carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) is the most common entrapment neuropathy. it accounts 90% of all entrapment neuropathies all over the world. ultrasound is a non-invasive, cost effective and available para-clinical method which could be applied for cts diagnosis. cross-sectional area of the median nerve at the level of the inlet is considered as a diagnostic criterion in cts cases. in this study, t...

heart failure (hf) is a common disease with high health care costs and high mortality rate knowledge of the health-related quality of life (qol) outcomes of hf may guide decision making and be useful in assessing new therapies for population. yet little is known about qol of hf patients in iran. objectives: to assess health related qol of patients with hf with two different instrument and to co...

background: electrophysiologic (edx) study is the most valuable method in grading the severity of carpal tunnel syndrome (cts), but it is invasive and painful. we evaluated the efficacy of ultrasound for this purpose. materials and methods: eighty-one wrists of 52 consecutive patients with clinical evidences of cts, confirmed and graded by edx as mild, moderate, and severe, were examined by ult...

background: along with the prospers of scientific production there is a need for measuring and evaluation of university’ s scientific productions by means of accepted international indices to make comparison between academic institutions. this study aims to evaluate the scientific production of faculty members affiliated to shahid beheshti university of medical sciences (sbmus) in web of scienc...

background and aims: loneliness typically includes anxious feelings. it is particularly relevant to adolescence period. it has effect on physical and mental health. the present study aimed to identify the predictive factors of loneliness among high schools female students.methods: a cross –sectional survey was carried out among high schools female students in ilam during the academic year 2014-...

purpose : to determine the prevalence of the uncorrected refractive errors in bojnourd students methods : in a cross-sectional study, the samples were selected proportionate to the population of the schools using stratified randomized cluster sampling. the target population was the primary and junior high school students of the city of bojnourd. visual acuity (va) (snellen chart) and cycloplegi...

abstract background: the prevalence of self‑neglect among the elderly is expected to rise with a rapid increase in the growth of the older population. however, self‑neglect in the elderly and the factors related to it are not fully understood due to the limited research in the area, lack of consensus in the definition of the concept, and limited instrumentation. the purpose of this study was to...

more than eighty percent of patients with coronary heart diseases (chd) have conventional risk factors. prevalence of well known risk factors seems to show a different pattern in younger patients and individual above 55 years. to evaluate the pattern of conventional chd risk factors in healthy individuals in two different age groups. a large scale population based survey of 31999 individuals fr...

long-term ingestion of large amounts of fluoride can lead to potentially severe skeletal problems and neurological consequences. the study was conducted to assess and compare intelligence quotient of children living in high and low fluoride areas in kutch, gujarat, india.a cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted among 100 school children aged 8 to 10 years, living in kutch district, gu...