The aim of the study was to investigate whether a fatiguing exercise on treadmill affects balance performance in recreationally active men and women. Nineteen subjects, aged 18-26 years, were assessed before and after a fatiguing exercise, using the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS). Fatiguing exercise was performed on treadmill using the Bruce protocol. A significant effect of fatigue was present in men (P < 0.05) and women (P < 0.05). Women performed at a significantly lower total BESS scores than men at both pretest (P < 0.05) and posttest (P < 0.05). The mean difference (posttest-pretest) between men and women was not significant (P > 0.05). These findings suggest that a fatiguing exercise induced by means of treadmill increases postural sway in healthy subjects, and that this increase in postural sway is sex-independent.

(r = 0.755, p < 0.01; r = 0.664, p < 0.05; r = 0.713, p< 0.01, respectively). Standing broad jump performance correlated with foam surface, tandem leg and total BESS score (r = 0.737, p < 0.01; r = 0.692, p < 0.05; r = 0.617, p< 0.05, respectively). There was a statistically significant relationship among the single leg BESS score and vertical jumping performance (r = -0.596, p<0.05). In conclusion, the activities requiring explosive power may reflect the ability of managing a balanced posture but the activities in which time period is longer may not.

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The aim of the study is to examine the effect of ankle taping on ankle plantarflexion (PF) and dorsiflexion (DF) isokinetic strength and vertical jump height in elite taekwondo athletes. Seven women and 9 men taekwondo athletes forming the Turkish National Taekwondo Team participated in this study. A closed basket weave taping technique was applied to the dominant and non-dominant ankle. Tests were performed both in un-taped and taped conditions. Peak torques values at 60 and 180 • /s were nonsignificantly lower in the taped condition (p > 0.05). Ankle taping resulted also is a significant reduction in jump height (p < 0.05). The findings of this study suggest that ankle taping affect detrimentally performance in this group of taekwondo athletes.

Many athletes are not able to show their performances in their training sessions under stressful competition conditions. One of the important reasons for this problem is the anxiety level of the athletes. But anxiety can be a necessary function for success as well as an athlete's ability to make a right decision by making the right decisions. When the athlete is in anxiety, he or she will be better motivated and better able to succeed. With all this, the aim of this study is to determine the effect of success on individual sports. For this purpose, a questionnaire was applied to a total of 407 individual sportsmen in Konya. According to the results of the research, a statistically significant difference was found between the trait anxiety scores of the subjects participating in the research according to the sports branches.

ÖZETMenstruasyon bayanların over fonksiyonlarındaki gelişmeler sonucu üreme yeteneğinin faaliyete başladığı bir yaşam sürecidir. Üreme fonksiyonunun gerçekleşmediğini gösterir özel bir durumdur.Yapılan çalışmanın amacı bayanlarda menstruasyon döneminde ve normal dönemdeki anaerobik gücün tespit edilerek, karşılaştırılıp iki dönem arasındaki farkı tespit etmek ve dolayısıyla tüm spor kamuoyuna bu konuyla ilgili bilimsel ve sağlıklı sonuçlar sunmaktır.Araştırma Selçuk Üniversitesi Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksek Okulunda okuyan, menstruasyon dönemi ağrısız ve az ağrılı geçen, yaş ortalamaları 19,66 ve vücut ağırlığı ortalamaları 56,33 ve boy ortalamaları 164,6 olan 30 adet bayan öğrenci denek olarak seçilmiştir.Yapılan wingate test sonuçlarında elde edilen anaerobik güç ortalamaları "t" testi ile karşılaştırılmıştır.İki dönem arasında elde edilen parametrelerde farklılık gözlenirken, istatistiki açıdan anlamlı bir farklılık bulunamamıştır.Sonuç olarak menstruasyon ve normal dönemdeki anaerobik güç ölçüm sonuçlarında birbirine yakın değerlere rastlanmıştır ve menstrual dönemde anaerobik performans açısından olumsuz bir bulguya rastlanmamıştır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Menstruasyon, anaerobik EFFECT OF MENSTRUATION ON ANAEROBIC STRENGHT ABSTRACTMenstruation is life process in which female productivity begin to operate because of developments in the ovary functionings. It is a special instance indicating that the reproduction is not taking place.The objective of this project are to determine and compare the anaerobic stregth in females in the menstruating and nonmenstruating periods, to determine the difference between them ,and to inform the general sports community about this issue with scientific and reliable information .The project was undertaken at the School of Phyisical Education and Sport at Selcuk University. Thirty female students were selected as subjects from among those who have their menstruation without or little pain and whose avarege age , weight and height are respectively 19.66 yıs, 56.33 kg, 164.6 cm.The anaerobic stregth averages obtainedin the Wingate test were compares with the 't' test .While differences were obseved between parametres belonging to the two periods, these differences were meaningful from a statistical pointof wiew.As a result, because of the smilar findings in the menstrual and normal periods, no ngative effect on anaerobic strength of the menstrual period has been detected.

Purpose: This research aims to determine the effect of kinesiotaping application on wheelchair basketball players’ shoulders. Methods: A total of twelve wheelchair basketball players from TSK Karagücü team were involved in this research. The average age of the subjects was 31.17±7.90 years and mean body mass index was 25.41±6.96 kg/cm2. Subjects were assessed before and after combined kinesiotape application on deltoideus muscle. Muscle facilitation technique was applied to deltoideus muscle. Isokinetic parameters of the subjects’ shoulder joints were measured with Cybex NORM isokinetic dynamometer. It was taken the dominant shoulders' flexion and abduction movements into consideration for the isokinetic measurements. Measurements were repeated before and after kinesiotape applications. In isokinetic measurement, 5 repetitions at 60°/sec and 10 repetitions at 180°/sec for shoulder's muscle strength were performed. Peak torques and total works were calculated. In statistical analyses of the data, SPSS for Windows 25.0 packet program was used. Wilcoxon Test was performed in the pretest and posttest comparisons. The results were evaluated in 0.05 precision. Results: After the evaluation of the study, an increase of the peak torques, and total works have been found out of all the players’ dominant and non-dominant shoulders’ flexions and abductions at 60o/sec and 180o/sec in favor of the kinesiotaping application (p

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of body composition on acceleration. A total of 63 men, who are recreationally active and part of different sports branches (soccer, judo, basketball, tennis, taekwondo, and athletics), participated in the research voluntarily. Some of the participants’ characteristics were measured respectively including mean age (20.52±1.635 years), mean body height (179.25±7.121 cm), mean body weight (72.44±10.066 kg), and mean sports age (6.90±3.125 years). Data were collected through using a 3-door photocell, a measuring tape, and a Skinfold caliper. When the results were examined, mean body mass index (BMI=22.498±2.217 kg/m2), mean skinfold measurements (SM=8.34±2.975 mm), mean body circumference measurements (BCM=71.76±4.581 cm), mean body fat % (19.277±4.731), mean 10 m acceleration (1.74±0.096 sec) and mean 15 m acceleration (2.40±0.171 sec). It was concluded that one unit change in body fat percentage (BF%) affects 10 m acceleration performance at the rate of 0.006, while one unit change in BF% affects 15 m acceleration performance at the rate of 0.01. It was observed that the SM affected the acceleration performance of 10 m at the rate of 0.008, while it affected the acceleration performance of 15 m at the rate of 0.017. Additionally, it was determined that the BMI affects 15 m acceleration performance at the rate of 0.19. In addition, the body fat percentage explains the 10 m acceleration performance by 9.4% (p