arthrogriposis is a disorder in which two or more joints in more than one limb of body, place in a stable position and malformation status that usually is the result of joints' immobilization during fetal period. problems resulting from this congenital deficit can occur in difference places, in upper and lower limbs, trunk, and even in face. it occurs in 3 of 1000 births, in two-third of t...

the majority of the long stay psychiatric patients who are in need of rehabilitation suffer from schizophrenia. most of them enter the old age with this illness, and besides the consequences of schizophrenia, they are facing the deprivation and misery due to the old age. in contrast to the previous decades in which there was no effective treatment for schizophrenia, today with the immediate dia...

rehabilitation is the ongoing management of injuries and disabilities after an accident. it will help people to maximize the individuals` recovery through the relearning of skills or teaching of strategies to compensate for changed abilities. self-esteem may be one major factor related to the manner in which people with spinal cord injury (sci) respond to rehabilitation. following a short discu...

Background Radiotherapy aggravates implant-based prosthetic rehabilitation in patients with head and neck cancer. Purpose To evaluate the impact of radiation dose at implant parotid gland site for rehabilitation. Material methods The retrospective study includes 121 irradiated cancer 751 inserted implants. Radiation doses on bed were recorded by 3-dimensional modulated plans. Implant success wa...

Currently, the cities in southern region of Chile present extremely high levels atmospheric pollution. One main reasons for that is adoption inadequate thermal envelopes, which are not adapted to buildings’ climatic and environmental surrounding conditions. Usually, existing buildings do have any type insulation, causes excessive heating spaces, a where source heat firewood. Thus, there need in...

adenocarcinoma in situ is one of the premalignant lesions of the cervix and its incidence is believed to be increasing while the pathogenesis of the disease is not clearly understood. management of adenocarcinoma in situ (ais) unlike carcinoma in situ (cis) has not been clearly described in the current literature. here we describe conservative management and serial  olposcopy of two pregnant wo...

objectives: the aim of this research was to assess the level of awareness of rehabilitation professionals employed in academic rehabilitation centers in tehran with reference to tele-rehabilitation technology. methods: in this study, a descriptive cross-sectional research method was used. the research was implemented by using a researcher-designed questionnaire which was developed by the integr...

conclusions these results suggest that treadmill training and yoga practice improved ambulatory function, fatigue and mood status in the individuals with mild to moderate ms. patients and methods thirty-one ms patients, all female with mean of age of 36.75 years and expanded disability status scale scores (edss) of 1.0 to 4.0 were recruited. subjects were randomly assigned to one of the three g...

background: disasters have adverse impacts on different aspects of human life. psychosocial rehabilitation is one of the fields which is usually overshadowed and ignored by physical rehabilitation or its importance does not receive proper attention. this research attempts to study some lessons learned from psychosocial rehabilitation based on disaster experiences in iran. materials and methods:...