The level of physical activity in the lifestyle of physical education students

Subject: The level of physical activity in the lifestyle of physical education students Introduction: Physical activity is defined as voluntary and spontaneous physical activity practiced during leisure time. Thanks to it, the body can function properly and develop on many levels. It plays an important role in social and physical development, as well as intellectual and emotional development. It finds its place in the fight against civilization diseases, it is also beneficial in resisting many other diseases.    Aim: The aim of the article is to assess the level of physical activity of physical education students of various specializations.   Material and methods: The research was conducted among students of physical education at the University of Rzeszów. 60 people took part in them - 38 women and 22 men aged 19-30. The respondents answered anonymously to 18 closed, single-choice questions.   Results: The majority of students are engaged in physical activity outside a college, and 65% of it is at amateur level activity. The most common reason why respondents take up physical activity is to improve the functional fitness of the body. 58% of the respondents undertook physical activity more than 3 times a week.   Conclusions: Most of the respondents do physical activity outside of their studies. The most common reason for taking up physical activity among the respondents was the improvement of the functional fitness of the body, and the factors influencing the fact that students are physically active were to the greatest extent sports activitiesSubject: The level of physical activity in the lifestyle of physical education students Introduction: Physical activity is defined as voluntary and spontaneous physical activity practiced during leisure time. Thanks to it, the body can function properly and develop on many levels. It plays an important role in social and physical development, as well as intellectual and emotional development. It finds its place in the fight against civilization diseases, it is also beneficial in resisting many other diseases.   Aim: The aim of the article is to assess the level of physical activity of physical education students of various specializations.   Material and methods: The research was conducted among students of physical education at the University of Rzeszów. 60 people took part in them - 38 women and 22 men aged 19-30. The respondents answered anonymously to 18 closed, single-choice questions.   Results: The majority of students are engaged in physical activity outside a college, and 65% of it is at amateur level activity. The most common reason why respondents take up physical activity is to improve the functional fitness of the body. 58% of the respondents undertook physical activity more than 3 times a week.   Conclusions: Most of the respondents do physical activity outside of their studies. The most common reason for taking up physical activity among the respondents was the improvement of the functional fitness of the body, and the factors influencing the fact that students are physically active were to the greatest extent sports activities   Key words: physical activity; lifestyle; physical education; student

Selected school solutions in the field of a healthy lifestyle among children and adolescents

Introduction and aim: Lifestyle is the daily behaviors, habits and activities adopted by people. It is one of the factors that largely determines the state of human health. It is important to pay attention to what habits and activities we implement in our lives. The source of behaviors are usually attitudes and values acquired in the family and the nearest social environment. The basic categories of pro-health behaviours are related to physical health, psychosocial health, health prevention and avoiding harmful behaviours, preventing an illness and supporting recovery. Anti-health behaviors contribute to health disorders, negative impacts in emotional, physical and psychosocial sphere. The aim of the study was to present selected school solutions in the field of pro-healthy lifestyle among children and adolescents, the influence of pro-healthy lifestyle and assessment of the implementation of health education at schools. Material and method: 85 children and adolescents in the age range of 10-19+ years participated in the study. Twenty-three students in the age range of 10-12 years, 27 students in the age range of 13-16 years and 35 students in the age range of 17-19+ years were surveyed. Twenty-eight males and 57 females took the survey. Results: Respondents most often engage in physical activity 2-3 times per week. The vast majority of respondents actively participate in physical education classes at school as well as undertake extracurricular physical activity. The most popular activities are cycling and team games. The main source of knowledge about pro-healthy lifestyle among children and adolescents is the Internet and the least popular is the press. Conclusions: The majority of students know what a pro-healthy lifestyle is, while less than half of the respondents have no such knowledge. The researched gain knowledge about the way of promoting pro-healthy lifestyle by school, most often through the organization of "Health Day". The majority of children and adolescents participate in extracurricular physical activity, while the rest of the respondents do not undertake such activity

Assessment of quality of life after the DIAM TM spinal stabilization system

Chantsoulis Marzena, Sipko Tomasz, Wójtowicz Dorota, Pawik Łukasz, Dębiec-Bąk Agnieszka, Wołoszyn Daria, Skrzek Anna. Assessment of quality of life after the DIAMTM spinal stabilization system. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2016;6(10):279-288. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.162080 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/3943         The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 755 (23.12.2015). 755 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Author (s) 2016; 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 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/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: 02.10.2016. Revised 02.10.2016. Accepted: 20.10.2016.       Assessment of quality of life after the DIAMTM spinal stabilization system Marzena Chantsoulis1,2, Tomasz Sipko1, Dorota Wójtowicz1, Łukasz Pawik*1, Agnieszka Dębiec-Bąk1, Daria Wołoszyn3, Anna Skrzek1   1 Academy of Physical Education, Wrocław, Poland 2 4th Military Hospital, Wrocław, Poland 3Wroclaw Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center, Fryderyka Chopina 5, 51-609 Wrocław,   Marzena Chantsoulis, 4th Military Hospital with Policlinic, Neurosurgery Department, ul. Weigla 5, 50-981 Wroclaw, Poland Academy of Physical Education, ul. I. Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland [email protected] , +48 71 347 30 76.   Tomasz Sipko, Academy of Physical Education, Wrocław, Al. Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wrocław, [email protected] , +48 71 347 30 84.   Dorota Wójtowicz, Academy of Physical Education, Wrocław, Al.  Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wrocław, [email protected] , +48 71 347 30 76.   * Łukasz Pawik, Academy of Physical Education, Wrocław, Al. Ignacego Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wrocław, [email protected] , +48 71 347 30 76.   Agnieszka Dębiec-Bąk, Academy of Physical Education, Wrocław, Al. Ignacego Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wrocław, [email protected] , +48 71 347 30 76.   Daria Wołoszyn, Wroclaw Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center, Fryderyka Chopina 5, 51-609 Wrocław, [email protected], +48 71 372 94 05.   Anna Skrzek, Academy of Physical Education, Wrocław, Al. Ignacego Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wrocław [email protected] , +48 71 347 30 76.         Assessment of quality of life after the DIAMTM spinal stabilization system   Purpose. The Device for Intervertebral Assisted Motion (DIAM™) is a method that has been recently applied for the operative treatment of low back pain. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life in patients with low back pain during the course of a single-level discopathy performed using the DIAM™ system, who previously had not undergone any surgical procedure within the lumbar spine. Methods. The study group consisted of 23 selected patients (15 women and 8 men) with a mean age of 47 years. All subjects underwent single-level fenestration with discectomy and DIAM™ system implantation. The level of pain and disability at rest and movement were evaluated at baseline (pre-surgery) and at 6 months after surgery. All patients underwent a post-operative rehabilitation programme. Patients were evaluated using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) –pain’s level at rest and movement, a modified Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and the Melzack Pain Questionnaire (MPQ). Results. Pain’s level reduction was observed in 78% of patients at rest and in 88% of patients at movement. 79% of patients presented an improvement in their ODI score, but disability still persisted in pain intensity and during lifting. All MPQ indicators also improved, but mostly in the psychological dimensions of pain. Conclusions. It was found that during the 6 months following a single-level DIAM™ implantation a greater decrease in pain at rest than at movement was recorded.   Key words: quality of life, DIAMTM, spinal stabilizatio

Towards Multimodal VR Trainer of Voice Emission and Public Speaking: Work-in-Progress

GlossoVR is a virtual reality (VR) application that combines training in public speaking in front of a virtual audience and in voice emission in relaxation exercises. It is accompanied by digital signal processing (DSP) and artificial intelligence (AI) modules which provide automatic feedback on the vocal performance as well as the behavior and psychophysiology of the user. In particular, we address parameters of speech emotions, prosody and timbre, and the user's hand gestures and eye movement. The prototype is in the proof of concept phase, and we are developing it in accordance with the user-centered design paradigm. In this article reports the work in progress, focusing on the approaches, datasets and algorithms applied in the current state of the glossoVR project.This work was supported by program Lider grant no 0230/L-11/2019 by the National Center for Research and Development, Poland