abstract background and aim: visual impairment affects people's quality of life. since the effect of rehabilitation services is measured by improving in quality of life, this study was performed to evaluate the effect of rehabilitation services on quality of life in the blind. materials and methods: 121 blind and low vision people who covered by zahedan welfare organization were studied by...

objective: congenital fusion of jaws is a rare disorder which is observed in infants and cab ne syndromic and non-syndromic. limited mouth opening in patients can affect the child growth and cause difficulties in feeding, swallowing and breathing.   case: a in this study, a female infant from afghanistan, settled in qom referred to alzahra maternity with upper and lower fusion jaws is reported....

background: quality of life evaluates the general well-being of individuals and it can be considered as one of the important aspects in programming and giving service to disabled people. blindness is one of the most important kinds of physical disability that has a direct effect on quality of life, so t his study aimed to explore how war blindness influences the quality of life .   methods: in ...

introduction: in 1995, the world health organization (who) estimated that there were 37.1 million blind people worldwide. it has subsequently been reported that 110 million people have severely impaired vision, hence are at great risk of becoming blind. watkins predicted an annual increase of about two million blind worldwide. this study was designed to investigate the causes of blindness and l...

There are well-established links between successful athlete development, retention and high-quality coaching. Such athletes coaches also pertinent in disability sports. However, there is limited knowledge around coaching coaches’ needs barriers sport. To bridge this gap, a self-narrative approach was employed covering 5-year period of the first author’s career Blind (B1) Visually Im...

The peer-review system as a critical tool in academic processes is regarded to be essential. It not used only evaluate the manuscripts submitted journals but also tenure decisions, promotions, and grant applications. However, during last few decades, has become subject of research criticized from various aspects. Many scholars studied process presented biases emerging due characteristics author...