Background: Developmental dysplasia of hip (DDH) is a common childhood disorder, and ultrasonography examination is routinely used for screening purposes. In this study, we aimed to evaluate a modified combined static and dynamic  ultrasound technique for the detection of DDH and to compare with the results of static and dynamic ultrasound techniques.    Methods:In this cross-sectional study...

methods in this study, 16 skilled female gymnasts (mean age of 9.62 ± 1.45 years) were randomly categorized to two general warm-up with no stretching (ns, n=8) and general warm-up plus static stretching (ss, n=8) groups. the warm-up protocol included a 10-minute jogging, and the static stretch (ss) protocol included stretching programs on the different parts of body during four weeks, three tim...

abstract   introduction: balance is one of the most important contexts in ageing. improving balance in middle age can prevent falling down in elderly which impose the financial and mental costs to society. imbalance between dominant and non-dominant leg can lead to some problems. that’s way; studying effects of similar exercise on dominant and non-dominant legs of body can prevent problems caus...

the concept of imagery is to make an image of successful movement skill or a relaxing image in mind with no body training and external experience. the aim of the present study was to compare the effect of traditional and pettlep mental imagery methods on static and dynamic balance. the statistical population consisted of all female university of tehran students who had general physical educatio...

objective:more similarity to in vivo medium may help to increase the proliferation and differentiation of cells at in vitro condition. the present study has investigated the effect of a dynamic mediumand nano hydroxyapatite (nha) presence on proliferation and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) to bone cells using electrospun polycaprolactone (pcl) scaffolds. methods: we prepared p...