background: infertility is accompanied by numerous psychological and social problems. infertile couples are more anxious and emotionally distressed than other fertile people. previous studies suggested that infertility is more stressful for women than men. objective: the purpose of this study was to determine the status of general health of infertile couples. materials and methods: this cross-s...

BACKGROUND Lymphomas represent the fifth most frequent cancer in Lebanon. However, little is known concerning epidemiologic characteristics and distribution of lymphoid neoplasms according to the 2008 WHO classification. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of lymphoma cases diagnosed from 2008 till 2012 at Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital. RESULTS A total of 502...

There are few practical methods available for evaluating training loads (TL) during swimming. The purpose of this study was to examine the ecological validity of the session-rating of perceived exertion (RPE) method for quantifying internal TL in competitive swimmers using heart rate (HR)-based methods and distance as criterion measures. This study also examined the correspondence between athle...

The practice of sports favors the development physical, psychological and social skills participants. Recent studies have found a positive association between coach-athletes relationship life skills. Thus, aim this study was to investigate coach-athlete in handball athletes, comparing according sex, time, age group time with coach. included 101 athletes participating JAPS regional stage 2021, b...

The purpose of this study was to report age- and gender-specific distribution of the hand grip strength (HGS) using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) VI-3 (2015) survey and determine cut-off values for low muscle strength of HGS of Koreans. Of a total of 7,380 participants, 4,553 were subjected to measurements of HGS, including 1,997 men and 2,556 wo...

the aim of this study was to compare big five personality traits between male and female athletes and non-athletes. 200 athlete and non-athlete students (100 men and 100 women) were selected by simple random sampling method as the sample of the study. the subjects completed neo – ffi. the data were analyzed by spss 16, two-way anova to determine the differences among the groups and tukey post h...

background: silicosis is known in industrial workers for centuries. till recently, the mainstay of its diagnosis and progress was clinical examination of the respiratory system, pulmonary function test and chest radiography. several biomarkers such as serum angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) activity have been examined to determine the extent of silicosis. objective: to elucidate the effect of...

background: cardiovascular disease is the main reason for mortality in men and women. clinical epidemiology of myocardial infarction (mi) in men and women has not been yet studied in iran, one of the largest middle east countries in south‑western asia. this study was conducted to determine the clinical epidemiology of mi in men and women in iran. methods: this hospital‑based, cross‑sectional st...