the iranian rehabilitation journal has published many articles related to  different dimensions of treatment and psycho-education. as a reference we will review some articles which already published in this journal. dadkhah and his colleagues evaluated an individually family-based dohsa exercise programme of balance in the aged people and its effect on self confidence for performing common dail...

background cardiac rehabilitation (cr) can reduce risk factors and mortality rate and improve physical functions. coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) is commonly performed for patients with coronary disease. objectives the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of cr program on quality of life in patients with cardiac disease who had undergone cabg. patients and methods twenty p...

Population aging is a fact that requires attention from all sectors of society. Once the practice physical activity emphasized, figure athlete in old age and importance sports physiotherapy emerges this context. The guiding question arises: How can help athletes age? general objective article to review literature on performance elderly athletes. methodology chosen was systematic literature, whi...

conclusions behaviors are actually adopted and sustained by patients are so far from that recommended by health professionals. this gap could be reduced by identifying behavioral change challenges, rooted in the beliefs of the individual and the family. therefore, culturally-based interventions to enhance disease self-management should be considered. results three sources of behavioral change c...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of no exercise with prehabilitation (exercise before hindlimb unweighting [HLU]) versus rehabilitation (exercise given after HLU) on gait function and skeletal muscle mass and force. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING Animal laboratory. ANIMALS Male-specific, pathogen-free Fisher344/Brown Norway rats (N=149). Groups consisted of adult and ol...

objectives: auditory brain stem response (abr) is a result of eight nerve and brain stem nuclei stimulation. several factors may affect the latencies, interpeak latencies and amplitudes in abr especially sex and age. in this study, age and sex influence on abr were studied. methods: this study was performed on 120 cases (60 males and 60 females) at akhavan rehabilitation center of university of...