[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of ankle plantarflexor strength training on selective voluntary motor control, gait parameters, and gross motor function of children with cerebral palsy (CP), focusing on changes in the strength and muscle activity of the ankle plantarflexors. [Methods] Six children aged between 4 and 10 years with CP participated in a 6 week str...

BACKGROUND Many older adults rely on a manual wheelchair for mobility but typically receive little, if any, training on how to use their wheelchair effectively and independently. Standardized skill training is an effective intervention, but limited access to clinician trainers is a substantive barrier. Enhancing Participation in the Community by Improving Wheelchair Skills (EPIC Wheels) is a 1-...

conclusions regular resistance training and prostatic massage can improve proinflammatory markers and psa levels in men with pc. results in the resistance training group, il-10 levels significantly increased after four (p = 0.055) and eight weeks (p = 0.000). four and eight weeks of resistance training showed a significant reduction in psa, crp, il-6, and tnf-α levels (p < 0.05). patients of ma...

introduction: facial deformities and aesthetic and functional anomalies in children may be a cause of real distress in families. problems faced by parents in coping with a child’s anomaly can be upsetting and lead parents to exhibit over-severe behavior. the present study was conducted in order to study the effect of happiness program on the happiness of the mothers of children with a cleft lip...

introduction:  clinical settings and teaching methods play a key role in students&apos; learning. so, the present study aimed to investigates the effect of holding special training rounds on performance of pediatric residents. methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted on 30 residents. they were randomly divided into two case (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. two groups received prete...

objectives: the aim of this study was to determine the effect of perceptual-motor training on motor skills of normal preschool children (aged 4-6 years) in esfahan city. methods: this was a quasi-experimental study with intervention and control groups. each group included 30 normal preschool children aged 4 to 6 years. they were selected randomly children of intervention group one empowering ch...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To test the feasibility and acceptability of a strength-training intervention in patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). DESIGN One-group prospective, repeated-measures design. SETTING Academic medical center in the midwestern United States. SAMPLE Convenience sample of 10 patients receiving HSCT. METHODS The strength-training intervention c...

objective: this research aimed to study the effect of life skill training on mental health of iranian middle school students. method: this experimental study was conducted in 2015 on 100 students of city of ghaemshahr (north of iran), who were randomly selected and divided into two equal groups of intervention (n = 50) and control (n = 50). qualified trainers provided eight sessions (two sessio...

Background: Today, the important strategies that are employed to avoid diabetes complications are lifelong health education and self-care. This study aimed to determine the impacts of an educational intervention based upon a health belief model. Methods: The quasi-experimental study was conducted on patients with type 2 diabetes using the convenience sampling approach and assigned to experimen...

conclusions therapeutic intervention and parent management training improves parenting skill of abusive parents, and this might lead to fewer incidents of abuse or neglect. results participants included 73 children with the mean age of 6.9 ± 4.3 year, while the mean age of parents was 31.76 ± 6.52 year for the mothers and 38.07 ± 8.45 year for the fathers. general anxiety disorder (30.1%) and d...