Introduction. A significant percentage of the musculoskeletal system pathology in children is currently fall on foot – longitudinal flatfeet, which not only a medical, but also social problem. The incidence this up to 58% total orthopedic pathology.
 Traditional methods treatment and prevention mild (I– II severity) flatfeet (LF), are known today (massage, physiotherapy exercises, use devi...

This paper presents an evaluation of the long-term impact of microfinance programmes on Acehnese children during the post-tsunami recovery. The study, conducted from June to August 2010, examined the impact of microfinance programming six years after the tsunami. The sample consisted of 185 microfinance participants, with a comparison group of 192 individuals who did not participate in microfin...

BACKGROUND: Diabetic neuropathy reduces the patient’s quality of life and diabetes management itself and, as a result, worsens prognosis other diabetic complications. Various complaints that are often felt by mellitus (DM) patients due to include pain in legs, numbness, weakness affected leg, paresthesia, or absence tendon reflexes leg. AIM: This study aimed determine effectiveness electric mas...

This letter is in response to the editorial “Silver Bullets and Shotguns” (1) and an article by Narahari et al “Integrated Management of Filarial Lymphedema for Rural Communities” (2) regarding use of multimodality treatment like ayurvedic massage, yoga, and bioengineering pressure therapy along with allopathic medicines and modalities. First of all, ayurvedic medicines, spas, and yoga are very...

BACKGROUND Massage therapists are at times unclear about the definition of massage therapy, which creates challenges for the profession. It is important to investigate the current definitions and to consider the field as a whole in order to move toward clarity on what constitutes the constructs within the profession. PURPOSE To determine how a sample of experts understand and describe the fie...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to determine the change in blood pressure (BP) in normotensive and prehypertensive adults resulting from a therapeutic massage, and the factors associated with such changes, including demographic and massage characteristics. DESIGN SETTINGS/LOCATION National University of Health Sciences Massage Therapy Clinic, Lombard, IL. SUBJECTS The subjects...