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7th International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology: Fundamental and applied kinesiology - steps forward : proceedings
No full textIt is our pleasure to greet you on behalf of the Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb. Quite a number of
significant anniversaries in this year are related to sport, physical education and kinesiology in Croatia. The most important
anniversary is the 55th birthday of the College of Physical Culture/Faculty of Physical Culture/Faculty of Kinesiology
establishment in 1959. However, the tradition of physical education teachers’ education in Croatia is much longer than
that. Namely, in 1874, the Croatian Falcon (Hrvatski sokol) was founded and in 1894, first course for gymnastic teachers
was organised as the first higher education course in the field of kinesiology in Croatia. Along with these important
anniversaries, this year we are marking the 17th birthday of our Conference on kinesiology, dear Reader, and you are one
of the most important reasons why is this so. From the first Conference in Dubrovnik in 1997 up nowadays, many changes
in our science have occurred as well as in the practice of physical exercise and sports along with innumerable changes in
political and social dimensions of modern life. However, we are deeply convinced that one thing has remained unchanged;
that is the passion for investigation and knowledge acquisition, the need for new discoveries and love for kinesiology as
the main field of our research. Also, we are assured that our ideas about the conference as a meeting point of distinguished
scientists, leading researchers in different fields of our science and young investigators have become reality.
We expect discussions and exchange of ideas that should result, as they have before, in new research ideas, insights,
and research teams and projects the eventual outcome of which would be further advances in kinesiology and in cognate
and adjacent scientific areas. The Conference will work under the motto “Fundamental and applied kinesiology - steps
forward” in usual plenary and parallel sessions addressing ten comprehensive kinesiological topics: adaptation of human
organism to disuse and ageing; adapted physical activity and kinesitherapy; biology and medicine of sport and exercise;
biomechanics and motor control; physical education; kinesiological (sports) recreation; kinesiology of top-level sport;
management of sport; kinesiology and social sciences (sociology, psychology, history, philosophy) and kinesiology in
physical conditioning. Certain areas will be addressed at the Conference for the first time, like adaptation of human
organism to disuse and ageing. All the papers that have got positive reviews, performed by at least two respectable referees,
are published in these proceedings. The best papers, so recognized by the peer reviewers, will be published in the journal
Kinesiology supplement. Two significant satellite symposiums are going to be held during this year Conference under
the titles: University Sport and Health Kinesiology. Both symposia are aiming at provoking experts from these areas to
find solutions and answers to recent problems in these specific fields
From the very beginning, the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts has been giving its high patronage to
the Conference, thus underpinning the recognition of kinesiology in the structure of different areas in science. We are
proud to have partners and cooperating institutions like Beijing Sports University (China), Faculty of Sport Studies
Masaryk University, Brno (the Czech Republic), Science and Research Centre, University of Primorska (Slovenia) and
Lithuanian Sports University. Also, our conference is supported by a number of important organisations in the field of
kinesiology such as: the European College of Sport Science (ECSS), International Association for Physical Education in
Higher Education (AIESEP), International Federation of Physical Education (FIEP), and International Network of Sport
and Health Sciences (INSHS).
This year the assembly of kinesiologists from 32 countries will discuss diverse aspects of a variety of kinesiological
issues presented in 220 papers and abstracts written by 514 authors. The Proceedings and Abstract Book is a reminder of
the research findings accomplished in the field of kinesiology, or sport sciences, or kinetics, or kinanthropology throughout
the past three years. The presented papers are a basis and a probable starting point for future findings and inferences since
they cover a wide range of anthropological (understood in the widest sense), methodological and didactic investigations
in the areas of physical education, competitive sport, kinesiological recreation, and kinesitherapy.
We wish to express exceptional gratitude to all the authors of papers, reviewers, conference participants, members
of the Organising and Programme Committee, Section Editors and technical support staff for their contributions, time
and effort inbuilt in quality of the 7th Conference on Kinesiology and its Proceedings.
Looking forward to meeting you again at the 8th International Conference on Kinesiology in 2017.
Organising Committe
A comparison of effectiveness of kinesiotherapy and combination of kinesiotherapy and pulsed electromagnetic fields on pain and functional ability in patients with knee osteoarthritis
Full text linkOsteoartritis (OA) je najčešća bolest zglobova u razvijenim zemljama i vodeći je uzrok
kronične onesposobljenosti, napose ukoliko je bolešću zahvaćeno koljeno ili kuk. Kako uzrok
OA nije poznat, liječenje je prvenstveno usmjereno na uklanjanje simptoma i sprječavanje
funkcijske nesposobnosti. Od nefarmakoloških terapijskih postupaka čvrsti dokazi o
djelotvornosti postoje samo za kineziterapiju, no još uvijek nije utvrđena optimalna "doza"
(frekvencija, intenzitet i trajanje) vježbanja kao niti najučinkovitija vrsta vježbi. U kliničkoj
praksi se često primjenjuje i elektromagnetoterapija (EMT), o čijoj učinkovitosti u literaturi
postoje kontradiktorni podatci.
Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je usporediti učinkovitost osmišljenog kineziterapijskog programa i
njegove kombinacije s EMT na bol i funkcijsku sposobnost bolesnika s OA koljena.
U istraživanju su sudjelovala 92 ispitanika, metodom slučajnog izbora podijeljena u dvije
skupine: jednu, koja je provodila kineziterapijski program i drugu, u kojoj je uz
kineziterapijski program bila primijenjena i EMT.
Rezultati su pokazali da je u obim skupinama nastupilo statistički značajno smanjenje
intenziteta boli i osjećaja zakočenosti, poboljšanje bolesti mjereno globalnom ocjenom
liječnika i poboljšanje funkcijske sposobnosti, mjereno "Timed up and go" (TUG) testom i
WOMAC (od engl. Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Index of Osteoarthritis)
upitnikom. Ispitanici koji su samo provodili vježbe naveli su i značajno poboljšanje bolesti
prema vlastitoj globalnoj ocjeni, dok se u ispitanika koji su uz vježbe primali i EMT značajno
povećao opseg fleksije bolnog koljena.
Usporedbom skupina ispitanika pokazano je da nema statistički značajno većeg terapijskog
učinka u ispitanika koji su dodatno primali EMT u odnosu na one koji su samo provodili
kineziterapijski program, a poboljšanja u većini mjerenih varijabli bila su i izraženija u
skupini ispitanika bez dodatne primjene EMT.
Zaključno, u ovom je istraživanju dokazan pozitivan terapijski učinak osmišljenog
kineziterapijskog programa na bol i funkcijsku sposobnost bolesnika s OA koljena, ali ne i
hipoteza prema kojoj će kombinacija kineziterapije i EMT imati bolji učinak na iste parametre
u odnosu na primjenu samo kineziterapije.
Rezultati istraživanja mogu značajno utjecati na svakodnevni klinički rad i općenito na
liječenje i rehabilitaciju bolesnika s OA koljena.Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease and a leading cause of chronic
disability, in large part due to knee or hip involvement. Etiology is unknown, so the treatment
is focused on symptoms elimination and functional disability prevention. Among
nonpharmacologic modalities, only the kinesiotherapy effectiveness was confirmed while
neither the optimal exercise „dosage“ (frequency, intensity and duration) nor the most
effective type of exercise have been defined. Pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) are
frequently used in the treatment, although the literature provides contradictory data related to
its effectiveness.
The aim of this research was to compare the effect of designed kinesiotherapy program and its
combination with PEMF on pain and functional ability in patients with knee OA.
Ninety-two patients were randomly divided into two groups: in the first one the patients
underwent kinesiotherapy program and in the second, besides that program, patients were
treated with PEMF.
In both groups results showed statistically significant reduction of pain intensity and stiffness,
disease improvement measured by physician’s global assessment and improvement of
functional ability measured by "Timed up and go" (TUG) test and WOMAC (Western Ontario
and McMaster Universities Index of Osteoarthritis) questionnaire. Additionally, the patients
that performed exercises only, declared statistically significant disease improvement
according to their global assessment, while the patients that received PEMF therapy after the
identical exercise program had statistically significant improvement of painful knee flexion.
Comparison of the patient’s groups didn’t show any statistically significant improvements in
therapeutic effect in group that combined exercises and PEMF therapy. On the contrary,
increase in most measured variables was even emphasized in group without additional PEMF
therapy.
In conclusion, this research proved the positive therapeutic effect of clearly designed
kinesiotherapy program on pain and function ability in patients with knee OA, while the
hypothesis about better parameters indicators in group who underwent combined therapy
(kinesiotherapy and PEMF) was not substantiated.
The results of the research may be important for daily clinical practice in treatment and
rehabilitation of patients with knee OA
6th International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology: Integrative power of kinesiology : proceedings book
No full textThe Faculty of Kinesiology University of Zagreb is organising the International Conference on Kinesiology for the
sixth time. Everything began more than 15 years ago when the initiators – Prof. Milanović, still bursting with new ideas,
and the late Prof. Mraković, started to advocate the idea of an international conference as a forum for kinesiologists or
sport scientists, as a place where their research findings could be presented and discussed, as a meeting point of globally
recognized scientists, or authorities in their field of research and research novices. In those days, in 1997, before the First
Conference in Dubrovnik, it all seemed so surreal. However, this conference is alive; it grows and becomes ever more
sophisticated. Therefore, it is feasible to expect that the forthcoming discussions, talks, dialogues, or whatever kind of idea
exchange will result, as they have until now, with new research ideas, insights, research teams and projects the eventual
outcome of which is further advances in kinesiology and the cognate and adjacent scientific areas.
The motto of this year’s conference is the “Integrative Power of Kinesiology“. It indicates the close relationships
among various scientific fields when they contribute to the promotion of physical exercise and various kinds of physical
activities in the areas of kinesiological education, high performance sports, kinesiological recreation, health-enhanced
kinesiology, kinesitherapy and rehabilitation, sport for physically and mentally challenged persons, school sports, military
kinesiology, and many others.
Simultaneously with the organisation of the 6th Conference, the Faculty of Kinesiology is celebrating the 40th anniversary
of the publication of the scientific journal KINESIOLOGY. Nowadays it is a recognized international scientific journal
with an IF of 0.525 for the year 2010.
The Conference and the journal KINESIOLOGY have contributed considerably to the affirmation of the name
“kinesiology” in the neighbouring European areas. Although both are focused on science, the Conference and the
accompanying regular KINESIOLOGY International Editorial Board meetings have also been opportunities for scholars
and institution delegates from all over the world to establish close personal contacts, thus opening doors for joint research
projects. The basic scientific concept of the Conference, with the working sections that cover the fundamental and
applicative disciplines of kinesiology, has been kept from the beginning. This year’s conference will have 12 oral and
poster sections in the framework of which the delegates will present 220 full text contributions and abstracts written by
300 authors from 32 countries. Each presented and published paper or abstract has been subjected to a review process
performed by at least two prominent referees.
For the first time the Conference is hosting a satellite symposium HEPA (Health Enhanced Physical Activity). The
purpose of the symposium is to inform delegates from the neighbouring countries, which have not yet become HEPA
association member countries, with the basic principles and directives of the movement and to encourage them to
become promoters of the idea of health-oriented physical activity in their communities. The World Health Organization
has stimulated the design of the Croatian National Action Plan for the implementation and improvement of HEPA in the
Republic of Croatia. A presentation of the Action Plan and the planned round table should also be stimulating to colleagues
to undertake similar steps in their communities.
From the very beginning the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts has given its highly respected patronage
to the Conference, thus underpinning the recognition of kinesiology in the structure of sciences. The organisation of
such conferences would not be viable without the powerful support from the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education
and Sport and the University of Zagreb. The patronage and support are indicators of a notable position the Conference
and its organiser, the Faculty of Kinesiology University of Zagreb (established in 1959), have in the Croatian academic
and research community.
We wish to express much gratitude to all the authors of the papers, reviewers, conference participants, members
of the Organisation Committee, Section Leaders, Section Secretaries, technical support staff, and sponsors for their
contributions, time and effort inbuilt in the quality of the 6th Conference on Kinesiology and its Proceedings. Our special
gratitude goes to the Croatian Office of the World Health Organization.
We wish success in the conference work to all the participants and enjoyable time in Opatija. We are convinced the
Conference will give the expected impetus to further cooperation between scholars and institutions. Looking forward in
advance to meeting you again at the 7th International Conference on Kinesiology in 2014
5th International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology: Kinesiology research trends and applications : proceedings book
No full textApproaching the time of the 50th anniversary of the successful work in the mission of high education and research
of the Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, we are exceptionally happy and satisfi ed that all the organisational
and programme tasks and goals of the 5th International Scientifi c Conference on Kinesiology have been accomplished.
Although our University is a large and among the oldest in the area, our Faculty is a relatively young, small institution
of academic education from a small country in transition, which is facing and struggling with typical problems of the
era and specifi c social processes. However, all previous efforts of our predecessors, even as far back as the 19th century,
but especially of dear doyennes an doyens of kinesiology, as well as the establishing and organisation of the Conference,
no matter how inexperienced it might have seemed in the beginning, back in the year 1997 in Dubrovnik, enables us
nowadays to be peer members of the circle of internationally recognized and well-known institutions and organizations of
sport/exercise science, or kinesiology. With no false modesty, it is a considerable achievement of our scholars, researchers,
associates, other employees and last, but by no means the least important, our partners - students. A great contribution
of our foreign colleagues should be recognized and accentuated here – nothing of the previously mentioned would have
been possible without their good will, open minds and enormous interest in our work and advances. We cannot exclude a
contribution of our famous athletes and their sport achievements. This is the right place to express our deepest appreciation
and gratitude to them all and our wishes for continuation and expansion of the cooperation in many fi elds.
The science fi eld we are interested in is so diverse, broad, complex; it investigates the very essence of life – the
movement and everything needed for its realisation – its purpose, its origins, conditions, its means - from the molecular
level to the level of anatomy, synergy of hundreds processes within a being, even to social proportions and effects of
moving or not moving.
All the previous conferences were exceptional opportunities for broadening of scientifi c insights into this miraculous,
beautiful phenomenon of physical activity and its effects – its perfection when performed by sport artists, as seen at the
XXIX Olympic Games, its joyfulness when happy children enjoy being competent to be in motion, or when we see eager
people who enjoy life and nature because they have enough energy and they are healthy thanks to an active lifestyle.
Ever better positioning of our science worldwide is obvious – the last example is from Croatia – in any sense, from
the legislative to fi nancial, in the Croatian structure of sciences, kinesiology has become equal to physics, economics,
medicine, biology, law, sociology and many others. Such a position facilitates inter- and crossdisciplinarity and mobility
of scientists and students within Croatia and abroad.
The rationale of the 5th meeting on kinesiology is “Kinesiology research trends and applications“ ascends from the
very heart of kinesiology, which embraces numerous theoretical, developmental and applicative research issues. Namely,
the ultimate purposes of that research is to know and understand human beings and to apply the fi ndings in everyday
practice of education, sports, health promotion, recreation, tourism, and kinesitherapy.
The Conference will work in usual plenary and parallel sessions addressing fourteen comprehensive kinesiological
topics: adapted physical activity and sport for the disabled; biology and medicine of sport and exercise; biomechanics and
motor control; history of sport and the Olympic movement; management of sport; tourism and sport; members of the armed
forces kinesiology; physical conditioning and fi tness; physical education; psychology of sport; research methodology;
sociology of sport; philosophy of sport; Sport for all and health-related activities; and top-level sport. Certain areas will
be addressed at the Conference for the fi rst time, like philosophy of sport, Olympic movement and kinesiology applied to
armed forces. In these Proceedings all the positively reviewed contributions are published: communications and poster
presentations.
We are very happy and proud because of the response of the invited 42 lecturers, worldwide famous experts in their
areas of scientifi c interests who will undoubtedly throw new light on only seemingly already investigated issues, on the
one hand, an on the other, bring the latest advances in research and theory, thus inspiring, especially young, researchers
to learn and go ever further. After all, who knows where the frontier is?
Proceedings Book contains 239 contributions, which were submitted by the submission deadline, written by 421
authors from 40 countries from all the continents. Besides the presenters, we also expect participants without contributions,
among them a lot of graduate, doctoral and postdoctoral students from Croatia and abroad for whom the Pre-Conference
School of Kinesiology for Postgraduate and Doctoral Students has been also organised prior to the Conference.
Many thanks go to the members of the Organising and Programme Committees who did not spare their effort to
prepare and realize the Conference and the Proceedings. Deep gratitude also goes to the team of reviewers, fi fty fi ve of
them who carefully evaluated the contributions.
The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts is for the fourth time the patron of the Conference that is quite in line
with the respectable position kinesiology/sport science has earned in the very meticulous scientifi c community
The Faculty wishes to express gratitude to the cooperative institutions: the Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana,
Slovenia, the Faculty of PE and Sport, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Faculty of PE and Sport,
University of Comenius, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Several government institutions supported the organisation of the Conference. We are grateful to: the Ministry of
Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia, the Croatian Olympic Committee and the Croatian University
Sport Association.
After Dubrovnik and Opatija, dear participants, you have the opportunity to get acquainted with the Croatian capital
– Zagreb, and our institution of higher education – with its facilities, its surroundings, other people working in it, our
students, our laboratories, lecture rooms, library, etc. This opportunity to really know us will probably increase exchange
rates among scholars and students.
We wish you feel welcome and come back many times
4th International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology: Science and profession - challenge for the future : proceedings book
No full textIn the year 2005, when the University of Zagreb is celebrating the 336th anniversary of its establishment and
the Faculty of Kinesiology University of Zagreb its 46th anniversary, the International Scientifi c Conference
on Kinesiology is being organized for the fourth time. Thus, the proclaimed intention of the organizer, the
Faculty of Kinesiology, to make the Conference a traditional forum for kinesiologists to exchange fi ndings,
ideas, experiences and theories has become a reality. You will probably agree with us that, despite all the
conveniences the modern communication technology has provided, a vivid dialogue, established in personal
contacts of people who share similar vocational interests, is always a unique event and experience. We hope
that the debates on how to foster excellence and joy in sport and exercise and on how to promote PE as an
underpinning activity for sport, competitive and recreational alike, and life-long active life-styles, as well as
discussions on numerous issues regarding human movement, health, exercise and business will bring fruitful
results in form of new ideas and research projects.
The ever-growing body of kinesiology or sport science knowledge is continuously transformed into higher
education curricula which allow graduates and masters of science to become well-educated professionals who
have insights into the recent advances in kinesiology. In Croatia a highly specialized education and training of
sport and PE professionals has a hundred-and-ten-year-old tradition. Based on that long tradition, the Faculty
of Kinesiology has prepared two new university study curricula, adjusted to the Bologna Declaration and the
European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and has obtained the accreditation to organize them commencing in
academic year 2005/06. The new university graduate and postgraduate doctoral study programmes will enable a
higher level of knowledge of students and will promote a higher two-way mobility of both students and scholars.
The curricula have assimilated the orientation of the members of the Faculty of Kinesiology that the mission
of higher education institutions is viable only in the symbiosis of educational (professional training) and elite
fundamental, developmental and applied research work in the fi elds of general and applied kinesiology and in
the cognate and adjacent, mainly anthropological, scientifi c branches.
The motto of this year’s Conference is “Science and Profession – Challenge for the Future”. It suggests
that the focus of attention is directed towards the inevitable connectedness between everyday practical issues
and professions related to physical exercise and sport, on the one hand, and kinesiological research activities,
theories, insights, fi ndings and inferences on the other. The assembly of kinesiologists from 25 countries
has gathered to discuss diverse biological, medical, biomechanical, psychological, sociological, cultural and
economic aspects of a variety of kinesiological issues presented in 226 papers written by 300 authors.
Besides the contributing authors, much credit for the Conference scientifi c programme goes to the
esteemed invited lecturers, both the plenary and the session introductory speakers, and chairpersons of
particular thematic sessions, and the members of the Scientifi c Programme Committee. Thematically and
methodologically related contributions have been divided into eleven thematic sections (APA and Sport for
the Disabled; Biology and Medicine of Sport and Exercise; Biomechanics; Management of Sport; Physical
Conditioning; Physical Education; Research Methodology; Sociology, History and Philosophy of Sport; Sport
for All, Fitness and Health-related Activities; Sport Psychology; and Top-level Sport), which, in turn, represent
recognizable groups of issues currently prevailing in the scientifi c research dealing with human movement,
sport and exercise activities. Our special thanks go to the reviewers (62) who altruistically engaged their
knowledge, effort, experience and time in making the conference papers consistent and good enough to enable
creative clarifi cation and communication of ideas. Although time restrictions made it impossible to afford indepth
reviews, the authors were requested to undertake revisions whenever it was possible in order to minimize
the rejections. The selection and classifi cation process was performed according to the quality criteria that
primarily regarded novelty and the amount of information, and quality of structure and presentation. Due to
the formal quality and lack of consistency of quite a number of papers, the original idea of reproducing them
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as submitted proved hardly tenable. Therefore, a certain amount of copy-editing has been performed, though
restricted to a minimum and simply in order to achieve a reasonable degree of formal consistency. This has been
a demanding and complex process, performed under serious time pressure. We do apologise for any mistakes
or inconveniences this might have caused.
The Proceedings Book is a reminder of the research fi ndings accomplished in the fi eld of kinesiology, or
sport sciences, or kinetics, or kinanthropology throughout the past three years. The presented papers are a
basis and a probable starting point for new ones since they cover a wide range of anthropological (understood
in the widest sense), methodological and didactic investigations in the areas of physical education, competitive
sport, physical recreation, and physical rehabilitation.
The organizer, the Faculty of Kinesiology tried to make the 4th Conference on Kinesiology comparable to
the quality level of many conferences worldwide. The Dean of the Faculty and the presidents of the Organizing
and Scientifi c Committee wish to express their deep gratitude to all the invited speakers, contributors (authors),
members of the Scientifi c Committee, reviewers, members of the Organizing Committee, members of the
Proceedings Book Editorial Board, and, particularly, to all the Conference Offi ce executives who made the 4th
Conference and the Proceedings Book possible.
Our acknowledgments go to the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and to its president a Fellow of the
Croatian Academy Milan Moguš, PhD, for their traditional patronage of the Conference. Their support is of great
value to the Faculty because it is a signifi cant recognition of the work done in the domain of kinesiology.
Recognition of the Conference has been also granted by the co-organizer, the Ministry of Science, Education
and Sport of the Republic of Croatia.
We are convinced that the 4th Conference on Kinesiology will affi rm all the effort exerted so far in the
kinesiology and will open new challenges for the future and better cooperation between scientists and the
professionals. To all the Conference participants we wish a productive and benefi cial time and contacts. It is
our hope that new research ideas and projects will emerge from it. We will welcome the forthcoming results
at our next conferences. To those who were not able to actively participate in the Conference work this year,
we offer these Proceedings as an invitation for cooperation of competent partners and for joining us at the 5th
Conference on Kinesiology in three years time