scholarly journals Determining the Prognostic Validity of the Unilateral Horizontal Cyclic Jumps Test in Sprint Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 7038
Author(s):  
Vesna Babić ◽  
Ivan Milinović ◽  
Marko Čule ◽  
Aleš Dolenec
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Average Height ◽  
Moderate Correlation ◽  
Kinematic Parameters ◽  
Post Injury ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sprint Running ◽  
Maximal Speed ◽  
Predictor Of Success ◽  
Motor Tests

In sports practice, motor tests are commonly used to predict success in specific segments of sprint running, as well as post-injury tests in rehabilitation. The purpose of this analytical cross-sectional study was to determine the prognostic validity of the unilateral horizontal cyclic jumps for a 20 m (UHCJ20m) test on sprint running success. A sample of 118 kinesiology students aged 20.5 ± 1.2 years with an average height of 179.7 ± 6.4 cm and a body mass of 75.6 ± 7.3 kg was used to determine the correlation between the results of the UHCJ20m test and the results of the 20 m sprint start run (MRLS20m), the 20 m sprint flying start run (MRFS20m), and the 100 m run (M100m). The results showed a moderate correlation in all tests (MRLS20m (R = 0.49), MRFS20m (R = 0.53), and M100m (R = 0.38)) with UHCJ20m. In addition to the final result, the multiple regression analysis showed a significant moderate correlation between the kinematic parameters of the UHCJ20m test and the results in the MRLS20m (R = 0.38), MRFS20m (R = 0.49), and M100m (R = 0.37) tests. The stride length (SL) and the contact time (CT) of the UHCJ20m test were statistically significant predictors for the 100 m sprint, the number of steps for MRLS20m, and the SL and the CT for MRFS20m sprint success. Unilateral horizontal cyclic jumps are a significant predictor of success in sprint running, especially for the maximal speed running segment.

scholarly journals Essential Oil Olfactory Test: Comparison of Affordable Rapid Olfaction Measurement Array (AROMA) to Sniffin’ Sticks 12

OTO Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 2473974X2096246
Author(s):  
Jennifer Li ◽  
Gracie Palmer ◽  
Suraj Shankar ◽  
Mark R. Villwock ◽  
Alexander G. Chiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oil ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Academic Medical Center ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Moderate Correlation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Percent Correct ◽  
Olfactory Testing ◽  
Snot 22

Objectives To further demonstrate the validity of Affordable Rapid Olfaction Measurement Array (AROMA), an essential oil−based smell test, and compare it to the Sniffin’ Sticks 12 Test (SST12). Study Design Prospective cross-sectional study. Setting Academic medical center. Methods Fifty healthy individuals without sinonasal disease were recruited to the study. AROMA has been previously validated against the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test. The current study tests 2 additional higher concentrations to increase the ability to detect olfactory reserve. Healthy participants completed AROMA, SST12, Sino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22), and Questionnaire of Olfactory Disorders (QoD). Spearman correlations were used to evaluate AROMA, SST, SNOT-22, and QoD. Results AROMA demonstrated strong test-retest reliability ( r = 0.757, P < .01). AROMA showed a moderate correlation to SST12 (ρ = 0.412, P < .01). Age and SNOT-22 were significantly correlated ( P < .05) with AROMA (ρ = −0.547, −0.331, respectively), and age was weakly correlated with SST (ρ = −0.377, P < .01). Median percent correct scores were as follows: SST12 identification, 92%; AROMA detection, 90%; and AROMA identification, 81%. Median correct odor identification of AROMA concentrations at 1×, 2×, 4×, and 8× were 64%, 75%, 92%, and 92%, respectively. Conclusion AROMA has a moderate correlation with SST12. AROMA is more strongly correlated than SST12 to age and SNOT-22. AROMA’s stronger correlation with subjective olfactory status, low cost, and adaptability may help remove barriers to routine olfactory testing in the clinic.

scholarly journals One-leg rise performance and associated knee kinematics in ACL-deficient and ACL-reconstructed persons 23 years post-injury

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Strong ◽  
Eva Tengman ◽  
Divya Srinivasan ◽  
Charlotte K. Häger
Keyword(s):  
Cruciate Ligament ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Knee Kinematics ◽  
Acl Injury ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Knee Function ◽  
Post Injury ◽  
Discriminative Ability ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knee Abduction

Abstract Background Research indicates reduced knee function and stability decades after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Assessment requires reliable functional tests that discriminate such outcomes from asymptomatic knees, while providing suitable loading for different populations. The One-leg rise (OLR) test is common in clinics and research but lacks scientific evidence for its implementation. Our cross-sectional study compared performance including knee kinematics of the OLR between ACL-injured persons in the very long term to controls and between legs within these groups, and assessed the within-session reliability of the kinematics. Methods Seventy ACL-injured individuals (mean age 46.9 ± 5.4 years) treated with either reconstructive surgery and physiotherapy (ACLR; n = 33) or physiotherapy alone (ACLPT; n = 37), on average 23 years post-injury, and 33 age- and sex-matched controls (CTRL) attempted the OLR. Participants completed as many repetitions as possible to a maximum of 50 while recorded by motion capture. We compared between all groups and between legs within groups for total repetitions and decomposed the OLR into movement phases to compare phase completion times, maximum and range of knee abduction and adduction angles, and mediolateral knee control in up to 10 repetitions per participant. Results ACLPT performed significantly fewer OLR repetitions with their injured leg compared to the CTRL non-dominant leg (medians 15 and 32, respectively) and showed significantly greater knee abduction than ACLR and CTRL (average 2.56°-3.69° depending on phase and leg). Distribution of repetitions differed between groups, revealing 59% of ACLPT unable to complete more than 20 repetitions on their injured leg compared to 33% ACLR and 36% CTRL for their injured and non-dominant leg, respectively. Within-session reliability of all kinematic variables for all groups and legs was high (ICC 3,10 0.97–1.00, 95% CI 0.95–1.00, SEM 0.93–1.95°). Conclusions Negative outcomes of OLR performance, particularly among ACLPT, confirm the need to address aberrant knee function and stability even decades post-ACL injury. Knee kinematics derived from the OLR were reliable for asymptomatic and ACL-injured knees. Development of the OLR protocol and analysis methods may improve its discriminative ability in identifying reduced knee function and stability among a range of clinical populations.

scholarly journals First Aid Practices and Health Seeking Behaviors of Caregivers for Unintentional Childhood Injuries in Ujjain, India: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashish Pathak ◽  
Nitin Agrawal ◽  
Love Mehra ◽  
Aditya Mathur ◽  
Vishal Diwan
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Post Injury ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Childhood Injuries ◽  
Golden Hour ◽  
Low Middle Income Countries

Background: There is lack of data on types of community first aids use and treatment given post injuries from many low-middle income countries, including India. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among children up-to 18 years of age, in Ujjain district, India to understand types of first aid given and health seeking post injury. Results: A total of 1087 injuries, in 1049 children were identified in last one year, 729 (67%) received, first aid and 758 (72%) sought some healthcare. Children with burns received most (86%) first aid, while most children (84%) with road traffic accidents (RTA) sought health care. Most children (52%) sought healthcare from a private health set-up; most (65%) being transported within the golden hour; motorbikes being the most preferred (50%) mode of transport. Only 1% injured used ambulance services. Commonly reported first aid included: use of coconut oil on wounds from falls (38%) and burns (44%); antiseptic cream on wounds from RTA (31%), turmeric in falls (16%), and rubbing of metal on a bitten site (47%). Potentially harmful substances applied included lime, toothpaste, clay and mud. Conclusion: In most injuries, appropriate locally available substances, were used by the community. Our findings will help design community interventions to increase appropriate first aid in childhood injuries.

scholarly journals Barriers and Facilitators for Execution of Nursing Process among Nurses from Medical and Surgical Wards in a Public Hospital Lahore

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 170-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahnaz Akhtar ◽  
Muhammad Hussain ◽  
Muhammad Afzal ◽  
Syed Amir Gilani
Keyword(s):  
Public Hospital ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Barriers And Facilitators ◽  
Nursing Process ◽  
Moderate Correlation ◽  
Medical Department ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
R Value

The Nursing practice is currently based on logical standards establish in a course called the nursing process.The nursing process helps in conveying art and science, which has recognized to be a value-able instrument that is converting nursing practice and additionally patient care results universally. Nursing is a profession that demands a regular, high level of critical thought coupled with critical actions. To assess barriers and facilitators in execution of nursing process among nurses from surgical and medical department. A quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to explore barriers and facilitators for execution of nursing process among nurses from medical and surgical wards at public hospital Lahore. The instrument use for the data collection was adopted questioner and convenient sampling technique was used. There was weak correlation between age of participant and qualification of participant (r=.254 Sig=0.005), age of participant has moderate correlation with years in service as result shown r value is .695 and sig is .000, age of participant has no association with Barriers related to as sig value is .730 and r value is .031, age of participant have no association with Barriers related to administration and Barriers related to nursing process. Majority of the participants were moderately knowledgeable about nursing process and they were willing to apply the nursing process in caring for patients, But they were not utilizing it in designing the care of their patients because of the barriers they faced in effort to use the nursing process. There was moderate correlation between age of participant and years in service, but age of the participant have no association with Barriers related to resources, Barriers related to administration and Barriers related to nursing process. Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 5, Issue-3: 170-186

scholarly journals Applying the functional independence measure to the assessment of patients with mucopolysaccharidosis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Almeida Matos ◽  
Paloma Silva Lopes ◽  
Allan Rodrigues Corsini ◽  
Julia Rodi ◽  
Chin-To Fong
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Functional Independence Measure ◽  
Study Participant ◽  
Functional Independence ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Average Weight ◽  
Average Height ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Function Domain

Introduction: The aim of the study is to assess the functional independence of a group of patients with mucopolysaccharidosis using the Functional Independence Measure as a tool that accomplishes this purpose. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of patients with mucopolysaccharidosis. Our data was collected between June 2015 and July 2016. In addition to history of present illness and physical examination each study participant was asked to answer a questionnaire to specifically evaluate their functional independence using the Functional Independence Measure. The internal consistency of the Functional Independence Measure was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Results: We collected data on 20 patients with mucopolysaccharidosis. The average age was 10.8 (8.67-13.03) years, the average weight was 23.6 (19,91-27,37) kg and the average height was 1 (0.83-1.17) m. The most prevalent type of mucopolysaccharidosis in the study was type VI (n=14). The average total Functional Independence Measure score was 104.4 (97.61-111.19), the average for the Mobility domain was 73.50 (68.22-78.78) and the average for the Cognitive Function domain was 30.90 (28.68-33.13). The internal consistency of the entire questionnaire was 0.859, with values of 0.966 for the Mobility domain and 0.624 for the Cognitive Function domain. Conclusion: The lowest Functional Independence Measure scores were obtained in the following sub-domains: Self-care, Locomotion and Cognitive Function. The Functional Independence Measure questionnaire demonstrated internal consistency for the evaluation of functional independence in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis, being able to value all the affected sub-domains separately.

scholarly journals Characteristics of injuries in adolescent basketball athletes

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 711-721
Author(s):  
Yulingga Nanda Hanief ◽  
Prisca Widiawati
Keyword(s):  
Ankle Joint ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Training Session ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Average Weight ◽  
Average Height ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Warm Up ◽  
Study Approach

INTRODUCTION: Basketball is a physical contact sport that involves complex movements such as jumping, spinning, and changing directions, all of which frequently cause injuries. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to understand the characteristics of injuries on adolescent basketball athletes. METHODS: This study uses a descriptive method with a cross-sectional study approach using a web-based questionnaire (Google Forms) consisting of close-ended questions to examine the history, types, factors, and treatments of the injuries experienced by the adolescent basketball athletes at the Student Sports Training Center (Pusat Pelatihan Olahraga Pelajar or PPOP) of DKI Jakarta. The subjects are 14 male and female athletes with an average age of 15.9±1.1 years old, an average height of 172.29±9.33 centimeters, and an average weight of 65.71±10.06 kilogram. The research instrument is a questionnaire distributed online in the form of Google Forms. A validity test was conducted on the questionnaire using Aikens. Data Questionnaire result data were analyzed using a percentage analysis on the answers to each question in the questionnaire. RESULTS: The results revealed that 76% of the athletes experienced injuries in the lower limb, with the most frequent injury in the ankle joint (45%). Furthermore, the athletes also stated that sprains/twists are the most experienced type of injury (42%). The training sessions were when 79% of the athletes experienced their injuries, whereas the other 21% experienced them during the matches. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study cannot generalize the findings because it only involved 14 participants, which is also a limitation of this study, but these findings report that the greater injury that occurs during exercise is the ankle joint, so the authors suggest doing an adequate warm-up. Before starting a training session or during a competitive training session, preventing injuries is the best approach for athletes to reduce their occurrence.

scholarly journals NILAI INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT (IQ) DAN NILAI UJIAN MODUL MAHASISWA ANGKATAN 2013 FAKULTAS KEDOKTERAN UNIVERSITAS SAM RATULANGI

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Reteng
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Intelligence Quotient ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Iq Test ◽  
Predictor Of Success

Abstract: Intelligence quotient (IQ) is an assessment of someone’s cognitive ability. The paradigm places IQ as the only predictor of success in education. Nowadays, most of universities in Indonesia place IQ score as one of the entrance requirement. However, this presumption remains controversy. Some studies show that IQ score correlates with academic achievement, while some other studies show a contrary result. This study was carried out to correlate test score with IQ score of students. This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted to 100 undergraduate students of Medical Faculty of Sam Ratulangi University. IQ score was assessed using Intelligenz Struktur Test (IST), while test score was obtained from medical education module’s test; the first module they learned in Medical School. This study found a positively moderate and significant correlation between IQ and test score (r = 0.391; p < 0.01). Keywords: IQ, test score    Abstrak: Intelligence Quotient (IQ) merupakan suatu bentuk penaksiran kemampuan kognitif seseorang. Paradigma saat ini menempatkan IQ sebagai satu-satunya tolak ukur kesuksesan di dunia pendidikan. Saat ini sejumlah perguruan tinggi menggunakan IQ sebagai salah satu syarat penerimaan mahasiswa. Namun demikian, IQ sebagai prediktor kesuksesan seseorang dalam dunia pendidikan masih kontroversi. Beberapa penelitian menujukkan IQ memiliki hubungan dengan nilai, namun beberapa penelitian menunjukkan hasil yang sebaliknya. Oleh karena itu penelitian ini bermaksud untuk mengetahui hubungan antara IQ dengan hasil ujian mahasiswa. Penelitian ini merupakan suatu penelitian potong lintang yang dilakukan terhadap 100 orang mahasiswa angkatan 2013 Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sam Ratulangi. Nilai IQ didapatkan melalui Intelligenz Struktur Test (IST), sedangkan nilai ujian yang diambil adalah nilai ujian modul pendidikan kedokteran. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan adanya hubungan positif sedang yang signifikan antara IQ dengan nilai ujian modul pendidikan kedokteran (r = 0,391; p < 0,01). Kata Kunci: IQ, nilai ujian

scholarly journals SUBTALAR JOINT IN NEUTRAL AND RELAXED POSITIONS FOR EVALUATION OF MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL ARCH

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 177-180
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ SETTI PERSIANE ◽  
DAIANE MAGALHÃES GOMES NEGRÃO ◽  
RAONE DALTRO PARAGUASSU ALVES ◽  
DIEGO GALACE DE FREITAS ◽  
CLÁUDIO CAZARINI JÚNIOR ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Subtalar Joint ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Medial Longitudinal Arch ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Moderate Correlation ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Level Of Evidence ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Longitudinal Arch

ABSTRACT Objective: The medial longitudinal arch is the main structure of load bearing and shock absorption of the foot. The evaluation of medial longitudinal arch, such as the navicular height, the medial longitudinal arch angle and the Feiss line should be performed with the subtalar joint in the neutral and relaxed position. Our study analyzed the correlation between the measurements of the subtalar joint in neutral and relaxed positions during the evaluation tests of the medial longitudinal arch. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, in which 51 healthy volunteers (102 feet; 36 women; 28 ± 5 years, 1.66 ± 0.10 m; 24.5 ± 4.5 kg/m2) had their navicular height, medial longitudinal arch angle and Feiss line measured in the neutral and relaxed positions. The correlation between the measures was evaluated using Pearson’s test. Results: A strong correlation of the 102 feet Feiss line measurements between neutral and relaxed positions (r = 0.81) was observed, and a moderate correlation between the medial longitudinal arch angle (r = 0.78) and between navicular height in neutral and relaxed positions (r = 0.76). Conclusion: The measurements of the longitudinal medial arch between the neutral and relaxed positions are strongly correlated. Therefore, it is not necessary to measure the medial longitudinal arch in both neutral and relaxed positions. Level of Evidence II, Diagnostic Studies - Investigating a diagnostic test.

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