Saeed Asgari; Farid Zareiy; Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban; Mehdi Safari
Volume 18, Issue 3 , September and October 2011, , Pages 166-171
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Background and Purpose: Microbial، physical and chemical irritants may lead to dental pulp inflammation. For irreversible pulpitis، root canal therapy is the only option. In these situations، vital pulp therapy is usually uncomplicated and inexpensive. The main aim of the present study was comparing ...
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Background and Purpose: Microbial، physical and chemical irritants may lead to dental pulp inflammation. For irreversible pulpitis، root canal therapy is the only option. In these situations، vital pulp therapy is usually uncomplicated and inexpensive. The main aim of the present study was comparing three different treatments of dental pulp inflammation، including root canal therapy and pulpotomy. Since there were missing data in the 6 and 12 months follow-ups، the missing mechanism was considered in data analysis process. Methods and Materials: In this clinical trial، 615 patients were randomly allocated into three arms: RCT (n=203)، pulpotomy with CEM cement (n=205)، and with MTA (n=207). The presence of periapical lesion in the baseline، 6th and 12th month was assessed radiographically. After evaluating the mechanism of the missing data، weighted generalized estimating equations (WGEE) methodology was utilized for the analysis of data. To do this، the SAS software، version 9.1 was used. Results: The success rate of pulpotomy with MTA in 6 and 12 months follow-up was 96% and 95%، respectively. These rates were 92% and 93% for pulpotomy with CEM. Additionally، the success rate of root canal therapy was 78% and 82% in the above mentioned follow-up periods respectively، which indicate the significant superiority of pulpotomy with MTA and CEM over RCT (P
Seyyed Ali Naji; Sayna Bahraini; Reza Mannani; Reza Bekhradi
Volume 18, Issue 3 , September and October 2011, , Pages 172-178
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Background and Purpose: Fatigue is one of the most common signs in Multiple Sclerosis، affecting the quality of life. Regarding the higher cost of drug therapies and their numerous side effects، the use of complementary and alternative medicines for these patients is on the rise. The present study ...
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Background and Purpose: Fatigue is one of the most common signs in Multiple Sclerosis، affecting the quality of life. Regarding the higher cost of drug therapies and their numerous side effects، the use of complementary and alternative medicines for these patients is on the rise. The present study aimed to determine the effect of aromatherapy massage on fatigue severity in women with Multiple Sclerosis in Isfahan، Iran. Methods and Materials: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 36 women with Multiple Sclerosis in Isfahan، Iran. Participants were selected through purposeful sampling، and each received a 20-minute Effleurage massage 3 times a week، for 4 consecutive weeks. Data analysis was done in SPSS 16 using paired t-test، Student t-test and ANOVA. Results: The mean score of fatigue severity before intervention was 49، which turned to be 29.37 after intervention. The statistical analysis indicated that there was a significant difference between fatigue severity scores before and after intervention (p
Z ABEDIAN; SB HASAN POUR AZGHADI; A FADAEI; Z ABBASI; H ESMAEILI
Volume 14, Issue 3 , September and October 2007, , Pages 172-178
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Background and purpose: Fatigue is common to pregnant women, 80% of whom consider fatigue as one of the ten health concerns. Affecting the nervous and muscular systems, massage therapy induces muscular relaxation, blood circulation and excretion of body waste including lactic acid which leads to energy ...
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Background and purpose: Fatigue is common to pregnant women, 80% of whom consider fatigue as one of the ten health concerns. Affecting the nervous and muscular systems, massage therapy induces muscular relaxation, blood circulation and excretion of body waste including lactic acid which leads to energy release. This study is therefore conducted to investigate the effect of massage on the intensity of labor fatigue in the primipara admitted to Bentolhoda Hospital in Bojnord, Iran in 2005.
Methods and Materials: This clinical trial was conducted on 62 primiparous women (18 to 32 years old) who were candidates of natural labor. The subjects were purposively selected and randomly assigned into massage therapy and conventional caregiving. The former (32 subjects) received back or leg massage or both. But the latter (the control group) received no massage therapy. Fatigue intensity before and 30 minutes after intervention were measured and recorded by a visual scale over the three labor phases. The data were analyzed in SPSS using student t- test, paired t- test, chi-square and linear test. Results: Significant differences, across the two groups, were observed in the fatigue intensity of the latent phase and the transition phase but not in the active phase. Before and after means were statistically different in the transition phase for the massage therapy group.
Conclusion: Massage therapy reduces the fatigue intensity of latent and transition phases. As labor fatigue intensity is lightest during the transition phase, massage therapy can be applied in pregnant women, as a non- invasive and conservative procedure, in order to relieve fatigue intensity and to enhance their health and well being.