the majority of the long stay psychiatric patients who are in need of rehabilitation suffer from schizophrenia. most of them enter the old age with this illness, and besides the consequences of schizophrenia, they are facing the deprivation and misery due to the old age. in contrast to the previous decades in which there was no effective treatment for schizophrenia, today with the immediate dia...

rehabilitation is the ongoing management of injuries and disabilities after an accident. it will help people to maximize the individuals` recovery through the relearning of skills or teaching of strategies to compensate for changed abilities. self-esteem may be one major factor related to the manner in which people with spinal cord injury (sci) respond to rehabilitation. following a short discu...

objectives: the aim of this research was to assess the level of awareness of rehabilitation professionals employed in academic rehabilitation centers in tehran with reference to tele-rehabilitation technology. methods: in this study, a descriptive cross-sectional research method was used. the research was implemented by using a researcher-designed questionnaire which was developed by the integr...

conclusions these results suggest that treadmill training and yoga practice improved ambulatory function, fatigue and mood status in the individuals with mild to moderate ms. patients and methods thirty-one ms patients, all female with mean of age of 36.75 years and expanded disability status scale scores (edss) of 1.0 to 4.0 were recruited. subjects were randomly assigned to one of the three g...

background: disasters have adverse impacts on different aspects of human life. psychosocial rehabilitation is one of the fields which is usually overshadowed and ignored by physical rehabilitation or its importance does not receive proper attention. this research attempts to study some lessons learned from psychosocial rehabilitation based on disaster experiences in iran. materials and methods:...

introduction: cerebral palsy (cp) is anon-progressive abnormality of the developing brain that requires extensive and long-term rehabilitation. accordingly, people with cp may gainextensive experience of rehabilitation throughout their lives. understandingthese experiences wouldimprove the attitudes of rehabilitation service providers toward this group of patients. materials and methods: google...

alveolar ridge is underdeveloped in ectodermal dysplasia (ed). the available treatment plans include fixed, removable or implant-supported prostheses, alone or in combination. a 5 year-old boy was referred for treatment to the department of prosthodontics, tehran university of medical sciences with the chief complaint of missing teeth. prosthodontic treatment was performed to improve masticatio...

gait rehabilitation using body weight support on a treadmill is a recommended rehabilitation technique for neurological injuries, such as spinal cord injury. in this paper, a new robotic orthosis is presented for treadmill training. in the presented design the criteria such as low inertia of robot components, backdrivability, high safety and degrees of freedom based on human walking are conside...

abstract: introduction: the aim of the present research was to study the psychological rehabilitation impact through dohsa-hou on motional performance and  peer relationship self-efficacy of children suffering from adhd at zahedan city.  methods: the research is semi-experimental including pre-test, post-test and follow-up in two experiment and control groups. the research statistical populatio...

BACKGROUND Heart disease disproportionately affects Native Hawaiians and other Pacific people. In response, researchers proposed and communities endorsed, developing a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program based on the hula, a Native Hawaiian dance form. The utilization of cultural practices in health interventions can improve outcomes and increase enrollment and retention, but requires sensitivi...