Ani Agopyan
Marmara University
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The Anthropologist | 2015
Ani Agopyan
Abstract The present research aimed to compare the fitness parameters, nutritional patterns and exercise habits of students among School of Physical Education and Sports with regard to gender and three different departments. A total of 333 students (Trainer Education n=100, Physical Education and Sport Teaching n=90, and Sports Management n=150) participated in this research. Cardiovascular (CV) parameters, anthropometric and body composition measurements were taken. Analysis did not reveal significant department and gender interaction effects in terms of all parameters (p>0.05). Most of features were significantly different (p>0.05) between the genders, as expected. Exercises habits parameters were statistically (p<0.05) lower and CV parameters were slightly higher for the students in Sports Management program than that of other departments. As a conclusion, although there were some differences between the departments and gender, fitness properties, nutritional patterns and exercise habits values of male and female participants were generally within a healthy profile.
Medical Problems of Performing Artists | 2018
Ani Agopyan
OBJECTIVE To evaluate bilateral isokinetic knee extensor and flexor muscle strength relative to hamstring flexibility in female modern dancers. METHODS 20 trained university-level female modern dance students (mean age 23.8±3.8 yrs) volunteered for the study. Concentric isokinetic peak torque (PT, in Nm), peak torque % of body weight (PT%BW, in Nm/kg), and total work (TW, in J) of the knee extensor and flexor muscles for each leg were measured with a dynamometer at a velocity of 60, 180, and 300°/s. Hamstring flexibility of both limbs was assessed by a goniometer with the subjects in a supine position using the active straight leg raise (SLR) test. Participants were divided into flexible (n=10) and highly flexible (n=10) groups based on their hamstring flexibility. RESULTS The flexible and highly flexible groups had significant differences (p≤0.05) for the right (flexible, 119.7±4.3°; highly flexible, 137.7±2.6°) and left active SLR tests (flexible, 120.6±5.3°; highly flexible, 138.3±4.5°). No significant differences were found between the flexible and highly flexible dancers for concentric knee extensor and flexor muscle strength in all selected parameters (p≤0.05). There were also no significant correlations between flexibility and bilateral PT, PT%BW, and TW scores (60, 180, and 300°/s) of dancers at the concentric contraction (p≤0.05). CONCLUSION These findings indicate that hamstring flexibility (for both the flexible and highly flexible groups) is not correlated with knee strength and has no impact on torque and work production during maximal concentric isokinetic knee muscle action in university-level female modern dancers.
Medical Problems of Performing Artists | 2018
Demet Tekin; Ani Agopyan; Gul Baltaci
Kinesio tape and proprioceptive exercises are both used for increasing balance in dancers. The purposes of this study were to: a) determine the acute effect of kinesio tape (KT) application on the ankle joint on balance performance, b) investigate the effects of an 8-week proprioceptive-neuromuscular (PN) training program on balance performance, and c) compare their effects vs modern dance technique classes alone. Thirty-three trained, university-level modern dance students (9 male, 24 female) were divided randomly into three groups: kinesio tape (KT, n=11), proprioceptive-neuromuscular (PN, n=11), or control (n=11). Static (turn-out passé-opened eyes/relevé and turn-out passé-closed eyes/flat foot), semi-dynamic (airplane), and dynamic balance (monopodalic-straight and -transverse in a turn-out passé-eyes opened/flat foot) tests were performed before and after the intervention. One day after pre-tests, KT mechanical correction technique was applied to the left ankle joint (supporting leg) in the KT group, and tests were repeated to determine the acute effect of KT. The PN group participated in an 8-week balance training program (2 days/wk, 60 min/day) involving exercises using stable and unstable surfaces. Significant improvements were observed for all static and dynamic balance tests in the PN group; semi-dynamic airplane and dynamic monopodalic-straight and transverse tests improved in the KT group; and only semi-dynamic airplane test scores changed significantly for the control group (p<0.05). Our findings suggest that with the exception of the semi-dynamic airplane test, both PN training and KT application were more effective at improving balance performance for modern dancers than modern dance technique classes alone.
Eating and Weight Disorders-studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity | 2018
Ani Agopyan; Emre Batuhan Kenger; Seda Kermen; Mutlu Tuce Ulker; Mustafa Ataberk Uzsoy; Meral Kucuk Yetgin
This study was carried out to determine the relationship between orthorexia nervosa (ON) and eating disorder and body composition, class level, and place of residence in university students from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. The participants (n = 136; 20.9 ± 2.0 years) were all female students, whose scores on the Orthorexia Nervosa Questionnaire (ORTO-11) and the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-40) indicated a prevalence of ON and eating disorder. Assessment of body composition indices (Tanita bioelectrical impedance; SC-330) of the participants showed there to be no significant difference in the EAT-40 and ORTO-11 scores in terms of body composition, class level, and place of residence. A large majority of the participants (70.6%) had high ORTO-11 scores, and a significant negative correlation (p < 0.05) was identified between the EAT-40 and ORTO-11 scores. Final results from analysis of the data showed that although abnormal orthorexic tendencies were common among the students from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, they were nonetheless able to maintain body composition within normal values.Level of evidenceV, cross-sectional descriptive study.
Revista Brasileira De Medicina Do Esporte | 2016
Ani Agopyan; Mehmet Unal; Demet Tekin; Hizir Kurtel; Gullu Turan; Ayrin Ersoz
Introduccion: Aunque los efectos nocivos del tabaco en los sistemas cardiovascular y respiratorio hayan sido establecidos hace mucho, el efecto sobre los parametros fisiologicos y fisicos en bailarinas de danza moderna no fue aun bien documentado. Objetivo: Determinar las diferencias en funciones pulmonares seleccionadas, parametros bioquimicos y composicion corporal en bailarinas de danza moderna fumadoras y no fumadoras, universitarias y post universitarias. Metodo: Veintidos bailarinas de danza moderna (edad promedio de 24,6 ± 4,3 anos), no fumadoras (n=11) y fumadoras (n=11), participaron voluntariamente en el estudio. Las fumadoras habian fumado desde 1 hasta 20 cigarrillos por dia durante un promedio de siete anos. Fue aplicado el test funcional pulmonar espirometro Mir Spirobank, (Italia), y fueron hechos algunos tests de parametros biomedicos seleccionados y hechas varias mediciones antropometricas (altura, peso y siete espesores de los pliegues cutaneos). Los resultados de la composicion corporal fueron evaluados usando ecuaciones Jackson-Pollock. Las comparaciones intergrupales fueron realizadas usando el test Mann-Whitney U. Resultado: No fueron encontradas diferencias significativas entre bailarinas fumadoras y no fumadoras en la composicion corporal (grasa corporal, % de masa grasa, masa corporal magra) y en los parametros bioquimicos seleccionados (p > 0,05). Sin embargo, las no fumadoras tuvieron valores de prediccion del volumen espiratorio forzado en el primer segundo (VEF1) y del flujo espiratorio maximo (FEM) significativamente mejores (p < 0,05). El efecto del tabaco en el desempeno de bailarinas de danza moderna deberia ser examinado en un estudio longitudinal, con un aumento del numero de participantes. Conclusion: Se observo que el tabaco reduce la capacidad pulmonar a una cierta tasa, aunque los estandares bioquimicos y la composicion corporal de las bailarinas fumadoras y no fumadoras fueron similares.
International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport | 2012
Ani Agopyan; Fatma Seda Bozdogan; Demet Tekin; Meral Kucuk Yetgin; Cigil Gun Guler
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of static stretching exercises and gender on the kickboard flutter kicking swimming times of 11- to 12-year-old swimmers. Twenty-nine (15 boys and 14 girls) competitive swimmers performed short-distance (25 m and 50 m) flutter kicking swims with a kickboard under both unstretched and stretched conditions on separate days. The conditions were randomly assigned to the participants. In total, 4 static stretching exercises (3 active and 1 passive) were applied to the lower extremities (2 x 30 s; 10 s rest). The results indicated that 25 m (girls: 22.72 ± 2.60 s, 22.54 ± 2.26 s; respectively; boys: 23.35 ± 3.85 s, 22.69 ± 3.77 s; respectively) and 50-m (girls: 51.40 ± 6.04 s, 50.23 ± 5.93 s; respectively; boys: 50.38 ± 6.80 s, 49.30 ± 6.56 s; respectively) distances flutter kicking swim times were not significantly different between no stretch and the stretch conditions or between boys and girls (P > 0.05) According to these findings, and contrary to the results of certain studies of land performance, the static stretching exercises did not have any effect on the kickboard flutter kicking swimming time and did not result in any difference in performance level between genders.
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research | 2014
Nurper Ozbar; Seda Ates; Ani Agopyan
Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research | 2011
Erkan Çalışkan; Aysel Pehlivan; Mustafa Said Erzeybek; Fatma Çelik Kayapınar; Ani Agopyan; Sevda Yuksel; Senol Dane
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research | 2015
Taner Akbulut; Ani Agopyan
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences | 2014
Salih Pinar; Meral Kucuk Yetgin; Bilal Biçer; Nurper Ozbar; Çetin Tiryaki; Ani Agopyan; Fatih Kaya; Yeliz Ozdol