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background: although clbp rarely threatens the humans’ lives, those individuals suffering from such pain experience a variety of health-related problems and difficulties such as physical disability. this study aimed to determine the relationship between low back pain and physical disability among nurses working in pastor hospital of bam, kerman, iran.   methods and material: this cross sectiona...

Background: In some cultures, including ours, direct explanation of inner psychic world is inhibited and stigmatized, therefore finding alternative modes of expression. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the frequency of somatization in the depressed patients. Methods: The present study comprised 500 patients referred to the outpatient clinic of Shiraz University of Med...

BACKGROUND Pain often accompanies chronic disease in older adults and may exacerbate physical limitations, which the Disablement Model suggests may increase disability and decrease independence. This study tests the hypothesis that chronic pain and change in levels of pain over time have associations with worsening physical performance independent of disease conditions. METHODS We studied the...

introduction: knee osteoarthritis (ko) is the most common joint disease for which there is no optimal treatment. monochromatic infrared photo energy (mipe) is a relatively new light modality used to reduce pain and increase circulation. low level laser therapy (lllt) is another light modality used to reduce pain in ko. methods: the aim of this study was to compare the effects of the mipe and ll...

BACKGROUND Studies exploring the association between physical activity, screen time and sleep and pain usually focus on a limited number of painful body sites. Nevertheless, pain at different body sites is likely to be of different nature. Therefore, this study aims to explore and compare the association between time spent in self-reported physical activity, in screen based activities and sleep...

background: chronic pain is a frequent disability that negatively affects patient’s quality of life. understanding of the possible relation between sociodemographic and medical variables with health related quality of life (hrql) may help identifying the multidimensionality of pain and risk factors that limit physical and psychological adjustment of the patients. the present study was done to f...