background: headache and depression are prevalent among general population. the aim of this study was to determine the associated factors of headache in elderly subjects with emphasis to depression. methods: all cohort of elderly individuals of the amirkola health study project were included. data regarding several clinical and demographic characteristics were provided via fill in quesstionnair...

background: constipation is a common problemin elderly subjects. probiotics have been suggested to improve intestinal motility and to reduce fecal enzyme activity. in this study, the effect of lactobacillus acidophilus tablets on elderly subjects was compared with placebo.â  materials andmethods: elderly subjects (n = 48) with chief complaint of constipation were enrolled in a randomly double-b...

objectives: the purpose of this study was to compare spatio-temporal gait parameters between elderly and young male subjects. methods & materials: 57 able-bodied elderly (72±5.5 years) and 57 healthy young (25±8.5 years) subjects participated in this study. a four segment model consist of trunk, hip, shank, and foot with 10 reflective markers were used to define lower limbs. kinematic data coll...

A lthough the negative impact of high BMI on the risk of death from allcause mortality is now well established, there is an apparent decline in the relative added risk of obesity with increasing age (1,2). This has led some experts to conclude that obesity should not necessarily be viewed as a disease in individuals older than 55 years. If such shift in the approach to adiposity during the latt...

b a c k g r oun d & aim: berg balance scale (bbs) is one of the most applied tests to identify high-risk elderly people for fall. fall is a common health problem among community senior citizens. a diag- nostic test to identify high-risk elderly people can prevent or alleviate falls. the purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of bbs to predict falls among elderly community dwellers....

aging is a crucial period in human life and it is a social necessity to pay attention to the issues and needs of this stage of life. the aim of the current study was to study the effect of body mass index (bmi) on reaction time and response time of the active and inactive elderly. the research method was causal-comparative and its statistical population consisted of the elderly from mahabad cit...

background and objective: malnutrition is a very common clinical disorder risk factor in elderly people, which is not diagnosed in most cases and, therefore, remains untreated. the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of malnutrition in free-living elderly people and its relationship with socioeconomic factors (sef) in the elderly subjects in khorasan razavi province, iran. m...