Research Article

Avicenna's Perspective of Exercise: Content Analysis of the “Canon of Medicine”

Volume: 12 Number: 3 September 30, 2022
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Avicenna's Perspective of Exercise: Content Analysis of the “Canon of Medicine”

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to examine Avicenna's view of exercise in light of the information in his book Canon of Medicine and discuss his approaches to 'exercise' with today's literature.
Methods: The study is qualitative. Five volumes work consisting of 6 books in total called El-Kânûn Fit-Tıbb (The Canon of Medicine) which are Turkish translation by Professor Esin Kâhya, were used for content analysis. In the Turkish translation of the book, the sections containing the subject of 'exercise' were sent to content analysis. Avicenna's comments in the relevant sections were analyzed and interpreted in-depth.
Results: It was observed that the themes of 'exercise' were handled in the first and fourth books of the five-volume book. According to the theme of 'exercise' in Avicenna's book called Canon of Medicine; six main topics that can be categorized under the main headings of 'prevention of health and exercise, physiological effects of exercise on heart rate, factors related to exercise timing, exercise-related problems, excess/insufficiency of exercise in the etiology of the disease, and exercise in the treatment' have been determined.
Conclusion: Although many of the comments and suggestions on 'exercise' in the Canon of Medicine book were made without modern technological opportunities, their equivalents in the current literature containing evidence-based contemporary medical data can be considered as proof that Avicenna was a physician who transcended the ages. 

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Clinical Sciences

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 30, 2022

Submission Date

April 26, 2022

Acceptance Date

July 18, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 12 Number: 3

APA
Ercan, S., & Örsçelik, A. (2022). Avicenna’s Perspective of Exercise: Content Analysis of the “Canon of Medicine”. Lokman Hekim Dergisi, 12(3), 483-492. https://doi.org/10.31020/mutftd.1109335
AMA
1.Ercan S, Örsçelik A. Avicenna’s Perspective of Exercise: Content Analysis of the “Canon of Medicine.” Lokman Hekim Dergisi. 2022;12(3):483-492. doi:10.31020/mutftd.1109335
Chicago
Ercan, Sabriye, and Aydan Örsçelik. 2022. “Avicenna’s Perspective of Exercise: Content Analysis of the ‘Canon of Medicine’”. Lokman Hekim Dergisi 12 (3): 483-92. https://doi.org/10.31020/mutftd.1109335.
EndNote
Ercan S, Örsçelik A (September 1, 2022) Avicenna’s Perspective of Exercise: Content Analysis of the “Canon of Medicine”. Lokman Hekim Dergisi 12 3 483–492.
IEEE
[1]S. Ercan and A. Örsçelik, “Avicenna’s Perspective of Exercise: Content Analysis of the ‘Canon of Medicine’”, Lokman Hekim Dergisi, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 483–492, Sept. 2022, doi: 10.31020/mutftd.1109335.
ISNAD
Ercan, Sabriye - Örsçelik, Aydan. “Avicenna’s Perspective of Exercise: Content Analysis of the ‘Canon of Medicine’”. Lokman Hekim Dergisi 12/3 (September 1, 2022): 483-492. https://doi.org/10.31020/mutftd.1109335.
JAMA
1.Ercan S, Örsçelik A. Avicenna’s Perspective of Exercise: Content Analysis of the “Canon of Medicine”. Lokman Hekim Dergisi. 2022;12:483–492.
MLA
Ercan, Sabriye, and Aydan Örsçelik. “Avicenna’s Perspective of Exercise: Content Analysis of the ‘Canon of Medicine’”. Lokman Hekim Dergisi, vol. 12, no. 3, Sept. 2022, pp. 483-92, doi:10.31020/mutftd.1109335.
Vancouver
1.Sabriye Ercan, Aydan Örsçelik. Avicenna’s Perspective of Exercise: Content Analysis of the “Canon of Medicine”. Lokman Hekim Dergisi. 2022 Sep. 1;12(3):483-92. doi:10.31020/mutftd.1109335

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