introduction cities and neighborhoods in iran couldn’t adjust themselves to quick changes of the recent decades and have lost their quality in many aspects. due to poor planning and governance at the regional and urban design on physical function, rapid growth of large-scale migrations and inefficient policies and procedures in dealing with urban neighborhoods neglected urban neighborhoods as w...

Objectives To test the hypotheses that therapeutic taping of the knee improves pain and disability in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and that benefits remain after stopping treatment. Design Randomised single blind controlled trial with three intervention arms (therapeutic tape, control tape, and no tape) of three weeks’ duration and three week follow up. Setting Outcome assessment wa...

MAIN RESULTS Analysis was by intention to treat. The table shows the 3-week results. At 6 weeks, reduction in pain on worst activity was greater in the TKT group than in the no tape or control group (p,0.05 for both), whereas reduction in pain on movement was only greater in the TKT group than in the no tape group (p,0.05). CONCLUSION In patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, therapeutic kne...

PURPOSE The incidence of pelvic pain after placement of a suburethral sling for incontinence ranges between 0% and 30%. The management of this chronic pain after suburethral sling placement is complex and to our knowledge no consensus has been reached. We evaluated the functional results after removal of the suburethral tape responsible for chronic pelvic pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS From Nove...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective, randomized, double-blinded, clinical trial using a repeated-measures design. OBJECTIVES To determine the short-term clinical efficacy of Kinesio Tape (KT) when applied to college students with shoulder pain, as compared to a sham tape application. BACKGROUND Tape is commonly used as an adjunct for treatment and prevention of musculoskeletal injuries. A majority of ...

BACKGROUND Because intralesional injection of triamcinolone acetonide (TA), a widely used for the treatment of keloid, is painful, many patients discontinue treatment. We evaluated the effects of pretreatment with topical 60% lidocaine tape on the pain and tolerability of intralesional TA treatment in patients with keloid. METHODS The subjects were 42 patients with keloid who had been treated...