Objectives This study aimed at developing and determining psychometric properties of Active Aging Measurement Instrument (AAIM) as per the Iranian aging society. Methods & Materials This study was performed in two phases by applying the steps identified by Ingersoll-Dayton in 2015-2016. In the first phase, according to prior studies, a preliminary AAMI was developed through three steps. In the...

Background and Purpose: Left to their own choice, parturients will usually select positions they find most comfortable and will frequently change their positions over the course of labor. Maternal changing the positions will adjust fetus alignment to pass through the birth canal. Therefore, maternal positioning choice will include those positions with maximum comfort and those which improve the...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA Recurrent aphthous is a painful condition with 10-12% prevalence in the world. Considerable evidence are existed about the relationship between cellular immune response and recurrent aphthous .In this regard, present study carried out to analyze lymphocyte phenotype in patients with aphthous stomatitis ...

The unbalance currents injection by power electronic transformers in order to improve the unbalance voltage conditions of the network causes an imbalanced voltage in the DC link capacitors and creates an active powers inequality in the different phases. In this paper, the proposed control structure independently controls the active power of each phase by modifying the power angle between the vo...

Objectives: Investigating the effect of endurance training program onthe gait pattern of non-active elderly people. Methods & Materials: This study has been done by a semi-experience method with 23 old men and women by the average and standard deviation of 70.50±6.9 years old (n=14 people of exercise group, n=9 people of control group). The exercise group took part in this program for eight ...

  Introduction : Nulliparous women are very anxious in childbirth that this anxiety can reduce their chances for a normal delivery. The use of complementary therapies in reducing anxiety and more satisfaction from the birth is the need for further studies. This study compared the effects of aromatherapy with inhalation and foot bath with essential oils of damask rose and warm foot bath on anxie...