Problem of research. Joints – important part of human movement apparatus. Therefore joint traumas are a serious problem both from medical and social point of view. In case of mechanical trauma very often knee joint is hurt. Most often young people suffer from traumas, particularly sportsmen when knee joint cruciate ligaments are hurt. In such situations as one of the most effective physioterapical treatment methods cryotherapy is applied. In 2004 in Lithuania particularly low temperature medical CO2 gas (-78 0C) was applied, sprinkled with 50 bar power. Dry bacteriostatic gas which during a very short time of application (30–60 sec) cause thermal shock in tissues – cool down tissues in a very short time from +5 to +2 0C. Theoretical background of cryotherapy and practical experience in Lithuania are not widely described that’s why it is necessary to make more intense research, to generalize its results, to seek for most effective methods of research stimulating faster rehabilitation of patients’ working capacity. Objective of study. Taking into consideration the fact that cryotherapy is very new and very live in Lithuania, it was selected as the theme for Master’s thesis, its objective is to estimate the influence of cryotherapic treatment on the functions of knee joint functions after cruciate ligament reconstruction. Task of study: to evaluate the dynamics of pain intensity experienced by patients, knee joint movement amplitude dynamics, knee joint oedema scope dynamics... [to full text]

Mankštinimasis laisvalaikiu, norint įgyti ir palaikyti gerą fizinio pasirengimo bei svarbiausių organizmo sistemų funkcionavimo lygį, ganėtinai sunkus procesas (Muliarčikas ir kt., 2006). Sporto, susijusio su traumomis, paplitimas – linkęs didėti, nes vis daugiau žmonių visuomenėje yra įtraukiami į įvairią fizinio aktyvumo veiklą (Baarveld et al., 2008). Sportas yra pagrindinė, jaunų žmonių, traumų priežastis (Abernethy & Bleakley, 2007). Taip pat, šalyje vis daugiau kuriasi privačių sporto ir sveikatingumo centrų, sudarančių sąlygas mankštintis žmonėms (Jankauskienė, 2008). Tad, kuo daugiau treneris žinos apie traumas, būdingas visoms sporto šakoms, specifines jo sporto šakai, ir kaip šios traumos atsiranda, tuo labiau gebės padėti sportininkui jų išvengti (Bergeron & Green, 2000). Kadangi LKKA studentai yra būsimi treneriai bei sveikatingumo specialistai, todėl mums buvo įdomu sužinoti jų požiūrį į saugias treniruotes bei traumatizmo paplitimą, laisvalaikiu sportuojančio jaunimo tarpe. Todėl iškėlėme probleminius kausimus: 1) kokias traumas besimankštinant patiria studentai? 2) ar jie turi pakankamai žinių apie saugios treniruotės principus? / Exercising during free time is a quite difficult process when seeking to obtain and to hold good level of the physical preparation and well working the most important systems of the organism as well (Muliarcikas et al., 2006). The prevalance of the sport, related with injuries is liable to increase because more people in the society are involved into various physical activity (Baarveld et al., 2008). The sport is the main reason of the injuries for the young people (Abernethy & Bleakley, 2007). Also there are founding in the country more private sport‘s and wellness centres, making the conditions of the exercising for the people (Jankauskiene, 2008). So, if the trainer will know about the injuries, typical for all branches of the sport, and how these injuries are orginating, than he will be able to help more for the sportsmen to avoid them (Bergeron & Green, 2000). The students of LAPE are forthcoming trainers and the specialists of wellness so we were interested to find out their attitude towards safe trainings and the spread of the injuries among young people when going in for sport during free time. There we have raised the problematic questions: 1) What type of injuries have the students when exercising? 2) Do they have enough of knowledge about the principles of safe training?