The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of 2 days/week versus 4 days/week of Whole Body Vibration (WBV) during eight weeks of WBV training on health-related quality of life (SF-36), balance and lower body strength, as well as short-term detraining (3 weeks) on balance and lower body strength among older adults. Thirty-four older adults were randomly assigned to a control group (Con...

the aim of this research was to investigate the effect of observing animated model, static images and combined model on motor learning of handstand balance skill. 45 subjects (mean age 8.03±1.7 yr) were randomly divided into three experimental groups: observation of animated model, static images, combined model. subjects trained handstand balance skill for three weeks (three sessions per week)....

The Management Challenge Online (TMCO) is a ten week online management course that begins for a cohort of 30 in the week immediately following their attendance at a residential three-day training school. This paper examines the evolution of TMCO over the inaugural two year period, detailing the cycle of evaluation and development within a culture of continuous improvement. The paper provides ex...

Chondromalacia patellae is a disorder often accompanied by patellofemoral instability. This can be simply a reflex inhibition of the quadriceps muscle secondary to pain. The eccentric and concentric contraction exercises are beneficial in strengthening of the quadriceps muscles and treatment of chondromalacia patellae. This study was conducted to compare between eccentric contraction and concen...

previous studies indicated that endurance exercise decreases levels of liver enzymes. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of endurance exercise on liver enzymes in eight weeks in iranian women who are stopping the drug with methadone. sixty iranian women prisoners including 30 cases as experimental group and 30 volunteers served as control. the mean age, height, weight, percent of...

background: primary dysmenorrhoea without any specific pelvic disease is one of the common complaints in women`s medicine. the general purpose of this research is to define the effects of 12-week aquatic exercises on nonathletic girls’ primary dysmenorrhoea. materials and methods: this quasi-experimental was conducted on 40 nonathletic girls aged 18-25 years. data gathering tools were: evaluati...

BACKGROUND Whether acupuncture is effective for relieving perimenopausal syndrome has been controversial recently. In this article, we report the protocol of a randomized controlled trial using acupuncture to treat perimenopausal syndrome, aiming to answer this controversy. DESIGN A multicenter randomized controlled trial with two parallel arms is underway in China. Two hundred and six women ...

conclusions small-group education in patients undergoing hemodialysis leads to a decrease in interdialytic weight gain, and systolic blood pressure, but has no effect on diastolic blood pressure. results the mean, and standard deviation of interdialytic weight gain of participants was 3.64 ± 0.88 kg, before the education, and significantly decreased to 1.34 ± 0.61 kg, and 1.71 ± 0.72 kg one wee...