Background and Aim: This study examined the role of social desirability, self-esteem, and some demographic variables in predicting students’ attitudes toward people with physical-motor disabilities. Procedure: The participants in this cross-sectional study were 300 students at Kurdistan University selected using convenience sampling. The students completed the items in the Google forms of the ...

It is commonly recognized that proinflammatory cytokines in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) may increasingly cause inflammation. In this regard, the current study was aimed to shed light on the effectiveness of eight-week Pilates training program at interleukin-18 (IL-18) stage, severity of fatigue and balance as well as physical disability in females with MS. This study was a quasi-exper...

Objective: Disability can affect people’s quality of life and lead to lower mental health in life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching emotion regulation skills as a way to increase subjective well-being in students with a physical disability.  Methods: This study employed a quasi-experimental design, with pretest-posttest, and control group. The stud...

conclusions based on the results, participants in the study didn’t have favorable status with respect to perceived social support (in all dimensions) from their social network members. while, social support as one of the social determinants of health, plays an important role in improving psychological conditions in people’s lives; therefore, being aware of social support and designing effective...

Disability media studies articulates the formation of a new field study, based in rich traditions media, cultural, and disability. Television, film, current periodicals, other mass are part our everyday lives. Attitudes regarding variety issues can be affected by these not least which attitudes toward Media is significant contemporary society culture subsequently crucial to understanding The re...

BACKGROUND Based on findings primarily using self-report measures, physical activity has been recommended to reduce disability in old age. Collecting objective measures of total daily physical activity in community-dwelling older adults is uncommon, but might enhance the understanding of the relationship of physical activity and disability. We examined whether greater total daily physical activ...

Physical therapists (PTs) as rehabilitation experts, have a unique role to play in fostering independence for people with disability and reducing human disability levels in Nigeria. Access to rehabilitation for people with disability is inadequate, with the attendant economic and social implications if the status quo is maintained. Changes are required in how people perceive disability and in l...

background: traction has been suggested to be an effective treatment for symptoms of neck disorder in patients with no contraindications. however, according to previous researches, the effectiveness of traction is controversial, particularly compared to other conservative treatments. this trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of sustained traction, using an over-the-door home cervical trac...

CONTEXT There is limited information that accounts for comorbidity on the impact of role disability associated with a wide range of mental and physical disorders in population-based samples. OBJECTIVE To estimate the comparative effects of common mental and physical conditions on role disability in the general population using a novel method that accounts for comorbidity. DESIGN Direct inte...

Frailty is a predictor of disability. A proper understanding of the contribution of individual indicators of frailty in the prediction of disability is a requisite for preventive interventions. The aim of this study was to determine the predictive power of the individual physical frailty indicators: gait speed, physical activity, hand grip strength, Body Mass Index (BMI), fatigue, and balance, ...