Loss of motion of the knee is a challenging dilemma to both the patient and the treating physician. The causes of arthrofibrosis are many but can usually be traced to a traumatic event, intra-articular/ligament knee surgery, knee arthroplasty, and possibly sepsis. Prevention is the best form of treatment, but when this entity does present, early recognition and a supervised physical therapy pro...

background drowning is a serious but neglected health problem in low-and middle-income countries. objectives to describe the effectiveness of drowning prevention program on the reduction of drowning mortality rates in rural settings at the north of iran, and guide its replication elsewhere. patients and methods this interventional design included pre- and post-intervention observations in the r...

conclusions vitamin c supplementations after 14th weeks of gestation can prevent from pprom in women with the history of pprom. results pprom occurred in 44.7% of controls and 31.8% of cases (p < 0.05). prom occurred in 34.1% of controls and 18.8% of cases (p < 0.05). pregnancy was terminated at term gestation in 21.2% of controls and 49.4% of cases (p < 0.05). rupture of membranes was signific...

Children's Rights and the New Evaluation Approach in Iran M. Hassani, Ph.D. Schools are among highly valued social institutions wherein the new generations' way to progress is paved. As such, they must operate in a way that promotes and protects children's basic rights. One area of operation in schools is evaluation. Hence, it too needs to be in accordance with the children's rights c...

Health promotion and disease prevention programs are becoming important components of contemporary health care. There are at least 2 pathways to the enhancement of population health status through disease prevention. The first pathway requires the early diagnosis and treatment of disease. The second pathway promotes healthy lifestyles and disregards the requirement that a condition must be diag...

this study aims to evaluation of knowledge management processes including knowledge generation & acquisition, saving & organizing, dissemination & sharing and application in the public sector especially in police through a case study based investigation and identifies factors affecting for improvement them. the evaluation was examined through 423 questionnaires provided by in different police u...

perioperative stress and anesthesia are risk factors for exacerbation of multiple sclerosis (ms) attacks. infection, emotional labiality and hyperpyrexia are also known to increase the risk of postoperative ms attacks. appropriate preoperative evaluation, administration of a good premedication, control of fever, selection of the anesthetic agents and effective postoperative pain control can pre...

cytomegalovirus (cmv) and rubella are considered as dangerous viral infections to the fetus. the findings of this research can clear the possible progress made thus far toward prevention in this part of the country. the data of all referees to genetic center of shahid beheshti hospital in hamadan, including the rubella and cmv tests were recorded in questionnaires and analyzed by logistic regre...

objective: school-based interventions (such as life skills training) have become the mainstay for prevention of some behavioral problems. this study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of a social skills training program on a group of students who were in the first grade of high school in an urban area of tehran, iran. method: in a before-after study, a kind of social skill education program...