Due to the disease itself and dialysis procedure, patients with end-stage renal (ESRD) are more likely experience sleep disorders other psychological pathologies than general population. Except decreasing quality of life for patients, long-term disturbances can increase risk cardiovascular all-cause death. The traditional Chinese health exercises (TCHEs) such as Baduanjin, Taijiquan Qigong slow...

Background and purpose: Despite the high prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, There haven,t been definite curative treatment for the disease and focus of treatment has directed towards pulmonary rehabilitation as an effective non-drug treatments. this study were performed to determine the effect of motivational abdominal breathing device on breathing pattern and dyspnea of chron...

Postoperative physiotherapy has been shown to reduce the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications after open abdominal surgery. This study aimed to determine if the addition of deep breathing exercises and secretion clearing techniques to a standardised physiotherapist-directed program of early mobilisation improved clinical outcomes in patients undergoing open abdominal surgery. Fift...

As the number of foreign people living in Japan has rapidly increased in the last decade, the necessity for intercultural understanding among Japanese people and foreigners alike is becoming more imperative. In the higher education system of Fukui prefecture in Japan, the researcher and her co-researchers aim at developing an original Intercultural Training program using information and communi...

This paper describes models that have been used in delivering initial and inservice teacher education in Jamaica over the last 30 years. These include: • The In-Service Teacher Training Thrust model of the 1970s and early 1980s that combined face-to-face instruction delivered during vacations and evenings and weekends to provide formal training for unqualified teachers. • The UWIDITE model, usi...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com women in both groups were assessed to determine the level of knowledge on selected antenatal exercises like breathing exercise, pelvic floor exercise and relaxation technique. A structured knowledge questionnaire was prepared with 35 items with total score of 35 knowledge questionnaires. The level of the knowledge was divided as inadequate knowledge...

BACKGROUND Coughing has been identified as the most painful experience post cardiac surgery. METHODS Participants (n = 32), in a randomized crossover trial, applied a frozen gel pack to their sternal incision dressing before performing deep breathing and coughing (DB & C) exercises. Pain scores from 0 to 10 at rest were compared with pain scores post DB & C with and without the gel pack. Part...

Objective To trace and document smaller changes in perinatal survival over time. Design Prospective observational study, with retrospective analysis. Setting Labor ward and operating theater at Haydom Lutheran Hospital in rural north-central Tanzania. Participants All women giving birth and birth attendants. Intervention Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) simulation training on newborn care a...

The quick training algorithms and accurate solution procedure for incremental learning aim at improving the efficiency of training of SVR, whereas there are some disadvantages for them, i.e. the nonconvergence of the formers for changeable training set and the inefficiency of the latter for a massive dataset. In order to handle the problems, a new training algorithm for a changeable training se...

[Purpose] This study was conducted to investigate the effect of exercise training using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on breathing in patients with chronic stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty chronic stroke patients who do not show abnormal response to electric stimulation were enrolled in this study and each 15 subjects were randomized either into the study group an...