MohammadHasn Shirsavar; Ali Mohammad Amirtash; Shahin Jalali; Mohsen Koshan; Fahimeh Keyvanloo; Mohammad SeyyedAhmadi
Volume 20, Issue 3 , September and October 2013, , Pages 292-301
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Background and purpose: Addiction is a dependence on the drug that makes him the physical and psychological dependence on drugs and will affect all his personal and social behavior and has been attacked as an important social pathology of human society. Therefore, the aim of this study was Effect of ...
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Background and purpose: Addiction is a dependence on the drug that makes him the physical and psychological dependence on drugs and will affect all his personal and social behavior and has been attacked as an important social pathology of human society. Therefore, the aim of this study was Effect of a given exercise program on quality of life and self steam of addicts.
Methods and materials: The study was quasi-experimental. Between drug addiction in the center of the 60 Congress, 60 of whom were purposefully selected and divided into two groups. The first group, There were 30 people after detoxification and drug treatments did not participate in exercise programs and advice received, the second Group, There were 30 people on drug treatment and counseling after detoxification were involved in sports programs. In two pre-test and post test subjects responded to questionnaires about quality of life and self steam. Data analysis was performed using the dependent and independent T test whit Using software SPSS16 at significant level (p
Fahimeh Keyvanloo; Shahin Jalali; Mohsen Koushan; Mohammad Seyyed Ahmadi; Mohsen Ghofrani; Masoomeh Shojaei; Naeemeh Taheri
Volume 19, Issue 2 , May and June 2012, , Pages 181-189
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Background and purpose: In recent years, psychological and physiological effects of music on athletic performance have become an attractive field of research. The present study investigates the effect of various kinds of music on mood characteristics and performance accuracy in skilled and semi-skilled ...
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Background and purpose: In recent years, psychological and physiological effects of music on athletic performance have become an attractive field of research. The present study investigates the effect of various kinds of music on mood characteristics and performance accuracy in skilled and semi-skilled female basketball players. Methods: The population for this quasi-experimental study consisted of skilled players (League) and semi-skilled players (PE students). Seventy-two female basketball players (36 skilled and 36 semi-skilled) were selected randomly and assigned to different groups (exciting music, relaxation music, and favorite music). Data was collected in two days using Brunel mood scale and 5-value Zachary scale for measuring the accuracy of basketball free-throw. Results: ANOVA results show that listening to music improved mood characteristics of participants significantly regardless of their skill level (p=0.012). The interaction of test and type of music was significant on mood variables (p=0.01). Favorite music was more effective than exciting music in improving mood properties (p
Fahimeh Keayvanlou; Mohammad Seyedahmadi; Zeynab Farrokh; Hossein Samadi; Mohsen koshan; Mehdi khalil arjmandi
Volume 18, Issue 4 , January and February 2012, , Pages 272-279
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Background and Purpose: Many factors affect the learning of motor skills، one of which is the arrangement pattern of exercises، which can affect the stability and development of a generalized practice schedules and parameterizing the movements. The current research was performed to monitor the effect ...
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Background and Purpose: Many factors affect the learning of motor skills، one of which is the arrangement pattern of exercises، which can affect the stability and development of a generalized practice schedules and parameterizing the movements. The current research was performed to monitor the effect of different practice schedules on learning and transfer of generalized motor program in a serial task.
Methods and Materials: This experimental study involved the population of male right-handed university students at Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman، Iran. Therefore، 80 participants (age range of 19-23 years old) were randomly allocated into four groups: blocked، random، blocked-random and random-blocked. The test included performance of serial tasks with different generalized motor schedules (spatial dimension variance) and variable timing parameter. The participants took part after pre-test phase and accomplishing 108 trial exercises according to practice group in retention and transfer tests. When different tests were performed، amount of relative timing errors (measure of consistency and proficiency of generalized motor program) were calculated. For data analysis، descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (repeated measures ANOVA and Tukey test) were used in SPSS 16 (p0.05).
Conclusion: The results showed that the blocked exercises caused a better performance at the acquisition level. However، different patterns caused a similar effect on the performance of participants at the levels of learning and transfer in a serial task.
Mohsen Koushan; Fereshteh Golestaneh; Mohammad Seyedahmadi; Mehdi Mogharnasi; Fahimeh Keavanlou
Volume 18, Issue 2 , July and August 2011, , Pages 91-97
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Background and Purpose: Addict women face more mental problems than healthy women، and the issue is less attended. Applying inexpensive، easily accessible preventive measures like aerobic training can improve their mental health. The present study was to investigate the effect of aerobic training on ...
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Background and Purpose: Addict women face more mental problems than healthy women، and the issue is less attended. Applying inexpensive، easily accessible preventive measures like aerobic training can improve their mental health. The present study was to investigate the effect of aerobic training on the mental health of addict women in the central prison of Zahedan، Iran.
Methods and Materials: This experimental study involved the addict women in the central prison of Zahedan، Iran in 2008. Thirty addict women were randomly selected and assigned into two equal groups (15 controls and 15 experimental). The Goldberg General Health Questionnaire (GHQ 28) and Demographic Characteristics Questionnaire were used for Data collection. The experimental group was trained for 8 weeks، three weekly sessions of 45 minutes. Both groups completed the questionnaires before and after the 8-week training for the evaluation of their mental health status. The data were analyzed in SPSS 15 using descriptive statistics (frequency، mean and standard deviation) as well as the dependent and independent t-test.
Results: Results showed that after eight weeks of aerobic training program، symptoms significantly improved: physical symptoms (from 12.20±6.37 to 4/±53±2/83)، anxiety (from 14.47±4.50 to 4.33±2.13)، depression (from 11.67±6.78 to 3.60±3.25) and mental health (from 48.20±15.50 to 18.87±6.71) (p≤0.05). However، the social functioning of the participants did not significantly change (from 10.33±4.43 to 7.70±3.80).
Conclusion: The results indicated aerobic training had an effective role in improving the mental health of addict women.
Mohammad Seyyed Ahmadi; Fahimeh Keyvanloo; Hamidreza Taheri; Akbar Pejhan; Javad Taherzadeh
Volume 17, Issue 4 , January and February 2011, , Pages 256-265
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Background and Purpose: Parkinsons disease is one of the common debilitating factors in the elderly. It is caused by disorders in the nucleus of cerebral base which control body movements such as walking and body balance. The present research is intended to study and compare the effects of three exercise ...
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Background and Purpose: Parkinsons disease is one of the common debilitating factors in the elderly. It is caused by disorders in the nucleus of cerebral base which control body movements such as walking and body balance. The present research is intended to study and compare the effects of three exercise patterns (rhythmic, medical ball exercising and stretching exercise) on Parkinsonian patients equilibrium. Methods and Materials: This quasi-experimental study involved the population of Parkinsonian patients in Kashan and Aranobidgol Iran. Thirty five male patients (61±3 years old) with minor Parkinsons disease (Stage 3 in Y&H scale) were selected and randomly assigned into one of the three groups: rhythmic group (N=11) medical ball exercising group (N=12) and stretching exercising group (N=12). All participants took their medications under medical supervision in the study period. Each group performed the assigned pattern for 10 weeks (three one-hour sessions each week). Berg Balance Scaling (BBS) was used for measurements and dependent t-test one-way ANOVA and LSD tests were used for data analysis. All analyses were done in SPSS 16. Results: The results showed that the three different exercising patterns (Rhythmic medical Ball and stretching exercises) had significantly improved patients equilibrium by 15.7 % 5.58% and 4.28% respectively (P=0.001). It also revealed that rhythmic exercises had more considerable effects on Parkinson patients equilibrium recovery than medical ball (P=0.03), and stretching exercise (P=0.008). The effect of exercising with medical ball and stretching exercises on Parkinson patients balance recovery is almost identical with no significant difference (P=0.530). Conclusion: Rhythmic exercise patterns cause more considerable effects on the improvement of equilibrium in Parkinsons patients than other patterns.
Fahimeh Keyvanlou; Mohsen Koushan; Mohammad Seyedahmadi; Mostafa Mohammadi Raoof
Volume 17, Issue 2 , July and August 2010, , Pages 116-122
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Background and Purpose: According to the World Health Organization report, mental disorders are among the major causes of disabilities worldwide, which can decrease the success rate of educational progress in students and prevent their further achievements. Physicians believe that physical fitness is ...
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Background and Purpose: According to the World Health Organization report, mental disorders are among the major causes of disabilities worldwide, which can decrease the success rate of educational progress in students and prevent their further achievements. Physicians believe that physical fitness is a suitable field to access good mental status. This study intended to compare the mental health of athlete and non-athlete students. Methods and Materials: This cross-sectional study involved 74 university students who were randomly selected. The Goldberg General Health Questionnaire (GHQ 28) and Demographic Characteristics Questionnaire were used for data collection. Statistical analysis was performed using descriptive statistics (frequency, mean and standard deviation) as well as the independent t-test in SPSS. 13. Results: The total prevalence of mental disorders was 61.76%; but it was 9.4% among athlete students and 30.2 among non-athletes; the observed difference was significant (p