Osman İmamoğlu

Comparison of lipid and lipoprotein values in men and women differing in training status.

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Competition analysis Of World Greco-Roman and World free-style wrestling championships.

The aim of this study was to analyze the competitions of the 46th World Greco-Roman and in the 35th World Free-Style Championships, and to examine the technique values of the National Turkish Team as a case study. The Greco-Roman Championship was in the city of Patras in Greece at 6-9 December 2001. The Free-Style Championship was in Sofia at 21-25 December 2001. 334 Greco-Roman and 311 free-style fights were recorded and the analysis was done on these recordings. The pattern of winning, the finishing times, the technique numbers, the points and the passivity numbers of the whole and the classifying matches; the techniques that the Turkish Team used and applied were determined. For statistical analysis, ratio for one competition (ROC) for each parameter was calculated. In these championships, most of the Greco-Roman and the free-style matches finished in official time and by points in all weight categories. Same status is validity for the Turkish team and the classifying matches. In the Greco-Roman wrestling, total 1317 techniques (R: 3.94) were applied and 2231 points (ROC: 6.67) were taken; 593 passivity (ROC: 1.77) and 114 tying salto (ROC: 0.34) were performed. In the free-style 1590 techniques (ROC: 5.11) were applied and 2376 points (ROC: 7.64) were taken; 296 passivity (ROC: 0.95) and 32 tying salto (ROC: 0.10) were performed. The Turkish Greco-Roman Wrestling Team applied 51 techniques (ROC: 2.42) took 84 points (ROC: 4.2) and exposed to 37 techniques (ROC: 1.76) gave 62 points (ROC: 3.1). The Turkish Free-Style Wrestling Team applied 70 techniques (ROC: 2.91) took 114 points (ROC: 4.75) and exposed to 53 techniques (ROC: 2.91) gave 73 points (ROC: 3.04). In the Greco-Roman and free-style classifying matches, respectively 54 (ROC: 3.37) and 66 (ROC: 4.12) techniques were applied; 88 points (ROC: 5.50) were taken in both style. The most executed techniques were: gut wrench (29.62 %), tying salto (14.81 %) and counter to gut wrench (9.25 %) in the classifying Greco-Roman; leg tackle (36.36 %), gut wrench (16.66 %) and head drug (12.12 %) in the classifying free-style wrestling. The Turkish Greco-Roman Wrestling Team executed mostly gut wrench (33.33 %) and warning point (11.76 %); mostly exposed to gut wrench (21.62 %) and throw back (16.21 %). The Turkish Free-Style Wrestling Team executed mostly leg tackle (24.3 %) and gut wrench (20 %); exposed to mostly leg tackle (28.30 %), gut wrench (13.20 %) and double leg tackle (13.20 %). Wrestlers chose to take points without risk, and to be successful it was necessary to take 8 points in Greco-Roman and 7 points in free-style for one competition. To win a competition it’s important to apply and not expose to a technique. The National Turkish Greco-Roman Team was unsuccessful to apply a technique. National Turkish Free-Style Team didn’t wrestle as offensively as their successful rivals. The case study enabled an analysis of the performanceof the team and recommendations to be made for improvements in future competitions.

Q-angle values of elite soccer and taekwondo athletes

AbstractThe aim of this study is to determine the mean right and left knee Q angles of male and female athletes of taekwondo and soccer in standing and supine positions. The subjects of this study consisted of 64 female athletes with mean age 18.45 ± 2.47 years, height 164.18 ± 4.02 cm, weight 57.15 ± 5.48 kg and 116 male athletes with mean age 18.41 ± 2.45 years, height 174.63 ± 4.45 cm, weight 66.56 ± 5.83 kg. The results of this study showed that the mean right and left knee Q angles of male athletes were 14.47 ± 1.84° and 13.69 ± 1.88° for the standing position, 13.25 ± 1.81°, 12.44 ± 1.77° for the supine position, while those of female athletes were 17.28 ± 1.29° and 16.90 ± 1.46° for the standing position, 16.57 ± 1.28°, 16.12 ± 1.37° for the supine position. No abnormal results were found in this study. The mean right and left knee Q-angle values of male and female athletes were negatively correlated with femur bicondylar diameter, trochanter diameter, body weight, body height, and calf circumferen...

Effects of Exercise on Levels of Depression

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of exercise on depression levels. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was applied to a total of 605 subjects at different exercise levels. The BDI score of non-exercising group was 13.18, while the average score of those who exercise was found to be 8.93. Non-exercising group showed higher depressive symptoms than the exercising group. Gender had no significant difference on the levels of depression (p>.05). Non-exercising group was found to be more depressive than the exercising group (p<.01). It was observed that exercising resulted in a low level of depression and the level of depression was reduced as the exercise time was increased. It can be said that exercise had a positive effect on reducing depression. People should be motivated and encouraged for having the habit of regular exercise to improve the quality of life.

Association between Sport Performance and Alpha-Actinin-3 Gene R577X Polymorphism

Abstract Physical performance has been associated with many gene variants including the alpha-actinin-3 gene (ACTN3) R577X polymorphism. The purpose of the present study is to investigate whether there is an association between sport performance of Turkish elite athletes and alpha-actinin-3 gene R577X polymorphism. A total of 300 individuals (150 elite athletes and 150 sedentary individuals) participated in the study voluntarily. A 291-bp long region spanning the R577X polymorphic site of the alpha-actinin-3 gene was amplified and tested with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) method. The statistical analyses were done by using SPSS 15.0 package program. Although, no significant difference was found between the distributions of the three genotypes of elite athletes and sedentary individuals, the frequency of XX genotype in sedentary individuals was lower than that of the elite athletes (p>0.05). The RX and XX frequencies were significantly different (P<0.05) between the two groups. To the best of the researchers’ knowledge, there are no reports that examined the ACTN3 polymorphism in the Athletes who live in Black sea region of Turkey

The effect of exercises on left ventricular systolic and diastolic heart function in sedentary women: Step-aerobic vs core exercises

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of 16 weeks step-aerobic exercises and core exercises on left ventricular structure and function with some physiological parameters in sedentary women. Methods To achieve the purpose of this study, a total of 45 volunteers including (step-aerobic group (SAG, n = 25), core exercise group (CEG, n = 20) were selected as participants. Two different exercises were applied for 4 days a week, throughout 16 weeks, within 60 minutes for each exercise with the intensity of heart rate (HR) 60-70 percent. The HR was measured using a heart rate monitor for each subject. The physical, biochemical and echocardiographic characteristics of the women were measured before and after the exercise. Results During the exercise periods, there were a meaningful decrease in the body weight, BMI, value of waist region and hip circumference of the women in both intervention groups as well as in the values of HR, DBP, SBP (p < 0,05). In addition, serum homocysteine (Hcy) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (Hs-CRP) levels decreased and the VO2max and left ventricular diastolic end-diastolic dimension increased in both SAG and CEG (p < 0.05). The left ventricular diastolic functions of the SAG improved more than CEG. Left ventricular systolic ejection time and fractional shortening meaningfully improved in both SAG and CEG (p < 0.01). Conclusion 16 weeks of step-aerobic and core exercise showed significant changes of inflammatory and lipid markers with cardiac dimensions and had favorable effects on both left ventricular systolic function. Left ventricular diastolic function had more improved in SAG than the CEG.