aim: smoking is the first factor of diseases, and death, and one of the major health problems all over the world.the aim of this study was validating the persian version of short-form decisional balance scale to smoke cessation in iranian workers.method: this cross-sectional study was conducted among 218 workers from automobile manufactory in bam city (iran) in 2016 using convenient sampling.fi...

where UN0 is the excretion of urinary nitrogen on a protein-free diet and K is the nitrogen balance index of the dietary nitrogen (1). This is an equation for a straight line in regions of negative and low positive nitrogen balance where this balance is linearly related to absorbed nitrogen. Thus the index (K), which is the rate of change of nitrogen balance with respect to absorbed nitrogen, i...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of virtual reality (VR) and a tetra-ataxiometric posturography (Tetrax) program on stroke patients with impaired standing balance. METHODS Thirty acute stroke patients with impaired standing balance were recruited and randomly assigned to a VR, Tetrax, or control group. All patients received conventional balance training as a baseline; and VR and Tetrax pat...

Prophylactic knee braces are designed to prevent and reduce the severity of ligamentous injuries to the knee. Conflicting evidence is reported concerning their efficacy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of prophylactic knee bracing on the proprioceptive parameters of balance and joint position sense. Active and passive joint position sense were assessed using the Cybex II +...

[Purpose] This study aimed to improve the asymmetrical weight-bearing ratio by applying repetitive sit-to-stand training methods that feature a step-foot position to the paretic-side foot of hemiplegic patients; it sought also to provide the information needed to apply weight-bearing and balance training to hemiplegic patients. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were divided into two groups: a...

background menopause is a period of women’s lives with changes and symptoms that affect their work, sleep and quality of life. therefore, it is important to overcome these symptoms. objectives the aim of the present study was to compare the effects of calci soya balance and vitagnus on menopausal symptoms. patients and methods this double-blinded controlled trial study was performed in public h...