BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The extent of a patient's impairment can be established by comparing measurements of that patient's performance with normative values obtained from apparently unimpaired individuals. Only a few studies have described normative values for muscle strength measured by hand-held dynamometry. The purpose of this study of older adults, therefore, was to obtain normative values ...

Summary In order to establish the normative curves for BMD in Iranian individuals, we measured BMDs at the lumbar spine and femoral regions of 760 women and 632 men using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. This study provides a baseline normative for Iranian individuals. BMD values of Iranian subjects were generally lower than those of the American population. Introduction In order to establish ...

organizational commitment has been defined as the extent that an individual accepts, internalizes, and views his or her role based on organizational values and goals. the three components –affective commitment, continuance commitment, and normative commitment– form the basis of a new conceptualization of organizational commitment. job stress has become one of the most serious health issues in t...

We extend the logical model of agency known as the KGP model, to support agents with normative concepts, based on the roles an agent plays and the obligations and prohibitions that result from playing these roles. The proposed framework illustrates how the resulting normative concepts, including the roles, can evolve dynamically during the lifetime of the agent. Furthermore, we illustrate how t...

objectives: deterioration in postural control mechanisms is termed postural instability and results increased postural sway and many laboratory techniques and instruments are characterized by a wide range of neurological signs and symptoms to the medical management. thus the current study designed to assess the reliability of commonly used clinical measures of balance and determined normal valu...

objectives: deterioration in postural control mechanisms is termed postural instability and results increased postural sway and many laboratory techniques and instruments are characterized by a wide range of neurological signs and symptoms to the medical management. thus the current study designed to assess the reliability of commonly used clinical measures of balance and determined normal valu...

OBJECTIVES We sought to quantify the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and physical function among endometrial cancer survivors. Understanding this relationship would help healthcare providers target efforts to refer obese endometrial cancer survivors to weight loss and exercise interventions. METHODS We conducted a survey of 213 endometrial cancer survivors who received cancer care ...

OBJECTIVES To establish normative data required for recording Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) using monaural stimulations in children with normal hearing. METHODS This study was conducted on 40 apparently healthy children. Database was collected after assessing with otological questionnaire, otoscopic examination and audiometric evaluation. Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA) was us...