Mohammed A. Takroni

• Doctor of Philosophy
• King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre

Introduction: Plantar fasciitis (PF) accounts for about 80% of cases of heel pain. Foot orthoses (shoe insole/arch support), are one of the conservative management for plantar fasciitis. To our knowledge, we could not find any study that assesses the au�thentic benefits of using foot insoles with their different types on reducing PF pain among hea...

Back ground There have been rather controversial reports that some sport performances are negatively affected by stretching. It is widely believed that pre-exercise static stretching reduces the risk of injury and enhances performance. Several studies reported that pre-exercise static stretching decreases maximal force production, jump height and s...

Background The prevalence of coronary heart disease continues to increase in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Despite advances in cardiac surgery, there are no established outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs in the KSA. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of home-based cardiac rehabilitation compared wit...

Introduction: Early Mobilization (EM) of patients in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has received considerable attention in scientific literature over the past several years. It has been reported that EM decrease Hospital Length of Stay (LOS).

To analyze the incidence and outcome of meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) at Al-Yamamah Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where meconium-stained babies have intrapartum obstetrical cleansing of the upper airways, following which depressed/asphyxiated babies are intubated and vigorous babies are observed for 24 h. The total live births, records of me...

This study assesses the outcome and benefits of initiation of oral intake 4 hours after caesarean section done under general anaesthesia. After uncomplicated sections, 207 healthy women were alternately assigned either to start oral intake 4 hours after operation, with concurrent stoppage of infusions (n = 106) or to receive 'standard'postoperative...

Background: This report describes our experience with 15 consecutive emergency cervical cerclages performed at Al Yamamah Hospital. Patients and methods: Between February 1994 and February 1997, 15 women with singleton pregnancies between 18 and 26 weeksâ gestation, with a cervical dilatation between 3 and 10 cm and with membrane prolapse, under...