Once low back pain (LBP) occurs, it is easily prolonged and may become a chronic problem. LBP is an occupational problem among nursing staff at welfare facilities, and we investigated LBP and related matters in nursing staff, who work in health and welfare facilities for the elderly and at a special nursing home. The results concerning staff with LBP and those without LBP were analyzed statisti...

This study sought to investigate if virtual reality technology enhances the psychological benefits of aerobic exercise in a laboratory setting. In this study, 88 university faculty and staff (44 females, 44 males) were randomly assigned to one of three 30-min conditions including: (1) bicycling at a moderate intensity (60–70% maximum heart rate) on a stationary bicycle, (2) playing a virtual re...

OBJECTIVE This study is aimed at getting to know the existing relationship between the dimensions of the burnout syndrome and job satisfaction, on one hand, and depressive feelings on the other through the creation of a structural model aimed at relating all these concepts on a sample of Spanish periodontists. STUDY DESIGN The initial sample comprised 284 individuals, who represented 20% of t...

BACKGROUND The aims of this study were to evaluate the employees' subjective assessments of different aspects of lighting condition as well as task area illuminance in manufacturing plants. METHODS This field study was conducted between March and May 2013, in three packing plants (Saveh, central Iran). Data were collected by questionnaire and measurement of the task area illuminance levels. D...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether a set of physical symptoms is associated with low blood pressure and to investigate the possible role of psychological factors in their occurrence. DESIGN Analysis of data collected by questionnaire and physical screening from the first phase of the Whitehall II study, a cohort study of an employed population. SETTING 23 civil service departments in London. ...

The impact of environmental conditions as found in aircraft on pilots and flight attendants was investigated by the EU-project HEACE. Measurements of 6 long-haul rotations, three Vienna–Delhi (7-h flights) and three Vienna– Tokyo (12-h flights with a rest of 3 hours for the crew during flights), were investigated in cooperation with Austrian Airlines on board of aircraft of the Airbus type. Bes...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to determine the effects of clinical Pilates in multiple sclerosis patients. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty multiple sclerosis patients were enrolled in this study. The participants were divided into two groups as the clinical Pilates and control groups. Cognition (Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite), balance (Berg Balance Scale), physical performance (ti...

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine symptoms of acute coronary syndrom (ACS) with resect to sex differences. Methods: This comparative cross-sectional study was performed on patients older than 20 years with ACS who were hospitalized at cardiac wards. Sampling was performed through stratified sampling on the basis of sex. Five hundred male and female patients me...

A 69-year-old female presented with palpitations and a history of tiredness and shortness of breath for several weeks. She had a previous history of Raynaud syndrome. She was an ex-smoker. She commented that she had not lost her tan since the previous summer. Her only medication was nifedipine for her Raynaud syndrome. On examination, she was slim and tanned. Pulse rate was 86 beats per minute ...