Objective: Resistance exercises improve muscle strength and joint's physical status. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of progressive resistive exercise on joint's physical characteristics and quality of life in hemarthrosis joint in severe haemophilic A patients. Methods: Twenty-four severe haemophilia A patients (18-35 years old) with knee hemarthrosis, were assigned randomly to ...

Background: Undercarboxylated Osteocalcin (ucOC) may contribute to the regulation of glucose homeostasis. Undercarboxylated osteocalcin is special protein secreted by bone as an endocrine regulation of energy metabolism and glucose. It plays an important role in insulin secretion and sensitivity. The aim of this study was to survey the effect of eight weeks resistance training on serum levels o...

monumental changes occurring on a daily basis have altered the world into a global village of expanding technology and shrinking geography in which preparing language learners for intercultural communication seems to be a sine qua non for modern language education. employing a cross-sectional design in its first phase, this study investigated the intercultural sensitivity and language proficien...

 Background & Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of resistance and endurance concurrent training combined with ingested of L-Carnitine supplementation on hormonal changes, lipid profile, and body composition in obese men.Materials & Methods: Twenty four young obese men (age: 23.6±2.4 years and BMI: 32.4±1.6 kg/m2) volunteered to participate in this study and were ran...

Background and Purpose: Myonectin is one of the well-known myokines and similar to insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) involves in cellular signaling pathways. The aim of this study was to survey the effect of resistance training length on serum levels of myonectin and IGF-1 and their relationship in sedentary young men. Method: Fourteen volunteer non-physical education students (age 26.50±0.9...

‏‎this study investigated the effect of prior knowledge on the listening comprehension performance of fl learners. twenty students, male and female, drawn from the two intact groups of the senior and junior english language and literature majors were chosen as the participants of this study . the two groups were then randomly assigned into the experimental and control group. the experimental gr...

abstract the present study tried to investigate the effect of visual aids (films) on the development of the speech act of disagreement among iranian efl intermediate learners. to this end, the researcher selected 40 homogeneous intermediate learners based on their scores on oxford placement test. .the subjects then divided into control group and experimental group. both classes were tested by ...

Background and Objective: Leptin resistance is an important risk factor for obesity. So, the present study was conducted in order to determine the effectiveness of one-month concurrent training with and without caffeine ingestion on the resting energy expenditure and leptin resistance in overweight women.   Materials and Methods: 20 non-athlete and overweight women in a double-blind and quasi...

Introduction: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of twelve weeks of combined exercise training on CTRP3, TNF-α, IL6 and insulin resistance in women with type 2 diabetes. Materials and Methods: Thirty-six patients were divided into three groups, i.e. The control group (38.20±3.11 years), the aerobic-resistance combined exercise group(37.63±3.69 year) and the resistanc...