JOURNAL OF SPORT BIOSCIENCE RESEARCHES
Year:2012 | Volume:2 | Issue:7|Papers Count:8

Objective: The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of combining aqueous extract of saffron and aerobic training on the concentration of hepatic non-enzymatic antioxidants in the STZ-diabetic rats.Methodology: 41 male rats (age: 12 weeks, weight: 314±26.7 gr) were randomly assigned to five groups of healthy-control (HC, n=6), diabetic-control (DC, n=10), diabetic-aerobic training (DAT, n=10), diabetic-saffron (DS, n=10) and diabetic-aerobic training-saffron (DATS, n=5). Except for the healthy-control group, other groups were diabetic by injecting STZ. The diabetic-saffron and diabetic-aerobic training-saffron groups orally received 25 mg/kg aqueous extract of saffron for two weeks per day. The diabetic-aerobic training and diabetic-aerobic training-saffron groups ran on a treadmill for two weeks, five consecutive sessions, with the speed of 12 m/min and slope of %0 for 30 min. Twenty-four hours after the last session of exercise, the rats were anesthetizing by chloroform and sacrificed; hepatic was taken from their bodies and was put in liquid and immediately kept in a deep freezer (-%70) in order to determine the concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA), glutation (GSH) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC).Findings: Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed significant differences between the five groups at the levels of malondialdehyde, glutation and TAC (P= 0.001). The results of the Scheffe post hoc test demonstrated that the concentration of malondialdehyde had a significant decrease in the saffron-aerobic training (P= 0.001), diabetic-aerobic training (P=0.001) and saffron-diabetic (P=0.001) groups compared with the diabetic-control group. The concentration of glutation had the most and least increase in the saffron-aerobic training and diabetic-control groups, respectively (P= 0.012). The concentration of TAC had the most and least increase in the saffron-aerobic training and diabetic-control groups, respectively (P=0.005).Conclusion: The results of the present study demonstrated that the combination of saffron extract and aerobic training would be appropriate method for reinforcing the hepatic non-enzymatic antioxidant system in diabetic rats.

As far as exercise influences the body and mind the physical and psychological factors are also effective on the performance of sport and exercise subsequently. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of three methods of aromatherapy; massage and aromatherapy-massage on Anxiety of the physical fitness girl players of Isfahan. 32 players, participated in the 2011 (1390) tournament in Fajr decade, are selected in the available methods and divided into equal groups, control, aromatherapy, massage and aromatherapy-massage. Instruments used to collect the necessary information included demographic questionnaire and questionnaires Ashpylbrgr. For data analysis, t-paired and t-independent tests, one-way ANOVA test and Tukey post hoc test were used. Results showed that between state anxiety before and after the intervention, there are significant differences (P<0.05) and control and massage groups and control and aromatherapy-massage groups cause differences. It can be concluded that aromatherapy, massage and aromatherapy-massage are effective interventions to reduce Anxiety before the competition in athletes.

Background: The veterans and imperfectives can participate in various physical and mental activities and be beneficial of its advantages to increase their quality of life.Purpose: The present study aimed to compare the quality of life between two groups of participants, veterans and imperfectives and non-participant veterans and imperfectives in Sport activities.Method: The research method was descriptive and survey. The statistical population included all veterans and imperfectives in Tehran. The sample of study consisted of 290 veterans and imperfectives who were selected by random sampling method (136 active veterans and imperfectives and 154 passive veterans and imperfectives). The research instruments were the demographic questionnaire and the quality of life questionnaire. The validity of questionnaire was approved by sport management instructors and the reliability was calculated as 0.89 by Chronbach’s alpha. Collected data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential methods such as K-S test and T test for independent groups.Findings: The results showed that the quality of life of disabled veterans and imperfectives who participated in the Sport is generally higher than the quality of life of the veterans and imperfectives who are non-participated in sports. Regarding the amount of T test (3.12) this variance is significant.Discussion and Conclusion: In general due to the physical condition and its impact on quality of life of veterans and imperfectives and according to the results of this study too, physical activity and exercise seems to be one of the best ways to improve the quality of life and morale of these people.

Risk factors include poor balance, falls, injuries and even death in older adults. The present study was done to investigate the effects of eight weeks of training in the water balance and lower limb strength in elderly men. The subjects of this study were 20 disabled aged men of Kermanshah that according to the study criteria were selected and randomly divided into control and experimental groups. Before starting the exercise protocol, static balance, and dynamic lower extremity strength subjects were standing stork test, Timed up & go, and the 30-second chair stand was evaluated. Then experimental group has done its exercises in the water for eight weeks (three sessions per week). Difference between the pre-test and post-test of experimental and control groups is analyzed using a t-dependent and statistically significant at the 0.05 independent analyzes. The results showed that eight weeks of training in water makes a significant %28 increase in static balance (P=0.001), dynamic balance increased between %10 (P=0.006), and a significant increase in lower body strength %37 (P=0.0001) of elder men. While no significant difference was observed in the control group.

Introduction: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most prevalent causes of the referring to physiotherapy. There isn’t any worldwide agreement about the best treatment method for LBP. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of a specific back extensor’s endurance training protocol on pain, disability and back muscle extensors’ endurance of patients with acute LBP.Methods: Thirty patients with acute LBP (19 female and 11 male) of between 25 to 45 years old were studied. They were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. McGill and Role and Moris questionnaires were used to quantify the pain and disability respectively. Also, Sorensen test was used to measure the endurance of back extensors. Experimental group underwent for a six weeks of endurance exercise therapy program. The variables were measured before treatment, after three weeks and at the end of the treatment. Repeated Measure ANOVA (GLM) was used in SPSS16 environment with P<0.05.Results: Pain was not decreased after three weeks of exercise therapy. But, after six weeks, it was decreased by 42% significantly (a=0.03). The disability and muscles’ endurance were not changed significantly by the end of the exercise therapy.Conclusion: In sub-acute LBP patients applying six weeks of endurance therapy will decrease the pain significantly. But, it is not sufficient enough to have influence on the disability and muscle endurance.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of aerobic activity on Serum IgG concentration. In this way, 10 male physical education students with age ranging from 21 to 24 years old and mean body mass index 22.22 kg m2 volunteered to participate in this study. Aerobic activity was performed on bicycle ergometer for 30 minutes at intensity of 70 to 75 percent of maximum heart rate. Blood samples were obtained from subjects before and after aerobic activity. Changes in serum IgG concentration in pre-test and post-test were analyzed by dependent t-test using spss software. The results showed that aerobic activity had no significant effect on Serum IgG concentration (p=0.357). This study concludes that sub maximal aerobic activity does not affect serum IgG concentration and there is no concern for athletes and coaches that sub maximal aerobic activity can impair immune function.

The purpose of this study was to survey the effect of eight weeks strength training on C- reactive protein and fibrinogen.Method: For this purpose 24 male students (16-18 years old) with mean age of 16.91±0.92 years, weight of 74.19±5.50 kg and height of 170.40±04.5 cm voluntarily selected after filling informed consent questioner from high school of Haj Jalil Fallahi of Marvdasht city. Then all subjects were randomly divided into two groups: strength training and control one. The strength training group performed eight weeks of strength training (three days a week) with intensity of 60-75% of one repetition maximum. There were eight stations in each training session and, each station was performed three sets. In pre-and post-test during eight weeks five CC fasting blood samples collected from the right-hand arm. For statistical analysis, independent and dependent t test were used (p≤0.05).Findings: The results showed that strength training during eight weeks significantly decreased C-reactive protein (P=0.02) and fibrinogen (P=0.003).Conclusion: It can be concluded that eight weeks strength training could have beneficial effects on some inflammatory markers which may reduce risk of cardiovascular disease events.

The present study investigated the effects of 10 weeks of resistance, endurance and parallel training (combination of resistance and endurance training) selected on TNFα and IgA. The subjects included 28 male physical education students who were randomly classified into three groups (n=10) resistance training, (n=9) endurance training and a parallel exercise group (n=9). Exercise program was three times a week for 10 weeks. For measurement of TNF-a and IgA kits with the method ELISA was used. For this study, descriptive statistics and t-dependent are used. Results were analyzed by Tuky-post hoc test. Results showed that aerobic training caused no significant change in TNF-a and IgA Serum of subjects. But results in resistance training showed a significant change in the percentage level of TNF-a and IgA. Also Results in parallel exercise group showed no difference before and after training. According to these results, we can say that the effect of resistance training on changes in some immunity components was important, and this type of training is enhanced acquired immune.