en توانبخشی توانبخشی پژوهشی اصیل Original Article <span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span chaparral="" pro="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#00369a"><span style="font-weight:bold"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="color:#003399">Background:</span></span></span></i> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="color:black"><span style="font-weight:normal">The effect of gender differences on the occurrence and symptoms of stroke has always been considered and unclear. The purpose of this research is to investigate and compare the effect of a long-term traditional rehabilitation course on the knee function of women and men with stroke.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <br> <span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span chaparral="" pro="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#00369a"><span style="font-weight:bold"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="color:#003399">Methods:</span></span></span></i> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="color:black"><span style="font-weight:normal">The present study was a cross-sectional study. The knee function of 10 women and 10 men stroke patients was measured at the beginning and end of two years of traditional rehabilitation programs. To compare the knee functions of two groups in the pre-test and post-test stages, the inferential ANOVA method and post-hoc Bonferroni tests were used (P&le;0.05).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <br> <span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span chaparral="" pro="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#00369a"><span style="font-weight:bold"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="color:#003399">Results:</span></span></span></i> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="color:black"><span style="font-weight:normal">The results showed that there is no significant difference in the average knee performance of women and men with stroke before and after long-term rehabilitation (p=0.07).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="color:#003399">Conclusion:</span></span></span></i></b> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="color:black">Maybe we can conclude that gender is not an important factor in the field of knee rehabilitation planning and its results.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Knee function, Stroke, Gender differences 33 39 http://crms.mubabol.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-241-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Razieh Yousefian Molla raziehyousefianmolla@gmail.com 10031947532846002386 10031947532846002386 Yes Department of Sports Biomechanics, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Tahereh Hajiahmad nasiim_sahariii@yahoo.com 10031947532846002387 10031947532846002387 No Tabassom Stroke Rehabilitation Clinic, Tehran, Iran Rouzbeh Kazemi rouzbeh_kazem@yahoo.com 10031947532846002388 10031947532846002388 No Tabassom Stroke Rehabilitation Clinic, Tehran, Iran