Journal of Exercise Science & Physiotherapy

1-10

Authors: Awotidebe, T.O.; Adedoyin, R.A.; Rasaq, W.A.; Adeyeye, V.O.; Mbada, C.E.; Akinola, O.T.; Otwombe, K.N.

There is emerging empirical evidence of the efficacy of exercise in blood pressure control, however, little is known about factors limiting exercise engagement in patients with hypertension. This cross-sectional study assessed knowledge, attitude and practice of exercise for blood pressure control among Nigerian patients with hypertension. A total of 150 (male, 66 and female, 84) patients with hypertension whose ages were 20 years and older participated in this study. A structured questionnaire which sought information on socio-demographics, knowledge, attitude and practice of exercise for blood pressure control was used to obtain data from the respondents who were recruited from selected government hospitals. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics at 0.05 Alpha level. More than half of the respondents, 90(60.0%) demonstrated poor exercise practice. A majority, 101(67.3%) had poor knowledge of exercise for hypertension control while a quarter, 39(26.0%) had positive attitude towards exercise. There were significant associations between knowledge of exercise and level of education (χ2=28.337; p=0.001), attitude (χ2=38.297; p=0.001) and practice of exercise (χ2=12.757; p=0.001) respectively. Significant association was found between knowledge and each of socio-economic status (χ2=19.192; p=0.001) and attitude (χ2=25.634; p=0.001). Practice of exercise for blood pressure control was low among Nigerian patients with hypertension which was significantly influenced by poor knowledge of and negative attitude towards exercise practice for blood pressure control. Keywords: Knowledge, attitude, practice, exercise, hypertension control.

16-20

Authors: Gakhar, M.; Verma, S.K.; and Lehri, A.

Objective: The study aimed to compare nerve conduction properties of both gender in 20-30 age group. Method: Total 70 subjects of both genders ranging in age between 20 to 30 years were selected as per inclusion and exclusion guidelines of the study. Nerve conduction properties of median and ulnar nerves of both genders were recorded as per set guidelines. Result: Gender has definite effects on, latency, amplitude and conduction velocity of motor and sensory nerves. These effects are not identical in different motor and sensory nerves. Females had higher amplitude and conduction velocity in both motor and sensory stimulation of median and ulnar nerves, whereas, motor and sensory latency of median and ulnar nerve is higher in males. Key words: Gender, Median Nerve, Ulnar Nerve, H- reflex, Amplitude, Latency

25-30

Authors: Gaur K. Davinder, Ashutosh

Background and Introduction: Flexibility at the ankle joints provides an important contribution to safe execution of many functional tasks in our day to day activities like walking, negotiating stairs, rising from a chair and added efficiency in the maintenance of postural stability. Lack of mobility at ankle joint leads to inefficient balance and frequent falls. A number of studies have been performed for falls in elderly and analyzed the composition of sway in adults and ‗‗healthy‘‘ elderly people. In this study comparison of ankle joint range of motion on balance score in healthy young and adult individuals is done. Method: 30 subjects were selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Subjects were measured for active and passive ankle dorsiflexion and plantar flexion in high sitting position to measure range of motion at ankle joint. Then subjects went through Functional reach test and Timed up and go test and score was measured and noted. Results: Analysis of the relation between balance score and joint range of motion showed that ankle joint range of motion and balance are mutually dependent. Conclusion: The result of study shows that there is decrease in ankle joint range of motion with increasing age and thus affects balance also. Key Words: Ankle joint range of motion, balance scor

40-45

Authors: Singh, Baljinder; Kumar, Ashok; & Ranga M. D.

The present study was conducted on nineteen male boxing players (age: 16.37±1.34 years) comprising of inmates of Sports Training Centre and Centre of Excellence scheme of Sports Authority of India, training at NS NIS Patiala (India). The aim of the study was to find the status of mechanical power variables of leg extensor muscles in male boxing players and to find the relationship between them. The experimental protocol developed by Bosco et al (1983), Mcguigan et al (2006) were used to measure the mechanical power variables of leg extensor muscles in male boxing players. Karl Pearson‘s coefficient of correlation was calculated with the help of SPSS version 9.0 software. The results of this study indicate that there was a highly significant correlation between the squat jump flight time, squat jump height, countermovement jump height, countermovement flight time, Eccentric Utilization Ratio (EUR), Elasticity Index (EI) and peak power (0-15sec), peak power (45-60sec) and Mean Power (0-60sec). Key words: Mechanical Power, Vertical jump test, Leg Extensor Muscles, Muscular Power.

54-59

Authors: Mazumdar, Soma; Kumar, Ashok; Verma, S.K.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect on systolic and diastolic blood pressures after six-week cardiac rehabilitation programme in the stable angina patients. A randomly chosen thirty male patients (experimental group) of stable angina age ranged from 40 to 60 years were given a six- weeks cardiac rehabilitation programme and thirty male patients of stable angina (control group) age ranged from 40 to 60 years were not given any cardiac rehabilitation. The systolic and diastolic blood pressure was measured during TMT (before and after) the cardiac rehabilitation. Results showed a statistical significant improvement in the systolic and diastolic blood pressure after cardiac rehabilitation in the experimental group but the control group showed no significant improvement. Key Words: Stable Angina, Systolic Blood Pressure, Diastolic Blood Pressure, Cardiac Rehabilitation, TMT

64-68

Authors: Singh, Baljinder; Kumar, Ashok; and Ranga, M. D.

The present study was conducted on 30 male players (fifteen male basketball players; age: 16.40 ± 0.83 years & fifteen male Handball players; age: 15.80 ± 0.68 years) comprising of players training under the guidance of Punjab State coaches in Patiala (India). The experimental protocol developed by Bosco et al., (1983) and Mcguigan et al., (2006) were used to measure the vertical jump performance of male handball and basketball players. Test of significance of the differences was applied and data was judged at 0.01 and 0.05 level of significance. Results of this study show that the male basketball players performed better in vertical jump test parameters like the squat jump flight time, squat jump height, countermovement jump height, countermovement flight time, Eccentric Utilization Ratio (EUR), Elasticity Index (EI), Peak Power (0-15sec), Peak Power (45-60sec) and Mean Power (0-60sec), as compared to male handball players ,which may be due to the differnce in playing techniques and effect of training. Key Words: Vertical jump Performance, Peak Power, Muscular Power.