Eskici, Gunay

Background: The prevalence of obesity increases in both developed and developing countries. Beside individuals have started to seek ways of changing their aesthetic appearance by easy methods. Objectives: This study was conducted in an attempt to identify the effect of methods performed through a device for regional weight loss on the regional fat mass and body composition to reduce regional fat and cellulites. Materials and Methods: A total of 68 women willing to reduce fat on their gluteal-femoral regions participated in the study. Three different methods were adopted for the participants divided into three groups for regional weight loss in line with the medical advice of the center they consulted. The methods used are Ultrasound & Radiofrequency (Exilis-2011, BTL Medical Devices), cavitation method (Ultrasound Cavitation Eximia -2010, 1065 DJ Cosmo Plus), and Shock Wave Treatment (AWT Acoustic Wave Therapy D-Actor, 2007-2008 Medlaser Storz). Arithmetic average and standard deviation were used for statistical assessment of data, and an analysis of variance test on repeated measures was conducted. Results: The type of the method led to a significant difference (p<0.05) between the first and the final measurements in terms of body weight, waist and hip circumference, BMI, total fat mass, right leg/left leg and trunk fat mass. Conclusion: It was found out that the methods adopted proved to be factors contributing to a significant decrease in total body fat, regional fat mass and cellulite of all participants.

Eskici, Gunay

Background: Zinc is important element for athlete's performance. Aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of different doses of zinc supplementation on the hair element levels in elite female athletes. Subjects and Methods: The research was applied on a total number of 20 female athletes playing in volleyball team. The subjects who were randomly allocated into two groups with equal members were administered 220 mg/day (Group 1) and 440 mg/day (Group 2) zinc sulfate. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was used in order to identify magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), selenium (Se), phosphor (P) and zinc(Zn) levels (mu g/g) in the collected hair samples. Results: The analysis of the athletes' hair samples showed significant difference between the groups only Ca levels (p<0.05, Group 2> Group 1) after 1 and 2 weeks of Zn supplementation. While both doses of zinc supplementation resulted in a significant change in Se levels (p<0.05), the hair Se levels in the last week of administration were significantly lower for both groups compared to the initial levels. Conclusion: While the change in hair element level by weeks was significant in terms of selenium for both groups, which was not significant in terms of Mg, Ca, Fe, Cu, P and Zn levels.