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Possibilities of physiotherapy for patients with postdysplastic coxarthrosis
KRÁL, Tomáš
This bachelor thesis deals with the possibilities of influencing the health status of patient with conservatively treated posdysplastic coxarthrosis through physiotherapy, as well as maintaining patient´s highest possible quality of life. The theoretical part includes a description of the hip joint anatomy, including the description of surrounding muscles and their function, which take part in the hip kinesiology. More detailed kinesiology and biomechanics are defined in a special chapter. Another section of theoretical part deals with the topic of physiological development of the hip joint, as well as the description of the nature of dysplasia. Furthermore, this part deals with the topic of osteoarthritis, with focus on osteoarthritis of the hip joint, caused by dysplasia. This chapter is directly followed by description of physiotherapeutic solutions for this problem. As the conclusion of the theoretical part is the description of the operational solutions and their indications. The aim of the theoretical part was to summarize the information about the kinesiology of the hip joint and the possible consequences of disrupting its physiology into a comprehensive set. Furthermore, the aim was to provide the summary of information about physiotherapeutic approaches and other solutions to this problem. This can be used as a more detailed informational material for patients, or as an ancillary material for physiotherapists. The practical part was realized with the use of qualitative research, from which were the obtained data processed in the form of individual case reports, which include both inputand output- kinesiological examinations, course of those therapies and long-term and short-term therapeutic plan. Three patients diagnosed with postdysplastic coxarthrosis participated in the study. In all tested probands, there was a certain kind of influence on functional pathological changes. Post-exercise and resting pain were alleviated. The therapy also brought positive changes in hip stabilization and increased the HSSP activation. Overall, there was an improvement in soft tissue adhesion and a reduction in pain produced by tissue reflex changes. Two patients also had a slight improvement in gait stereotype and overall posture. One of the results was also the stretching and light strengthening of certain muscles and muscle groups.
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Using games and contests in English language teaching at elementary school level.
NOVOTNÝ, Kryštof
Abstract This Diploma Thesis deals with using games and competitions in teaching of English for the first level of primary schools. The aim of the thesis is to characterize the role of the game in English language teaching and its possible use in order to develop key language skills. The theoretical part deals with the psychological characteristics of the younger school age, then the theory of play and the developmental stages of children's play. In the last part of the thesis, there are described the different types of didactic games. The practical part consists of two parts. The first part presents didactic games, that are properly commented in terms of general educational and language objectives. Each of them was taught and reflected in terms of its effectiveness. The second chapter of the practical part presents the results of the research, which was conducted in the form of a guided interview with English language teachers at the elementary school, dealing with their experience in using English language lessons at primary school.
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Rhythmic function of placenta and the impact of disruption in maternal-placental-fetal axis
Světlíková, Nela ; Sumová, Alena (advisor) ; Pačesová, Dominika (referee)
In mammals, the circadian rhythms result of a complex endogenous system consisting of hierarchically organized oscillators. The system enables the synchronization of the organism's internal processes with the external environment. It consists of the main component, the central clock, located in the suprachiasmatic nuclei in the hypothalamus, and peripheral clocks in other cells, tissues and organs. The placenta is a temporary, specialized mammalian organ that is part of the mother-placenta-fetus axis and exhibits rhythmicity in its functions. The aim of this thesis is to summarize the rhythmic functions of the placenta, such as immunity, protection, and production of hormones and other mediators that play an important role in fetal development and pregnancy. In addition, the thesis also describes rhythmic changes, that occur during pregnancy in the mother-placenta-fetus axis and how these rhythms influence each other. Keywords Placenta, circadian clock, ontogenesis, fetus, maternal synchronization, hormones, enzymes, immunity
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Effect of maternal obesity on postnatal development of circadian clocks
Sejrková, Veronika ; Sumová, Alena (advisor) ; Spišská, Veronika (referee)
This thesis focuses on the synchronizing effect of obesity in mothers on ontogenesis of the circadian system in their offspring during gestation and postnatal life. Additionally, the work summarizes its impact on health of offspring in adulthood. During postnatal life, the central clock oscillator (SCN) is synchronized with external conditions through alternating period of light and darkness, but during prenatal ontogenesis of the main oscillator and peripheral oscillators, the SCN is synchronized with maternal signals, both behavioral, metabolic and hormonal. In the event of disruption of the maternal circadian and metabolic systems due to obesity, the circadian clocks of the offspring are incorrectly synchronized during gestation and breastfeeding, which may have a long-term effect on their health later during postnatal life. Maternal obesity is considered the main trigger for obesity occurring later.
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Early ontogenesis of time percepction
Dörflová, Kateřina ; Nekovářová, Tereza (advisor) ; Nikolai, Tomáš (referee)
This work focuses on the topic of time perception, particular emphasis is placed on interval timing. Significant part of this work is oriented toward early ontogenesis of time perception, specifically toward human perception of time from the developmental perspective. Fundamental approaches relevant for current research in the field of time perception are represented in this work, especially from the psychological perspective. The work presents comprehensive view on the current state of knowledge concerning mechanisms of time perception and its function. Emphasis is placed on existing research of interval timing and related variables playing essential role in timing. Current knowledge in the field of the development of time perception is compared with the concept of time perception and its development in context of Jean Piaget's popular theory of cognitive development. KEYWORDS Time, time perception, interval timing, human ontogenesis
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Ontogeny of soldier behaviour and its polyethism in termites
Homolka, Petr ; Šobotník, Jan (advisor) ; Frouz, Jan (referee)
The presence of soldier caste is an important synapomorphy of group Isoptera. The adaptation of this caste to defense tasks is more than obvious and some of their morphological or even behavioral adaptations can be quite impressive. The polyethism in termites is relatively well known inbetween rather worker caste. If there are such a studies pointing at polyethism in soldiers, they are connected with soldier polymorphism. The morphological differences are of course important stimulus to role separation. The goal of this thesis was to examine the polyethism in the species of the termite with monomorphic soldiers - Prorhinotermes simplex. I did behavioral experiments with it in enclosed arenas, recorded on specific days. The data shows, that there are differences inbetween individuals and it would be benefical to invest further time to subsequent studies. The thesis bring out new point of view to defensive behaviour of termites and suggests, that even termite species without polymorphic species may have soldiers with different tasks. Besides I managed to map ontogeny of soldier behaviour in the first two weeks after moulting from presoldier instar. Key words: Isoptera, polyethism, soldiers, ontogeny, defensive behaviour Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Factors influencing intraspecific scaling of metabolic rate
Trubelová, Zuzana ; Starostová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Storch, David (referee)
The relationship between metabolic rate and animal body size of the animal has been studied for more than hundred years. Recently, attention of scientists moved from the interspecific to the intraspecific level. The work focuses on the intraspecific scaling of metabolism. When plotting the metabolic rate against body mass during ontogeny the resulting line often exhibits one or more breaks. Why these breaks (and thus reduction the metabolic rate) occur hasn't been fully explained. It is assumed that can be due to certain factors that affect an individual during development. Some of these factors came from the most famous of several hypotheses attempting to explain the scaling of metabolic rate. These hypotheses include the Metabolic Theory of Ecology (MTE), the Metabolic Level Boundaries (MLB), the Cell model and the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) hypothesis. There are several factors that could affect individuals during ontogeny. These include internal factors, which result from the internal processes within the body. These factors are often interrelated with each other in different ways; therefore, it is unlikely to choose only one particular factor which affects metabolic rate. The most frequently studied factors are changes of cell size and changes in the proportion of metabolically active...
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Development of callosal interhemispheric connection in laboratory rat
Matternová, Lucie ; Mareš, Pavel (advisor) ; Žiak, Jakub (referee)
Corpus callosum is the main commissure linking cortex of the right and left brain hemisphere. For the first time, the callosal axons are observed during E18, when they cross the midline. In PND 5, most axons reach the contralateral cortex, and at the end of the second postnatal week, the callosal projection neurons and axon terminals are located similarly to the adult animal. The interhemispheric response was first observed in the rat in PND 4 but myelination in PND 12, suggesting that the transcallosal response is not dependent on myelinization of callosal fibers. As the rat age increases, the wave duration of the TCR, latency peak and threshold decreases. As opposed to that, amplitude of the positive and negative wave increases with age. TCR may be affected by acute drug application or chronic exposure to various effects, such as hormones.
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Morfogeneze orálního skeletu mihule ve vztahu k evoluci čelistí
Romášek, Marek ; Černý, Robert (advisor) ; Jandzík, Dávid (referee)
4 Neural crest-derived cellular cartilage is one of the defining characteristics of vertebrates. Elaboration of this tissue and its patterning allowed the evolution of jaws in the gnathostome lineage. Together these hallmarks helped jawed vertebrates become one of the dominant taxons in the animal kingdom. Lampreys, as basal jawless vertebrates, lie at a unique phylogenetic position that makes them ideal organisms for the study of evolution of vertebrate/gnathostome novelties. Larval lampreys possess a special oral skeleton composed of a tissue related to cartilage, termed mucocartilage. Despite considerable attention that has been paid to the evolutionary significance of mucocartilage, it is not yet clear, how this unique feature arises in development and to what extent it is homologous to gnathostome jaws. In this study, the development of oro-pharyngeal region was analyzed in the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus. SEM imaging revealed shaping and topographic relationships of embryonic tissues, detailed plastic histology coupled with expression analyses of several molecular markers were used to describe origin, histogenesis and morphogenesis of mucocartilage. Furthermore, genetic regulation of the tissue was investigated in order to identify its unique or shared features. Mucocartilage is seen to...
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Ontogenesis of episodic memory in preschool children
Píšová, Martina ; Nekovářová, Tereza (advisor) ; Petrásek, Tomáš (referee)
Episodic memory enables us to remember and recall life events from the past. Episodic memory is a specific type of long-term declarative memory, which undergoes changes in ontogeny. To examinate of episodic memory, "episodic-like memory model", was developed. This model focuses on three basic components of episodic memory: "What happened", "Where did it happen" and "When did it happen". The aim of this diploma thesis is to develop and to validate of particular tests of episodic memory with consideration for their feasibility for preschool children. In order to study episodic memory we used an "episodic-like memory model" and experiments which focused on: children's verbal ability, differentiation of two perspectives during remembering of events and timing memories on an autobiographical axis. We aimed to inspect the effect of age on performance in these tests, possible links between performance in these experiments and the effect of level and the three components of episodic memory on number of errors made. In our dataset we found a significant effect of the age of children in Sentence repetition test and in test of Object collection in the virtual house, in the same test we found a effect of the level on number of errors. We also found a significant correlation between correct responses in verbal...
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