Background Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is a new approach to medicine which can guide clinical services toward effective and beneficial results with the least side effects or errors. Up to now, there have been few available articles about specialists' EBM status, specifically the status of physiatrists in the area of EBM. Objective To determine the present status of physiatrists' attitudes, ...

BACKGROUND Upright head and neck position has been frequently applied as baseline for diagnosis of neck problems. However, the variance of the position after cervical motions has never been demonstrated. Thus, it is unclear if the baseline position varies evenly across the cervical joints. The purpose was to assess reposition errors of upright cervical spine. METHODS Cervical reposition error...

Excretory-secretory products (ESP) of myiasis producing agents are involved in nutrition and development of larvae and are often immunogens. This study was carried out in order to define the antigenicity, the immunogenicity of Oestrus ovis ESP and the role of sheep immune response to ESP. Twenty-four six to eight month old female lambs were randomly allocated into two groups. The first one was ...

OBJECTIVE The aims of the study are twofold: (1) to compare semantic fluency, clustering and switching performance among subjects with memory complaints, patients with Alzheimer Disease (AD), and healthy controls; and (2) to examine the clinical utility of the clustering/switching scoring system in the prediction of incident AD in subjects with memory complaints. METHODS A semantic fluency ta...

Introduction Cysts of the menisci, particularly of the lateral meniscus, are not uncommon, and most are easily diagnosed by the history and examination of the knee. The first clinical description was by Ebner in 1904. Amongst the case reports in the literature are those of Becton & Young (1965) who in a 20-year review found only twenty-eight cases. Bonnin in 1958 described twenty-nine cases to ...

BACKGROUND Students' perceptions of their educational environment have a significant impact on their behavior and academic progress. The aim of this study was to assess the perceptions of medical students concerning their educational environment at Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences in Iran. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, questionnaires were distributed to 210 medical students a...

StatConcepts: A Visual Tour of Statistical Ideas is a collection of programs written in the language of StataQuest. There are twenty-eight labs providing students a powerful tool for graphical, interactive exploration of statistical concepts. StatConcepts is not intended as a text, but instead as a supplement. The focus of StatConcepts is the correct interpretation and understanding of statisti...

The present study investigated the effect of a 9-month physical activity (PA) intervention on children's cardiorespiratory fitness levels and neuroelectric indices of conflict monitoring (i.e., error-related negativity, ERN). Four hundred twenty-eight preadolescent children (8-9 years old) were randomized into a PA intervention or wait-list control group, and completed a fitness and cognitive c...

Objective The most recent survey on instruction practices in libraries affiliated with accredited medical institutions in the United States was conducted in 1996. The present study sought to update these data, while expanding to include Canadian libraries. Additional analysis was undertaken to test for statistically significant differences between library instruction in the United States and Ca...