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Sports Medicine

Two Cases of Periprosthetic Fracture After Surgery for Acute Midfoot Charcot.

Mar 05, 2020

Charcot neuroarthropathy is a rare condition that often results in deformity of the foot and ankle, with a high incidence of ulceration and a high risk of amputation. Traditionally, treatment of the a...

Tibial Nail Combined with Vacuum Sealing Drainage for Gustilo Grade IIIB Open Tibial Fractures: A Patient Series.

Mar 05, 2020

Gustilo grade IIIB open tibial fractures are relatively difficult to treat. We investigated the treatment effects of tibial intramedullary nails combined with vacuum sealing drainage (VSD) for Gustilo...

Ankle Bracing Alters Coordination and Coordination Variability in Individuals With and Without Chronic Ankle Instability.

Mar 05, 2020

Ankle bracing is an effective form of injury prophylaxis implemented for individuals with and without chronic ankle instability, yet mechanisms surrounding bracing efficacy remain in question. Ankle b...

[Ocular Motor Nerve Palsies Caused by Paragliding Accidents].

Mar 05, 2020

Paragliding is a risk-taking adventure sport. It can be performed either individually or accompanied by a pilot in tandem formation. Paragliding, as well as other types of "extreme" sport, have gained...

Evolution of Fatigue Damage in the L5-S1 Intervertebral Disc Resulting from Walking Exposures Among Persons with Lower Limb Loss.

Mar 02, 2020

The risk of fatigue damage within the L5-S1 spinal disc was calculated for a sample of 52 individuals with unilateral limb loss (26 transtibial; 26 transfemoral) and 26 uninjured controls using a non-...

Human serum mast cell tryptase levels in elbow fractures or dislocations and its association with injury severity.

Mar 02, 2020

Mast cells contain an abundance of tryptase, and preclinical models have shown elevated serum mast cell tryptase (SMCT) in the setting of post-traumatic joint contractures. Therefore, SMCT emerged as ...

In Vivo Testing of a Prototype Intradural Spinal Cord Stimulator in a Porcine Model.

Mar 02, 2020

Chronic midline low back pain is the number one reason for disability in the United States despite the prolific use of medical and surgical interventions. Notwithstanding the widespread use of epidura...

Learning curve of robot-assisted percutaneous kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.

Mar 02, 2020

There are few reports on the robot-assisted percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF), and we aim to explore the learning curve of the robot-assisted PKP f...

Case Study: Resumption of Eumenorrhea in Parallel With High Training Load After 4 Years of Menstrual Dysfunction: A 5-Year Follow-Up of an Elite Female Cyclist.

Feb 28, 2020

The female athlete triad is a condition where low energy availability is typically observed together with menstrual dysfunction and/or low bone mineral density. How this condition affects maximal work...

The Temporal Ordering of Motivation and Self-Control: A Cross-Lagged Effects Model.

Feb 28, 2020

Mechanisms leading to cognitive energy depletion in performance settings such as high-level sports highlight likely associations between individuals' self-control capacity and their motivation. Invest...

Epidemiology of Pediatric Upper Extremity Fractures in Tertiary Care Center in Switzerland.

Feb 28, 2020

Fractures in children are common and account for 10% to 25% of injuries in children with considerable effects on activity restriction and subsequent high socioeconomically impact. Eighty percent of al...

Subgaleal Hemorrhage Secondary to Child Physical Abuse in a 4-Year-Old Boy.

Feb 28, 2020

Subgaleal hemorrhage is commonly described in the neonatal population but is a rare injury in young children and adolescents. Though infrequently seen, it can follow blunt head trauma or hair pulling....

Consistency between anticholinergic burden scales in the elderly with fractures.

Feb 25, 2020

Falls and bone fractures are important causes of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. The objective of this study was to identify the degree of consistency between the anticholinergic scales used f...

Lumbar intervertebral disc characterization through quantitative MRI analysis: An automatic voxel-based relaxometry approach.

Feb 17, 2020

To develop an automated pipeline based on convolutional neural networks to segment lumbar intervertebral discs and characterize their biochemical composition using voxel-based relaxometry, and establi...

LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 accelerates fracture healing via modulating miR-701-3p/FGFR3 axis.

Feb 17, 2020

Emerging evidence highlights the role of the long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) KCNQ1OT1 in fracture healing. Osteoblast proliferation, migration, and survival are pivotal during this process. In this study,...

Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment for Bertolotti's Syndrome Presenting with Low Back Pain: Report of Four Cases.

Feb 17, 2020

Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) has been used successfully to treat myriad types of chronic pain, including spinal radicular pain and that associated with facet arthropathy. Although there are a few repor...

Oxytocin modulates intrinsic neural activity in patients with chronic low back pain.

Feb 17, 2020

Modulation of pain perception by oxytocin (OXT) has attracted increased scientific and clinical interest. Neural mechanisms underlying these effects are poorly understood. In this study, we aimed to i...

Is Bone Non-Union, Vertebral Deformity, or Spino-Pelvic Malalignment the Best Therapeutic Target for Amelioration of Low Back Pain after Osteoporotic Vertebral Fracture?

Feb 13, 2020

Cohort study (level 3).To identify independent risk factors for residual low back pain (LBP) following osteoporotic vertebral fracture (OVF).Non-union has been proposed as the primary cause of residua...

Traumatic Atlanto-occipital Dislocation: Analysis of 15 Survival Cases With Emphasis on Associated Upper Cervical Spine Injuries.

Feb 13, 2020

Retrospective case analyses.The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and characteristics of associated upper cervical spine injuries in 15 survival cases of traumatic atlanto-occipital d...

Predictive Forward Dynamic Simulation of Manual Wheelchair Propulsion on a Rolling Dynamometer.

Feb 13, 2020

Research studies to understand the biomechanics of manual wheelchair propulsion often incorporate experimental data and mathematical models. This project aimed to advance this field of study by develo...

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