Phiangdao Artchaithorn is a physiotherapist, and a master degree student in a Physical Therapy program, School of Physical Therapy, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

In Thailand, the number of elderly trends to rapidly increase. Advancing age induces decrement of many body systems which impact on the physical performances. Currently, people behaviors truly change in which it may be a reason of increase the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Thai elderly. Previous studies reported that body mass index (BMI) was closely related to endurance performance in elderly. However, cut-off point of BMI for determining endurance impairment is unknown. Thus, the study investigated cut-off point of BMI for determining eudurance impairment in 194 community-dwelling elderly. The participants were interviewed their characteristics and health information including age, gender, smoking status, drinking status, and underlying disease. Then, they were assessed their endurance performance using the 6-minute walk test (6MWT). The findings reported that a cut-off point of BMI to indicate endurance impairment was 23.0 kg/m2 (64.62% sensitivity, 46.51% specificity, area under the curve=0.5643). Furthermore, the findings showed a correlation of BMI and 6MWT (r = -0.24, p-value=0.001). Age, gender, smoking status, drinking status, and underlying disease also related to endurance ability (r = -0.159to -0.334, p-value<0.05). Although there was a low correlation between BMI and 6MWT, it was a significant trend of health promotion. Furthermore, other factors should also be concerned for planning an appropriate management in order to increase endurance performance to be independently perform activities in daily living of the elderly.

Biography Sung-min Ha is currently assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the College of Health Science of Sangji University. He received the Ph.D. degree from Yonsei University in 2012. He is interested in the mechanism of movement impairment, biomechanics, and development of therapeutic intervention approach through movement analysis and EMG study for movement disorders and musculoskeletal disease. Biography Jung sung hoon, obtained a bachelor's, PhD degree and is currently a post PhD researcher in the Department of Physical Therapy at Yonsei University. He is a senior researcher in Laboratory of Kinetic Ergocise based on Movement Analysis (KEMA). He is involved with a project of industry-academy cooperation of Yonsei University which is focused on the work related musculoskeletal pain. He is interested in movement, strength, and mechanism analysis related musculoskeletal problems.. Biography In-cheol Jeon is currently assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the College of Life & Health Science, Hoseo University. He received the Ph.D. degree from Yonsei University in 2017. He is interested in the mechanism of movement impairment, biomechanics, and development of therapeutic intervention approach through movement analysis and EMG study for movement disorders and musculoskeletal disease.

Hyper-extended knee is described as knee pain associated with impaired knee extensor mechanism. Additionally, hyper-extension of knee may have reduced knee joint position sense that may reduce the individual`s ability to control end range knee extension movement. The Purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of visual bio-feedback information for plantar weight bearing distribution to plantar pressure for the foot, lower extremity muscle activities, and knee joint angle in subject with hyper-extended knee. Thirty subjects with hyper-extended knee were participated in the study. Surface electromyography were recorded for the rectus femoris, biceps femoris, tibialis anterior, and gastrocnemius muscle activities. The plantar weight bearing distribution displayed and measured using a pressure measurement mats. Kinematic parameter for knee joint angle were recorded using a motion analysis system. A paired t-test was used to determine the significance between visual bio-feedback and prefer condition. Knee joint angle significantly decreased in the visual bio-feedback condition than prefer condition (p<0.05). RF and GCM muscle activities were significantly differ between visual bio-feedback and prefer condition (p<0.05). The results of this study showed that the visual bio-feedback information of plantar weight bearing distribution is effective for correction of hyper-extended knee.

Alhanouf R Almotair, BSc Student, Physical Therapy Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences University of Hail, KSA

The practical experience in the educational organizations applied to the total quality management methodology has confirmed that a constant and continuous survey of the opinions of clients, including student’s satisfaction, on the quality of the inputs, the educational process, the educational services and the quality of the educational product, will be the backbone of the quality management. Method: Divide the students into male and female groups for the first and second stages of the primary studies in the college and collect the information clearly from each category according to gender and age according to the concerns of the group or group members and their specific needs. Results: The results of the questionnaire were different among the students, which represents the evaluation summary. Overall Satisfaction with the quality of each of the courses of the physical therapy program) .The questionnaire was distributed to the students of the program and was filled out by the students. Conclusion: From the above we can conclude that the process of the questionnaire on feedback from students is an important process in Realistic detection of the effects and results of the evaluation process for the course and the teaching and should be used in the improvement of courses and teaching. Image Recent Publications (minimum 5) 1. Y Safoury, M.R. Atteya, et al (2017) Postoperative physical therapy program for latissimus dorsi and teres major tendons transfer to rotator cuff in children with obstetrical brachial plexus injury, European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine. 2. M.R. Atteya et al (2017) Effects of obesity on balance in Hail University, International Journal of Science and Research. 3. M.R. Atteya et al (2018) Comparative study between supervised and unsupervised exercise program for cervical spondylosis, International Journal of Science and Research 4. M.R. Atteya et al (2018) Impact of postural taping in patients with forward shoulder posture, International Journal of Advanced Research 5. M.R. Atteya et al (2018) Impact of shock wave therapy on frozen shoulder patients - pain and functions, International Journal Of Advanced Research 6. M.R. Atteya et al (2018) Determination And Incidence Of Persistent Finger Joint Pain Among Male College Students Due To Mobile Phones Over use, International Journal Of Advanced Research. 7. M.R. Atteya et al (2018) Strength and Mobility of the Neck- Shoulder Region in Females Students with Tension-Type Headache in UOH, KSA. International Journal Of Advanced Research. 8. Y Safoury, M.R. Atteya, et al (2014) Tension Band Wiring for Treatment of Extra Articular Fracture of the Base of First Metacarpal, J. Hand Microsurgery DOI 10.1007/s12593-014-0137- 3 9. Y Safoury, M.R. Atteya, et al (2011) Treatment of post-infection nonunion of the supracondylar humerus with Ilizarov external fixator, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Board of Trustees. doi:10.1016/j.jse.2011.04.021

BSc Physiotherapy, MSc Sport Physiotherapy ,Cyprus

Introduction: Using a simple mobile application related to daily activity shows a significant increase in a user's physical activity for over 8 weeks» (Glynn et al., 2014). The development of technology and medicine meet on mobile telephony devices, which have become an integral part of our everyday life. Through these devices you enable the user, among other things, to record some personal health data such as diet, weight, walking, sleeping and exercise. Many recording applications of the above data have been rendered in recent years and used by the general public to record their daily performance(Rooksby et al., 2014). Depression from daily exercise seems to be the fourth major risk factor for global mortality, causing 3.2 million deaths per year worldwide (Virot P., 2011). These statistics have confused the research community, medicine and mobile phone technology. As reported, by the end of 2010, there have been over 17,000 mobile applications that track a user's daily exercise, and it is estimated that 500 million people, 1/3 of mobile users worldwide, use applications to improve their quality their lives(Kirwan et al., 2012). Walking is the most common form of exercise, meanwhile it seems to help pain reduction and reduces the symptoms of osteoarthritis, and if walking is combined with daily dosing can bring positive results to the cardiovascular system(White et al., 2013). The aim of the research is to upgrade the existing knowledge and to highlight the ideal number of steps a person needs to do, to prevent musculoskeletal and cardiovascular diseases within a daily exercise base. Material and method: The review was based on clinical studies, randomized studies or systematic reviews that took place over the last five years (2013-2018) to validate existing knowledge. The search was conducted in PubMed, EBSCO, SPORT Discus databases, meanwhile the google scholar search browser was also used. Keywords used within the databases were per / day, musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular system. Surveys from around the world were used including articles that used mobile phone or watch applications. Unpublished articles were not included as well as non English articles or those including animals. In a post-menopausal study, the 10,000 steps were not enough, claiming that the 12,500 steps are those that can improve the health of women with a high energy index, while women with low energy activity 7,500 are enough ( Kroemeke et al., 2014). People who suffer from multiple sclerosis should take 5903 steps a day to maintain their musculoskeletal system healthy and help prevent various conditions (Dlugonski et al., 2013) In people with stage-2 diabetes, a survey showed that these individuals should do walking on a daily basis of 4,000 steps and over to control their glucose levels (Van Dyck et al., 2013). While people with osteoarthritis need to perform daily about 8,200-11,800 steps (White et al., 2014). Regarding the healthy population, a survey reveals that 5000 steps - known so far- on daily basis should be avoided and instead suggesting that 7500 steps where 3,000 of these done within 30 minutes is the ideal figure for healthy individuals (Houle et al., 2013; Shift et al., 2013; Pillay et al., 2015; Thus, another survey conducted in 2017 reports that the 5000 steps are enough for healthy individuals (Dohrn et al., 2017). However, a 2018 survey indicates that 10 000 steps per day are the most ideal (Saldias et al., 2018). Research conducted on people with long-lasting sedentary lifestyles has shown that an hour of daily physical exercise can not compensate for the negative effects of daily inertia. While it is reported that reducing daily inertia with low-intensity activities such as walking and standing is more effective than one-hour exercise a day to improve insulin factors (Duvivier et al., 2013) Conclusions: A daily exercise program should be proposed to all health clients and especially those who are mobile phone application users, could benefit a walkthrough of 7,500 steps a day. Following the general framework, the general public should be encouraged to restrict periods of immobility, increase walking and exercise frequency. The 7500 steps recommended, are not excessive and can offer many benefits such as the prevention of musculoskeletal and cardiovascular diseases.

BACKGROUND: Achilles tendinopathy is a common musculoskeletal disorder with various pathological manifestations in both athletes and non-athletes1,2. It is an overweight injury characterized by localized progressive pain and OBJECTIVES: The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the effectiveness of concentric exercises versus balance exercises in preventing Achilles tendinopathy on healthy footballers/runners and in a healthy living RESULTS: In this prospective study was analyzed 4th articles to prevent Achilles tendinopathy (Table 2). This results providing the existing knowledge of types of exercises in treatment Achilles tendinopathy in healthy participants. dysfunction3. The frequency of Achilles tendon injury is estimated to be 30-50% of all sports population. METHODS: There is no statistically significant difference in efficacy between concentric and balance exercises in the prevention injuries, 50% between athletes running and 6% in sedentary lives4,5. The etiology of Achilles' tendinopathy is multi factorial and is due to both extrinsic and insistric injury factors6,7. Treatment of tendinopathy usually consists of conservative physiotherapeutic treatment and surgical treatment8 .However, basic therapy is kinesiotherapy, both in rehabilitation and prevention8. REFERENCES: Research will be conducted through the electronic databases PubMed, Science Direct, MEDLINE and Proquest. The search will be limited to English articles. The study will be randomly sampled from the county of Argolida, Greece. A sample of 60 people over 18 years old will be taken by men and women footballers and runners, as well as 30 people from the general population. The evaluation of the sample will be done if crash diaries are provided to each participant where each participant has to record daily injuries or annoyance on the Achilles tendon. Also, the strength will be measured with the maximum repeat (RM), the ankles motion range with a simple goniometer, and the muscular activity of electromyography (EMG) gastrocnemius. Chi-square and exact Fisher test for nominal data on Achilles tendon injury are used and the descriptive data will be calculated with mean and standard deviation. ANOVA analysis and Correlation analysis with the Pearson correlation coefficient for the relationship between exercise and occurrence groups of tendinopathy and equilibrium exercise groups in relation with the occurrence of tendiopathy will be used. The level of statistical significance will be set at P <0.05. Finally, SPSS, version 20 for Windows, will be implemented. The intervention protocol contains a warm-up program for the Achilles tendons for all three groups and then each group will receive the specialized exercise program for 9 months and 4 times a week. of Achilles' tendinopathy in healthy footballers, runners and in a healthy living population. The importance of the problem is to include the most effective exercise in the prevention of Achilles' tendinopathy in athletes and in the healthy living population. This will reduce the incidence of Achilles tendon injury to healthy footballers, runners and the sedentary peoples of the population. For the creation of the present research proposal, the condition is the approval of the Ethics Committee of Greece CONCLUSION: The creation of this prospective study will find the effectiveness of concerted exercises against equilibrium exercises in preventing Achilles tennisopause in healthy footballers / runners and in a healthy population of living.