Radiotherapy is the second most frequent type of cancer treatment after surgery and before chemotherapy. Its aim is to deliver a lethal dose to the tumour with high-energy X-rays produced by a medical linear accelerator, while sparing surrounding healthy tissue. To improve the effectiveness of X-rays, the treatment is fractioned in several sessions (e.g. five sessions per week during six or sev...

PURPOSE Cardiac rehabilitation is an integral component of comprehensive care for patients with coronary heart disease. Although the typical programmatic delivery of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation services often involves 36 sessions over 12 weeks, that format is based more on historical practice than on outcome data. This study aimed to determine the point at which during 52 weeks of outpati...

Creatine monohydrate supplementation in females is largely under-represented the literature, and their potentially differential hemodynamic responses are unknown. Methods: Twenty-eight resistance-trained women (25.5 ± 6.1 years, 59.7 6.3 kg, 163 5 cm) were randomly assigned to supplement creatine (CRE; g + dextrose) or placebo (PLA; 10 four times per day for 7 days a double-blind fashion. Each ...

Background Lateral epicondylitis is one of the most common overuse injuries, and has been reported to reduce function and affect daily activities. There is no standard therapy for lateral epicondylitis. In Hong Kong, acupuncture and extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) have been popular in treating lateral epicondylitis in recent years. Objective This study is to compare the treatment effe...

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 ...

Red blood cell-nitric oxide synthase (RBC-NOS)-dependent NO production is essential for the maintenance of RBC deformability, which is known to improve oxygen supply to the working tissue. Electrostimulation of the whole body (WB-EMS) has been shown to improve maximal strength, springiness, and jumping power of trained and untrained athletes. To examine whether these 2 parameters are associated...

Objective: Many diabetic patients are susceptible to cardiovascular diseases which are known as one of the most important causes of mortality among diabetic patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of eight weeks of resistance training on VCAM-1, ICAM-1 and CRP in diabetic rats. Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, 24 male Sprague- Dawley diabetic rats were ...

liquid paraffin has been suggested as a good laxative comparing to lactulose as a treatment option in pediatric constipation. this study was performed to compare liquid paraffin with lactulose in pediatric constipation. a total of 247 patients (127 males and 120 females) aged 2-12 years (mean 4.1 ± 2.7 years) with chronic functional constipation were included in an 8 week, randomized, controlle...

abstract the aim of this study was to examine the effect of relaxation training on anxiety and academic achievement in adolescents. by this mean,40girl students of second grade of middle school in tehran were selected using random cluster sampling and screening in anxiety by completing zoong anxiety self-reporting questionnaire (1970) and divided into two tests and control groups by random assi...