since the elderly population is increasing rapidly in developing countries which may decrease the physical activity and exercise and in turn could affect the elderly’s quality of life, this study aimed to investigate the effect of progressive muscle relaxation on the elderly’s quality of life in iran. in a randomized clinical trial, participants were randomly divided into intervention and contr...

abstract background: hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are the main cause of maternal and fetal mortality; however, they have no definite effective treatment. the researchers aimed to study the effects of progressive muscular relaxation and breathing control technique on blood pressure (bp) during pregnancy. materials and methods: this three‑group clinical trial was conducted in mashhad healt...

Abstact: The aims of this study were to validate the efficacy of progressive muscular relaxation technique to relieve symptoms of premenstrual syndrome and to evaluate cardiovascular and respiratory parameters that may serve as objective measures of the efficacy of progressive muscular relaxation. A total 90 participants were randomly assigned to group A an experimental group, group B as contro...

In recent years, a great amount of interest has been generated by the potential treatment application of biofeedback techniques in vaiious psychosomatic disorders. The possibility of using it in the treatment of tension headache was first advanced by Budzynski et al. (1970). Subsequently various workers demonstrated a similar encouraging result in uncontrolled studies (Wickramasekera, 1972 ; Mc...

Pain is one of the most frequent symptoms observed in patients and various treatments are proposed for its relief, including relaxation techniques. With the purpose of testing the effect of a specific intervention (progressive muscle relaxation) in a determined situation (pain), this study aimed at verifying the level of pain in post-surgery patients prior to and after the application of the Pr...

Aims and objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of Progressive Muscular Relaxation Exercise program on elderly patients in quality of life, functional capacity and the objectives are to identify the level of stress. To test the effect of stress management among elderly persons in the rehabilitation setup. Methodology: Inclusion criteria: geriatric patient, Age group 60...

a bstract  background: pregnancy may be accompanied by serious physiological and psychological changes as it is a stressful period in a woman’s life. so, this study was conducted to determine the effect of progressive muscle relaxation on pregnant women’s general health.   materials and methods: in this clinical trial, 60 primigravida women admitted to the prenatal clinic of selected hospitals ...