Objective: Despite the importance of identifying people susceptible to sports, there is little documentation and studies related to karate talent identification.The purpose of this study was principal component analysis of anthropometric and biomechanical variables in adolescent elite karateka athletes. Methods: Subjects divided to adolescent elite karateka athletes (n = 19) and non-karateka a...

objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of eight weeks of strength training on some chosen biomechanical properties of femur of old male rats.  Methods: In this experimental research sixteen old male Wistar rats around Twenty months old were assigned to sedentary control group (n=8) and strength training group (n=8). Strength training group climbed from a ladder f...

    Background & Aims : Injuries to tendons are among the most common injuries to body. A repaired tendon needs to be immobilized for weeks until it has accrued enough strength to handle physiological loads. Tissue-engineered cell therapies offer many new treatment options for repair of diseased and damaged tissues. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of intratendinous injection o...

Purpose: The aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of LPL on healing of incisized medial collateral ligament (MCL) of knee of rats. Materialsand Methods:MCL of right hind limb of 30 rats were transversly incisied. LPL (Helium- Neon, Continuose, output 10mW) were exposed (10 mJ/cm2 and 1.2 J/cm2) daily to group 1& II (experimental groups) respectively. In control group MCL were...

Objective: The main aim of the study was comparing the main anthropometric and biomechanics indexes in elite male adult Wushu athletes in both Taolu and Sanda disciplines.  Methods: The sample of the present study included 20 elite male Wushu athletes who were checked for 33 anthropometric and 11 biomechanical indexes. The normality of the data was checked by Kolmogorov–Smirnov no...

Objective: Talent identification reduces stint to achieve better sports performances by elite athletes and enables application of scientific training. The purpose of this study was prioritizing the anthropometric, biomechanical and physiological characteristics of the elite boys in 200m Backstroke swimming for identifying their talents and predicting their performances. Methods: 34...