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The current paper aims to assess whether the parenting style adopted by parents influences their children's level of sociableness. For research purposes, 52 children of the 4th grade from a Romanian school in Constanţa and 104 parents have undergone two psychological tests. The research methods chosen were the well-known parental style questionnaire "Do you know your parental style?" by Goyetche (2022) and the questionnaire "The sociability test" by Roşca & Tudoran (2005) and Martin (2005). The results show that the democratic parental style is associated with a higher degree of sociability among 4th grade pupils (p<0,001). The parenting style that most supports the development of young schoolchildren's sociability is the democratic one, followed by the permissive one. The authoritarian parenting style scored the lowest in our findings, leading to the conclusion that this style may hinder children's emotional development in the long term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: The scapulohumeral periarthritis is a clinical syndrome characterized by shoulder pain and movement mobility limitation, caused by periarticular structures affecting the following: tendons, capsule, ligaments, muscles, synovial bursa. The disorder is favored by the congenital factors (a too narrow space between the rotator muscles tendons and the subacromial bony arch, for exemple) or by the mechanical factors (the excesive professional or sportif use of the articulation). This study had as its purpose to determine in which degree the use of active with resistance Thera-Band exercises increases strength and mobility on the shoulder, compared with the application of the classical strategies in therapy. Methods: The research was conducted at the Balneal and Recovery Sanatorium of Techirghiol in 2020 autumn and included 26 patients (11 men, 25 women, age media 43), all being diagnosed with scapulohumeral periarthritis and equally divided into two groups, control and experimental. Results: All the subjects involved in the research gained mobility and pain intensity decreased, but the experimental group presented a higher score of the final goniometry tests than the control group. Conclusions: Resistance band exercises for periarthritic shoulder optimized the given physical therapy sessions. It represents an effective and simple technique, which provides semnificative improvements in joint range of motion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim. Acute low back pain (ALBP) is a major factor of disability among workers, causing absence from work and an increased medical care cost. The purpose of this study was to evaluate maximal isometric strength (MIS) differences between acute low back pain subjects with prolonged sitting jobs and demanding physical work jobs, for extension with pelvic stabilization (EPS) and flexion with pelvic stabilization (FPS). Methods. Maximal isometric torque for EPS and FPS was measured at two positions (0 and 30-degree flexion angles) on 56 men. Subjects were assigned in four groups, two with ALBP, the first (n=14) with prolonged sitting jobs and the second (n=14) with demanding physical work jobs and the other two (controls) without ALBP, the first (n=14) with prolonged sitting jobs and the second (n=14) with demanding physical work jobs. Results. ALBP subjects with prolonged sitting jobs and with demanding physical work jobs described lower MIS in both EPS and FPS, in both angles, relative to controls (p<0.05). ALBP subjects with prolonged sitting jobs had lower values of MIS in both EPS and FPS, in both angles, than ALBP subjects with demanding physical work jobs (p<0.05). Conclusions. These data indicate that ALBP has impaired both ALBP groups in MIS production, than controls. Demanding physical work for ALBP subjects is a direct factor for greater MIS production, than ALBP subjects with prolonged sitting jobs, despite the presence of ALBP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim. The aim of the this paper is to improve some offensive technical abilities in women who play soccer. Methods. In this study, we examined 20 soccer players from Selena Constanta women soccer Club, age between 18 and 30 years old. We registered some somatic, motric and technical tests. The technical parameters was: juggling - in 60 seconds, dribbling between cones (18m), precession of the pass (20 m), (pass the ball to a fixed point), shooting from 18 m, finalization from 10 passes. Results. Values of experimental group on technical tests was: 30.87 juggling in final testing vs 27 in initial testing; dribbling between cones 7.17 s in final vs 7.37 s in initial testing; permission of the pass - 9.75 good passes vs 6.20 god passes in initial testing; shooting - 8.12 good shoots vs 4.75; finalization from 10 passes -8.12 good attempt in final testing vs 4.87 good attempt in initial testing. Conclusions. Experimental group obtained better results in all technical parameters than control group (p<0,01). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The proprioceptive training has an important role in developing and maintaining the force of the lower limbs. The proprioceptive training rapidly gained attention in the sport performance for both the prevention and recovery of muscular injuries and increasing physical performance. Purpose: The aim of this study was to prove that a 15 minutes of proprioceptive training performed at the beginning of the training sessions has a good influence on force of the lower limb in women soccer players. Material and methods: Participants were 18 active women soccer players, age 20.75 ± 4.59 years old. The task of the experimental group consisted to performed a 15 minutes of proprioceptive exercises, special designed for soccer game, at the beginning of the training sessions, two times a week. For the measurement of the forces of the lower limbs we used Hop test. Conclusions: The experimental group has recorded better results than the control ones, on the Hop test (p < 0,005). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]