Physiotherapy in ankylosing spondylitis

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic and progressive systemic disease characterized by the occurrence of inflammation and later ossification in the sacroiliac joints, spine joints, peripheral joints and tendons. It causes pain, swelling, limitation of mobility and partial or complete stiffness of the spine joints. AS is the second most common inflammatory disease of the joints right after rheumatoid arthritis. In most patients, the first symptoms appear between 15 and 40 years of life. In 90% of patients, the presence of HLA-B27 antigen is found. However, not everyone with this antigen will be affected by AS. This disease is 2-3 times more likely to affect men than women

The role of physical activity in the treatment of type 2 diabetes – editorial article

Balcerska Kamila, Bielejewska Marta, Ciecierska Dominika, Wojtczak Paweł, Gąsior Paulina, Wrzesiński Bartłomiej. The role of physical activity in the treatment of type 2 diabetes – editorial article. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(9):1584-1591 eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1438125 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6095 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/879780 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.08.2018. Revised: 18.08.2018. Accepted: 15.09.2018. The role of physical activity in the treatment of type 2 diabetes – editorial article Kamila Balcerska, Marta Bielejewska1, Dominika Ciecierska2, Paweł Wojtczak2, Paulina Gąsior1, Bartłomiej Wrzesiński3 1Department and Clinic of Geriatrics, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus in Torun, Poland 2Interdisciplinary Research Club of Geriatrics at the Clinical Geriatry clinic of University Hospital No.1 in Bydgoszcz, Poland 3Scientific Circle at the Department of Ergonomics and Physiology of Physical Effort, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus in Torun, Poland [email protected], ORCID: 0000-0002-5219-720X [email protected], ORCID: 0000-0002-3692-4315 [email protected], ORCID: 0000-0001-9420-9451 [email protected], ORCID: 0000-0003-0683-7007 [email protected], ORCID: 0000-0001-7176-0080 [email protected] ORCID: 0000-0002-4731-5371 Abstract Type 2 diabetes belongs to the group of civilization diseases of the 21st century. In Poland, over 3 million people suffer from diabetes, including 1 million being undiagnosed. In the initial stage, this disease does not hinder functioning in everyday life, often people get to know about being affected by this disease during other diagnostic tests related to another illness. As diabetes develops, there may be numerous complications, including: retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, cerebrovascular disease, ischemic heart disease, peripheral artery disease. Untreated type 2 diabetes can lead to death, so it is very important to start treatment quickly. The aim of therapy is to balance carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, achieve optimal blood pressure, proper body weight, and prevent complications. This can be achieved by combining a properly selected diet, physical activity and pharmacotherapy. [1,2

The role of physical activity in the treatment of type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes belongs to the group of civilization diseases of the 21st century. In Poland, over 3 million people suffer from diabetes, including 1 million being undiagnosed. In the initial stage, this disease does not hinder functioning in everyday life, often people get to know about being affected by this disease during other diagnostic tests related to another illness. As diabetes develops, there may be numerous complications, including: retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, cerebrovascular disease, ischemic heart disease, peripheral artery disease. Untreated type 2 diabetes can lead to death, so it is very important to start treatment quickly. The aim of therapy is to balance carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, achieve optimal blood pressure, proper body weight, and prevent complications. This can be achieved by combining a properly selected diet, physical activity and pharmacotherapy

The influence of physiotherapy on the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases – a short overview

Background of Inflammatory diseases of the intestines affect more and more people, this is caused not only by genetic determinants but also by environmental conditions and lifestyle. Lack of physical activity may affect the symptoms of the disease and increase their intensity, therefore during the remission of the disease it is recommended to use training and physiotherapeutic techniques to reduce the symptoms, such as pain, fatigue or reduced quality of life. The below systematic review shows the impact of individual physical trainings and physiotherapeutic techniques on symptoms resulting from inflammatory bowel diseases

The Structure of Temperament in Caregivers of Patients with Schizophrenia

The onset of schizophrenia symptoms usually occurs in early youth. As a result, the parents of these patients usually become their caregivers. The role of a caregiver for a person with schizophrenia is a considerable mental and physical burden. Therefore, an interesting issue is what motivates these people to take up this challenge. It is probable that, apart from the moral imperative or kinship, the factor determining this decision is the personality structure of the caregiver. The aim of our study was to compare the structure of temperament (according to the model of temperament as formal characteristics of behavior developed by Jan Strelau) in caregivers of young adults (age 18–25 years) with schizophrenia with the structure of temperament of parents of healthy young adults still living in the family home under their care. The study group consisted of 64 people (51 women), who were taking care of young adults (aged 18–25 years) with schizophrenia, while the control group (53 people, 42 women) consisted of parents of healthy adults still living in the family home. Both groups were asked to complete a questionnaire of the authors’ own design on their demographic data as well as The Formal Characteristics of Behavior—Temperament Inventory to assess the temperament traits. The results were given in the number of points obtained on average in each dimension. Both groups did not differ in terms of size and age, with women predominating. Caregivers of young adults with schizophrenia had higher values of briskness (43.22 ± 4.45 vs. 42.90 ± 3.98, p = 0.032), emotional reactivity (46.02 ± 4.39 vs. 41.01 ± 3.12, p = 0.012) and activity level (44.01.89 ± 4.15 vs. 37.59 ± 4.77, p = 0.022) compared to the control group. The remaining dimensions of temperament: perseverance, sensory sensitivity, rhythmicity, and endurance did not differentiate between the two groups. The temperament structure of caregivers of young people with schizophrenia differs from the temperament structure of caregivers of healthy adults. Caregivers of sick people have higher values of briskness, emotional reactivity, and activity level compared to the control group