Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences & Research

Literature Reviews

1. The Relationship Between Working Memory and Acquisition of Mathematical Strategies in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Review of Literature

Sanaz Tajadini; Hamidreza Farpour; Sima Farpour

Volume 6, Issue 3 , September 2019, Pages 103-108

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Background: Cerebral Palsy (CP) is defined as non-progressive brain damage attributed to limitation in mobility, learning, language, and communication. The high prevalence of ... Read More

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2. Design and Fabrication of an Active Knee Orthosis for Rehabilitation of lower limbs

Mohammad Amin Iravani Rad; Ali Mokhtarian; Mohammad Taghi Karimi

Volume 6, Issue 3 , September 2019, Pages 109-116

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Background: The main objective of this study is to design and produce a two-link active knee orthosis with 2 degrees of freedom to rehabilitate patients’ lower extremities in ... Read More

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3. The Association between Spatiotemporal Gait Asymmetry and Walking Balance in People Post Stroke

Mania Sheikh; Hossein asghar Hosseini

Volume 6, Issue 3 , September 2019, Pages 117-122

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Background: Falls are a common complication post-stroke and often induce due to poor balance. Given that falls often occur during walking, it is possible that gait patterns influence ... Read More Background: Falls are a common complication post-stroke and often induce due to poor balance. Given that falls often occur during walking, it is possible that gait patterns influence balance during walking. Walking post-stroke is frequently spatiotemporally asymmetric, which may reduce walking balance. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between gait asymmetry and walking balance in persons with chronic stroke. Methods: Fifty-four persons with chronic stroke (34 men and 20 women) with the mean age of 57.28 participated in this cross-sectional study.Participants walked at their self-selected speed to calculate gait asymmetry ratios for stance time, swing time, and step length. The data were collected using a conventional camera with a sampling frequency of 60 Hz. Reflective markers were attached to the heel and toe regions. Participants also performed walking balance tests including Functional Gait Assessment (FGA) and Mini Balance Evaluation System Test (Mini-BESTest). Pearson correlation test was used to determine the relationships between gait asymmetry and walking balance. Results: The mean ± standard deviation values of stance, swing and step asymmetry ratios and FGA and Mini-BESTest were 1.2 ± 0.11, 1.43 ± 0.24, 1.25 ± 0.15, 24.11 ± 2.93 and 22.87 ± 2.29, respectively. Increased FGA and Mini-BESTest scores were related to decreased swing (r = -0.64, P ≤ 0.001 and, r = -0.71, P ≤ 0.0001, respectively) and step asymmetry (r = -0.41, P ≤ 0.002 and, r = -0.51, P ≤ 0.001, respectively). No significant relationship was identified between FGA, and Mini-BESTest and stance asymmetry (r = -0.25, P ≤ 0.06 and r = -0.23, P ≤ 0.08 respectively). Conclusion: According to the current results spatiotemporal gait asymmetry may be related to decreased balance during walking in individuals with chronic stroke suggesting that rehabilitation interventions should focus specifically on ameliorating spatiotemporal gait asymmetry.

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4. Assessment of balance recovery strategies during manipulation of somatosensory, vision, and vestibular system in healthy and blind Women

Asma Salari; Mansour Sahebozamani; Abdolhamid Daneshjoo; Fatemeh Karimi Afshar

Volume 6, Issue 3 , September 2019, Pages 123-129

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Background: Individuals with vision loss are at an increased risk of falls. Understanding what factors contribute to postural instability within this population is a necessary step ... Read More

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5. Association between Lower Extremity Kinematics and Muscle Strength, Pain, Physical Activity level, and Functional status in Females with Patellofemoral Pain

Mehrnoosh Amin; Fateme Esfandiarpour; Farzane Soleimani; Zainab Helalat; Fateme Derisfard; Sadegh Neurozi

Volume 6, Issue 3 , September 2019, Pages 130-136

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Background: Impaired lower extremity kinematics has beenconsidered as a contributing factor to patellofemoral pain (PFP). However, current knowledge about the correlation between lower ... Read More

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6. The effect of eight-week aerobic exercises on vascular cellular adhesion molecule-1, intracellular adhesion molecule and body composition of addicts treated with methadone

Farzaneh Taghian; Mahboobeh Zibandepoor; Mohammad Faramarzi

Volume 6, Issue 3 , September 2019, Pages 137-142

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Background: Drug consumption and addiction lead to serious cardiovascular diseases as well as inflammation. Cellular adhesion molecules are glycoproteins that mediate a leukocyte reaction ... Read More

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7. Effect of resistance training and mindfulness on erectile dysfunction in addicts who were quitting addiction

Moslem Safdariyan Dehkordi; Rokhsareh Badami; Farzaneh Thaghian

Volume 6, Issue 3 , September 2019, Pages 143-147

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Background: Addiction is one of the greatest problems of human societies, which not only causes social and behavioral disorders but also affects different aspects of health and imposes ... Read More

Case Report

8. The Effect of a Corrective Exercise Program on Upper Crossed Syndrome in a Blind Person

Sajad Roshani; MohammadReza Yousefi; Zahra Sokhtezari; Milad Khalil Khodaparast

Volume 6, Issue 3 , September 2019, Pages 148-152

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Blindness is one of the most common and important groups of sensory disabilities with physical complications including kyphosis, forward head and round shoulder. The purpose of the ... Read More

1. The Comparison of Neurodevelopmental- Bobath Approach with Occupational Therapy Home Program on Gross Motor Function of Children with Cerebral Palsy

Faranak Behzadi; Hesammedin Noroozi; Marzieh Mohamadi

Volume 1, Issue 1 , March 2014, , Pages 21-24

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Background & objectives: Traditional Bobath approach (TBA) is one of the several methods using in treatment of children with cerebral palsy (CP) who referred to occupational therapy ... Read More

2. Comparison of the Effects of Massage and Cryotherapy on the Knee Extensor Muscles Fatigue and Isokinetic Parameters in Soccer Players

Mohsen Razeghi; Hassan Nouri

Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2015, , Pages 1-7

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Background:Fatigue can cause a significant effect on the mechanics of complex motor skills and reduce physical and mental efficiency. One of the common ways to reduce fatigue is passive ... Read More Background:Fatigue can cause a significant effect on the mechanics of complex motor skills and reduce physical and mental efficiency. One of the common ways to reduce fatigue is passive recovering or using massage and cryotherapy after exercise. The present study aimed to compare the effects of massage and cryotherapy on muscles fatigue and isokinetic parameters.Methods:This study was conducted on54 healthy athletes aged 20-30 years who were randomly divided into three groups: cooling (ice therapy), massage, and control (resting). Each of the volunteers was evaluated in two sessions. The first session was to familiarize the participants with isokinetic contraction. The second session started with a brief warm up subsequently, using Biodex Isokinetic System Average Peak Torque (APTQ), Average Power (AP), and Total Work (TW) were measured. Then, the fatigue protocol was applied. Afterwards, interventions were performed for 15 minutes. After the intervention, isokinetic parameters were evaluated again. Also, perceived fatigue and Fatigue Index (FI) were recorded before and after the intervention.Results:APTQ, AP, and TW significantlyincreased in massage and cryotherapy groupsafter the intervention, while perceived fatigue and FI decreased significantly in both conditions (P<0.05). In the control group, however, no significant differences were observed in APTQ, AP, and TW before and after the intervention (P>0.05), but perceived fatigue and FI decreased significantly (P<0.05). Moreover, isokinetic variables (APTQ, AP, and TW) were higher in the massage group compared to cryotherapy and control groups (P<0.05), but such a difference was not observed between the massage and cryotherapy groups (P>0.05).Conclusion: Massage and cryotherapy could increase isokinetic parameters and decrease FI and perceived fatigue. Therefore, massage and cryotherapy have been more effective than rest as a strategy to return to normal state and no significant difference was observed between these two groups.

3. Effect of Kinesiotaping and Stretching Exercise on Forward Shoulder Angle in Females with Rounded Shoulder Posture

Arghavan Hajibashi; Ali Amiri; Javad Sarrafzadeh; Nader Maroufi; Shohreh Jalae

Volume 1, Issue 4 , December 2014, , Pages 78-83

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Background: Rounded shoulder posture is a common abnormal posture in upper quarter. Kinesiotape is a new intervention that recently used in rehabilitation. There are no studies have ... Read More

4. The Effect of Kinesio Taping of Quadriceps Muscle on the Balance of Non-Elite Football Players After a Local Fatigue Induced Protocol

Ali Tajik; Esmaeil Shokri; Ali Ghanbari

Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2016, , Pages 5-10

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Background: Previous studies have shown detrimental effects of muscle fatigue on balance. Also they have reported the effects of kinesio taping (KT) on postural control, joint support, ... Read More

5. A Biomechanical Analysis of the Contributing Factors to Increases in Vertical Jump Height Following Exercise with Weighted Vests

Behdad Tahayori; Arnold G. Nelson; David M. Koceja

Volume 1, Issue 1 , March 2014, , Pages 2-7

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Background and objectives: It has been shown that a bout of jumping exercise with weighted vests increases the subsequent countermovement jump height. However, it is not clear whether ... Read More

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1. The Effect of Eight Weeks Swiss Ball Training on Teenage Badminton Players’ Functional Movements Integration and Balance

Ali Asghar Saberian Amirkolaei; Ramin Balouchy; Rahman Sheikhhoseini

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 23 June 2019

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Background: Although injuries are an inevitable part of sports, exercise as a tool to prevent sports-related injuries and their consequences has cut the attention of many researchers ... Read More

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2. Design, Analyse and Control of the Four hand Fingers Rehabilitation Robot

Amir Hossein Kermanshahani; Farzad Cheraghpour Samavati

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 28 October 2019

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People who have lost their ability to walk, shake hands or even talk due to brain stroke may revert their ability back to normal or near normal with the assistance of rehabilitation ... Read More

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3. Intrarater and interrater reliability and agreement of the scapular dyskinesis test in young men with forward head and round shoulder posture

Mohammad Bayattork; Foad Seidi; Hooman Minoonejad; Philip McClure; Esmaeil Mozafaripoor

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 28 October 2019

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Background: Forward head and round shoulder posture (FHRSP) is believed to be related to scapular dyskinesis (SD) placing increased stress on the neck and shoulder, leading to pain ... Read More

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4. Evaluation of the Reliability and Validity of actors' vocal hygiene knowledge questionnaire

mohammad ghorbani; arezoo Hassanvand; Maryam Vahab; samaneh Hosseinzadeh

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 28 October 2019

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Abstract: Background: Voice is one of the most important tools for professional voice users, especially actors. For this reason, special care is needed for this group in the form of ... Read More

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5. Evaluation the immediate effect of trunk bracing on the energy consumption of walking in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients

Mahsa Kavyani; Mohammad Taghi Karimi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 07 December 2019

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Background: Scoliosis is one of the musculoskeletal disorders which influence the performance of the subjects during walking. There is not enough information regarding the influence ... Read More

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6. The Validity and Reliability of a low-cost handheld 3D Scanner for Use in Orthotics and Prosthetics

Davood Farahmandi najafabadi; Saeed Forghany; Mohammad Reza Rezaie

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 17 December 2019

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Background: 3D scanners used to obtain the three dimensional (3D) shapes of body parts offering an alternative to the traditional custom techniques such as casting with a variety of ... Read More Background: 3D scanners used to obtain the three dimensional (3D) shapes of body parts offering an alternative to the traditional custom techniques such as casting with a variety of potential advantages. However, 3D scanners are normally very expensive and not affordable and accessible for most orthotists and prosthetists especially in the developing countries. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of a low-cost handheld and affordable 3D scanner (3Dsystems, sense) for use in orthotics and prosthetics. Methods: The validity and reliability of the 3D Sense scanner was assessed through the repeated scanning and measurements of the predefined circumferences of the stumps of 4 transtibial amputees and 8 body cast models. Two assessors performed digital scanning and tape measurements in 2 different days, each consisting three trials per condition/day. Reliability of the 3D sense scanner was assessed by investigating between trials, assessors and day’s reliability using Intraclass Correlation Coefficients. Standard error of measurement (SEM) were also calculated to assess measurement error. Validity of the 3D sense scanner was assessed using correlation analysis, mean percentage error (the mean differences between scanner and tape measures) and Bland-Altman statistics. Results: The 3D Sense scanner provides stumps and body cast models measurements with similar reliability to the tape measurement. Reliability coefficients for the 3D scanner are relatively high (ICC). The ICCs all are near 1.0 and SEMs all are ranging from 0.06 to 0.10. The 3D Sense scanner demonstrated an excellent validity. There were a significant positive correlations between the 3D scanner and tape measures for both stumps and body cast models measurements (r > 0.850; p < 0.0001). The measurement error between the 3D scanner and tape is very low as indicated by mean differences close to zero. Conclusions: This study introduces a low-cost handheld and affordable 3D scanner which proven to be a valid and reliable clinical tool in orthotics and prosthetics. This 3D scanner would have enormous and powerful clinical applicability resulting in valid and reliable digital information of body segments for computer-aided design of orthotics and prosthetics.

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7. Prevalence of Speech language Disorders in monolingual Persian Children with normal development During 2012 to 2016

Kaveh Rezania; Shahnaz Pourarian

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 25 December 2019

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Background: Speech-language disorders of children have associated symptoms such as effects on literacy, social skills, academic and professional life. Investigation of the ... Read More Background: Speech-language disorders of children have associated symptoms such as effects on literacy, social skills, academic and professional life. Investigation of the prevalence of these disorders would help programming for management of the disorders and prevention of the associated symptoms. There is a lack of data on the prevalence of children’s speech-language disorders in Shiraz and studying such issue is necessary for early identification, early intervention, and prevention of associated symptoms. This study was performed during the years 2012-2016 in Shiraz, Iran. The aims of the study were 1) to estimate the prevalence of speech-language disorders in 4-to-6 year old children in Shiraz, and 2) to determine the relationship of these disorders to gender and age. Methods: 1588 normal monolingual children (761 girls and 827 boys) of average socioeconomic status, aged 4-to 6 years participated in this cross-sectional study. The tasks and scoring were adapted from the Townsvill District Screening which included collecting language samples through picture description. Chi-square was used to estimate the results. Results: 53 percent of the subjects had at least one of the assessed disorders. Specifically, the rates for different disorders were articulation disorders: 40 percent; fluency disorders: 13 percent; voice disorders: 3.3 percent; language comprehension disorders: 2.2 percent; and language expression disorders: 16.2 percent. Boys had higher rates of disorders than girls. Articulation and comprehension disorders were significantly higher in the younger age group, suggesting a decrease in these disorders with increasing age. Conclusion: The results of this study generally correlate with those of previous studies. The high prevalence of speech-language disorders in Shiraz indicate the need to increase public awareness, intervention efforts, and further investigations on the matter.

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8. Psychometric Evaluation of the Short Form of Situational Influences Scale for Stretching Exercise among office employees Based on the Health Promotion Model in the Iranian version

mohammad hossien delshad; Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian; Anoshirvan Kazemnejad

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 25 December 2019

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Background:Situational influences can facilitate or impede stretching exercise behaviours. However, since there is no measurement to assess situational influences among office employees, ... Read More

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9. Reliability and Validity for Measuring Active Hip Rotation with the Clinometer Smartphone Application™

Emilie Miley; Erica Albertin; Emi Takahashi; Adrian Pettaway; Christopher Goodman; James May

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 25 December 2019

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Background: Accurate range of motion (ROM) assessment is an essential component of clinical practice to identify underlying deficits at the hip joint. Hip joint active ROM has been ... Read More

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1. The Relationship Between Working Memory and Acquisition of Mathematical Strategies in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Review of Literature

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2. Design and Fabrication of an Active Knee Orthosis for Rehabilitation of lower limbs

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3. The Association between Spatiotemporal Gait Asymmetry and Walking Balance in People Post Stroke

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4. Assessment of balance recovery strategies during manipulation of somatosensory, vision, and vestibular system in healthy and blind Women

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5. Association between Lower Extremity Kinematics and Muscle Strength, Pain, Physical Activity level, and Functional status in Females with Patellofemoral Pain

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6. The effect of eight-week aerobic exercises on vascular cellular adhesion molecule-1, intracellular adhesion molecule and body composition of addicts treated with methadone

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7. Effect of resistance training and mindfulness on erectile dysfunction in addicts who were quitting addiction

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8. The Effect of a Corrective Exercise Program on Upper Crossed Syndrome in a Blind Person

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1. The Comparison of Neurodevelopmental- Bobath Approach with Occupational Therapy Home Program on Gross Motor Function of Children with Cerebral Palsy

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2. Comparison of the Effects of Massage and Cryotherapy on the Knee Extensor Muscles Fatigue and Isokinetic Parameters in Soccer Players

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3. Effect of Kinesiotaping and Stretching Exercise on Forward Shoulder Angle in Females with Rounded Shoulder Posture

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4. The Effect of Kinesio Taping of Quadriceps Muscle on the Balance of Non-Elite Football Players After a Local Fatigue Induced Protocol

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5. A Biomechanical Analysis of the Contributing Factors to Increases in Vertical Jump Height Following Exercise with Weighted Vests

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1. The Effect of Eight Weeks Swiss Ball Training on Teenage Badminton Players’ Functional Movements Integration and Balance

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2. Design, Analyse and Control of the Four hand Fingers Rehabilitation Robot

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3. Intrarater and interrater reliability and agreement of the scapular dyskinesis test in young men with forward head and round shoulder posture

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4. Evaluation of the Reliability and Validity of actors' vocal hygiene knowledge questionnaire

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5. Evaluation the immediate effect of trunk bracing on the energy consumption of walking in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients

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6. The Validity and Reliability of a low-cost handheld 3D Scanner for Use in Orthotics and Prosthetics

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7. Prevalence of Speech language Disorders in monolingual Persian Children with normal development During 2012 to 2016

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8. Psychometric Evaluation of the Short Form of Situational Influences Scale for Stretching Exercise among office employees Based on the Health Promotion Model in the Iranian version

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9. Reliability and Validity for Measuring Active Hip Rotation with the Clinometer Smartphone Application™

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