Purpose: The intellectual development of people with mental retardation has been stopped or is incomplete. This condition is associated with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) of the general cognition level and affects the verbal, motor, and cognitive abilities of these people. This study aims to investigate the effect of selective balance/corrective exercises on the balance performance ...

Background and purpose: People who are deaf have poorer balance due to defects in vestibular system, which is one of the major systems of the human balance control. Materials and methods: A pretest-posttest semi-experimental study was designed with pretest-posttest and control group. Thirty two deaf students were randomly divided into two groups. The experimental group did Pilates exercises fo...

Background & Aims: Transverse myelitis is a common clinical syndrome among children and adults caused by inflammation of the spinal cord. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a central stability training course on muscle function and balance of women with transverse myelitis. Materials & Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 25 women with transverse myelitis were div...

Background: One of the most common complications of Diabetic Polyneuropathy (DPN) is decreased balance and Postural Control disorder. Balance has an important role in static and dynamic activities as a base of activities of daily living. The objective of this study was the evaluation and comparison of dynamic and functional balance in patients with DPN and healthy subjects. Methods: In this ...