the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of three types of resistance training program on girls' physical fitness. 30 girls were divided into 3 groups: plyometric training with vascular occlusion (plo), plyometric training without vascular occlusion (pl) and power-resistance training (pr). training programs were conducted for six weeks. physical fitness tests were conducted befo...

the present study investigated the effects of 8-weeks of core stability training on fundamental movement skills in children with low proficiency in both locomotor and object control skills. by using a semi-experimental research design. 30 elementary boy students (means age= 8.89 years, sd= 1.06) were recruited and organized in training (n= 15) and control group (n=15). fundamental movement skil...

objectives: the study was aimed to determine the effectiveness of verbal self-instruction training on math problem-solving of intellectually disabled boy students in tehran provinces. methods: the study was a semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group. thirty intellectually disabled boy students were selected randomly through cluster sampling method from 9th grade s...

this study aims to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive strategy instruction on english reading comprehension of iranian advanced students. a total of 60 participants took part in the present study. the participants (n=20) in one experimental group were provided with the cognitive training condition only, while the participants (n=20) in the other experimental group were exposed to both a...

introduction: the purpose of the current study was to investigate the effect of training behavior modification methods to mothers of children with attention deficit disorder (adhd) on reducing behavior problems and adhd symptoms in their children’s. method: the research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design and cotrol group. to do so, 24 mothers of children with adhd ...

the aim of this study was assessing the adjuvant therapy of exercise on cytokines balance in mice with breast cancer tumor. twenty female balb/c mice were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. after orientation in the environment, estrogen-receptor dependent breast cancer cells (mc4-l2) were injected to them and experimental group performed endurance training 5 day in week for 6...

the aim of the present study was to determine the effects of the number of training sessions in a week on psychological factors and memory of sedentary elderly. for this purpose, 45 sedentary male elderly (mean age, 73.15±6.54 years; height, 166.5±3.10 cm; weight, 64.45±4.06 kg; body mass index (bmi), 23.49±1.51 kg/m2) were voluntarily selected and divided into two training groups and one contr...

conclusions the results showed a significant effect of electronic software and training booklet in raising awareness about newborn care and self-confidence. therefore, these methods are advisable to mothers. results after controlling the baseline values, the mean score of self-confidence in the training booklet group (adjusted mean difference = 5.6; 95% confidence interval = 1.2 to 10.0; p = 0....

We developed and implemented an evidence-based practice (EBP) training program to a group of physiotherapists in the Philippines. This qualitative study aimed to explore the perspectives of Filipino physiotherapists regarding EBP and the EBP training provided, and to identify strategies for EBP implementation and sustainability in the Philippines. We used a qualitative descriptive design using ...