purpose : to evaluate the role of orthoptic treatments in the management of intermittent exotropia methods : in a retrospective study, clinical records of patients diagnosed with intermittent exotropia were reviewed. patients with basic, convergence insufficiency (ci) and divergence excess (de) types of intermittent exotropia who underwent orthoptic treatments were enrolled. office treatments i...

the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between blood buffer capacity and aerobic power (vo2max) with ability to perform high intensity intermittent activities in young football players. methods: 27 male football players (age 17.66 ±0.49 years) selected as subjects. blood samples were collected before and after the yoyo intermittent test. then, after 48 hours, the bruce trea...

introduction mild intermittent asthma is common in children and viral infections are responsible for the majority of exacerbations. as leukotrienes are potent inflammatory mediators, some studies have shown that montelukast, a leukotriene receptor antagonist, may be effective on reduction of asthma symptom. to determine whether a short course of montelukast in asthmatic children with common col...

the production of experimentally induced drug resistance in the laboratory provides valuable opportunities for investigators to study the nature and genetics of drug resistance mechanisms to a given agent, patterns of cross resistance and the mode of action of drugs. at the beginning the continuous drug exposure was chosen as a standard procedure to produce drug— resistant strains of p. falcipa...

while fasting has been practiced for centuries, its beneficial effects was unknown until recently. this review tries to analyze the current literature of how fasting and intermittent fasting (if) could affect clinical pathological parameters, learning, mood and brain plasticity. the effects of different ways of fasting on metabolism and stress were also explored. animal experiments have elucida...

football participation requires considerable utilization of both aerobic and anaerobic energy systems to match the high energetic demands of the sport. the consequent stresses imposed on the physiological and metabolic systems carries players to the threshold of exhaustion during match-play, from which they are required to recover in preparation for the subsequent game. a high number of players...

labor pain is one of the most tiresome types of pain. so human has been seeking to allay this pain until now. administration of a suitable agent such as entonox during labor is very beneficial for childbirth outcomes. entonox can be administered in two ways: intermittently and continuously. the aim of this study is to demonstrate whether continuous method is as safe as intermittent method? this...

introduction: diabetes mellitus (dm) is now seen as a worldwide epidemic disease with high prevalence. exercise training (et) is known to promote beneficial changes in diabetic patients. the aim of this study was to compare the impact of continuous and intermittent aerobic training on glucose-4 transporter protein (glut-4) levels and insulin sensitivity in diabetic rats. materials and methods: ...