one of the important elements of islamic architecture is mirror and mirror work. the art of mirror work is a persian traditional art which is usually used in the interior decoration of historical buildings, particular religious buildings. mirror work is considered as a kind of mural painting, but it is different from other types of mural paintings all around the world regarding its conceptual, ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of mirror feedback on postural control during quiet standing in elderly adults. DESIGN Before and after intervention trials. SETTING Pneumology center in France. PARTICIPANTS Eleven elderly adults (mean age, 70.7+/-4.6 y; mean body weight, 64.5+/-15.0 kg; mean height, 161.4+/-12.0 cm). INTERVENTIONS Participants were asked to stand upright, as immobil...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of caffeine on balance control of hemiparetic stroke patients, we investigated the difference in postural stability before and after drinking coffee by observing changes in stability index (SI) from posturography. METHODS Thirty patients with history of stroke and 15 age-matched healthy subjects participated in this study. Effect of group factor (of the contro...

purpose: to assess the efficacy of polyhexamethylene biguanide (phmb) in treating acanthamoeba keratitis (ak) and also to identify related factors affecting final visual outcome in ak patients treated with phmb methods: in these interventional case series study, 27 eyes of 25 patients with ak received phmb 0.02% and divided into two groups according to the final visual acuity (va) va equal to o...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine whether visualization of the back influenced parameters of movement-related pain in people with chronic nonspecific low back pain. METHODS We used a randomized cross-over experiment in which 25 participants performed repeated lumbar spine movements under 2 conditions. In the visual feedback condition, patients were able to visualize their back...

purpose: to compare outcomes of two techniques (anwar vs. melles) of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk) in patients with keratoconus. methods: this randomized double-blind clinical trial was performed on 57 eyes of 57 patients with keratoconus. patients aged 20-35 years with a clinical diagnosis of keratoconus who were contact lens intolerant and had corrected distance visual acuity (cd...

BACKGROUND Virtual reality reflection therapy (VRRT) is a technically enhanced version of the mirror therapy concept. The aim of this study was to investigate whether VRRT could improve the postural balance and gait ability of patients with chronic stroke. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-five patients with chronic stroke were randomly allocated into the VRRT group (n=13) and the control group (n=12...

bstract—This study investigated acquisition of a mirroreading skill via imagery training, without the actual perforance of a mirror-reading task. In experiment I, healthy volnteers simulated writing on an imaginary, transparent creen placed at eye level, which could be read by an expermenter facing the subject. Performance of this irrelevant otor task required the subject to imagine the letters...

the purpose of present study was to determine the effect of different levels of balance task difficulty and visual feedback on balance in elderly women. fourteen healthy elderly women (mean age 57/65 yr) were selected voluntarily. participants were asked to stand still on a stability platform under each of two conditions (with visual feedback and without visual feedback) in three levels of diff...