The purpose of the study was to examine effect spinal asymmetries on specific physical fitness parameters in young elite soccer players. Fifty male players, all members under 17 (U17) and 15 (U15) National teams Cyprus, were initially evaluated for thoracic kyphosis, lumbar lordosis scoliosis asymmetries. Based asymmetries’ initial evaluation, players categorized into asymmetry group (AG) norma...

this study examined the relationship between physical fitness and self–esteem in non – physical education students. 109 female and 225 male students who took general physical education course (1). the students completed cooper – smith questionnaire and their scores of general physical education course. the mean score of physical fitness for male students was 17.4 and for female students 19.1. t...

BACKGROUND The thoracic surgery scoring system (Thoracoscore) is a multivariate scoring system with nine parameters used for predicting inpatient mortality after thoracic surgery. In clinical practice, the value of the thoracoscore in evaluating the fitness of individual patients for surgery is not clear. OBJECTIVE The study objective was to evaluate the performance of thoracoscore in evaluat...

article: Relationship between echocardiogram and physical parameters in experienced resistance trainers: a pilot study - The Journal of Sports Medicine Physical Fitness 2021 September;61(9):1290-1300 Minerva Medica Journals

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine whether a 45 bp insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism in human uncoupling protein 2 (hUCP2) gene was associated with changes in several cardiovascular risk and physical fitness factors in response to combined exercise during 12 weeks in Korean middle-aged women. The changes in physiological parameters after combined exercise during 12 weeks ...