objectives this study aims to detect the effect of selected aerobic exercises on sleep quality in non-athlete middle-aged women. materials and methods fifteen non-athlete middle-aged women participated in this study, all of them suffered from insomnia. pittsburgh questionnaire was used for determining sleep quality in this sample. four indices including sleep duration, sleep disturbance, sleep ...

BACKGROUND Many girls bully others. They are conspicuous because of their risk-taking behavior, increased anger, problematic interpersonal relationships and poor quality of life. Our aim was to determine the efficacy of brief strategic family therapy (BSFT) for bullying-related behavior, anger reduction, improvement of interpersonal relationships, and improvement of health-related quality of li...

Abstract Objective High rates of concussion in sex-comparable sports have been reported at the high school (HS), however, research examining and time loss, middle (MS) is limited; therefore, we investigated loss (TL) MS sports. Methods Concussion athlete exposure (AE) data was collected for all sponsored events a metropolitan public-school division between 2015/16–2019/20. AE defined as one par...

There are few data on the biological correlates of female antisocial behavior. This study compared adrenal androgen and gonadal hormone levels in adolescent girls with conduct disorder (CD) to girls without any psychiatric disorder (NC). We studied 87 girls, (47 CD; 36 NC), ages 15-17 years, obtaining three blood samples, drawn 20 min apart between 8 and 9 AM in the first 72 h of the onset of m...

The treatment algorithms for athletes with spine injuries follow similar guidelines as those for non-athletes in terms of deciding between surgical intervention and non-operative management. However, the athlete has unique postoperative demands and the decision to "allow" an athlete to return to competitive sports after a spinal or plexus injury can be difficult. This article reviews the severa...

In a sample of 99 sexually abused adolescent girls in the foster care system (64% in congregate living situations and 36% in family/foster care homes), nearly half were psychologically functioning well despite having experienced moderate-to-severe emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. It was hypothesized that these girls with resilient trajectories would differ from the currently symptomatic g...

Maenpaa, J. (1972). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 47, 914. Congenital hypothyroidism: aetiological and clinical aspects. In 67 patients with congenital hypothyroidism radioiodide tests, including thyroid scintigraphy, were used to study the aetiology. Athyrosis was found in 5 boys and 16 girls (31 %), maldevelopment of thyroid gland in 1 boy and 2 girls (5%), ectopic gland in 4 boys and 20 ...

conclusions regular aerobic exercise could increase plasma klotho levels, and this could be an explanation for exercise-related anti-aging effects. background klotho is an anti-aging protein that is predominantly secreted by the kidneys. objectives the aim of the study was to measure and compare the circulating klotho levels in the serum of trained athletes and in healthy, non-athlete controls....

In the Amsterdam Growth And Health Longitudinal Study (AGAHLS), a group of approximately 650 12- to 14-year-old boys and girls was followed in their growth, and development of their health their lifestyle including diet, physical activity and smoking. One of the main interests was the change in their aerobic fitness. From 12 to 36 years of age in total, eight repeated measurements were performe...