Ebrahim Banitalebi, Dr Mohammad Faramarzi, Dr Mohammad Marandi, Dr Akbar Azamian-Jazi, Banafsheh Mohammadi,
Volume 15, Issue 4 (1-2010)
Abstract
Background and Aim: There is some concern that drugs abuse treatment may actually pose a risk toward unhealthy eating and weight gain. Dysfunctional eating patterns and excessive weight gains have been observed during recovery from drug and alcohol addictions. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of a selected physical activity on some anthropometric variables (weight, BMI, and WHR), blood lipids, lipoproteins and Vo2max of subjects who have quitted abusing drugs after one year.
Materials and Methods: The population of this study were the former addicted persons who had one-year quitting history in Chahar Mahal Bakhtiari province. 37 subjects who were 23-49 years old and voluntarily participated in this study were assumed as samples. The subjects were randomized at approximately 1:1 ratio under the supervision of a project investigator (case group 18 persons and control group 19 persons), but 31 individuals completed the entire study 16 persons were in case group and 15 persons were in control group. Exercise consisted primarily of some plays such as badminton playing, walking, and so on. Exercise duration ranged from 20 minutes at the baseline to 45 minutes at the end of 12 weeks and intensity of exercise ranged from 50% of heart rate reserve of baseline to 70 % during 12 weeks. Body composition was assessed using the sum of three skin-fold measurement specific for males (chest, abdomen, and thigh) (ACSM 2000). Total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglyceride (TG) were measured enzymatically using diagnostic kits.
Results: There was a significant decrease in weight (p=0.002), BMI (p=0.001), WHR (p=0.004), Ch (p=0.009), HDL (p=0.045) and LDL (p=0.002) in the case group but no significant decrease was found in VLDL (p=0.09) and TG (p=0.544).
Conclusion: One of the reasons for weight gain is because of the fact that nicotine and drugs speed up body metabolism. It is postulated that for these measurements, weight increase is inevitable. Exercise without changes in diet produced significant reduction in weight gain and an increase in BMI (p<0.01). It appears that physical activity and exercise can prevent or manage overweight after quitting drugs and smoking.
Mr Rasoul Eslami, Dr Abdol Hossein Parnow, Dr Reza Gharakhanlou,
Volume 16, Issue 3 (9-2010)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Calcitonin Gene-related Peptide (CGRP), a 37-amino acid peptide, generated by alternative processing of primary transcripts from calcitonin gene, is broadly distributed in the peripheral and central nervous systems of vertebrate and invertebrate species. In addition, CGRP that is transported in somatofugal direction in peripheral nerve probably has a role in the muscle protein synthesis. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of strength training on the content of CGRP in slow (soleus) and fast (tibialis anterior) muscles of wistar rats.
Materials and Methods: A number of 12 male Wistar rats (10 months of age, 220±15 gr) were randomly divided into tow groups: control group (n=7) and strength training (n=5). The strength training protocol consisted of climbing a 1-meter-long ladder set at an 85° angle, with a weight attached to the tail.
Results: The results showed that there was not a significant difference between slow and fast muscle CGRP of control group. Nonetheless, the strength training led to an increase in CGRP content of slow muscle and a decrease in CGRP content of fast muscle both of which were not significant compared with the control group (p=0.155 and p=0.083), respectively.
Conclusion: The findings of the current study show that slow and fast muscle CGRP content changes with strength training and indicate that strength training can remodel NMJ.
Sanaz Einy, Mohammad Narimani, Fariba Sadeghi Movahhed,
Volume 25, Issue 4 (9-2019)
Abstract
Aims Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT) and Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) are psychotherapy approaches offering specific methods for the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Therefore, this study compared the effectiveness of MBT and CAT on improving the ego strength and defense mechanisms in people with BPD.
Methods & Materials This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest and a control group design and follow-up stage. In total, 40 men with BPD were selected by purposive sampling technique. The samples were selected from males admitted to Isar psychiatric Hospital and the psychiatric department of Fatemi Hospital in Ardabil City, Iran, in 2018. The samples were randomly assigned into two experimental groups and one control group. The first experimental group received 20 sessions of MBT, and the second experimental group received 16 sessions of CAT. To collect data, we used psychological inventory ego strength and defense styles questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed using mixed model Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Scheffe posthoc test.
Findings The collected results suggested that both interventions were effective in improving the ego strength and defense mechanisms of people with BPD (P<0.001). However, the effect of MBT on the overall score of the ego strength and the immature defenses was higher than that of the other intervention (P<0.05). Moreover, there was no significant difference in neurotic defense between the two interventions (P>0.05).
Conclusion The present research results can support the use of these therapies as part of a non-pharmaceutical treatment program in different treatment centers or psychiatric hospitals.
