proteinuria less than 0.3 g/24h included 19 persons (7 males, 12 females), mean age 45.12 ? 13.28 years, with mean creatinine clearance of 94.27 ? 34.70 mL/min. The second group of 18 patients (8 males, 10 females), mean age 45.39 ? 12.64 years had proteinuria of 0.3-3,0 g/24h and mean creatinine clearance of 90.07 ? 31.89 mL/min. The third group had proteinuria level higher than 3.0g/24h and mean creatinine clearance of 73.25 ? 20.44 mL/min. It included 13 patients (9 males, 4 females), mean age 50.08 ? 13.73 years. As a parameter of proteinuria influence on tubular transport of Na+, K+ and Cl-, fractional excretion of these electrolytes, was studied. Student's T test, Mann Whitney U test and c2 test were used for statistical analysis. No statistically significant influence of proteinuria was found on Na+, K+ and Cl tubular transport.


2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Σουσάνα Ανίσογλου

ΣΚΟΠΟΣ: Η συλλογή, ανάλυση και επεξεργασία στοιχείων ογκολογικών ασθενών που νοσηλεύθηκαν στη Μονάδα Εντατικής Θεραπείας (Μ.Ε.Θ.) και η συσχέτισή τους με συγκεκριμένους πιθανούς παράγοντες κινδύνου .ΥΛΙΚΟ: Πρόκειται για μία προοπτική μελέτη παρατήρησης (prospective observational) σε δείγμα 125 ογκολογικών ασθενών που νοσηλεύθηκαν στη Μ.Ε.Θ. κατά την τελευταία διετία.ΜΕΘΟΔΟΣ: Αξιολογήθηκαν επιδημιολογικοί, κλινικοί και λειτουργικοί παράγοντες. Ειδικότερα ελέγχθηκαν η πρωτοπαθής νεοπλασματική νόσος, η ηλικία, η παρουσία στεφανιαίας νόσου, χρόνιας αποφρακτικής πνευμονοπάθειας, σακχαρώδους διαβήτη, νεφρικής ανεπάρκειας, ο δείκτης μάζας σώματος, η εφαρμογή χημειοθεραπείας ή και ακτινοθεραπείας, η διάρκεια νοσηλείας, τα score βαρύτητας (APACHE II, SAPS II, SOFA) και η έκβαση (εξιτήριο ή θάνατος) και έγιναν συσχετίσεις με τα προηγούμενα στοιχεία. Χρησιμοποιήθηκε το στατιστικό λογισμικό πακέτο SPSS 17.0 (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA) για Windows. Οι συνεχείς μεταβλητές παρουσιάζονται ως μέσοι όροι + τυπική απόκλιση (mean + standard deviation). Για τη σύγκριση των μέσων όρων μεταξύ δύο ομάδων έγινε χρήση του student’s t-test, εφόσον οι μεταβλητές ακολουθούσαν την κανονική κατανομή και του Mann-Whitney U test στην αντίθετη περίπτωση. Για την ανάδειξη συσχετίσεων μεταξύ ποιοτικών μεταβλητών έγινε χρήση του x2 test.ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΑ: Η θνητότητα ανήλθε στο 48.8%. Στατιστικά σημαντικοί παράγοντες κακής έκβασης κατά την εισαγωγή του ασθενούς στη ΜΕΘ ήταν τα score βαρύτητας (APACHE II, SAPS II, SOFA), το πτωχό performance status και τα συνυπάρχοντα σοβαρά νοσήματα. Στατιστικά σημαντικοί παράγοντες κακής έκβασης κατά τη διάρκεια νοσηλείας του ασθενούς στη Μ.Ε.Θ. ήταν η διάρκεια του μηχανικού αερισμού, η χρήση αγγειοσυσπαστικών, η πολυοργανική ανεπάρκεια και η σηπτική κατάσταση. Από τις εργαστηριακές εξετάσεις στατιστικά σημαντικές ήταν ο χαμηλός αριθμός αιμοπεταλίων και η θετική αιμοκαλλιέργεια. Ο στατιστικός έλεγχος αξιολόγησης κατά Hosmer Lemeshow παρά τον σχετικά μικρό αριθμό του δείγματος επιβεβαίωσε τη χρησιμότητα των APACHE II, SAPS II, SOFA ως προγνωστικών μοντέλων.ΣΥΜΠΕΡΑΣΜΑΤΑ: Η πρόγνωση ογκολογικών ασθενών που εισάγονται στη ΜΕΘ είναι μέτρια. Υπάρχουν σαφείς προγνωστικοί παράγοντες κινδύνου που μπορούν να συνθέσουν ένα είδος προγνωστικού μοντέλου, ωστόσο απαιτούνται περαιτέρω πολυκεντρικές μελέτες με προοπτικό χαρακτήρα σε μεγαλύτερο αριθμό ασθενών.


Author(s):  
Larissa Chaves Cardoso FERNANDES ◽  
Patrícia Moreira RABELLO ◽  
Bianca Marques SANTIAGO ◽  
Marcus Vitor Diniz de CARVALHO ◽  
Manoel Raimundo de SENA JÚNIOR ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Objetive To determine the percentage of correctness of the Orbital Index (OI) for estimation of sex, ancestry and age in Brazilian skulls. Methods Cross-sectional study of 183 human dry skulls from the southeastern Brazil. A total of 100 skeletons were males and 83 females; of which 36 were aged up to 39 years, 60 aged between 40 and 59 years, and 87 aged 60 years or older. As for ancestry, 103 were from white, 51 mixed race, and 29 black individuals. The OI was calculate by the formula = height/width x 100. The data were submitted to Student’s t test, F (ANOVA), Tukey and Kruskal Wallis tests as well as to discriminant analysis, with a 5% significance level. Results The sample was characterized as mesoseme, with a mean age of 56.62 (±19.97) years. No significant difference was observed (p=0.511) between the OI in females (right: 86.43 ± 6.58 and left: 86.70 ± 5.93) and males (right: 85.78 ± 6.69 and left: 86.37 ± 6.20). There were no significant differences between age, ancestry and the variables analyzed (p>0.05). The right and left orbital widths were significantly dimorphic between sexes (p<0.001). The percentage of correctness of the method for estimation of sex, age and ancestry was found to be 65.6%, 43.7%, and 43.6%, respectively. Conclusions The OI is not an appropriate method for estimation of sex, ancestry and estimation of age in this Brazilian sample. The methodology should be expanded to other population groups so that it can be improved.


Biometrika ◽  
1949 ◽  
Vol 36 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 426
Author(s):  
S. G. Ghurye

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