http://www.medycynasportowa.edu.plTable of contents Volume 26, 2010 Number 2-3.en-usCopyright 2010 by the Medycyna Sportowahttp://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/rssIndexCopernicus Journal Management System RSS GENERATORE-mail (Wieslaw Tomaszewskiwebmaster@www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl (ADM)Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914218&level=5Sports medicine in the aspect of rehabilitation is very highly estimated and some theorists even define it as the medicine of motor activity In sports and rehabilitation practice, itplays a key role due to evaluation of fitness for sports and regular contro! of the effect of motor activity on human health. The complex solutions to the problems connected with rehabilitation of patients after spinał cord injuries (SCI) have to go beyond the closed medical care system and be supported by environmental rehabilitation as well as by sports. Initial diagnosing and treatment of SCI patients should be performed at hospitals having an appropriate equipment and a qualified medical staff to their disposal. The model of adequate therapeutic and next, rehabilitation procedures, depends on the diagnosis. When the patienfs condition is stable, the treatment may be continued and enriched by different forms of motor actMty including sports which favourably affect human health and the quality of life. Therefore, there are no strict contraindications for participation in selected sport disciplines in SCI patients. Any form of physical activity may favourably affect the patients health, however, one should consider the patienfs level of physical fitness as well as his/her indMdual tolerance to effort or the potential impact of environmental conditions when selecting a given discipline. The paper presents, based on the review of available literaturę and the authors' experience, selected sport disciplines and their significance in rehabilitation of SCI patients. Tomasz Pasek, Jarosław Pasek, Karolina Sieroń-Stołtny, Aleksander Sieroń Short communicationhttp://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914218&level=5http://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914227&level=5[b]Background.[/b] Primary arterial hypertension and obesity are considered major health pro-blems In deyeloped countries. Non-pharmacological methods such as change of lifestyle inclu-ding diet modifications and increasing physical actiyity play a significant role In preyention and tberapy of primary hypertension. The aim ofthe study was to assess the relationship between nutritional status and physical actiyity among people with primary arterial hypertension. [b]Materiał and methods.[/b] 33 outpatients with primary arterial hypertension and without coexi-stent diseases (17K/16M, aged 47.8±1226) and 29 healthy yolunteers (12K/17M, aged 30±11) were recruited to the study assessing the relationships between nutritional status and physical actiyity. Anthropometric data (BMI, waistline, hips girth) and blood pressure were measured, and a sun/ey In a form of a lifestyle ąuestionnaire was performed In both groups. [b]Results.[/b] It was found that oyerweight and obesity was morę freąuent among primary arterial hypertension outpatients then In the healthy group (67% vs 4%). The level of physical actiyity was similar In both groups, and declared by 60% of subjects In each group. [b]Conclusions.[/b] The occurrence of oyerweight and obesity correlate with Iow physical actiyity In primary arterial hypertension outpatients. The obtained results indicate that pro- health education related to lifestyle modification, especially increased physical actiyity is very impor-tant In preyention and treatment of ciyilization-related diseases. Krzysztof Durkalec-Michalski, Joanna Suliburska, Zbigniew Krejpcio, Jan Jeszka Short communicationhttp://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914227&level=5http://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914333&level=5[b]Background.[/b] Lung cancer results in hypoxia and metabolic changes within cells. The decrease in ATP, phosphocreatine, pH, and muscular glycogen level are also obsen/ed. The extend of changes de-pends on patients physical actMty both before and during the disease progress. Two rehabilitation pro-grams affect purine changes in purine nucleotides in patients with lung cancer undergoing radiotherapy [b]Materiał and methods. [/b]The sample included 70 małe patients with lung cancer (mean age = 63), diagnosed according the WHO criteria of 1997, and undergoing radiotherapy. At the beginning ofthe fixed period, a 6-minutes marching test was conducted. According to the test result, the sample was divided into 3 subgroups with different rehabilitation programs applied: group Pi performed exercises on a cycloergometer, group P2 performed breathing exercises and group P3 had no special exercise program applied except ordinary waiking. The concentration ofHX, X, U A was assayed in the plasma using the HPLC method (Hewlett Packard 1050) with a UV detector. [b]Results.[/b] It was noticed that in Pi patients the level of uric acid increased by 0.72%, the total le-vel of oxypurines increased by 56% (p=0.01). In group P2, the level of uric acid decreased by 18.9% and the total level of oxypurines decreased by 21.7% (p=0.57). In group P3 the level of uric acid decreased by 3.92% and the total level of oxypurines increased by 44.04% (p=0.36). [b]Conclusions.[/b] Intensive training of patients with lung cancer resulted in adverse biochemical changes. A lowerlevel of purine nucleotide loss was observed after moderate intensity training. Aleksander Barinow-Wojewódzki, Katarzyna Domaszewska, Maria Laurentowska, Tadeusz Rychlewski Short communicationhttp://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914333&level=5http://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914339&level=5[b]Background.[/b] The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between physical acWity and life quality conditioned by health state of the females treated do to breast cancer [b]Materiał and methods.[/b] The study used the results of the questionnaire performed among 104 women after mastectomy from all over Poland. The age of researched women was between 35 and 72. The research presented in this work was done using the que-stionnaire pertaining to life ąuality perception and physical acWity. [b]Results.[/b] The study results indicate that about 60% of women are satisfied with their marriage, house activities, standard ofliving and themselves. Those aspects were nega-tively estimated by 35% of ąuestioned ones. Over 75% is definitely satisfied with their fa-mily life, friends, leisure time, education and IMng place. Though in those spheres 20% of the respondents were unsatistied, 5% didn't declare their teelings. Other lite aspects of post mastectomy women, such as work, IMng in Poland and earnings were negatively estimated (63%); in those cases only 35% of respondents were satisfied. [b]Conclusions.[/b] The first data analysis does not allow us to present detailed conclu-sions, although it allows to state that most of post mastectomy women positively estima-tes their private life and is satisfied with their socio-economicaf status. Lack of satisfaction concerns mostly their work. Women, who underwent breast amputation, characterized with higherlife ąuality perception, are morę involved in rehabilitation morę often participa-te in physical actMty than then the women with lower life ąuality perception. Urszula Czerniak, Anna Demuth Short communicationhttp://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914339&level=5http://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914344&level=5[b]Background.[/b] Competitive sport is one of the many forms of physical activity undertaken by humans. Children usually start training at a very young age, therefore, it affects their body postu-res as well as their physical and motor development. There are conflicting opinions about the ef-fects of swimming training on the formation of spinal cun/atures, the development and advance-ment of faulty posture [1]. There is no research yet on the relationship between body posture and synchronized swimming. The purpose of this study was to determine differences in body build and the preyalence ratę of yarious types of deformations, as well as to check whether there is any relationship between water sports and body posture. [b]Material and methods.[/b] The research was conducted on a group ofsixty-six girls divided into: a) study group training synchronized swimming for minimum 4-5 years, b) the control group, not involved in any sport. The tests were carried out in 2007 in Poznań, Poland. One method of as-sessment of body posture was used: a computer analysis of body posture by S-posturometr. For analysis ofthe results obtained during tests we used Statistica 7th program. We applied the Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman's rank correlation test. [b]Results.[/b] Studies have shown that synchronized swimmers had morę correct postures than the control group. Additionally it was found that most of a girls from both groups had lordosis II. [b]Conclusions.[/b] Synchronized swimming (in study group) has no negative impact on body posture. Zuzanna Maćkowiak, Marzena Wiernicka Short communicationhttp://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914344&level=5http://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914348&level=5[b]Background.[/b] The aim ofthis study is to assess the posture ofchildren and youth with hearing loss/hard of hearing, wards ofthe Institute for the Deafin Warsaw. [b]Material and methods.[/b] The studies were executed in the Institute for the Deafin Warsaw. These studies comprised children and youth with hearing disorders, aged 7-18 years. A total of 88 subjects were tested. The posture assessment was carried out with the use ofthe Moire's photogrammetric method. [b]Results.[/b] The incorrect physiological cun/atures of the spine were noted in ca. 40% of the tested deaf boys, with the most freguent faults being concave shaped back and con-cave-round back. With age ofthe subjects the freguency of excessive physiological cun/atures of the spine tended to decrease. In the group of deaf girls postural defects were fo-und in approximately 62% of the subjects. The most frequent faults comprised postural ro-undback, concave back and concave-round back. Scoliotic postures and scoliosis were fo-undin ca. 64% ofthe subjects, at similarfreguencyin girls andin boys. The degree ofpro-gress of those changes was to a large extent insignificant, and defects could be categori-sed as merely residual scoliosis. Lateral fixed spinal curvature, with asymmetry in outline ofthe back, was found in ca. 4% of male students. [b]Conclusions.[/b] The freguency of occurrence of postural defects in deaf children is si-gnificant and varied as regards the degree of progress, and consequently compensation and corrective measures related to posture defects should be undertaken in the first place in children and youth with developmental disorders. Elżbieta Olszewska, Dorota Trzcińska Short communicationhttp://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914348&level=5http://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914352&level=5[b]Background.[/b] The aim of the paper was to eyaluate basie dietary behayiours and body image perception in female ballet school pupils. [b]Materiał and methods.[/b] The sample comprised 123 female pupils of ballet schools in Les-ser Poland (Małopolska), assigned to two age groups: 9-13 years (57subjects) and 14-18 years (66 subjects). The sun/ey was conducted by means of a diagnostic poll using a tailored quest-ionnaire. [b]Results.[/b] Basic dietary errors of the female ballet school pupils include: insufficient number of meals and irregular meal consumption, freauent eating between meals (also sweets), lack of dairy products, yegetables and fruit in eyeryday diet as well as Iow fish consumption. It was shown that some dietary habits of the studied girls differed by age. Younger girls reported morę regular meal consumption - 3 meals daily (p<0.01) including breakfast (p<0.001) and morę freauent consumption of fish (p<0.05). The girls aged 14-18 morę often report dietary errors, such as eating between meals (p<0.01), lack of fruit in their eyeryday diet (p<0.01), regular consumption of sweets and confectionery products (p<0.05) as well as morę freauent consumption of pork (p<0.01) and fast foods (p<0.05). The results also indicate distorted perception of body shape and weight by the subjects and morę freauent acceptance of own bodies in older girls (26.3% vs 9.1%; p<0.05). [b]Conclusions.[/b] The reported dietary errors and distorted own body perception, depending on age, indicate the need of nutritional disorder prophylaxis among the studied population. Maria Gacek, Barbara Frączek Short communicationhttp://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914352&level=5http://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914354&level=5[b]Background.[/b] The aim of the study was assessment of consumption of some groups of food products (usually deficient). [b]Material and methods.[/b] The study was performed during the winter season in 2007, In the group of28 shooters and 19 slalom canoeists. In the questionnaire the freąuency ofintake following groups offoods product was assessed: milk and milk drinks, cottage cheese, cheeses, eggs, meat, fish, vege-tables and fruit - fresh and cooked, whole meal breads and groats, white breads, noodles and dum-plings, sweets. The effect of type of trained discipline of sport on food freąuency intake was obtained using with the chi2 test (Statistica 6.0). [b]Results.[/b] Analysis of the questionnaires revealed that milk and milk drinks, fish, vegetables and fruits, and whole meal breads, groats were consumed rarely by shooters and slalom canoeists. It was showed that all athletes almost every day ate sweets which, may be an additional source of energy during the training. The trained sport discipline was found to have a significantimpact (p<0.05) on freąuency ofintake of the three groups offoods i. e. cottage cheese, whole meal breads, groats, breads, noodles and pasta. Canoeists frequently reported eating cottage cheese, whole meal breads and grots, whereas shooters white breads pasta and noodles. [b]Conclusions. [/b]These results showed that dietary education should be an important part of athle-te coaching. ArrayShort communicationhttp://www.medycynasportowa.edu.pl/abstracted.php?icid=914354&level=5