[Purpose] There are various treatment modalities for fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), which is characterized by widespread pain and fatigue. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of aquatic, aerobic and isometric strength-stretching exercises on the physical and psychological parameters of patients with FMS. [Subjects and Methods] Seventy five female patients with FMS were randomly selected and divided into three groups. Patients (18–50 years) were treated for 3 months using one of three methods: a home-based isometric strength and stretching exercise program (ISSEP), a gym-based aerobic exercise program (AEP), and a pool-based aquatic aerobic exercise program (AAEP). Items evaluated were: the number of tender points, Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), the Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT), SF-36 physical and mental health scores, and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). [Results] The results revealed that AAEP was the most effective treatment of the three. All of the groups showed significant improvements in all variables between pre-and post-test, except the mean values of VAS and BDI in ISSEP. [Conclusion] The results suggest that aquatic aerobic exercise program is more effective than AEP and ISSEP in the treatment of FMS.

This study aimed to compare the metacognitive skill levels between successful and unsuccessful teams in the Turkish Men's Second Volleyball League in the season of 2017-2018. Volunteer participants consisted of 133 volleyball players from eight Clubs' teams. The metacognitive skill inventory was used for data collection. Two components of this inventory are knowledge about cognition and regulation of cognition. First includes the sub-dimensions of declarative knowledge, procedural knowledge and conditional knowledge while second consists of the sub-dimensions of planning, information management strategies, comprehension monitoring, debugging strategies (DS) and evaluation. Mann Whitney U tests were used for two group comparisons while Spearman rank order correlations were performed to analyze the relations between team success and metacognitive awareness skills. This study showed that there was no significant difference with respect to metacognitive skills between successful and unsuccessful teams' mean values except DS. The mean of DS in top three ranking team was 10.58 % lower than unsuccessful teams. The difference indicates that top three rankings teams made fewer mistakes and thus have low DS while unsuccessful teams experienced more errors and they had higher DS. Execution volleyball skills without errors are critical factor for high performance.

Aim: This study aims to investigate to effects of four weeks cardio-Pilates exercise program on physical characteristics in females. Material and methods: The total 40 female participants were tested before and after four weeks regular exercise of 3 × 1 hr. sessions/week. Body height and weight, waist and hip circumferences, body fat percent and weight were measured. To test the differences, a paired t-test was used. Results: This study showed that cardio-Pilates exercise program significantly decreased body fat percent, body fat weight, waist and hip circumferences. Cohen's d calculations showed that four weeks exercise program had a significant moderato effect on body fat percent, body fat weight, waist and hip circumferences in females. Conclusion: Four weeks exercise program seems to be effective in decreasing the body fat and circumference values in females. It was concluded that the magnitude of training effect depends on the duration and intensity of the exercise program.

No abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, fonksiyonel antrenmanın adölesan güreşçilerin çeviklik ve dikkat özelliğine etkisinin belirlenmesidir. Çalışmaya 12-16 yaş arasındaki 25 erkek güreşçi gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Katılımcılar deney (n:12) ve kontrol grubu (n:13) olmak üzere rastgele 2 gruba ayrılmış ve deney grubu 8 haftalık güreş branşına özgü hareketlerden oluşan fonksiyonel antrenman programı uygulamıştır. Antrenman programının uygulanmasından önce ve sonra T çeviklik testi ve reaksiyon zamanı testi (Fitlight Junior TR) yapılmıştır. Veriler normal dağılım gösterdiği için ön-son test değerlerin karşılaştırılmasında Paired Samples T – testi, gruplar arası karşılaştırmasında ise Independent Samples T- testi uygulanmıştır. Verilerin istatistiksel yorumlanmasında anlamlılık düzeyi p<0.05 olarak belirlenmiştir. Çeviklik testinde hem deney hem de kontrol grubunda ön-test son-test karşılaştırmasında anlamlı farklılık bulunmamıştır. Fakat son test karşılaştırmasında deney grubunun kontrol grubuna göre anlamlı düzeyde daha fazla geliştikleri tespit edilmiştir (p<0.05). Reaksiyon zamanı performansında ise sıralı seri mod testi dördüncü seri son-test karşılaştırmasında deney grubu lehine anlamlı farklılık tespit edilmiştir (p<0.05). Rastgele mod testinde gruplar arası anlamlı farklılık bulunmamıştır. Rastgele mod ve tümü açık mod değişkenlerinin tümünde hem deney hem de kontrol grubu, grup içi karşılaştırmalarında anlamlı düzeyde farklılıklar tespit edilmiştir (p<0.05). Sonuç olarak fonksiyonel antrenman çalışmasının kontrol grubuna göre deney grubu güreşçilerin çeviklik özelliğini geliştirdiği, reaksiyon zamanı performansının bazı parametrelerinde seçme ve tepki gösterme süresinin kısaltılmasına olumlu etkisi olduğu görülmektedir. Güreşte yüksek yoğunluktaki maksimum dikkat gerektiren hareketlerin sayısı ve uyarı aralıkları ve yönü dikkate alındığında fonksiyonel antrenman programının antrenman planı içerisinde yer almasının yararlı olacağı değerlendirilmektedir.

No abstract