Although osteoporosis is a preventable disease affecting millions of people, public awareness remains low. This study used a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design to explore osteoporosis knowledge among adolescent female students in Jordan. A questionnaire was administered to 148 students recruited from a secondary school in the city of Irbid before and after a series of health education s...

This critical review examines the effects of two different types of neurosurgical interventions for generalized dystonia, brain lesioning procedures and deep brain stimulation (DBS). Study designs include: single-group posttest only (2), single-group pre-posttest (3), and mixed (between and within) randomized clinical trial (1). Reports on brain lesioning studies showed evidence that surgery ha...

CONTEXT A dynamic-balance-training (DBT) program supplemented with the Graston instrument-assisted soft-tissue mobilization (GISTM) technique has not been evaluated collectively as a treatment in subjects with chronic ankle instability (CAI). OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of GISTM in conjunction with a DBT program on outcomes associated with CAI, including pain and disability, range of mot...

BACKGROUND Substance dependence disorder is a psychiatric disorders with different factors that influence its nature, severity, outcome, and treatment options. OBJECTIVES This study evaluates the effectiveness of Acceptance-Commitment Therapy (ACT) to decrease anxiety and depression in patients with opioid dependencies who are undergoing methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). MATERIALS AND ...

BACKGROUND In the present era, delinquency in children and adolescents is undoubtedly a difficult and upsetting issue attracting the attention of many experts such as psychologists, sociologists, and criminologists. These experts often try to answer why a number of children and adolescents engage in various crimes such as aggressive and anti-social crimes. They also try to find out how these cr...

Background: Adhesive capsulitis (AC) is an insidious and painful stiffening of the glenohumeral (shoulder) joint, resulting in compromised functional ability quality life (QoL).

Several studies have shown that therapists are generally biased concerning their performed helping skills, as compared to judges' ratings. As clients' ratings of therapists' performance are better predictors of psychotherapy effectiveness than judges' ratings, this study examined the validity and effectiveness of a helping skills training program at reducing novice helpers' self-enhancement bia...

Mobile technology opens the door for a new kind of learning called here and now learning that occurs when learners have access to information anytime and anywhere to perform authentic activities in the context of their learning. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of here and now mobile learning on student achievement and attitude. The research questions addressed were (1) ...