BACKGROUND The objectives of this prospective randomized trial were to assess the impact of Peyton's four-step approach on the acquisition of complex psychomotor skills and to examine the influence of gender on learning outcomes. METHODS We randomly assigned 95 third to fifth year medical students to an intervention group which received instructions according to Peyton (PG) or a control group...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the development of cognitive and manual skills in a sample of 48 children aged from 3 to 6 years in playing situations with toys to be assembled that usually are associated to edible products in the same packaging. The experimental observation made on children’s manipulations in building these toys allowed us to investigate the development of cogn...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between anthropometric indicators, physical activity (PA) and socioeconomic status (SES) with fundamental movement skills (FMS) among Iranian male students. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this descriptive study, based on SES scores, 241 students (7-10 years) were randomly selected and classified in high, medium and low groups. All children were measured by 8 ...

BACKGROUND Manipulative therapy is widely used in the treatment of spinal disorders. Manipulative techniques are under debate because of the possibility of adverse events. To date, the efficacy of manipulations compared to sham manipulations is unclear. The purpose of the study is: to assess the efficacy of manipulative therapy compared to sham in adults with a variety of complaints. STUDY DE...

We evaluated the long-term outcome of patients with an osteosarcoma who had undergone prior manipulative therapy, a popular treatment in Asia, and investigated its effects on several prognostic factors. Of the 134 patients in this study, 70 (52%) patients had manipulative therapy and 64 (48%) did not. The age, location, and size of tumour were not significantly different between the groups. The...

Editorial F primary care physicians practicing in temperate regions of the United States, winter heralds the “flu season.” And, we know that influenza epidemics can be deadly. During the period between 1990 and 1999, the average annual rate was 36,000 deaths attributed to influenza and its complications.2 Moreover, influenza viruses are responsible for worldwide increased illness and death rate...

Picture books are ubiquitous in young children's lives and are assumed to support children's acquisition of information about the world. Given their importance, relatively little research has directly examined children's learning from picture books. We report two studies examining children's acquisition of labels and facts from picture books that vary on two dimensions: iconicity of the picture...