Background: Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in the world.  Today in Iran depression constitutes 35-45% of psychaitric disorders which unfortunately, this rate is increasing.  Therefore new methods for treatment and prophylaxis  must be suggested.  The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of movement therapy on this burden in elderly women, convened at Mas...

the relationship between motor skills and other aspects of personality, such as self-concept, social and emotional behavior, proposes the necessity of working on motor skills and activities. investigation of the social abilities seems beneficial for whom with the special needs. the current study investigated the influence of yoga rhythmic movements on social interactions of children with mental...

This paper will present a movement-informed perspective to social attunement in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). BACKGROUND Dance movement therapy (DMT) is a psychotherapeutic intervention that is used with participants with ASD in various settings. Regular clinical outcome monitoring in an outpatient setting in the Netherlands had shown positive effects on social attunement capacities in you...

pedestrian areas are a type of urban public space, nowadays because of the serious consequencesof car-dependency and ignoring pedestrian needs, a consensus on the importance of walking and the necessity forplanning for pedestrians movement has been formed among urban designers, planners and people. the concernsabout human health and movement in city create a new trend in contemporary urbanism, ...