AIMS The aim of this study was to establish preoperative factors associated with a good outcome in the surgical treatment of femoroacetabular impingement. METHODS A prospective study including 253 consecutive patients (280 hips) was carried out. We defined a "good" score as one which had either a 20 point improvement from preoperative to 12 months postoperative follow-up, or a score of over 8...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) in postmenopausal members and non-members of the elderly support association in Borujen city, Iran. METHODS This study was a cross-sectional descriptive study being applied to the participants were postmenopausal women of over 55 years. Thus, 40 postmenopausal members of the elderly support association of Borujen c...

In all clinical and research work, it is important not only to have uniform diagnostic criteria but also some means of objectively quantifying the presence and severity of the illness being studied. For this purpose, a number of ra t ing scales have been devised for depressive disorders, probably the single most commonly used one being the Hamilton Ra t ing Scale (Hamil ton, 1960). The total sc...

Background: To evaluate impact of spironolactone (S) on pulmonary toxicity of concomitant use of thoracic radiotherapy (RT) and trastuzumab (T).  Materials and Methods: Eighty rats were divided into eight groups: group (G) 1 was control group; G2, G3 and G4 were RT, S and T groups; G5, G6, G7 and G8 were RT+T, T+S, RT+S and RT+T+S groups respectively. Rats were sacrificed at 6 hour, 21 and 100 ...

BACKGROUND This observational, cross-sectional study investigates the impact of medication usage, physical activity (PA) and nutritional status on musculoskeletal health (MSH) in males and females aged 40-65 in the population of a post conflict, developing country. METHODS Bone Mineral Density (BMD), T-score and Z-score at distal forearm regions (measured by DEXA scan), together with isometri...

a correlational study was conducted to investigate the relationship between me duration of labor stages and the   newborn 's apgar score in women admitted to imam khomeini hospital (sari 1994).   a total of 1 20 primigravida women admitted for delivery wert' selected sequentially. the tool was a checklist   consisting of three parts . the first part inquired as to certain demographic ...

stroke scales can be classified as clinicometric scales and functional impairment, handicap scales. all studies describing stroke scales were reviewed by internet searching engines with the final search performed on january 1, 2013. the following string of keywords was entered into search engines; stroke, scale, score and disability. despite advantages of modified national institute of health s...

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has become a concept commonly used in the related research. Using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire for Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF), this study evaluated the Quality of Life (QOL) of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Zhejiang province, China, and assessed the influences of demographic, laboratory and disease-related variables...

BACKGROUND Participation in cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) may reduce the rate of cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer's disease (AD), however it is unclear if the training of carers to deliver activities is sufficient to improve the clinical outcome of patients. The Promoting Healthy Ageing with Cognitive Exercise for Alzheimer's Disease (PACE-AD) study has been designed to determin...