background postural instability is one of the common problems of aging. however, with increased age many systems of body such as musculoskeletal system are affected and changed. one of these changes is knee flexion contracture. the study aimed to investigate the simulated knee flexion contracture effects on postural stability in elderly. material and methods 15 elderly subjects (11 men, 4 women...

background :disruption of anterior cruciate ligament (acl) is a common ligamentous injury of the knee. the choice of graft for (acl) reconstruction remains controversial. this prospective, randomized clinical trial aimed to compare clinical results of bone-patellar tendon-bone (bptb) grafts and four-strand semitendinosus-gracilis (st) grafts for acl reconstruction over a 3-year follow-up interv...

Background and Aim: The present study aimed to investigate the flexibility of the ankle and knee joints and to determine its relationship with balance, motor function, and risk of falling in visually impaired individuals. Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of 32 blind males, 20-30 years old. They were selected by the purposeful sampling method. We used modified stork tests, tendon gai...

Background: One of the most important issues for patients with osteoarthritis is reducing pain and returning them to normal life. In addition to losing weight and improving daily activities, pain management treatments may be needed. One of these treatments is the injection of hyaluronic acid gel into the knee joint, which has been studied in this study. Methods: In this stud...

introduction: osteoarthritis (oa) is a common degenerative joint disease particularly in older subjects. it is usually associated with pain, restricted range of motion, muscle weakness, difficulties in daily living activities and impaired quality of life. to determine the effects of adding two different intensities of low-level laser therapy (lllt) to exercise training program on pain severity,...

results the results of this study showed high reliability and validity of smartphone in regarding ug with icc > 0.95. the highest reliability for both methods was in elbow supination and the lowest was in the elbow flexion (0.84). objectives the study was designed to compare the smartphone inclinometer-based app and ug in evaluation of rom of elbow. materials and methods the maximum rom of elbo...

we aimed to analyze the range of motion (rom) and internal rotation (ir) and external rotation (er) isokinetic strength according to humeral retroversion of the dominant shoulder.we included 40 elite baseball players in korea (obp group: n=20 players with careers spanning >10 years, age: 19.37±2.21 years, height: 181.00±5.41 cm, weight: 84.58±7.85 kg; bbp group: n=20 players with careers spanni...