Background. Cardiac rehabilitation program is aimed at reducing secondary risk factors and improving function in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting run which ultimately may delay or reduce mortality in patients. A major component of cardiac rehabilitation program is exercise. Objective(s). This study is aimed at evaluating the effect of aquatic and dryland training on Perox...

the current study aimed to examine the effect of a period of regular exercise onthe aggression of educable mentally retarded students aged between 9 and 15 inlordegan city. for this purpose, 28 students were selected randomly and dividedinto two groups: 7 boys and 7 girls in experimental group and 7 boys and 7 girls incontrol group. ghezelseflu et al. (1387) aggression scale was used as a prete...

Interventions for young children at risk autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may improve key developmental skills and remediate early ASD signs. Parents of 3 (19, 23, 26 months old) showing possible signs participated. The Parent Observation Early Markers Scale (POEMS) identified specific child concerns confirmed in baseline observations. Multiple designs across parent behaviors evaluated a parent-m...

The objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of an Electroencephalography (EEG)-based Motor Imagery (MI) Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) coupled with a Haptic Knob (HK) robot for arm rehabilitation in stroke patients. In this three-arm, single-blind, randomized controlled trial; 21 chronic hemiplegic stroke patients (Fugl-Meyer Motor Assessment (FMMA) score 10-50), recruited after...

the aim of this research was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks of aerobic training and omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on plasma sicam-1 in elderly men. in this study, 36 male non-athletes (aged between 50 and 70) were selected through available method and randomly divided into 4 groups (9 subjects per group): aerobic training+omega-3 supplement, aerobic training+placebo, omega-3 suppleme...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture (EA) in inhibiting upper-extremity spasticity in chronic stroke patients, and also in mapping a unique preliminary acupoint-selection protocol. METHODS Fifteen patients were divided into two groups: patients in the control group (n=6) received minimal acupuncture (MA), and those in the experimental group (n=9) rece...

BACKGROUND Psychological distress is one of the most common psychological symptoms in elderly cancer patients. However, many of these patients do not receive any treatment for distress management. Therefore, we aimed to assess the effect of a communication program on the psychological distress of elderly cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This two-group clinical trial with a before and af...