The aim of this study is to investigate whether, in addition to intratympanic steroid therapy, additional hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) sessions per day (twice a day for 5 days) is more useful than one session per day for 10 days in patients affected by severe and profound idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL). A total of 55 patients affected by unilateral severe and profound...

background: the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of exercise training on maximum aerobic capacity, resting heart rate (rhr), blood pressure and anthropometric variables of postmenopausal women with breast cancer. methods : twenty nine women with breast cancer who received surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy with current hormone therapy were divided into two groups; interventi...

treatments for breast cancer such as chemotherapy or hormone therapy can increase osteoporosis. it seems that exercise training can improve bone mineral density. therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of combined exercise training on bone mineral density (bmd) in postmenopausal women with breast cancer. 29 postmenopausal women with breast cancer (58.27 ± 6.31 years) who ...

Patients with COPD have large amount of secretions. Many conventional and advanced techniques are used to clear the respiratory Flutter device is a hand held which works on principle positive expiratory pressure improve patient’s ability eliminate excessive Autogenic drainage self-drainage technique for controlled breathing moving There paucity literature about this newer chest clearance in mod...

objectives: the purpose of current semi-experimental study was a survey on effect abstract  of 16 week walking on psychosocial functioning related to quality of life among 60 to 75 years old men. methods & materials: for this reason, short form of health-related quality of life questionnaire (sf-36) and geriatric depression scale (gds) had been distributed to the subjects at 2 times of pre-test...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of moderate and high intensity endurance trainings with genistein consumption on tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF- α) and interferon gamma (INF- γ) in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, 64 male diabetic rats were randomly assigned into 8 groups of 8 (1) first week control (2...

brain-derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf), which is structurally similar to nerve growth factor is produced in the hippocampus and is one of the factors that is reduced by age due to lack of activity. reduced bdnf has effects on memory, learning and cognition, behavioral disorders, food intake and energy metabolism that can be compensated with exercise and the incidence of alzheimer can be preve...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMFT) and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on neurogenic overactive bladder dysfunction (OAB) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). PATIENTS AND METHODS In all, 80 patients [50 men and 30 women, with a mean (SD) age of 40.15 (8.76) years] with neurogenic OAB secondary to suprasacral SCI wer...

Process evaluation is important to explain success or failure of workplace interventions. This study performs a summative process evaluation of workplace interventions with physical exercise. As part of a randomized controlled trial 132 office workers with neck and shoulder pain were to participate in 10 weeks of elastic resistance training five times a week at the workplace; the 2 min group pe...