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Smoking/epidemiology , Students/statistics & numerical data , Adolescent , Data Collection , Female , Humans , Male , Pakistan/epidemiology , PrevalenceABSTRACT
In assessing the effects of age, physical activity and ethnic identity on perception of body shape in a group of 110 elderly men, the difference was significant for perception of current and ideal body shape, with the greatest difference for the 49 physically active black elderly men.
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Aging/psychology , Black or African American/psychology , Body Image , White People/psychology , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Cross-Cultural Comparison , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Physical Fitness/psychologyABSTRACT
HIV/AIDS continues to spread among the population at large. The age group 20 through 29 is the fastest growing demographic group in terms of AIDS diagnosis. This study examined a specific subgroup of that population: male and female college athletes. Subjects were 821 scholarship basketball players from 53 NCAA institutions across the nation. A survey instrument required respondents to identify common sources of HIV/AIDS information and preferred instructional formats for HIV/AIDS education. Mass media (92.4%), parents (62.2%), and teammates/peers (54.8%) were most commonly identified. Athletic trainers and team physicians were identified by 32.2% and 43.4% of the sample, respectively. The athletes indicated preference for video presentations (66.5%), small group discussions (58.8%), and question and answer sessions with expert panels (52.4%) as the most preferred instructional formats. Athletic trainers and team physicians can use the information presented in this paper to enhance their important roles in HIV/AIDS education for student athletes.
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A 62-year-old man with intermittent claudication but normal foot pulses at rest had no atheroma shown on femoral arteriography. There was evidence of external compression of the artery at the level of a popliteal cyst which was demonstrated by arthrography on films taken after sufficient exercise to be in communication with the knee joint. At operation the cyst was continuous with changes of cystic adventitial disease of the popliteal artery. Both the main cyst and th cystic changes in the artery were removed. Postoperatively the patient's claudication disappeared. Evidence is presented that synovial cysts play a part in the production of arterial cystic adventitial disease.
