Reflex seizures are epileptic events triggered by specific external stimuli, or less commonly, internal mental stimuli. Understanding the characteristics of reflex seizures is important to elucidate the mechanisms underlying network abnormalities in epileptic conditions. This report details a patient with medically intractable reflex seizures provoked by sensory stimuli to the patient's right f...

Nowadays the prevalence of reflex integration therapy is unquestionable. The methods usually refer only to professional experience, which results in arguments between representatives different disciplines. With this historical overview, readers can get a comprehensive picture disciplines that have developed close connection with each other and, as result, many thousands children could receive t...

background : reflexology is one of the non-pharmacological pain relief methods, and since it is a non-invasive, inexpensive and applicable technique, it can be used by a skilled and trained midwife. this study aimed to review the effect of reflexology on the pain and outcomes of the labor. methods : in this quasi-experimental study, 88 primiparous mothers referred to selected hospitals of isfah...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system without a known cure. Thus the role of complementary and alternative therapies (CATs) for the management of symptoms lies in palliative care and this is borne out by the popularity of these treatments amongst MS sufferers. This review is aimed at determining whether this use is supported by evidence of effectiveness from...

Cough is one of the most common symptoms in primary care. Despite fact that a persistent cough resolves on its own cases and does not require special treatment, it can significantly reduce quality life large financial costs for treatment. Infectious inflammatory diseases upper respiratory tract are pathologies accompanied by cough. Protracted aggravate course disease, duration more than 4 weeks...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of wearing a functional knee brace and muscle fatigue on hamstring reflex time in subjects with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) deficiency. DESIGN Repeated-measures clinical trial. SETTING Outpatient physical therapy department. PARTICIPANTS Sixteen subjects with ACL deficiency. INTERVENTION Subjects tested with and without a functional knee brace befo...

BACKGROUND Depression of spinal cord motoneuron excitability has been proposed to contribute to surgical immobility. The H-reflex, which measures alpha-motoneuron excitability, is depressed by volatile anesthetics, whereas the action of propofol is unknown. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of propofol anesthesia on the H-reflex. METHODS In 13 patients (group 1), H-refl...