BACKGROUND Low back pain (LBP) is a common cause of lost playing time and can be a challenging clinical condition in competitive athletes. LBP in athletes may be associated with joint and ligamentous hypermobility and impairments in activation and coordination of the trunk musculature, however there is limited research in this area. OBJECTIVES To determine if there is an association between a...

The aim of current research is surveying the relationship between social support and anxiety in infertile women. The research method is correlative (descriptive). The research population includes all infertile women visiting Hazrat-e Maryam Fertility Center in Sari and Doctor Dastourian Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Qaem Shahr from 20/04/2014 to 22/09/2014; and the number of these wome...

Linda Shields PhD, FRCNA, Professor of Nursing, University of Limerick, Ireland This is one of a series of short papers on aspects of research by Alison Twycross and Linda Shields You’ve found a piece of research that you think may be relevant to your practice but it is full of statistics and you can make neither head nor tail of them. Why do researchers bother doing statistical tests? What on ...

OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of emergencies in patients with fixed and removable orthodontic appliances at tertiary care dental hospital. METHODOLOGY: A questionnaire was designed for this descriptive cross-sectional study to be filled by clinician (L3/L4 FCPS resident) end addressing every emergency. Sampling done under consecutive non-probability protocols. Descriptive statistics we...

the aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between social capital among employees with their job performance in tehran's forensic medicine organization. the study population consisted of all the employees of tehran's forensic medicine organization in 2015 that based on available statistics are 120 employees that because of limited statistical population, sampling has not...

Aims: Rhythm dysfunction is one of the important cardiovascular problems and pacemakers have been used increasingly during past decade. Complications and pacemakers’ dysfunction can be prevented by providing necessary information and nursing care to patients. This study was designed to examine nurses’ performance in giving care to patients with temporary and permanent pacemakers. Methods: This ...

Lassa fever is an acute, virulent viral haemorrhagic illness with high morbidity and mortality rates. Its awareness remains low in sub urban or rural community. This study was carried out to assess the awareness of Lassa fever of a rural community in the south western part of Nigeria. A descriptive cross sectional study of 122 respondents prior to a sensitization seminar on Lassa fever was carr...