Khadijeh Otadi

Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - The effects of dry needling on flexibility & electrophysiological indices in healthy men with hamstring tightness: double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

  Background: Studies have shown that 75% of men and 35% of women over the age of 10 have hamstring tightness. Hamstring tightness is one of the major causes of hamstring injury and loss of function. Dry needling which is a common intervention used by physiotherapists for the treatment of common various conditions can improve hamstring flexibility in less time than other interv...

[ 2 ] - Assessment and Comparison of the Effects Of Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave and Low-Power Laser Therapies on Clinical and Electrophysiological Parameters in Moderate Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Blinded Randomized Control Trial

Objectives: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common peripheral entrapment neuropathy with squeezing of the median nerve and the patient is unable to function properly. There are different physiotherapy interventions for the management of these patients and recently, shock wave therapy and low-power laser (LPL) have been widely used, but there is no strong evidence comparing the effect of shock...