The effects of prolonged imaginal exposure sessions (60 minutes; n=60) were compared with those of shorter exposure sessions (30 minutes, n=32) for patients with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Consistent with the authors' hypothesis, patients who received 30-minute imaginal exposure sessions showed less within-session habituation than patients who received 60-minute exposure sess...

BACKGROUND Earlier tissue plasminogen activator treatment improves ischemic stroke outcome, but aspects of the time-benefit relationship still not well delineated are: (1) the degree of additional benefit accrued with treatment in the first 60 minutes after onset, and (2) the shape of the time-benefit curve through 4.5 hours. METHODS We analyzed patients who had acute ischemic stroke treated ...

The purpose of the current study was to compare the workout volume (sets x resistance x repetitions per set) completed during two upper body resistance exercise sessions that incorporated 1 minute versus 3 minute rest intervals between sets and exercises. Twelve trained men completed two experimental sessions that consisted of 5 upper body exercises (i.e. barbell bench press, incline barbell be...

The instantaneous effect of the sound of a passing truck on sleep of five male students, 23 to 25 years of age, was assessed. The peak levels of noise were adjusted to 55, 60, and 65 dB (A) with intervals of 18 and 13 minutes, and a frequency of one per hour. Background noise in the experimental room was Leq 42 dB (A). The sleep stage of each epoch was visually judged based on the criteria of R...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of water exercises on the quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis. methods: 30 multiple sclerosis patients (40-65 years old) were selected by available sample. they were divided into control and experimental groups. the instrument was the quality of life questionnaire (sf-36) in this study. the experimental group par...

BACKGROUND Different methods of measuring blood pressure (BP) have been used in clinical and scientific evaluations. However, the methods employed have constraints and peculiarities to be considered. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether similar BP values are obtained in elderly hypertensive patients undergoing resistance exercises when using the oscillometric (Omron-HEM-431) and auscultatory methods...