Improvement in Static Motor Performance following Yogic Training of School Children

1993 ◽  
Vol 76 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1264-1266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirley Telles ◽  
B. Hanumanthaiah ◽  
R. Nagarathna ◽  
H. R. Nagendra
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Motor Performance ◽  
Metal Plate ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Attention Span ◽  
Voluntary Regulation ◽  
Yoga Group ◽  
Group Control ◽  
Regulation Of Breathing

Two groups of 45 children each, whose ages ranged from 9 to 13 years, were assessed on a steadiness test, at the beginning and again at the end of a 10-day period during which one group received training in yoga, while the other group did not. The steadiness test required insertion of and holding for 15 sec. a metal stylus without touching the sides of holes of decreasing sizes in a metal plate. The contacts were counted as ‘errors.’ During the 10-day period, one group (the ‘Yoga’ group) received training in special physical postures (asanas), voluntary regulation of breathing (Pranayama), maintenance of silence, as well as visual focussing exercises (tratakas) and games to improve the attention span and memory. The other group (control) carried out their usual routine. After 10 days, the ‘Yoga’ group showed a significant (Wilcoxon's paired signed-ranks test) decrease in errors, whereas the ‘control’ group showed no change.

scholarly journals Electroacupuncture at PC6 or ST36 Influences the Effect of Tacrine on the Motility of Esophagus

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Wang ◽  
Xin Chen ◽  
Peng-Yan Xie
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Group Model ◽  
Model Group ◽  
Gastric Distention ◽  
Group Control ◽  
Gastrointestinal Side Effects ◽  
Esophageal Sphincter ◽  
Group Control Group ◽  
Common Cavity

Aim.To investigate the mechanisms of gastrointestinal side effects of tacrine, and find treatment methods with electroacupuncture (EA).Methods. Twenty-five healthy cats were randomly divided into 5 groups: gastric-distention group (model group), tacrine group (cholinesterase inhibitor), tacrine + sham acupoint group (control group), tacrine + PC6 (neiguan) group, and tacrine + ST36 (zusanli) group, with 5 cats in each group. Saline 2 mL i.p. was given 30 min before gastric distention in model group. Tacrine 5.6 mg/kg i.p. was given 30 minutes before gastric distention in the other groups. Tacrine + sham acupoint group (control group), tacrine + PC6 group, and tacrine + ST36 group received EA at corresponding acupoints during gastric distention. The frequency of TLESRs and LESP were recorded by using a perfused sleeve assembly.Results. Compared with the model group, tacrine significantly increased the frequency of gastric distention-induced TLESR (P<0.05) but did not influence the rate of common cavity during TLESR. Tacrine significantly increased the LESP, which could not remain during gastric distention. EA at PC6 could decrease the frequency of TLESR and maintain the increase of LESP, but EA at ST36 did not have these effects.Conclusion. Tacrine can significantly increase the gastric distention-induced transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations (TLESRs). Electroacupuncture (EA) at PC6 may reverse the above side effect.

Relaxation and Neuromuscular Tension Control and Changes in Motor Performance under Induced Tension

1973 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn S. Chaney ◽  
Lois Andreasen
Keyword(s):  
Respiration Rate ◽  
Motor Performance ◽  
Experimental Treatment ◽  
Tension Control ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Motor Test ◽  
Accuracy Stress ◽  
Verbal Threat ◽  
Speed And Accuracy

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of specific instructions in relaxation and neuromuscular tension control on changes in the performance of a motor test under stress. The motor test was throwing darts at a specific target for speed and accuracy. Stress was induced by a verbal threat of failure. GSR, respiration rate, and EMG recordings were obtained from each S on initial and final tests. The verbal threat produced stress in all Ss ( p = .01). Ss in the exercise control group had a significantly lower respiration rate than the other Ss. The experimental treatment given to the relaxation group did not have a significant influence in reducing neuromuscular tensions during the performance of the motor test.

scholarly journals Fat absorption after total gastrectomy in rats submitted to Roux-en-Y or Rosanov-like double-transit technique

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 380-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Sevá-Pereira ◽  
Luiz Roberto Lopes ◽  
Nelson Ary Brandalise ◽  
Nelson Adami Andreollo
Keyword(s):  
Total Gastrectomy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Fat Absorption ◽  
Group Control ◽  
Fat Malabsorption ◽  
Group Control Group

PURPOSE: Steatorrhea is one of the most common complications in reconstruction after total gastrectomy. Many reconstruction techniques after total gastrectomy have been developed in order to avoid these undesirable effects, but each one of them has some inconvenience. In this experiment, a modified Rosanov technique that keeps duodenal transit, evaluation of fat absorption after gastrectomy was tested. METHODS: Three groups of rats with the same characteristics were used. Total gastrectomy was performed in two groups: one was operated on and transit was reestablished by the Roux-en-Y technique (group Y), while the other was submitted to the modified Rosanov technique (group R). Following surgery, a handmade hyper fatty diet (11% of fat) was offered. A third group (control - group C) was not operated but was submitted to the same conditions of the other groups, and used for reference steatocrit values. The animals underwent laparotomy 14 days after surgery and had their feces collected from cecum to determine their steatocrit by analysis of their values. RESULTS: Steatocrit values for groups R and C (mean 5.16% and 4.15% respectively) were similar (p > 0.1), while group Y had significantly higher values (mean = 28.18%, p = 0.0001 - p < 0,05). This was attributed to the fact that group R animals had their duodenal transit patent, decreasing the complications expected in the Roux-en-Y reconstruction. CONCLUSIONS: Steatorrhea in the modified Rosanov technique was similar to the control group, while Roux-en-Y reconstruction presented higher steatorrhea and fat malabsorption.

Differential Effects of Shock Arousal on Motor Performance

1969 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald G. Marteniuk
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Motor Performance ◽  
Movement Time ◽  
Shock Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Meaningful Difference ◽  
Shock Condition ◽  
Activation Theory ◽  
Related Group

This study investigated the ideas that behaviour varies along two independent continua, direction and intensity. Three groups, of 20 females each, performed 15 trials on a ball-snatch task from which reaction time and movement time could be measured. The administration of shock on the middle five trials served to increase arousal level in two of the groups. These two groups differed in that instructions from E served to make the shock either related or unrelated to the task. There was no difference in the initial performance scores of the three groups. However, the shock-related group was significantly faster than either of the other two groups during the shock condition. There was no meaningful difference in performance between the control group and the unrelated-shock group. The results were discussed in terms of activation theory.

scholarly journals Effects of Implicit Failure Priming on Cognitive and Motor Performance in Elementary School Children

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-90
Author(s):  
Julia Schüler ◽  
Veronika Brandstätter ◽  
Nicola Baumann
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Motor Performance ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Cognitive Task ◽  
Motor Task ◽  
Second Graders ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Test Study

Previous research showed that failure primes in academic learning contexts can impair the performance of both older school children and college students. The present research tested the effect of failure priming on cognitive and motor performance in elementary school children. We hypothesized that children incidentally confronted with a cue previously learned to indicate failure would perform worse on a cognitive task (Study 1, N = 54 second-graders) and a motor task (Study 2, N = 60 third-graders) than children confronted with a cue indicating success or children in a control group. The results showed that the failure prime group performed worse than the success prime group on an intelligence test (Study 1) and a ball-throwing exercise (Study 2). Neither experimental group differed from the control group. Our studies confirmed previous findings, showing that failure primes can be learned early in life and quickly (e.g., 1 year of failure prime exposure, Study 1). Furthermore, even a one-trial learning process (Study 2) suffices to turn an inherently neutral cue into a failure prime. This failure prime, in turn, can impair different types of performance such as cognitive and motor performance.

scholarly journals Effect of nalbuphine on rocuronium injection pain

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. e000249
Author(s):  
Wenfang Huang ◽  
Jinjin Huang ◽  
Dongpi Wang ◽  
Yaoqin Hu ◽  
Jiangmei Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Depression ◽  
Intravenous Injection ◽  
Adverse Reactions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Injection Pain ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Lidocaine Group ◽  
Group Control ◽  
Group Control Group ◽  
Control Group Group

ObjectiveRocuronium-associated intravenous injection pain occurs frequently in children during induction of anesthesia. The aim of this study was to systematically evaluate the benefits of nalbuphine in patients with rocuronium-associated injection pain.MethodsNinety children undergoing tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in our hospital between October 2019 and September 2020 were randomly divided into the following groups, with 30 patients per group: control group (group C), lidocaine group (group L), and nalbuphine group (group N). Routine 0.1 mg/kg midazolam and 2 mg/kg propofol were injected intravenously. After sedation, children in group C, group L, and group N were administered an intravenous injection of saline, lidocaine (10 mg/mL), or nalbuphine hydrochloride (2 mg/mL), respectively, at a dosage of 0.1 mL/kg. Intravenous injection of rocuronium stock solution (0.6 mg/kg) was administered 2 minutes later. Pain was evaluated using Ambeshs 4-pointscale. The incidence of rocuronium injection pain was compared among the three groups, and postoperative adverse reactions, such as drowsiness, bradycardia, hypotension, and respiratory depression, were evaluated.ResultsThe incidence of injection pain among children in group N was significantly lower than that in group C and group L (p<0.05). The incidence of drowsiness in group N was significantly higher than that in the other groups (p<0.05). The incidences of hypotension, bradycardia, and respiratory depression were not significantly different among the three groups (p>0.05).ConclusionsIntravenous nalbuphine during induction of anesthesia effectively prevented rocuronium-associated injection pain in children. Drowsiness is a complication.

Predictors of Problematic Video Game Usage in Childhood and Adolescence

2013 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Mößle ◽  
Florian Rehbein
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
School Children ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Video Gaming ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Longitudinal Control ◽  
Peer Problems ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Usage Patterns

Aim: The aim of this article is to work out the differential significance of risk factors of media usage, personality and social environment in order to explain problematic video game usage in childhood and adolescence. Method: Data are drawn from the Berlin Longitudinal Study Media, a four-year longitudinal control group study with 1 207 school children. Data from 739 school children who participated at 5th and 6th grade were available for analysis. Result: To explain the development of problematic video game usage, all three areas, i. e. specific media usage patterns, certain aspects of personality and certain factors pertaining to social environment, must be taken into consideration. Video game genre, video gaming in reaction to failure in the real world (media usage), the children’s/adolescents’ academic self-concept (personality), peer problems and parental care (social environment) are of particular significance. Conclusion: The results of the study emphasize that in future – and above all also longitudinal – studies different factors regarding social environment must also be taken into account with the recorded variables of media usage and personality in order to be able to explain the construct of problematic video game usage. Furthermore, this will open up possibilities for prevention.

Effectiveness of Child to Parent Communication Using Information Package on Food Hygiene

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (07) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ms. Sonam Yangchen Bhutia ◽  
Dr. Sushma Kumari Saini ◽  
Dr. Manmeet Kaur ◽  
Dr. Sandhya Ghai
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Home Visit ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Food Hygiene ◽  
Parent Communication ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Randomised Controlled

School children can act as change agent not only for families but for community. The study aimed to assess effectiveness of information package on knowledge and practices of parents/family members of school children studying in Govt. Sr. Sec. School on food hygiene in Dhanas and Daddu Majra Colony, UT, Chandigarh. A non-randomised controlled trial was conducted on 201 school children studying in VIIth standard and their parents/family members. Purposive sampling technique was utilised to enrol 101 in case and 100 participants in control group. Interview schedule for knowledge assessment and observation checklist for assessing the practices of parents/ family members was used. Pre assessment of both the groups was done by a home visit. Experimental group school children were educated on food hygiene as per the protocol. Pre and post-test knowledge of school children on food hygiene was assessed and were asked to disseminate the information to their parents/family members.  After 15 days, second time home visit was done to the parents/family members of both the groups for the post assessment of knowledge and practices. Significant improvement in knowledge and practices of parents/family members related to food hygiene was observed. Hence, school children can be an effective tool in health related knowledge dissemination which can further promote healthy practices.

Berat Badan, Panjang Badan dan Faktor Genetik sebagai Prediktor Terjadinya Stunted pada Anak Sekolah

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Hetriana Leksananingsih ◽  
Slamet Iskandar ◽  
Tri Siswati
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
School Children ◽  
Genetic Factors ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Normal Birth Weight ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Normal Birth ◽  
Chi Square Test

Background: Riskesdas in 2013 showed that Yogyakarta (DIY) had a prevalence of stunted new kid in school is less than the national average, which is 14.9% (MOH, 2013). Stunted or short, is a linear growth retardation has been widely used as an indicator to measure the nutritional status of individuals and community groups. Stunted can be influenced by several factors: birth weight, birth length match and genetic factors. Objective: To determine the weight, length of low birth weight and genetic factors as predictors of the occurrence of stunted on elementary school children. Methods: The study was a case control analytic. Research sites in SD Muhammadiyah Ngijon 1 Subdistrict Moyudan. The study was conducted in May and June 2015. The subjects were school children grade 1 to grade 5 the number of cases as many as 47 children and 94 control children. With the inclusion criteria of research subjects willing to become respondents, was present at the time of the study, they have a father and mother, and exclusion criteria have no data BB and PB birth, can not stand upright. The research variables are BBL, PBL, genetic factors and TB / U at this time. Data were analyzed by chi-square test and Odd Ratio (OR) calculation. Results: In case group as much as 91.5% of normal birth weight and length of 80.9% of normal birth weight, most of the height of a normal mother and father as many as 85.1%. In the control group as much as 78.7% of normal birth weight and 61.7% were born normal body length, height mostly normal mom and dad that 96.7% of women and 90.4% normal normal father. Statistical test result is no significant correlation between height mothers with stunted incidence in school children, and the results of chi-square test P = 0.026 with value Odd Ratio (OR) of 3.9 and a range of values from 1.091 to 14.214 Cl95%. Conclusion: High maternal body of mothers can be used as predictors of the occurrence of stunted school children and mothers with stunted nutritional status have 3.9 times the risk of having children with stunted nutritional status.

Detection and Assessment of Interleukin 6 in Irreversible Pulp Inflamation

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-327
Author(s):  
Cristian Levente Giuroiu ◽  
Maria Vataman ◽  
Gabriel Melian ◽  
Dragos Bularda ◽  
Ludmila Lozneanu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dental Caries ◽  
Interleukin 6 ◽  
Dental Pulp ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Pulp Tissue ◽  
Immunohistochemical Technique ◽  
Systemic Distribution ◽  
Cell Zone

The study aimed to assess the number, localization and distribution of interleukin 6 (IL-6) positive cells in healthy pulp, acute and chronic pulpitis. The study group included 48 patients aged between 18-72, treated in University of Medicine and Pharmacy Grigore T. Popa Iasi, Romania. The pulpectomy was performed on 42 patients diagnosed with acute and chronic pulpitis. The other 6 patients, without signs of dental caries or periodontal disease, were submitted to extractions of teeth for orthodontic purposes, with pulpectomy performed before extraction. The pulp samples were examined with optic microscope. The detection and assessment of IL-6 were performed using immunohistochemical technique. Data were statistically analysed using non-parametric tests. According to morphopathological criteria, 42.85% were classified as acute pulpitis and 57.14% as chronic pulpitis. The pulp samples in control group were not associated with IL-6 positive cells. The analysis of all samples with acute and chronic pulpitis identified 73.80% samples with IL-6 and 26.20% associated with the absence of IL-6. The highest frequency of IL-6 positive cells was recorded in rich-cell zone of crown dental pulp. The systemic distribution of IL-6 positive cells was mostly diffused without well-defined orientation. IL-6 release in acute and chronic pulpitis is significantly higher comparing with healthy pulp tissue.

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