BACKGROUND Gluteus medius (GM) dysfunction is associated with many musculoskeletal disorders. Rehabilitation exercises aimed at strengthening GM appear to improve lower limb kinematics and reduce pain. However, there is a lack of evidence to identify which exercises best activate GM. In particular, as GM consists of three distinct subdivisions, it is unclear if GM activation is consistent acros...

the aim of the current study was to investigate three volleyball skills in three training conditions of blocked, random and serial to reveal their effects in three phases of acquisition, retention and transfer. 60 amateur male students (mean age = 21.5 years, sd= 1.2) were voluntarily selected and randomly divided into three training groups (blocked, random and serial). a pretest was used to ma...

Cyber sextortion attacks are security and privacy threats delivered to victims online, distribute sexual material in order force the victim act against their will. This continues be an under-addressed concern society. study investigated social engineering phishing email design influence techniques susceptibility cyber attacks. Using a quantitative methodology, survey measured with focus on four...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes of serum total proteins, albumin, α1-, α2-, β1-, β2 and γ -globulins in growing foals during the first month of life. Nine clinically healthy foals (five females and four males, mean body weight 39.00 ± 3.50 kg) were enrolled in the study. From each animal, blood samples were collected by jugular venipuncture every 3 days during the first month ...

Objectives: Alzheimer's is the most prevalent cognitive disturbance, with a high spread among the elderly. The current research aims to investigate the impact of cognitive rehabilitation on the memory improvement of Alzheimer's disease patients. Methods: The current research used a semi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test designs. The statistical population in Baghdad in 2021 inclu...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of alcohol consumption and the effectiveness of the alcohol, smoking, and substance involvement screening test (ASSIST)-linked brief intervention on hazardous and harmful alcohol use in semirural settings in Nigeria. METHODS In this single arm non-randomized intervention study delivered by community health extension workers (CHEW), participants (N = 1,203...

Purpose The study aimed to examine the effect of a purpose in life (PIL) program on wellness Thai adolescents. Design/methodology/approach Two schools located municipalities southern Thailand were selected by simple random sampling. Students from each school randomly allocated either an experimental group ( n = 35) or control 32). received PIL for 16 weeks. routine education program. Participan...

OBJECTIVE A rise in oestrogen in the preovulatory phase produces a GnRH-induced luteinising hormone surge. Oestrogen receptors are not found on GnRH neurons but these are present on kisspeptin neurons. That led us to hypothesise that serum kisspeptin levels may vary during various phases of the menstrual cycle in relation to serum oestradiol. METHODS Thirty female students, 18-25 years old, S...

Int J Exerc Sci 1(4) : 153-162, 2008. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the post-exercise blood pressure (BP) responses to two different methods of resistance exercise (RE, traditional multiple set and tri-set). Young adult men (n = 30, 19.6 ± 0.7 years old; 76.0 ± 2.7 kg; 178.2 ± 6.7 cm; 90.5 ± 5.8 MBP) with six months of previous experience in RE were selected. The volunteers were ...