Investigation of the relationship between functional movement and respiratory muscle strength in professional football players and sedentary individuals: A controlled trial.

INTRODUCTION: Functional Movement Screening (FMS) is a battery used for injury prediction, identifying asymmetry and weak connections in basic functional movement patterns. The muscles assessed in FMS are also respiratory muscles. Therefore, FMS scores were thought to be related to respiratory muscle strength. The aim of our study was to examine the relationship between Functional Movement Screen and respiratory muscles strength in professional football players and sedentary individuals. METHODS: The study included 23 male professional football players (mean age: 25 ± 6.22 years) and 22 sedantery healthy volunteers (mean age: 24.54 ± 2.75 years). Functional Movement Screen tests were applied by the certified researcher. Respiratory muscle strength measurement were measured with an additional mouth apparatus attached to the portable spirometer 'Pony FX Desktop Spirometry' device. RESULTS: Trunk stability push-up (p = 0.01; r = 0.490), rotational stability (p = 0.025; r = 0,519), and Functional Movement Screen total score (p = 0.02; r = 0.568) with maximum expiratory pressure were moderately positive correlated in professional football players. In the sedantery group, Functional Movement Screen sub-parameters were not correlated respiratory muscle strength (p > 0.05). DISCUSSION: The higher Functional Movement Screen total score in professional football players and their skills in functional movements that require trunk and core stabilization increase expiratory muscle strength were found compared to sedentary individuals. CONCLUSION: Increase of expiratory muscle strength may be useful in the treatment program when the aim was to Improving functional movement patterns, trunk and core stabilization.

A causal relationship between UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 promoter polymorphism and idiopathic hyperbilirubinemia in Turkish newborns.

The etiology of pathological jaundice can not be identified in almost half of the cases. The effect of promoter polymorphism in the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) gene was investigated in healthy breast-fed Turkish neonates with unexplained and direct Coombs'-negative ABO incompatible hyperbilirubinemia. Newborns whose peak serum bilirubin levels were > or = 17 mg/dl and < or = 12.9 mg/dl within the first week of life formed the idiopathic hyperbilirubinemia (n: 50) and control (n: 54) groups, respectively. Thymine-adenine (TA) repeats in the promoter region of the UGT1A1 gene were investigated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based non-radioactive DNA sequencing. In the idiopathic hyperbilirubinemia group, higher peak bilirubin levels, higher heterozygous and variant homozygous genotypes, higher TA7 allele frequencies, and shorter peak time were observed (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, p < 0.001, p < 0.05, respectively). In conclusion, healthy breast-fed Turkish neonates who carry heterozygous and variant homozygous genotypes in the UGT1A1 gene are at high risk of developing significant hyperbilirubinemia without additional icterogenic factors.

Ivermectin is an effective treatment for bovine cutaneous papillomatosis.

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of ivermectin on the treatment of bovine cutaneous papillomatosis. Twenty-four Holstein calves between 9 and 17 months of age with cutaneous papillomatosis were placed into three groups with six in group I, and nine in groups II and III. Group I served as a control group and received no treatment. Ivermectin at a dose of 0.2mg/kg was administered subcutaneously as a single dose to the animals in Group II and twice with 15 days intervals to animals in Group III. The first ivermectin application was considered as the 0th day Animals were monitored at 15 days intervals up to 3 months. No remission was observed in the control group (Group I). In Group II eight out of nine animals (88.8%) and in Group III seven out of nine animals (77.7%) showed complete recovery within 3 month observation period. It was concluded that ivermectin, as either single or double dose applications, is effective as a treatment for cutaneous papillomatosis.

Prevalence and epidemiological aspects of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs from Kayseri Province, Turkey.

This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis infection and to investigate the risk factors related to heartworm disease in dogs from Kayseri, Turkey. Blood samples were collected from 280 dogs from May 2005 to March 2006 and were examined by membrane filtration-acid phosphatase histochemical staining and antigen Elisa techniques to detect circulating microfilariae and antigens of D. immitis, respectively. Of the total of 280 dogs, 27 were positive for D. immitis with a prevalence value of 9.6%. In addition 29.6% of positive dogs determined to have occult D. immitis infections. D. immitis was the only canine filarial parasite present in the study area. The mean number of microfilariae in infected dogs was 4730+/-5479 per ml of blood. The highest heartworm prevalence were observed in 7-10 age group (28.6%) followed by 4-6 (17.1%) and 0.5-3 (4.8%) age groups. The differences between 0.5-3 and other age groups were found significant, whereas no statistically significant difference was observed between 4-6 and 7-10 age groups. The infection was more prevalent in males, larger breeds and the dogs not on prophylaxis. No statistically significant difference was observed between stray and owned dogs. Our results suggest that heartworm treatment and prophylaxis should be considered in Kayseri Province.

Evaluation of some coagulation parameters in hepatic coccidiosis experimentally induced with Eimeria stiedai in rabbits.

The objective of this study was to evaluate some coagulation parameters in hepatic coccidiosis experimentally induced with Eimeria stiedai in rabbits. Fourteen healthy New Zealand rabbits were equally divided into two groups. One group received no treatment, the other group was orally inoculated with 40 000 sporulated oocysts of E. stiedai in a 1 ml inoculum using a catheter. At day 24 after inoculation, blood samples were collected into sodium citrate-containing tubes to evaluate some coagulation parameters. Although statistically not significant, infected rabbits had prolonged prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time compared with rabbits in the control group. A significant reduction (P < 0.05) was observed in the level of fibrinogen of infected rabbits compared with that of the controls. A slight decrease in thrombocyte counts of infected rabbits was not statistically significant.