The purposes of this study is to determine: (a) the relationship between the dependant variables, (b) the relationship between the Borg pain scale and the performance tests, (c) the difference in performance between involved and uninvolved extremities, and (d) the effects of the three different therapeutic exercise treatments on selected performance tests and pain free isometric strength testing. Fifty subjects with physician diagnosed anterior knee pain (AKP), completed initial performance testing and 14 subjects completed initial testing, therapy and six weeks later final performance testing. The 14 subjects were randomly assigned to one of three therapeutic exercise treatment groups. The performance tests included; pain free isometric strength tests (90, 60, 45, and 15 degrees knee flexion), stair test, timed hop, triple hop, crossover hop, Figure 8 and Borg pain scale rating for each performance test. The results indicated a significant correlation between performance tests and pain free isometric strength tests. There was no relationship indicated between the performance tests, Borg pain scale ratings. The contrast between the injured and uninjured extremities performance test values of the fifty subjects that completed the initial testing indicated no significant (p< 0.05) difference. The results of this study indicated that there was no significant difference between the therapeutic exercise treatment groups. In conclusion, the three anterior knee pain treatments had no effect on strength and performance. / School of Physical Education

The primary purpose of this study was to determine the ratio of activation between the VMO and VL while performing three selected knee exercises (drop squat, modified lateral squat, Muncie Method). Additionally, the data was analyzed to determine if a correlation existed between the muscle's activation rate per set and whether or not the rates are affected by Q-angle or gender. Twenty Ball State University subjects (10 male, 10 female) who were asymptomatic to Patellofemoral Syndrome (PFS), provided electroymyographic (EMG) data while performing the three selected exercises. A one-way ANOVA found no statistical significance (p=0.500) on any of the tested variables except the Drop Squat VL Root Mean Square (RMS). Significant correlations were found between: VL RMS to set number during drop squat, and VMO and VL RMS to set number during Muncie Method performance. Based on the results of this study, each of these exercises could be used to selectively strengthen the VMO in treatment of PFS. / School of Physical Education

Age-related bone loss is a serious public health problem affecting 15 to 20 million people in the United States (1). In the last decade, several studies have investigated the effects of repeated bouts of exercise on bone density. Although this increase in bone density is mediated via hormones and/or cellular metabolites few studies have linked the increase in bone density with changes in these hormones or metabolites. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a single bout of weight bearing exercise on the growth factors that alter bone metabolism. Seven healthy female subjects (age 23 ± 5 yrs.) agreed to participate in this study. A V02 max test was administered to each subject to determine their overall fitness level. A treadmill speed corresponding to 70% of their V02 max was then developed and the subjects ran for 40 minm on the treadmill at that speed. Blood samples were drawn pre and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, and 60 min post-exercise and assayed for serum growth hormone, calcium, parathyroid hormone, and alkaline phosphatase. No significant change was found in parathyroid hormone, calcium, or alkaline phosphatase serum levels. Growth hormone was found to be significantly decreased 30, 45, and 60 min. post-exercise as compared to pre-exercise levels (7.089, 5.399, 4.728, and 11.28 ng/mL, respectively). While this indicates that exercise may cause a depression in growth hormone levels during recovery, the elevated pre-exercise levels of three of the seven subjects masked the exercise stimulated release of growth hormone. Growth hormone stimulates bone absorption via insulin-like growth factors and the GH data suggests that these hormones may have been released well after our last measurement time point. In conchusion, 40 minutes of running exercise at 70% of V02 max does not produce a change in any of the hormones or metabolic factors directly associated with calcium turnover in the bone, suggesting that acute exercise has no immediate effect on bone metabolism. However, the exercise protocol did stimulate GH release which influences bone growth indirectly by its ability to regulate IGF release. Therefore, even though no acute effects were evident, a single bout of exercise may alter the long term control of bone metabolism. / School of Physical Education

Tikslas: įvertinti fizinių pratimų poveikį, vyrams sergantiems hipogonadizmu, kuriems taikoma pakaitinė testosterono terapija. Uždaviniai: 1. Nustatyti vyrų sergančių hipogonadizmu kūno masės komponentų pokyčius atsiradusius dėl 6 mėnesių trukmės kineziterapijos programos taikymo. 2. Palyginti kūno masės komponentus vyrų sergančių hipogonadizmu ir sveikų vyrų prieš ir po kinezirerapijos taikymo. 3. Nustatyti vyrų sergančių hipogonadizmu fizinių ypatybių (šuolio metu išvystomų rodiklių: jėgos, galingumo, greičio, aukščio, santykinio galingumo bei kūno slėgio centro svyravimų elipsės ploto) pokyčius atsiradusius dėl 6 mėnesių kineziterapijos programos taikymo 4. Palyginti fizinių ypatybių pokyčius (šuolio metu išvystomų rodiklių: jėgos, galingumo, greičio, aukščio, santykinio galingumo bei kūno slėgio centro svyravimų elipsės ploto) vyrų sergančių hipogonadizmu ir sveikų vyrų prieš ir po kineziterapijos taikymo. Tiriamieji: 38 vyrai: 18 – sergantys hipogonadizmu ir 20 sveikų vyrų. Tyrimo organizavimas: vyrai sergantys hipogonadizmu padalinti į du pogrupius: 8 vyrams 6 mėn. buvo taikyta pakaitinė testosterono terapija ir kineziterapija (2 k/sav. po 60 min), 10 vyrų taikyta tik pakaitinė testosterono terapija 3 k/6 mėn. kas 8 savaitės buvo švirkščiama Nebido 1000 mg/4 ml injekcinis tirpalas. Tyrimo metodai: 1. Tiriamųjų fizinis aktyvumas, naudojant Tarptautinį fizinio aktyvumo klausimyną (IPAQ). 2. Kūno sudėties analizė X – SCAN įranga – ūgį, kūno svorį, kūno masės indeksą... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The aim of the research is to assess the effect of exercise therapy on males with hypogonadism treated with testosterone replacement therapy. Objectives: 1. To determine changes in body weight components resulting from a six-month programme of exercise therapy. 2. To compare the body weight components in males with hypogonadism and healthy males before and after exercise therapy. 3. To determine changes in physical parameters (parameters achieved during jumping tasks: strength, power, speed, altitude, relative power, and the ellipse area of body centre pressure) in males with hypogonadism resulting from a six-month programme of exercise therapy programme. 4. To compare the changes in physical parameters (indicators achieved during jumping tasks: strength, power, speed, altitude, relative power, and the ellipse area of body centre pressure) in males with hypogonadism and healthy males before and after exercise therapy. Subjects: 38 males including 18 males with hypogonadism and 20 healthy males. Research design: males with hypogonadism were arranged into two subgroups: 8 men were treated with testosterone replacement therapy combined with exercise therapy for 6 months (2/60-minute sessions per week), 10 men were given testosterone replacement therapy only: 3 times per 6 months, i.e. every 8 weeks they received Nebido 1000 mg/4 ml injections. Research methods: 1. International Physical Activity Questionnaire to obtain estimates of physical activity. 2. X – SCAN for body... [to full text]

The aim of this study was to determine assessment and treatment choices of physiotherapists treating non-specific low back pain in Rwanda. The main objectives were to identify the common types of low back pain treated by physiotherapists, to determine the

Patient satisfaction is one of the indicators of the quality of care being given to the users of a service. It can also be used as benchmarks for ensuring the delivery of quality physiotherapy services in health facilities. Physiotherapists have been involved in treatment of persons suffering from low back pain for decades. Treatment approaches are varied, but all have the common goals of pain relief, rehabilitation, and prevention of recurrence of low back pain. The purpose of this study was to investigate the satisfaction of low back pain sufferers with the physiotherapy services they receive. The study was carried out in selected public hospitals in Nairobi and the Central Province in Kenya.

<p>Neck pain is a common health problem affecting the general population and it can be associated with significant activity limitation, It contributes to a number of lost work days and high costs in its management. The purpose of this study was to identify the trends in the physiotherapy management of patients suffering from episodes of neck pain at the physiotherapy department of the Muhimbiki Orthopaedic Institute (MOI), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.</p>

<p>Neck pain is a common health problem affecting the general population and it can be associated with significant activity limitation, It contributes to a number of lost work days and high costs in its management. The purpose of this study was to identify the trends in the physiotherapy management of patients suffering from episodes of neck pain at the physiotherapy department of the Muhimbiki Orthopaedic Institute (MOI), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.</p>

[Truncated abstract] This thesis concerns itself primarily with the impact of exercise training on cardiac and vascular adaptations in humans. It contains longitudinal studies of individuals at either end of the physical activity spectrum; young elite athletes and obese children and adolescents. The study of these diverse groups was intentional, as a particular interest was to investigate the possible inter-relationships between morphological adaptations in the heart, evident in both obese and athletic populations, and the possible consequences of such adaptations for cardiac function. Whilst there exists a long tradition of echocardiographic assessment of cardiac dimensions and mass in both athletic and clinical populations, investigation of the impact of each of these “conditions” on cardiac diastolic function is novel, and has been facilitated by recent advances in the technical approach to diastolic function assessment in humans. Studies presented in the following chapters utilise advanced echocardiography imaging combined with pulse wave and tissue Doppler approaches to investigate the effects of exercise training regimen on wall thickness and ventricular mass, as well as diastolic function indices. State-of-the-art vascular imaging approaches have also been used in these populations to determine whether changes in vascular wall thickness, diameter or function occur with training in the elite athletes or obese youth.

Thesis (Psy. D.)--University of St. Thomas, Minn., 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-143). Also available online (PDF file) by a subscription to the set or by purchasing the individual file.