introduction: musculoskeletal pain accompanied by psychological problem lead to reduce the efficiency of adolescents; so, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and its association with psychological factors among female adolescents. materials and methods: the target population of this cross sectional study was female students (3625 in total) from both private and ...

introduction: in spite of large number of studies regarding relation between thyroid cancer and childhood irradiation, contraversy still exists management of these patients. this study tries to find optimal method of thyroid evaluation in this group. methods and patients: in a recall program using mass media in khorasan, all patients with childhood irradiation were invited for thyroid evaluatio...

introduction : oral health is an important aspect of public health which affects people’s quality of life. oral health related quality of life is assessed to evaluate the effect of different diseases on individual’s daily life quality. the aim of this study was to examine the oral health related quality of life in patients with head and neck tumors who received radio and chemotherapy. materials...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: despite the potential benefits of virtual reality technology in physical rehabilitation, only a few studies have evaluated the efficacy of this type of treatment in patients with neck pain. objective: the aim of this study was to compare the effects of virtual reality training (vrt) versus conventional proprioceptive training (cpt) in pa...

background: workstation design has shift from using single monitor screen to dual monitor screens, which may impose some impacts towards the muscles activity. this study aimed to determine the effect of using dual monitor screen computer to the neck-shoulder muscle activity among computer user. method: this experimental study was conducted in 2015 among 28 healthy students in university malaysi...

conclusions according to the findings of this study, the most common cause of penetrating neck injuries was stab wounds, and the majority of patients were young men, therefore, preventive measures should be implemented. because of fatal complications associated with neck injuries, we recommend early neck exploration in unstable cases or when injuries are deeper than the platysma. results among ...

background: identifying the predisposing factors of neck and shoulder complaints and finding solutions to avoid them could improve the occupational health condition of the nurses. in this study, we aimed at determining the role of psychological and physical occupational factors in developing neck and shoulder complaints among the participants.   methods: this analytic cross-sectional study was ...

In modern society, life expectancy is steadily increasing, at the same time, number of medial femoral fractures increasing. The bone-beam system proximal epiphysis femur has areas different density throughout, however, these differences are most clearly observed in neck. aim stidy was to build a two-dimensional parametric model human neck study its bone and beam structure. Material methods. car...

penetrating neck trauma is an important area of trauma care that has undergone evolution in the recent past. a remarkable number of changes have occurred in the treatment paradigm as new technologies have developed and as surgeons have explored the outcomes from different treatment protocols. therapy has evolved from no treatment (before effective anesthesia and instrumentation), to non operati...