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Söyler, Mehmet; Kayantas, Idris – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
The aim of this study is to compare some physical parameters of professional and regional amateur footballers according to their positions. Totally 100 volunteer football players playing in the professional and regional amateur league participated in the study. Anthropometric measurements (height, body weight, body fat ratio) were performed first…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Athletes, Body Height, Body Weight
Fatma Ceylan; Saime Erol – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
This study aims to demonstrate the effect of a transtheoretical model (TTM)-based physical activity program on the exercise behavior of adolescents using WhatsApp. The study was conducted with high school students (N = 185) in a pre-/posttest, quasi-experimental design. TTM-based text messages were sent to the intervention group (n = 95) over…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Computer Software, Metabolism, Comparative Analysis
Köroglu, Yasar – African Educational Research Journal, 2021
This study was conducted to search the effect of respiratory muscle training on aerobic, anaerobic endurance, and respiratory parameters in primary school students. 32 volunteer students, between the ages of 13-14, participated in this study. The volunteers were divided into experimental (n = 15) and control groups (n = 17). The experimental group…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Muscular Strength, Comparative Analysis, Team Sports
Gonzalez-Artetxe, Asier; Pino-Ortega, José; Rico-González, Markel; Los Arcos, Asier – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2022
Background and purpose: Historically, sports training methodology, including soccer coaching, has been influenced by the pedagogic tend dominant in each epoch. Of late, the literature has espoused the idea that human learning is individual, nonlinear, and complex. Nonlinear Pedagogy (NLP) takes into account such nonlinearity and complex phenomena…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Athletic Coaches, Youth, Teaching Methods
Kahraman, Ayse; Gümüs, Merve; Binay Yaz, Seyda; Basbakkal, Zümrüt – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
This study aimed to examine the assessment of nutritional status in early childhood and the experiences of the mothers whose children started traditional and/or baby-led complementary weaning. The study included 485 mothers who used social media, all of whom had a 6-24 month-old child receiving complementary foods. In order to collect data,…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Infants, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Detanico, Daniele; Kons, Rafael L.; Canestri, Raul; Albuquerque, Maicon – High Ability Studies, 2022
This study aimed to analyze whether judo experience, somatic maturation, growth, and physical capacities discriminate young judo athletes from different competitive levels (state and national). Sixty-six young male judo athletes (36 from state and 30 from national level) participated in this study, divided from the annual competitive season. The…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Education, Maturity (Individuals), Males
BoAe Im; HyunSoo Oh; SooHyun Kim; HyeSun Jeong; WhaSook Seo – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
Rheumatic diseases are known to be associated with the development of metabolic syndrome, which increases mortality rates due to cardiovascular complications. Although a variety of self-management programs for rheumatic diseases have been developed, few have concentrated on metabolic syndrome. This study aimed to develop and verify a blended (a…
Descriptors: Self Management, Patients, Comparative Analysis, Diseases
Akbulut, Taner – Journal of Education and Learning, 2020
Exercise has many positive effects on the human organism. In this study, the effects of resistance exercise program, which is applied regularly for eight weeks, were investigated on body composition and some biochemical values. Twenty-four male volunteers participated in the study group. The participants were randomly divided into two equal…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Body Composition, Exercise, Program Evaluation
Akçinar, Faruk; Eroglu, Bilge – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
The aim of the study is to examine the effect of aerobic and aerobic-submaximal exercise on adolescents who are at risk of obesity. This research is an experimental study in the screening model. The sample group consists of volunteer 72 students but it continued with the 45 healthy volunteer students. The exercise groups were organized according…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Obesity, Comparative Analysis, Body Weight
Hamzaid, N. H.; Flood, V. M.; Prvan, T.; O'Connor, H. T. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2018
Background: Good nutrition knowledge among carers of people with intellectual disability (ID) living in group homes is essential as they have a primary role in food provision for residents. Research on the nutrition knowledge of carers is limited. Method: This cross-sectional study assessed the level of general nutrition knowledge in a convenience…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Caregivers, Group Homes, Intellectual Disability
Çiçek, Güner – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
This study was to investigate the physical activity (PA) and quality of life (QoL) of sports department students (SDS) and other department students (ODS) attending university. A total of 300 university students participated in this study. 150 SDS (age; 20.67 ± 1.65 years) including 89 males and 61 females and 150 ODS (age; 19.45 ± 1.22 years) 56…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Physical Activities, College Students, Questionnaires
Akinci, Buket; Yeldan, Ipek; Celik, Selda; Satman, Ilhan – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2019
Purpose: This study aimed (1) to compare physical activity (PA) indicators, metabolic biomarkers, and comorbidity, (2) to investigate the relationship between PA indicators and metabolic biomarkers, comorbidity and (3) to identify barriers to PA in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) who are using oral hypoglycaemic agent (OHA) or combined OHA…
Descriptors: Diabetes, Biochemistry, Correlation, Physical Activity Level
Ayan, Vedat – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2018
The study was carried out to discover the relationship between the performance characteristics (20 m. running, vertical jump, standing long jump, ball throwing, shuttle run) and the body mass index of 8-10 year-old school children. 3772 children (1995 male and 1777 female) aged 8-10 from Ankara participated in the study voluntarily. To measure the…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Body Weight, Body Height, Correlation
Çetinkaya, Turan – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
The aim of this research is to analyse the relationship between body perceptions and social appearance anxiety of the students that are in physical education and sports departments. 240 students that are studying in the departments of Physical Education and Sports Teaching, Sports Management and Coaching Training at Ahi Evran University, School of…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Anxiety, Physical Education, Foreign Countries
Costa, Rochelle Rocha; Pilla, Carmen; Buttelli, Adriana Cristine Koch; Barreto, Michelle Flores; Vieiro, Priscila Azevedo; Alberton, Cristine Lima; Bracht, Cláudia Gomes; Kruel, Luiz Fernando Martins – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2018
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effects of water-based aerobic training on the lipid profile and lipoprotein lipase (LPL) levels in premenopausal women with dyslipidemia. Method: Forty women were randomly assigned to: aquatic training (WA; n = 20) or a control group (CG; n = 20). The WA group underwent 12 weeks of water-based interval…
Descriptors: Exercise, Randomized Controlled Trials, Control Groups, Females