Objectives: Back pain is a common complaint and its prevalence is over 84%. Chief causes of back pain, chronic back pain. The performance of Faalyty bad, poor physical condition, stress and... Treatment of these patients is often to reduce pain, maintain mobility and minimize patient morbidity done. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Tai Chi exercise in selected patients with c...

Background and Aim: With regular exercise, the heart undergoes structural and functional changes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the right ventricular changes by echocardiography in military personnel participating in endurance or strength training. Methods: This clinical trial was performed on 40 male military students at a military medical university in Tehran, Iran in 2018. Echoca...

asymmetric polyethersulfone (pes) microfiltration flat sheet membranes were composed by the phase inversion method (pim) and were used as supports. composite membranes were fabricated by coating silicone rubber as selective layer. effect of different concentrations of pes and pdms and different solvent such as nmp, dmf and dms effects as pes solvents and support thickness and different coagulat...

Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of supervised stability training on clinical symptoms, range of motion and endurance of lumbar muscles in female patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain. Patients and Methods: A sample of convenience of 35 patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain were assigned to intervention group (n=18, age=26/88±8/4 mass= 57/42±8/6) and control group (...

Introduction: Lumbar hyper extension syndrome is the second most common category of lumbar syndromes that reduces the height of the disc and narrows the intervertebral foramen in the lumbar vertebrae. The purpose of this study was the effect of exercises (imagery and corrective) on the degree of lumbar hyper extension and the activity of electromyography of the pelvic muscles. Methods: Twenty-...

  Background and Aim: Urinary Incontinence (UI) as a main health problem affects on Quality of Life negatively. UI prevalence is reported between 3-57.1% in different countries. Nevertheless, there are limited studies about probable risk factors, e.g. type and number of delivery and related disorders such as anal incontinence. This study was aimed to investigate the UI risk factors and related ...

Background and purpose: Impaired function of trunk extensor endurance is known as a risk factor and clinical sign for low-back pain. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between selected back muscles fatigue index and hyperlordosis. Materials and methods: This case-control study was carried out in 12 males diagnosed with hyperlordosis and 12 with normal lumbar curve. Surface...