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The Relationship Between Various Team Sports and Body Dissatisfaction, Motivation for Body Weight Loss, Eating Attitudes and Self-Esteem of Young Female Athletes with Normal Weight
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(Koidou, I.).Body image is a significant well-being factor in puberty. Negative body image is related to low self-esteem, depression and eating disorders. Body dissatisfaction implies dislike of a person’s body or certain parts of it. It is considered a dynamic situation that can cause powerful emotional, perceptual and psychological reactions. Biological factors (e.g., age, body…
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Differences in Cognitive Function Among Hellenic Folk Dancers, Exercisers and Non-exercisers
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(Bougiesi, M. E., Zisi, T. Z. & Zisi, V. Z.). Cognitive function is an important parameter of psychological health and affects every day functioning. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether participation in Greek traditional dance affects the differentiation of cognitive function, as opposed to other forms of exercise. Methods: The survey…
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Prevalence of hypertension and determinants of cardiac function in overweight and obese children and adolescents
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(Antoniades, O., Douda, H.T., Papazoglou, D. Tokmakidis, S.P.). Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension as well as practical clinical indicators of cardiac function in overweight and obese children and adolescents. Methods: A total of 1.987 healthy Greek and Cypriot children and adolescents were divided according to their age…
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Lumbosacral Radiculitis. Pathophysiology, Examination and Physiotherapy Treatment with Neural Mobilization
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(Efstathiou, M. & Stefanakis, M.). Lumbosacral radiculitis is characterised by increased mechanosensitivity of the lumbar and/or sciatic nerve root or roots and is the most common type of neuropathic pain. Some of the major causes include mechanical compression and inflammation of the nerve root. Mechanical compression can result from herniated discs, space-occupying lesions and spinal…
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The role of parents on their children’s involvement in individual and team sports
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(Siounas, A., Zetou, E., & Vernadakis, N.). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether parental motivation (mother and father separately) plays a key role in engaging their children in individual and team sports. The sample consisted of 200 children-athletes, aged between the ages of 8-12 years of individual and team sports. The Greek…
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Measuring the quality of Movement-Play Scale in Greek Early Childhood Education settings*
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(Kouli, O., Grammatikopoulos, V., Gregoriadis, A. & Zahopoulou, E.). Movement activities are crucial for the health and the overall development of young children. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of the environment for movement activities in the Greek early childhood education (ECE) using the “Movement-Play Scale” (MPS) (Archer & Siraj, 2012;…
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Effects of a 6-week Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Intervention on pain and disability in individuals with chronic low back pain
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(Mavromoustakos, S., Beneka, A., Malliou, V., Adamidis, A., Kellis, E., Kagiaoglou A.). A randomized controlled trial was used to compare the effects of a 6-week proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) and a General Exercise (GE) program on pain and disability in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) recruited from the outpatient department of a hospital…
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Effects of aerobic exercise on health-related indicators in individuals with intellectual disability with or without the Down syndrome
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(Kastanias, V.T., Douda, T.H., Batsiou, A.S., & Tokmakidis, P.S.) Purpose: This study examines the influence of aerobic exercise intervention on obesity, lipid profile and hemodynamic adaptations in individuals with intellectual disability with the Down Syndrome (DS) or without the Down Syndrome (NDS). Methods: Forty six institutionalized individuals (n=46), aged 36.02±8.50 yrs, were divided into three…
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Skin Blood Flow in the Forearms during Simulation of a Tennis Match: Implications for the Thermoregulatory Role of Dynamic Exercise
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(Galanis, N., Farmakiotis, D., Valavani E., Sarris, J., Tsiridis, E., Sayegh, F., Christopoulos, D., Papadimitriou, D. & Kirkos, J.) BACKGROUND: Control of skin blood flow (SkBF) during exercise involves three phases: 1. an initial vasoconstriction response, 2. a thermoregulatory vasodilator phase, and 3. a plateau phase. This study was designed to investigate the above mechanisms…
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Parental Influences on Preschoolers’ Physical Activity
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(Tzavara, A., Tzetzis, G., Pavlidou, E.). Physical activity (PA) offers significant benefits to physical and mental health of children. Despite the benefits of physical activity, the majority of children worldwide does not meet the current physical activity recommendations. Even though research data on the actual levels of physical activity in preschoolers is insufficient, internationally and…
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How physically active, subjectively and objectively, are the children in Cyprus and what’s the role of gender, friends and family?
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(Konstantinidou, E., Constantinou, E., Avgerinos, A. & Kioumourtzoglou, E.). The purpose of this study was to examine the behavior of pre-pubertal age school students in pedometer determined physical activity (PA) and in various aspects of PA which recorded with a self-reporting questionnaire. The participants were 84 students (55 boys and 29 girls) of fifth and…
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Job Satisfaction and Burnout of Greek Secondary Special Education Teachers
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(Kouli, O., Kourtessis, T., Tzetzis, G., Karkaletsi, F., Skordilis, E., & Bonti, E.). The purpose of the present study was to: a) assess job satisfaction and burnout among high school special education teachers, b) investigate relationships between job satisfaction and burnout and c) investigate the level of prediction of burnout by job satisfaction. The sample…