COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL APPROACH AND THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE TREATMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN IN ATHLETES

The importance of a cognitive-behavioral approach is richly documented in world scientific literature. In the light of the current knowledge about the determinants of pain treatment, the significance of psychological factors for the course and effects of analgesic therapy becomes more comprehensible. Many psychological processes have an influence on both the experience of pain and the treatment outcome. The factors like cognitive interpretation of pain, level of activity and emotional states of musculoskeletal pain sufferers are very important.The research referred to in this work makes a part of a long-term research programme the subsequent stages of which are analysed based on the literature of the subject that can assist in interpreting the new findings within dependencies between psychological factors and functioning in the case of the persons who cope with pain. Integration of psychological findings about attitude to pain into physical therapy  treatment would seem to have potential to enhance outcomes. In this work we are presenting the problem in a context  i.e. in the context of a role of  cognitive-behavioral approach  approach. The purpose of the article is to present the role of  cognitive-behavioral approach  in the field of applications that aim at supporting people who are involved in sport activity and cope with musculoskeletal pain-related ailments

'Was machen eigentlich Sozialwissenschaftler?': eine kritische Betrachtung von Verbleibsstudien und Teilergebnisse der Bochumer Absolventenbefragung

Der Autor beschreibt den Berufseinstieg und die aktuellen Beschäftigungsverhältnisse von Sozialwissenschaftlern anhand einer an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum im Frühjahr 2001 durchgeführten Verbleibsstudie. Er bezieht sich dabei auf zwei Forschungsfragen: Wie sah die Beschäftigungssituation der Absolventen im Anschluss an das Studium aus (Berufsübergang)? Wie sieht die aktuelle Beschäftigungssituation aus (Berufsverbleib)? Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich die überwiegende Mehrheit der in Bochum ausgebildeten Sozialwissenschaftler eher früher als später in den Arbeitsmarkt integrieren kann, wobei der Bereich 'Wissenschaft und Forschung' für viele Absolventen eine Erstbeschäftigung bietet. Im Laufe der Zeit ist aber eine Verschiebung insbesondere in Richtung 'Industrie, Handel und Dienstleistung' zu konstatieren. Der Autor geht ferner kurz auf die Problematik der Vergleiche von Absolventenbefragungen ein, die meistens in einem sehr heterogenen Untersuchungsfeld von Einzelstudien stattfinden. (ICI2

ELECTED ASPECTS OF BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF THE SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM IN CYCLE SPEEDWAY REPRESENTING POLAND IN 2015 AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN POOLE

Purpose: to increase knowledge concerning certain elements of biological and psychological functioning of contestants practising speedway cycling through examining typical health behaviours, the mental approach, and preventive behaviours applied to everyday functioning. Material: the study sample consisted of 12 cycle speedway competitors (aged between 20 and 37, average 27.42±5.68). The research concerned a group of speedway riders, Polish national senior representatives in speedway cycling at the World Championship. The Standardized Inventory of Health Behaviours and our own questionnaire were applied.   Results: the mean value of the general health behaviour index was 75.50±14.0 (N=12). The value of the coefficient between positive mental approach and satisfaction experienced by the competitors caused by progress within a year was r=0.62; p<0.05. In the group the value of the index of satisfaction caused by obtained progress in improving condition was: median 6.50. Based on the performed analysis, it was found that as for the health behaviour types in the group of cycle speedway competitors there were two smaller groups (p<0.05). Conclusions: based on the presented research results, we can say that a group of senior competitors representing Poland at the championship in 2015 in cycle speedway is internally divided with respect to the revealed health behaviour type. The findings of the study suggest that there are still potential opportunities to be used by competitors surveyed, which in the future may lead to continued excellent - as at present - and even better performance at competitive events.

Physiotherapeutic Applications of Biomechanical Opposing Indicators – Based on Measurements of Taekwon-Do Athlets

Background. In everyday life people constantly face the dilemma of speed and accuracy. The aim of the cognitive quantification was to increase the knowledge about kinematic effect of a target. The practical aim would be to apply kinematic effect of a target in clinical situations, to supply for physiotherapeutic programs. Material and Method. The analysis was performed 14 taekwondo ITF athletes. During research they performed front left and right kicks in a lateral standing position: into the air (without a physical target), to a table tennis ball hanging on a line and a training target. The laboratory for the analysis of movement named HML was used here. Results. The highest average maximum velocity was obtained by the kicks without a physical target (10,78 - 1,32 m/s for men and 8,51 - 1,50 m/s for women)(p<0,05), then to the shield (9,98 - 1,40 m/s for men and 8,28 - 1,59 m/s for women) (p<0,05) and to the ball (9,63 -0,94 m/s for men 7,73 - 2,01 m/s for women) (p<0,05). Discussion.The obtained results provided the argument supporting the thesis that the type of target influences on the method of solving the dilemma: the velocity of movement and its precision during a frontal kick. Both, in the case of women and men who practisetaekwon-do, lowering the velocity of a kick, performed towards a precisely established target, in comparison with the velocity of a kick without a precisely established physical target (into the air) was observed. For many people with the dysfunctions of the movement organs, everyday functioning, especially related to movement, makes a challenge. In such a case crossing the road at the green light in particular time or stepping on the escalator (the examples of such barriers are numerous) are the tasks that reveal the dilemma of velocity and precision. There are many factors that may support the efficiency of these efforts. One of them may be the feeling of the efficiency of activity that has a psychological character

Роль фізичної активності в процесі фізичної реабілітації вагітних

Вагітність і пологи є значним фізичним навантаженням на організм кожної жінки. Виношування плода та пологова діяльність вимагають від вагітної посиленого функціонування всіх органів і систем організму. Мета дослідження – теоретично обґрунтувати особливості проведення фізичної реабілітації вагітних жінок у передпологовому періоді. Представлений у статті матеріал свідчить, що рухова активність під час вагітності сприяє нормалізації психологічного стану жінок у процесі вагітності, формуванню родової домінанти, перешкоджає розвитку стресу та сприяє збереженню й зміцненню здоров’я матері та потомства, а тим самим – і здоров’ю сім’ї. Також фізичні вправи дають змогу ефективно підготуватися до пологів і сприяти швидкому протіканню пологового та післяпологового періоду. У них виникають позитивні емоції, покращується настрій, створюється впевненість у сприятливому перебігу вагітності, повноцінному розвитку плода, подоланні труднощів із його виношуванням і під час пологів та народження нормальної здорової дитини. Вагітні, які займалися фізичними вправами за запропонованою програмою, відзначили тонізуючий, оздоровчий і загальнозміцнювальний ефект занять

Features of the Vegetative Regulation of Demobabilized Battle Participants

The data of 50 mobilized participants of the antiterrorist operation (ATO) on the territory of eastern Ukraine, who are undergoing treatment and rehabilitation in the Volyn Regional Hospital of War Veterans, are presented. Due to the data obtained: middle age, period of service in the combat zone, causes of hospitalization, features of local dermographism, a «model» of the ATO participant was formed. The results of the pilot study showed that the average age of the military man was 34,88 ± 9,44 years old (the youngest soldier was 21 years old and the oldest of them was 59 years old). Half (50 %) of the defendants were aged 26–35. The period of the military service is 8,5 ± 4,4 months (from 2 to 16 months). 42 % of the respondents are getting inpatient treatment for the first time, while 58 % of them are undergoing treatment and rehabilitation for the second time. The causes of hospitalization in 56 % of cases were wounds in the ATO area, and in 44 % – deterioration of chronic diseases or primary pathological changes. According to local dermographism, it has been established that more than two thirds of hospitalized participants of the ATO due to the vegetative «passport» are sympathologists and only one third – vagotonics. Among the battle participants, 68 % of the sympathologists and 32 % of the vagotonics were injured. 64 % of the sympathlogists and 36 % of the vagotonics were hospitalized with health deterioration.  Taking into account the obtained data, a «model» of a mobilized ATO participant is formed – a young male sympathologist, at the age of 35, has done military service for 8,5 months during which was wounded, undergoes second treatment and rehabilitation

The German Panel of Teacher Education Students: Surveying (Prospective) Teachers from Higher Education into Working Life

This paper describes the design, survey instruments, data, and their potential for use of a longitudinal study of (prospective) teachers in Germany that follows their professional and competence development from teacher education into the first years in the teaching profession. The Panel of Teacher Education Students (Lehramtsstudierenden-Panel (LAP)) is linked to the Starting Cohort 5 of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), which initially included about 18,000 first-year students in the winter term 2010/2011 and an oversampling of teacher education students (about 5,500 students). From 2014 onwards, multiple survey instruments—for example, aspects of preparatory service and of professional competence, instructional practices, and professional development— were specifically addressed to (prospective) teachers. The data was collected in 19 waves between 2010 and 2022

Low-wavenumber spectral characteristics of velocity and temperature in the atmospheric surface-layer

The structure df atmospheric surface layer turbulence low wavenumbers was analyzed using 56 Hz triaxial velocity and temperature measurements above a uniform dry lake bed, A key feature of this experiment was the, small roughness length of the surface that resulted in a small roughness Reynolds number. Under near-neutral atmospheric stability conditions, a -1 power law was observed in both measured velocity and temperature spectra which is consistent with previously proposed dimensional analysis for rough and smooth turbulent boundary layer flows. The wavenumber at which the -1 power law terminates and the -5/3 power law commences was derived as a function of the Kolmgorov and von Karman constants, Good agreement between the predicted and the measured transition. wavenumber from -1 to -5/3, was holed for fully rough-flow conditions. However, this was ndt the case fdr other roughness conditions. The similarity theory constants for the neutral case were determined and they compared favorably with other laboratory and field studies. For unstable atmospheric conditions, directional dimensional analysis was used to predict the slopes of the power spectra of temperature and velocity. It was demonstrated that for moderately unstable conditions, the temperature and vertical velocity power spectra exhibited a -1 power law, but the longitudinal velocity exhibited a -2 power law. The agreement between predicted and measured power laws was within experimental errors. Some differences between the constants determined from this experiment and other experiments are also discussed

Ból i cierpienie

Ze wstępu: "Nie wszystko, co polskie, jest zarazem ogólnoludzkie, ale na pewno wszystko, co ludzkie, jest zarazem polskie. Encykliki Jana Pawła II z całą pewnością miały charakter uniwersalny, wszakże - jak dopatrzył się tego ks. J. Tischner - wywodziły się z polskiego doświadczenia ich Autora. Czegoś, co ogólnoludzkie, nie da się oddzielić od tego, co polskie. Podobnie z europejskością. Oto wiek XIII. W Rzymie pojawiają się zakonnicy św. Ducha, którzy myśl chrześcijańską o miłości bliźniego wprowadzają w czyn. Akceptuje ich papież Innocenty III, upominając, by w Chrystusie widzieli chorego, tak jak w chorym mają widzieć samego Chrystusa. Tenże papież ustanawia im coroczne święto na drugą niedzielę po święcie Trzech Króli. Duchacy są w całej Europie. Wkrótce znajdują się w Polsce, gdzie będą działać przez wieki. W Krakowie mają swój szpital pod wezwaniem św. Ducha."(...