(I) Cutting and laceration. (2) Stretching, which may be sudden (e.g. stretching of the sciatic by jumping upon the extended foot) causing fibre rupture and haemorrhage, or prolonged (e.g. lying with the arm extended for hours above the head) causing ischaemia. (3) Contusion. (4) Concussion (including that produced by a "near miss" when a missile passes through neighbouring tissues without touc...

The cover design is based on a 3000 year old Egyptian hieroglyph depicting a Syrian boy named Ruma, who at 5 years old got very sick with pain in his head and his leg ached. His father carried the boy to the temple where they believed the priest would cure him with powerful magic. The story of Ruma is perhaps the earliest pictorial record of Polio. The stone tablet (stele) tells the story of Ru...

background: diabetes is a common disease that can lead to metabolic abnormalities and chronic complications. today, the positive role of physical activity and exercise, especially walking in health human society and has been approved in prevention and control many complications including diabetes. today, the positive role of physical activities and exercise , especially hi wal king in the healt...

The study explored the effect of music on the temporal aspects of walking behavior in a real outdoor urban setting. First, spontaneous synchronization between the beat of the music and step tempo was explored. The effect of motivational and non-motivational music (Karageorghis et al., 1999) on the walking speed was also studied. Finally, we investigated whether music can mask the effects of vis...

Background: Thalassemia is the most common hereditary disease in Iran. Cardiac complications and cardiac symptom have been identified as the major problem, which has profound impact on the mental health of patients with thalassemia. One method of reducing this impact is an exercise plan. Aim: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a designed Walking plan on the mental health and...

Objectives: There exists no study concerning gait pattern while engaging in dual-task activities on different sizes of mobile devices. The present study aimed to compare gait patterns during normal walking, walking with smartphone use, and walking with tablet use.  Methods: Seventeen healthy female participants with an age range of 19-24 years (mean±SD age: 20.29±1.61 years, weight: 49.82±4.46...

objectives: this paper describes further improvement and preliminarily evaluation of a novel viscoelastic ankle-foot prosthesis prototype. the objective was to control the ankle hysteresis at slow and normal walking speeds. methods: inspired by the ankle biomechanics, in which the hysteresis differs based on the gait speeds, a manually damping control mechanism imbedded in the prosthesis for ad...