Journal of Modern Rehabilitation

Are Thoracic Kyphosis and its Mobility Different between Community-Dwelling Older Men and Women?

Somayeh Mahmoodiaghdam — 2024-07-13

Background and Objective: It is believed that the amount of thoracic kyphosis and its mobility may be affected by gender in older adults. The aim of this study was to investigate gender difference of thoracic kyphosis and thoracic spine mobility in healthy older adults.
Method: In this cross-sectional study, 36 participants among which 21 were female and 15 male with an age range of 65-80 years participated. The amount of thoracic spine kyphosis was measured in a relaxed standing position and in the position of maximum correction of thoracic kyphosis using a flexible ruler between the spinous processes of T12 and C7. The difference between the thoracic kyphosis of the relaxed state and the condition of the maximum correction used to determine the degree of the thoracic spine mobility. Finally, men and women were compared in terms of thoracic kyphosis and thoracic spine mobility. Student t-test to compare kyphosis and spinal mobility between men and women, Paired student t-test to compare kyphosis angle in relaxed posture and maximum kyphosis correction status, and Pearson test to evaluate the relationship between variables were used.
Results: Although there was no statistically significant difference in the mean thoracic kyphosis of relaxation (P=0.13) and maximal correction (P=0.18) status of healthy old men and women, There was a significant positive relationship between the rate of kyphosis angle and the amount of mobility of thoracic kyphosis (P=0.003, r=0.48).
Conclusion: The study's findings revealed that there is no difference in the degree of kyphosis and thoracic spine mobility in older men and women. In addition, people with more thoracic kyphosis had more spinal mobility.

The study of noun and verb naming in behavioral variant of Frontotemporal Dementia and non-patients Persian-speaking

Atefeh Ahmadi — 2024-07-13

Background: Due to the prevalence of cognitive disorders such as bv FTD and the consequences these disorders follow, early diagnosis and awareness of the deficiencies of these people in the cognitive and language areas is essential. Because of the language is dependent on culture, examining the linguistic characteristics of these patients in different languages can provide valuable findings. Therefore, this study aimed to compare noun and verb naming abilities in individuals with bv FTD and non-patients Persian-speaking.
Methods: In this cross-sectional research, 3 cognitive tests including FAB, MOCA and MMSE and 2 noun naming and verb naming tests were performed on 15 patients with bv FTD and 30 homogeneous non-patient individuals.
Results: The bv FTD group had significantly different scores for both noun and verb naming compared to the non-patient group (p<0/05). Also, the bv FTD group was more impaired in naming verbs than nouns, with the largest difference between groups in the verb naming task.
Conclusion: the results showed that bv FTD patients have poorer noun and verb naming abilities than non-patients. Specifically, in verb naming, they showed more deficits than noun. One possible explanation is that the processing of verbs is more complicated than nouns, so involves a more complex neural system and cognitive processes than noun processing. Another possibility is that verbs rely more heavily on frontal and temporal regions of the brain, which are typically affected by bv FTD.

Relationship between kinesiophobia, catastrophizing, pain intensity, disability, and gait performance in chronic neck pain

Mersad Ery — 2024-07-13

Objective: There is little evidence regarding a relationship between gait performance and psychological factors in people with chronic neck pain. This study aimed to evaluate gait performance in patients with neck pain, and explore the relationship between gait performance and kinesiophobia, pain catastrophizing, pain intensity, and disability.
Methods: A cross-sectional was conducted on thirty-four patients with chronic neck pain and twenty-nine age and sex-matched controls recruited into this study. Participants performed Timed Up and Go (TUG), and 10-meter walk test (TMW) with and without head turning tests. Associations between clinical gait tests, kinesiophobia (TAMPA scale of kinesiophobia), pain catastrophizing scale (PCS), pain intensity (visual analog scale), and disability (Neck Disability Index) were assessed.
Results: People with neck pain had significant differences in the TUG, and TMW with and without head turning tests compared to controls (P<0.01). Kinesiophobia and pain catastrophism were significantly correlated with TMW tests (r range =0.45 to 0.71, and 0.40 to 0.47 respectively). Pain intensity and disability were not correlated with gait tests.
Conclusion: The gait performance, as represented by TUG and TMWs tests scores, altered in patients with chronic neck pain in comparison controls. Fear of motion and pain catastrophizing thoughts correlated with clinical gait test scores.

Effectiveness of Morphosyntactic Treatment on Production in two Children with Hearing Impairment Older than 3 Years

Sayeh Tahbaz — 2024-07-13

Background: Because hearing loss can lead to linguistic and especially morphosyntactic delay, creating a method for fostering and facilitating morphosyntactic development seems rational. So auditory based (Sayeh Tahbaz Hoseynzadeh) STH-method has been designed. The aim of this article is studying effectiveness of this treatment.
Materials and methods: Two hearing impaired children which used hearing aids, with moderately-severe and severe hearing loss and older than 3 years of age at the time of study, enrolled in STH-method for 24 weeks. Persian Developmental Sentence Scoring (PDSS) was used for analyzing language samples together with some formal and informal assessments which were performed with 12 weeks intervals.
Results: According to PDSS which was used for analyzing spontaneous language samples, score of participant1 changed from 0 to 10.6 and participant2 improved from 5 to 7.4 at final assessment.
Conclusion: The findings showed that STH-method helped to improve morphosyntactic skills of participants.

Comparative Analysis of Dual-Task and Single-Task Balance Exercises in Improving Static Balance in Individuals with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Fatemeh Oraei Eslami — 2024-07-13

Background: Various balance exercises have been employed to enhance functional stability and balance in individuals who have undergone anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. However, no study has explored the use of dual-task balance exercises for these patients. This study aims to compare the effects of dual motor task balance exercises and single-task exercises on the static balance indices of individuals with ACL reconstruction.
Materials and Methods: In a single-blind randomized controlled trial (IRCT20180925041138N2), 27 subjects who had undergone ACL reconstruction were randomly divided into two groups: dual-task and single-task balance exercises. Both groups performed their exercises three days a week for one month. Static balance indicators were assessed at the beginning and end of the treatment.
Results: The results demonstrated that after the treatment, there was a statistically significant decrease in various Center of Pressure variables, including mean displacement in the anterior-posterior and medial-lateral directions, total path length, mean velocity of displacement, root mean square of displacement, and velocity. Furthermore, the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) significantly increased in both groups (P < 0.05). However, when comparing the two groups, no significant difference was observed after the treatment (P > 0.05).
Conclusions: Both dual-task and single-task motor exercises lead to improvements in static stability and knee function levels in patients who have undergone ACL reconstruction. It is noteworthy that the effectiveness of these exercise types does not significantly differ from each other.