introduction: low back pain is the most common musculoskeletal complication. although there are many ways to treat low back pain, achieving a concise, simple, and compact method is required in today's industrial societies. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of six weeks selected core stabilization exercises on pain and functional disability in patients with nonspecific chronic...

Objectives: The incidence of stereotyped behaviors is one of the major symptoms of diagnosis of individuals with autism spectrum disorder that causes disruption in daily life. This study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of ball exercises on the reduction of stereotypical behavior of children with autism spectrum disorder. Methods: In this study, 16 children (boys) with autism spectrum dis...

This study used a novel method to explore different schedules of spacing in young EFL learners. In doing so, we taught young EFL learners English–Farsi word pairs using different spacing schedules (massed vs. spaced). In the massed condition, learners studied five-word pairs in session one and five-other word pairs one week later. In the spaced condition, the learners studied 10-word pairs in s...

Background. The ability to quickly change direction has been considered an important physical quality related success in youth soccer. 
 study purpose was investigate the training effect of a complex agility program on amateur male soccer players.
 Materials and methods. participants were 60 football players (aged 18-22) divided into two groups selected by using purposive random sampl...

PURPOSE To determine the effect of intravenous iron supplementation on performance, fatigue and overall mood in runners without clinical iron deficiency. METHODS Fourteen distance runners with serum ferritin 30-100 µg · L(-1) were randomly assigned to receive three blinded injections of intravenous ferric-carboxymaltose (2 ml, 100 mg, IRON) or normal saline (PLACEBO) over four weeks (weeks 0,...

as the middle-aged in the society as well as stress-induced cognitive disorders and dementia are increasing, sport is identified as a suitable solution to prevent disorders in central nervous system. the aim of the present study was to compare the effects of 8 weeks of strength and endurance training on bdnf. for this purpose, 150 male wistar rats participated in endurance training (running wit...

The aim of this longitudinal study was to determine whether a rowing training program improved the quality life and physical activity levels in female breast cancer survivors (n = 28) (stage 1–4.54%; stage 2–36.36%; 3–54.54%; 4–4.54%), diagnosed 4.68 ± 3.00 years previously, who had undergone subsequent intervention (preservation 56.53% total mastectomy 43.47%) current mean age 52.30 3.78 years...