Murat Kaldirimci

This study aims to evaluate the risk of traumatic brain injury by comparing data obtained from elite active boxers and healthy individuals through the application of the Symbol Digit Modalities Test and the Trail Making Test, which are sensitive to brain damage, as well as the Verbal and Nonverbal Cancellation Test, which is sensitive to the right parietal lobe. The study is conducted with eight male boxers with an average age of 19.3±2.60 years, who had an average of 7.25±3.41 years of active boxing experience, and ten healthy males with an average age of 19.7±1.05 years, who had no involvement in any combat sport. The Kruskal-Wallis Test was employed to investigate the difference between the groups based on the data obtained from the Symbol Digit Modalities Test and the Trail Making Test, while the Mann-Whitney U test was used to evaluate the difference between the groups in the data from the Verbal and Nonverbal Cancellation Test. Upon evaluating the results of the Symbol Digit Modalities Test, the control group scored significantly higher on the SDMT-1, SDMT-2, and SDMT-3 than the boxers. The results of the Trail Making Test showed that the control group completed the TMT1-A, TMT1-B, TMT2-A, and TMT2-B forms faster than the boxers, but the differences in these times were not statistically significant. In the context of neuropsychological tests, active boxers exhibited lower neurocognitive performance compared to healthy individuals

Walking is the first locomotor movement developed by humans after reflexive movements and balancing processes. This study aimed to evaluate walking patterns of middle-aged individuals who lead a sedentary life and to compare gait parameters in terms of gender and body mass index. This study contained eighty-four voluntarily participants (30.00±6.94 years; 74.02±15.44 kg; 170.23±8.94 cm). All participants were sedentary individuals who had not undergone any lower extremity surgery, did not use any movement system medication. Height was assessed by using a wall-mounted stadiometer. Weight was assesed by using Tanita TBF-300. Gait Analysis were performed by Microgate Optogait. All tests were carried out in the same air-conditioned lab which was set to 20°C and 1890 m altitude. Gait parameters were directly provided from Microgate Optogait. The differences between women and men, fat and normal weight were determined using an analysis of variance with Independent T test. All the data were shown as mean and standard deviation. In statistical analysis, the level of significance was chosen as p0.05) in all parameters. There was just significantly difference contact phase and propulsive phase according to gender and double support phase according to BMI. There was also bilaterally difference contact phase, the overweights had more imbalance and interestingly in favor of the non-dominant limb. The mean values of the gait values obtained were similarly the norm values of healthy middle-aged individuals.