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Background: With the advancement of technology young generation i.e. students are friendlier with the electronic media for communication and understanding the concept. While some students still think that the older method such as use of blackboard is the better way for understanding or explains the concept. There are various studies were conducted to understand the perception of students regarding various teaching and learning media in overall curriculum but very few are conducted in students led seminar. Aim and Objectives: To compare the perception of students to the blackboard presentation and to the power point presentation in students led seminar. Material and Methods: A pre-designed, pretested self-administered questionnaire was prepared regarding perception of students on blackboard and PowerPoint presentation in learning process. Total 15 parameters were included in the questionnaire. Results: In this study 54% of students prefer the PowerPoint presentation (PPT) over the blackboard presentation (46%) as the best teaching method in the seminar. With the PPT presentation better demonstrations of clinical conditions and important points can be recalled during summarization of the topic. Blackboard teaching stimulates the interest and more stress on important point is given. Students and presenter’s interaction is better in Blackboard presentation. Conclusion: Our study demonstrates that seminar delivered using PPT was more appreciated and preferred by the students.
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Background: Regular exercise helps us to build up the muscular fitness, that is, muscle strength and muscular endurance. The final common determinant of success in athletic event is what muscle can do for the athlete. Various research studies have been conducted exclusively in sportsmen; however, very few research studies are available in sportswomen, especially in India. With this background, the present study was conducted in sports women who are swimmers and runners. Aim and Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess and compare handgrip strength (HGS) and handgrip endurance (HGE) in control group, runners, and swimmers. Materials and Methods: Thirty runners, 30 swimmers, and height-weight matched 30 healthy female subjects of same age group were studied. HGS and HGE were measured using handgrip dynamometer. Parameters were compared among three groups using Analysis of Variance and post hoc Bonferroni’s test. Results: HGS was highly significant in sportswomen than in controls (P<0.001). HGS was significantly higher in swimmers than in runners (P<0.05). HGE was highly significant in swimmers than in controls and runners (P<0.05). Conclusion: Muscles of the upper extremity were conditioned more in swimmers than runners. However, overall muscular fitness was better in sports women than control group, because of regular exercise and training in sports women. Our study strongly recommends regular physical exercise for the control group females, to improve their muscular fitness which will help them to lead a better quality of life.