scholarly journals Influence of Physical Fitness and Attention Level on Academic Achievements of Female and Male Military Academy Cadets in Poland

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1261
Author(s):  
Dariusz Jamro ◽  
Grzegorz Zurek ◽  
Maciej Lachowicz ◽  
Dariusz Lenart
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Strength Development ◽  
Female Group ◽  
Dominant Hand ◽  
Military Academy ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
Military Academies

A professional soldier should be characterized not only by high physical fitness but also by high intellectual and cognitive skills. Therefore, it is important to focus on the future commanding cadre-cadets that are educated in military academies. The aim of the study was to look for correlations between the level of physical fitness and attention and academic achievements (AA) in different subjects among cadets studying at military academies. The research group consisted of students of a military academy in Poland, i.e., 228 cadets, including 31 women and 197 men. Correlations between explained and explanatory variables were assessed using Pearson’s correlation. Correlations between AA and somatic parameters and motor components were analysed using optimal regression, using the best subset method. A statistical difference was found between men and women in terms of the level of somatic and motor development; men also performed significantly better in practical military subjects. In the female group, dominant hand strength is a significant determinant of AA in civilian and theoretical military subjects. The findings suggest the need for specialized training aimed at bridging the major differences in physical fitness between men and women by placing greater emphasis on muscle strength development.

Exercise Effects on Two Men With Fibromyalgia Syndrome

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 278-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
William B. Karper
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Fibromyalgia Syndrome ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Exercise Program ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Secondary Purpose ◽  
Similar Program

The primary purpose of this study was to examine the effects of an exercise program on physical fitness, psychosocial factors, and symptoms in two men with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). An interventional case study research design was used to collect data on physical fitness, psychosocial factors, and symptoms at intervals throughout a 14-month period. Raw scores and raw score averages, devoid of statistical manipulation, are presented to display real individual results. The secondary purpose of the study was to discuss how these two men tolerated the program in comparison to women in a similar program. This is important because data on men with FMS appear to be unavailable, because the greater majority of participants in FMS programs are women. Results support that these two men benefited from the program and that differences between men and women with FMS should be considered relative to the conduct of exercise programs for these groups.

scholarly journals Influence of visual feedback, hand dominance and sex on individuated finger movements

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna-Maria Johansson ◽  
Helena Grip ◽  
Louise Rönnqvist ◽  
Jonas Selling ◽  
Carl-Johan Boraxbekk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ring Finger ◽  
The Other ◽  
Female Group ◽  
Movement Trajectory ◽  
Dominant Hand ◽  
Finger Movements ◽  
Consistent Finding ◽  
Visual Monitoring ◽  
Vision Condition ◽  
Flexion Extension

AbstractThe ability to perform individual finger movements, highly important in daily activities, involves visual monitoring and proprioception. We investigated the influence of vision on the spatial and temporal control of independent finger movements, for the dominant and non-dominant hand and in relation to sex. Twenty-six healthy middle-aged to old adults (M age = 61 years; range 46–79 years; females n = 13) participated. Participants performed cyclic flexion–extension movements at the metacarpophalangeal joint of one finger at a time while keeping the other fingers as still as possible. Movements were recorded using 3D optoelectronic motion technique (120 Hz). The movement trajectory distance; speed peaks (movement smoothness); Individuation Index (II; the degree a finger can move in isolation from the other fingers) and Stationarity Index (SI; how still a finger remains while the other fingers move) were extracted. The main findings were: (1) vision only improved the II and SI marginally; (2) longer trajectories were evident in the no-vision condition for the fingers of the dominant hand in the female group; (3) longer trajectories were specifically evident for the middle and ring fingers within the female group; (4) females had marginally higher II and SI compared with males; and (5) females had fewer speed peaks than males, particularly for the ring finger. Our results suggest that visual monitoring of finger movements marginally improves performance of our non-manipulative finger movement task. A consistent finding was that females showed greater independent finger control compared with males.

Pictorial Scale of Physical Self-Concept for Younger Children (P-PSC-C): A Feasibility Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (s2) ◽  
pp. S391-S402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maike Tietjens ◽  
Dennis Dreiskaemper ◽  
Till Utesch ◽  
Nadja Schott ◽  
Lisa M. Barnett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Gross Motor Development ◽  
The Face ◽  
Age Appropriate ◽  
The One

Children’s self-perception of motor skills and physical fitness is said to be an important mediator between skills and physical fitness on the one hand and physical activity on the other hand. An age-appropriate self-perception scale is needed to understand the development and the differentiation of the physical self-concept of children and its components. Therefore, the objectives of this study were (1) to develop a pictorial scale of physical fitness for pre-school children (3–6 years old), and (2) to describe the face validity and feasibility of the scale. The study sample included 27 kindergarten children. In order to determine the psychometric properties, validity was assessed by administrating the Pictorial Scale for Physical Self-Concept in Kindergarten Children (P-PSC-C) compared with children’s fundamental movement skill competency (Test of Gross Motor Development [TGMD]-3; six locomotor and seven object-control skills), height, weight, and demographics. The face validity was favorable. Expectable negatively skewed response distributions were found in all items. Medium correlations with related constructs and with sport enjoyment were found. The results indicate that the new scale is usable for kindergarten children. Future validation studies are needed so that the new scale can contribute to the research about physical self-concept development in kindergarten children.

scholarly journals SOME APPEARANCE ON THE PHYSICAL FITNESS AND PHYSIQUE OF MIDDLE AGED MEN AND WOMEN WHO LIVE IN TOKYO

1969 ◽  
Vol 18 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 53-71
Author(s):  
Mitsutsugu Ono ◽  
Yoshiro Morishita ◽  
Naomichi Yamamoto ◽  
Reizo Ishii
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Men And Women

scholarly journals ADVANCING PHYSICAL TRAINING OF STUDENTS FOR ATHLETICISM

2021 ◽  
pp. 12-14
Author(s):  
Yu. Martуnov ◽  
M. Koryukaev ◽  
A. Sobolenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Dynamic Method ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Strength Development ◽  
Physical Culture ◽  
General Physical

The article reveals the peculiarities of the use of athletics to improve the physical fitness of students of higher education institutions. The influence of physical education on motivation for athletics is also revealed. It is established that the use of means and methods of athletics in physical education classes in higher education institutions leads to a significant increase in the level of physical fitness. It was found that one of the factors influencing the growth of student morbidity and low level of their physical development is the lack of physical activity. The combination of these factors determines the level of physical fitness and efficiency, which, in turn, are important indicators of professional training of students. However, the use of other methods of strength development, the method of unsatisfactory efforts with a normalized number of repetitions, the method of unsatisfactory efforts with the maximum number of repetitions, the method of dynamic efforts, the shock method, the method of static efforts, the static-dynamic method, the method of circular training, the game method has a beneficial effect on the development of all physical qualities. The decrease in the indicators of general physical fitness is facilitated by the fact that during the holidays, students practically do not go in for sports on their own. As the analysis of the survey has shown, only students of higher educational institutions are independently engaged in physical culture.

scholarly journals PROBLEMATIC OF MÖBIUS SYNDROME- CASE STUDY

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Jana Tabachová
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Speech Development ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Möbius Syndrome ◽  
Specific Description

The article focuses on the problematic of Möbius syndrome, a specific description of a child with this syndrome. This is a very rare syndrome. At the time of diagnosing this girl‘s syndrome, doctors in the Czech Republic had almost no experience and had no seen any other child with Möbius syndrome. So she got the intensive care specific for this syndrome just before her third birthday. The aim of our study was to obtain data in motor development, cognitive skills and abilities and especially to obtain information about speech development. In this article, we try to capture the main therapeutic approaches that led to the development of communication skills and promote the development of all language levels. 

scholarly journals Determinants of Resting Oxidative Stress in Middle-Aged and Elderly Men and Women: WASEDA’S Health Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Takuji Kawamura ◽  
Kumpei Tanisawa ◽  
Ryoko Kawakami ◽  
Chiyoko Usui ◽  
Tomoko Ito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Biochemical Parameters ◽  
Nutritional Intake ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Elderly Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Leg Extension ◽  
Objectively Measured

Previous studies have not investigated the determinants of resting oxidative stress, including physical fitness, as it relates to redox regulation. The present study therefore was aimed at identifying lifestyle and biological factors that determine resting oxidative stress, including objectively measured physical fitness. In 873 middle-aged and elderly men and women, age and anthropometric parameters, lifestyle-related parameters, medication and supplementation status, physical fitness, biochemical parameters, and nutritional intake status, as well as three plasma oxidative stress markers: protein carbonyl (PC), F2-isoprostane (F2-IsoP), and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), were surveyed and measured. The determinants of PC, F2-IsoP, and TBARS in all participants were investigated using stepwise multiple regression analysis. In PC, age ( β = − 0.11 , P = 0.002 ), leg extension power ( β = − 0.12 , P = 0.008 ), BMI ( β = 0.12 , P = 0.004 ), and HDL-C ( β = 0.08 , P = 0.040 ) were included in the regression model (adjusted R 2 = 0.018 ). In the F2-IsoP, smoking status ( β = 0.07 , P = 0.060 ), BMI ( β = 0.07 , P = 0.054 ), and HbA1c ( β = − 0.06 , P = 0.089 ) were included in the regression model (adjusted R 2 = 0.006 ). In TBARS, glucose ( β = 0.18 , P < 0.001 ), CRF ( β = 0.16 , P < 0.001 ), age ( β = 0.15 , P < 0.001 ), TG ( β = 0.11 , P = 0.001 ), antioxidant supplementation ( β = 0.10 , P = 0.002 ), and HbA1c ( β = − 0.13 , P = 0.004 ) were included in the regression model (adjusted R 2 = 0.071 ). In conclusion, the present study showed that age, anthropometric index, lifestyle-related parameters, medication and supplementation status, objectively measured physical fitness, biochemical parameters, and nutritional intake status explain less than 10% of oxidative stress at rest.

scholarly journals Competencies of a contemporary commander

2019 ◽  
Vol 194 (4) ◽  
pp. 810-820
Author(s):  
Leslaw Welyczko ◽  
Robert Balcerzyk
Keyword(s):  
Military Academy ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Military Academies

The undermentioned considerations address a competent preparation of an officer for conducting tasks at his/her first duty assignment – a platoon leader. The article presents a peculiar triad of functions, i.e. a commander–a pedagogue–an instructor and roles to which every graduate of a military academy has to be prepared – to be capable of performing training-educational activities with subordinated soldiers. Only understanding of a magnitude of undertakings which are associated with preparation of best trained and educated officers of adequately shaped personality will allow a due addressing of the problem under consideration during developing of curricula in military academies.

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