OBJECTIVE To assess whether there is any difference in the oscillation of the plantar pressure center in single-leg stance between athletes and non-athletes with and without ankle sprains. METHODS 54 volunteers performed four static assessments and one dynamic assessment while standing on one foot on a baropodometer, barefoot, for 10 s in each test. The variables of area (cm(2)), distance (cm...

This research is motivated by problems in different villages, development and society welfare are based on the distribution of village funds. makes governments dependent central government funding. study intends to determine (1) effect Village Fund Allocation with development. (2) influence between society. (3) Development welfare. In this approach used quantitative, while survey method study. ...

Latent Growth Curve Models (LGCM) are discussed as a general data-analytic approach to the analysis of change. Conventional, but popular, methods of analyzing change over time, such as the paired t-test, repeated measures ANOVA, or MANOVA, have a tradition, which is quite different from the more recently developed latent growth curve models. While the former originated from the idea of variance...

BACKGROUND Type D personality is based on two global and stable personality traits, including negative affectivity (NA) and social inhibition (SI). The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between type D personality and perceived social support in post myocardial infarction (MI) patients. METHODS One hundred seventy six consecutive patients following MI admitted to the cardiac ca...

PURPOSE The current study aimed to gain insight into the physiological profile of elite basketball players in Belgium in relation to their position on the field. METHODS The group consisted of 144 players, divided into 5 groups according to position (point guards [PGs], shooting guards [SGs], small forwards [SFs], power forwards [PFs], and centers [Cs]). The anthropometrics were measured and ...

This study examined the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of inclusive education pre-service teachers in Nigeria South Africa by surveying 217 Nigerian 266 African using a cross-sectional survey research design. A self-developed questionnaire was used for data collection. The pilot-tested among from public university Tanzania. Data were descriptively inferentially analysed (means standard d...