Statistical validity and reliability of the Persian version of the Western Ontario Meniscal Evaluation Tool (WOMET) according to the COSMIN checklist.

Background: The Western Ontario Meniscal Evaluation Tool (WOMET) is the only questionnaire available to assess quality of life in patients with isolated meniscal injuries. The aims of this study were to prepare the Persian version of the WOMET (PWOMET) and validate it in Iranian patients with isolated meniscal tears.

Methods: In the first stage, the English version of WOMET was translated into Persian.

Simplifying the human lumbar spine (L3/L4) material in order to create an elemental structure for the future modeling.

The human lumbar spine incorporates the best joints in nature due to its optimal static and dynamic behavior against the internal and external loads. Developing an elemental structure based on this joint requires simplification in terms of the materials employed by keeping the mechanical and anatomical behaviors of the human lumbar spine. In the present study, the finite element (FE) of two motion segments of the human lumbar spine (L3/L4) was developed based on the CT scan data as the base for vertebrae geometry, verified geometry properties for another part of two motion segments, and combination of materials and loads obtained from the validated resources.

Persian translation and validation of the Back Pain Functional Scale.

Background: Patient-reported questionnaires provide important tools that can be utilized for the assessment of treatment efficacy in clinic and research. This study aimed to translate, cross-culturally adapt, and validate the Back Pain Functional Scale into Persian (BPFSp).

Methods: In this cross-sectional and prospective cohort of adult patients with low back pain (LBP), the translation and adaptation was performed according to standardized guidelines and pretested (n = 30).

Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score in patients with isolated meniscus injury; Validity and reliability.

Background: The aim of this study is evaluation of the validity and reliability of the Persian version of Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) in patients with isolated meniscus injury.

Materials And Methods: One hundred people with isolated meniscal injury (29 females and 71 males with a mean age ± standard deviation [SD] = 32.37 ± 9.

Psychological Disorders among Iranian Infertile Couples Undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART).

Background: Worldwide, infertility affects 10%-15% of couples and most of them seek medical help including Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) treatments. Undergoing ART treatments create many physical and emotional burdens. This study examined the psychological consequences of infertility in Iranian infertile males and females as well as their spouses, unlike previous studies that examined mainly females with infertility.