It has been reported that chromaffin cells secrete some neuroactive substances particularly opioid peptides and catecholamines which reduce pain. Adrenal medullary implant, have been used in other injury models to provide an endogenous source of catecholamines. The goal of the present study was to determine whether adrenal medullary implants in the spinal space could repair sensory and ...

Background and purpose: Lidocaine is an intermediate acting local anesthetic agents used very much in epidural anesthesia and has less risk of cardiac or CNS problems compared with bupivacaine. This study evaluated the duration of motor and sensory block of epidural anesthesia with lidocaine alone, lidocoine plus epinephrine and lidocaine plus fentanyl. Materials and Methods: In this doubl...

abstract the present study was conducted to examine the effect of proficiency on students interaction while carrying out the grammar-based task(s) in collaboration. in particular, the study examines whether the level of proficiency affects the learners’ focus of attention to grammatical and lexical features. the study takes a further step and examines whether there is any difference in the use...

Background: The aim of present study is to evaluate the Effectiveness of Sensory-motor stimulation on improving direction and movement localization in mental retarded children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Methods: The study design was tentative. Statistical population of this study included all educable mental retarded children in elementary school in Isfahan province. The ...

Shingles is a delayed reactivation of varicella zoster virus as an outcome of sensory ganglia. Manifestation of sensory symptoms and vesicular dermatomal rashes in sensory area of involved nerve root is an expected event in the activation of herpes from sensory afferents whereby motor weakness and paralysis rarely occur. The present case was a 64-year old man with diabetes and immunodeficiency ...

ABSTRACT The object of this study is determination of normative values of nerve conduction studies (NCS) among the population of Guilan Province. We selected 216 at the ages of 20-59yr on the basis of their medical histories and examination , and on condition that they had no factors or diseases interfering with nerve conduction by convenience sampling method. In this cross-sectional study, t...

Objective: The aim of this study was the comparison of traditional exercises & body weight supported training (BWST) exercises on sensory-motor function, quality and quantity of walking in paraplegic spinal cord injured persons. Materials & Methods: 17 voluntary paraplegic spinal cord injured persons (Asia B,C), age 32.53±1.793 years, height 175.71±1.658 cm, weight 71.59±2.442 kg, and body m...