Alexandru-Rareş Puni

• Alexandru Ioan Cuza University

p dir="ltr"> The study’s objective is to analyse and comprehend the types, frequency, and causes of paragliding pilot accidents to identify preventative and reducing measures in the future, such as a suitable physical training program designed explicitly for paragliding pilots. This study hypothesized that several factors, including the pilot’s exp...

Interacting with children's cognitive processes and mental health status, body mass index (BMI) could be analyzed in relation to motor performance. This study aims to analyse the relationship between BMI and agility of primary school students in the northeast of Romania. Hypothesis testing was done by analyzing data obtained from 3250 pupils (1605...

The literature focuses more on healthy students, and the methodologies for organising physical education lessons do not address in depth the problem of physically exempt students who, with time, transform from exempt students into possible patients. This research aims to develop the application "Info-Scutit-Efort" in physical educa-tion lessons to...

This article aims to investigate and explore present rehabilitation technology. Through the accumulated results of this review, we will summarise the support and benefits that the emergence of technologies in medicine provides. The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate how patient rehabilitation is evolving compared to traditional rehab...

Background and Objectives: Cortisol is a valuable marker for assessing the body’s response to any form of stress. We conducted this study in order to evaluate the variations of salivary and serum cortisol levels in professional football players in relation to cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and their significance in potentially evaluating o...

The sample comprised in the research was represented by 57 students (29 girls (145.4±7.28 cm, 38.97±9.89 kg)) and 28 boys (143±6.55 cm, 38.61±8.22 kg)), aged between 10 – 12 years old. The types of measurements included in the study were as follows: anthropometrical measurements and biomotor measurements (standing long jump, abdominal endurance, mo...

Background: Compared to the great volume of studies focusing on children and adolescents without intellectual disability, research regarding body mass index among young populations (13–17 years old) with intellectual disability is scarce, mostly when we refer to the comparisons between various degrees of intellectual disability and gender. Methods:...

Background: Compared to the great volume of studies focusing on children and adolescents without intellectual disability, research regarding body mass index among young populations (13–17 years old) with intellectual disability is scarce, mostly when we refer to the comparisons between various degrees of intellectual disability and gender. Methods:...

The extracurricular sports activity among schooler children plays a significant role in the elimination of their sedentary behaviour. The purpose of this study was to analyse on a sample of 408 students aspects related to the following: the body mass index (BMI), the type of physical activities practiced, the parameters of the physical efforts made...

The purpose of this study is to analyse and highlight the service efficiency indices for Romanian men's volleyball teams in Division A1 during the 2019-2020 competition season. The research is based on the hypothesis according to which there are statistically significant differences in service efficiency indices between men's volleyball teams parti...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has a huge global impact in terms of public health, economic activities, employment, psychological and social life. The educational system had to adapt to the conditions imposed by avoiding the spread of coronavirus among pupils and students. The purpose of this study is to find out if the level of physical act...

The purpose of this study is to highlight the evolution of the explosive strength in the 4-year interval of the backs compartment and the level of adaptation to the game requirements. The hypothesis in this study is that the explosive strength of the lower limbs in rugby backs developed during the past 4 years, trying to keep up with the higher nee...

The present study aims to identify if and how motor skills such as speed and agility can be improved by using training activities corresponding to performance in volleyball. The experiment included a total of 16 male athletes (17–18 years old), divided into two groups (control and experimental group). The tests applied in the research were the Illi...

Social isolationprovokedmajorchangesin the daily routine of people. Hence, physical exerciseseems to be an alternativeto their various problems.Physical Education teacherscan provide counselling and monitoring, ensuring correct and safe practice of physical exercises even during lockdown. The purpose of this research studywas to monitorthe motor qu...

This paper aims to prove the importance of a physical therapy program that is suitable for the improvement of the functional capacity, quality of life and reducing of pain in patients diagnosed with cervicobrachial neuralgia. By applying physical therapy methods on a group of 9 patients, the authors have confirmed the major importance of rehabilita...

Kinematic simulation of sport movements can be considered as an investigation tool for sport scientists. The throw is a motion that most of players, especially from team sport will perform for a hundreds of time in a practice. Sports biomechanics research technique aims to elucidate the improvement of shooting technique in the game of basketball, t...

Performance volleyball is composed of two fundamental game structures, namely: structure I (at own service), which includes as game actions the service, block, dig, pass and attack, and structure II (at service reception), which is made up of game actions from service, pass, attack, block and dig. This study highlights the differences between the e...

The players in the dominant national teams getting to perform in around 80-85 official games per season. Player rarely gets to perform more than 7-8 minutes continuously in the court and more than 22-25 minutes in a game. Studies show that basketball is performed faster than before, with 50-55% of the shots are scored after 12-15 seconds of possess...

Gonarthrosis is one of the most frequent forms of degenerative rheumatism, characterized bybenign evolution andprognosis. Itequally interests both sexes, manifesting itself around the age of 40, and affecting mostly the elderly population. The disease appears as a consequence of the wearingaway of the epiphyseal cartilages, which lose their elastic...

The purpose of the paper was to select the most efficient means to acquire the technical and tactical procedures specific to volleyball, to explain and use them during the physical education class or the optional discipline, and the results obtained should prove their efficiency in attaining the goals. It may be asserted that training based on a ju...

In our present paper we will try to illustrate, for the benefit of those directly involved such as players, teachers and game leaders - some aspects that, by defining new game and training concepts dedicated to juniors II, could prove essential to the progress and present development of volleyball. Based on existing facts, we consider that our pres...

Sports values are those through which the human being attempts to develop under the rules, decisions, regulations, laws drafted by national or international organizations and accepted by each athlete. In the physical education lesson, when one or more values are appropriated, becoming convictions, they particularly structure the student's behavior,...

The aim of our present study was to investigate the anthropometrical status of athletes and non-athletes. The anthropometric data included 3 types of measurements: basic, girths and breadths. The research was carried out on 20 handball players, 16 volleyball players and 21 healthy non-athlete subjects. The data obtained after applying the One-Way A...

The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of body proportions and fitness of male and female university students. A total of 67 subjects participated at the study. Based on ten anthropometric measurements, six proportional ratios were calculated as three fitness tests too. Findings indicate significant differences between groups for...

Our present study belongs to a broader research project, targeting the training optimization in performance volleyball through stress control, based upon Women's A1 Division Penicilina Iasi volleyball team, during the 2011-2012 season. With the present proposal, we aim at discussing the levels of competitive stress, as revealed by neurotransmitters...

Our present study belongs to a broader research project, targeting the training optimization in performance volleyball through stress control, based upon Women's A1 Division Penicilina Iasi volleyball team, during the 2011-2012 season (in Romania). With the present proposal, we aim at discussing the levels of competitive stress, as revealed by seru...

In February, 1953, Bucharest was chosen as the host for some major events: the International Youth Congress and the World Festival of Youth and Students. On this special occasion, the communist regime decided to build a sports complex of huge dimensions, the first of its kind in Romania, its main asset being an impressive stadium able to accommodat...

The present study aims to analyze, using the statistical methods, the grades' dynamics of the students enrolled in reduced frequency programme between 2006 and 2009 at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University in Iasi, and the implications of these results. We compared the results of the students attending the r...