OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of Scientific Exercises Approach to Scoliosis (SEAS) exercises with "usual care" rehabilitation programmes in terms of the avoidance of brace prescription and prevention of curve progression in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. DESIGN Prospective controlled cohort observational study. PATIENTS Seventy-four consecutive outpatients with adolescent idiopathic sco...

[Purpose] This study analyzed the activities of the back and hip muscles during Pilates exercises conducted in a prone position. [Subjects] The subjects were 18 healthy women volunteers who had practiced at a Pilates center for more than three months. [Methods] The subjects performed three Pilates exercises. To examine muscle activity during the exercises, 8-channel surface electromyography (No...

BACKGROUND Home exercise programmes and exercise programmes carried out in a clinical setting are commonly advocated for the treatment of lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET), a very common lesion of the arm with a well-defined clinical presentation. The aim of this study is to describe the use and effects of strengthening and stretching exercise programmes in the treatment of LET. ECCENTRIC EXER...

Finger therapy exercises, which include table top, proximalinterphalangeal blocking, straight fist, distal-interphalangeal blocking, hook-fist, and fist exercises, are important for maintaining hand mobility and preventing development of tendon adhesions in postoperative hand-injury patients. Continuous passive motion devices act as an adjunct to the therapist in performing therapy exercises on...

This study compared trunk exercises based on the Bobath concept with routine neurorehabilitation approaches in multiple sclerosis (MS). Bobath and routine neurorehabilitation exercises groups were evaluated. MS cases were divided into two groups. Both groups joined a 3 d/wk rehabilitation program for 8 wk. The experimental group performed trunk exercises based on the Bobath concept, and the con...

The integration of balance and plyometric training has been shown to provide significant improvements in sprint, jump, agility, and other performance measures in young athletes. It is not known if a specific within session balance and plyometric exercise sequence provides more effective training adaptations. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of using a sequence o...

PURPOSE The relative efficiency of different eye exercise regimes is unclear, and in particular the influences of practice, placebo and the amount of effort required are rarely considered. This study measured conventional clinical measures following different regimes in typical young adults. METHODS A total of 156 asymptomatic young adults were directed to carry out eye exercises three times ...

relaxation is one of the important mental skills in physical education and sportsactivities. relationship between relaxation and rhythmic exercises with anemphasis on flexibility-functional mechanisms of nervous system has receivedattention in recent studies. the aim of the present study was to investigate the effectof rhythmic exercises on deepening the relaxation of national judo athletes. fo...

aim and background: enuresis is known as one of the most common disorders in childhood. snoring at night and obstructive sleep apnea have been considered as probable causes, at least in some cases. thus, the importance of a breathing exercise to reduce bedwetting in children with nocturnal snoring should be noted. method and materials: this study is an experimental survey with control group. th...

the aim of this study was to determine the effect of aerobic exercises on glomerular filtration rate (gfr) and serum levels of biochemical factors of urea (bun), creatine (cr) and uric acid (uac) in type 2 diabetic men. the sample consisted of 23 type 2 diabetic patients with age range of 45-60 years old who were divided into two groups of experimental (n=13) and control (n=10). experimental gr...