In the current issue of Circulation, Philip Ades and his associates at the University of Vermont College of Medicine have provided us with an innovative and important article demonstrating the feasibility and benefits of an enhanced exercise option in cardiac rehabilitation.1 In this study, 74 patients were randomized to a standard cardiac rehabilitation exercise program versus a high-calorieex...

deafness is a common neural-sensory impairment which leads to lower life quality, withdrawal, social activities reduction, and rejection feeling. so, it is important to plan suitable training programs for mental health promotion of deaf children. emotional intelligence training is one of these programs. the present study was aimed to determine the effectiveness of emotional intelligence trainin...

Objectives:This study used a quasi-experimental method inthe pretest-posttest to evaluate the efficacy of cognitive-existential group therapy on hopefulness in parents of children with cancer. Methods:Thirty parents (24 to 54 years old) of children with cancer were divided randomly into experimental and control groups. Both groups were assessed with Miller Hope Scale (1988), as pre-test. The...

objectives: alzheimer’s disease causes many negative effects on the individual's physical, psychological and cognitive conditions. the multi sensory stimulation helps the patients to improve their physical, psychological and cognitive conditions. the aim of this study is to determine the effect of multi sensory stimulation on cognitive status and quality of life of the patients with alzhei...

the most important physiological role of apelin as a novel adipokine is co- relation with insulin hormone. the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of 12 weeks combined training on plasma apelin and insulin resistance index in overweight females. therefore, 40 non athlete and over weight female students (bmi, 25-30), were selected and divided randomly in two experimental and control...

brain-derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf), which is structurally similar to nerve growth factor is produced in the hippocampus and is one of the factors that is reduced by age due to lack of activity. reduced bdnf has effects on memory, learning and cognition, behavioral disorders, food intake and energy metabolism that can be compensated with exercise and the incidence of alzheimer can be preve...