To promote health services research in stroke rehabilitation, we gathered information about stroke rehabilitation structures, processes, and outcomes (SPO), using extant databases and the Donabedian theoretical model of health services evaluation. We found that, in the United States, over S3.6 billion was spent by third-party payers in 1992 on rehabilitation, including stroke. Total disability-...

The aim of this study was to determine whether early rehabilitation from the first postoperative day after lumbar disc herniation surgery improved functional status of patients compared to the rehabilitation that started 3 weeks after surgery. Oswestry index was used for functional status assessment before surgery and after rehabilitation in 60 patients divided in 2 groups, i.e., early and cont...

background: in the present era, delinquency in children and adolescents is undoubtedly a difficult and upsetting issue attracting the attention of many experts such as psychologists, sociologists, and criminologists. these experts often try to answer why a number of children and adolescents engage in various crimes such as aggressive and anti-social crimes. they also try to find out how these c...

in order to evaluate the economic performance of rehabilitation centers for addicted persons, the welfare organization asked all its centers to send the expense table of esfand 79-80 and fill out the information wanted there. the economic analysis is based upon this information. also, each center is provided with a questionnaire to estimate monthly expenses. according to the preventive scale of...

introduction: myocardial infarction (mi) is associated with increased oxidative stress and reduced antioxidants. some studies have shown that exercise training increases the serum level antioxidants. therefore, this study investigated the effect of rehabilitation training on antioxidant status in patients with myocardial infarction. materials and methods: in this study, 20 patients with myocard...

when i first met this nice lady, i was in an evening work shift of ccu. this 69 years-old woman had been referred recently to our ward. she had a pale and puffy face. she suffered from chf. she had a normal breathing, but her ankle was swollen.   we stabilized her condition easily but, it was just the first step in her treatment way. prevention of recurrence of heart attack was our goal. every ...

the vestibular system is important for the development of normal movement reactions, motion tolerance, and motor control for postural alignment, balance, and vision. a vestibular system that is damaged by disease or injury in childhood can have a major impact on a child's development. in addition, the emergence of vestibular lesions may also lead to cognitive deficits, including attention defic...

the holistic approach encourages the client to  include rehabilitation strategies that support the general person condition. in this approach in every condition of physical and mental health, decreasing stress and increasing person's immunity and psychological resilience can help the whole body cope better, rehabilitate more quickly, and maintain better health. holistic treatment means that the...

the iranian rehabilitation journal has published many articles related to  different dimensions of treatment and psycho-education. as a reference we will review some articles which already published in this journal. dadkhah and his colleagues evaluated an individually family-based dohsa exercise programme of balance in the aged people and its effect on self confidence for performing common dail...