Background and Purpose: Balance deficits a significant predictor of falls in older adults. The Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) and the Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Mini-BESTest) are tools that may predict ...

Background: Musculoskeletal pain in office workers is often localized in the shoulder area. Disturbed functions and quality of activities in normal living are consequences of such pain. Early screening to identify such ...

Background:Breathing exercise has been well received alternative intervention to lower blood pressure in patients with hypertension and prehypertension. However, the efficiency between slow ...

Study design:A 6-month prospective design.Objective:To investigate the relationship between ability of obstacle crossing and falls in independent ambulatory participants withspinal cord injury (SCI).Setting:A tertiary ...

Adverse health problem of smartphone use has been gradually increased. Prevention of this problem is essential and urgent. The purpose of this study was to compare the differences of pain and muscle activity at neck, ...

Objective: Promoting balance performance of elderly women to prevent falls is very important. This study aimed to follow up the effects of a proactive community-based service, by using a small group discussion ...

Posture control in fault position such as forward shoulder angle results in pectoralis minor de-creasing in length. Appropriate muscle stretching technique could increase muscle length and posture may be realign ...