Background:  The highest aerobic capacity (VO2max) is one of the criteria that can be used to create a balance between work and worker. To maintain the health and physical capacity of individuals, as well as to increase production and profitability, physical work capacity (PWC) can be used to put individuals in jobs proportional to their capacities. Materials:  This cross-sectional ...

Objective: Children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) need special long term care which is usually provided by their mothers. Providing such intensive cares can induce physical loads on mothers' musculoskeletal system. The study aimed to assess the chronic musculoskeletal pains in mothers of children with cerebral palsy. Materials & Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Tehran, 2011. Two g...

Introduction: Identifying the factors leading to job satisfaction could be useful in increasing faculty members' job satisfaction and motivating them to perform their educational and research activities. This study was conducted to determine job satisfaction rate among faculty members of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in the year 2005-2006. Methods: In a descriptive study, 210 faculty ...

  Background an d Aim : Overweight and obesity are one of the most serious health and social problems in the world today. The fact that obesity is highly prevalent among adolescents is particularly alarming, considering that the disease has many undesirable physical and mental consequences. This study examined the relationship between overweight and obesity and the quality of life.   Materials ...

acknowledgements i wish to express my gratitude to all those who have helped me in preparing this thesis. i would like to express my deep gratitude to my respected advisor dr. kourosh akef, whose advice and comments helped me in the early stages of the research and throughout the writing process. i would also like to express my gratitude to dr. hajar khanmohammad whose invaluable guidance he...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and self-efficacy among physical education teachers in Bandar Abbas. Methodology: The methods of this study is descriptive- correlation. The population consists of all physical education teachers working in schools of education in Bandar Abbas in three elementary, middle and high school ac...