Evolving clinical profile of IL-1β, IL-10 and CTLA-4 gene in rheumatoid factor positive Caucasian population [PDF]
, 2011 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a systemic autoimmune condition, causes joint damage and sometimes extra-articular lesions (cutaneous vasculitis, neuropathy, Felty’s syndrome, pericarditis, intersticial lung disease) that may be life threatening.
Anupama Sharma, Ajay kumar Singh, Sanjeev kumar Singh, Neelima Singh, Varsha Gupta, Int J Cur Bio Med Sci.
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Arthroscopicassisted miniopen repair of rotator cuff tears
Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2020 Objectives: We retrospectively evaluated the results of patients who underwent arthroscopic-assisted mini-open repair of rotator cuff tears.\nMethods: Twenty-three patients (7 males, 16 females; mean age 56 years; range 41 to 75 years) underwent ...
Mehmet Ugur Ozbaydar +3 more
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Reliability and Psychometric Properties of the Hand Behind Back Test in Young Healthy Adults: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic ResearchIntroduction: The Hand Behind Back (HBB) test is often used in clinical practice to evaluate shoulder internal rotation; yet, additional clarification regarding its measurement reliability using a tape measure is required.
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Arthroscopy TechniquesThis study presents a surgical approach combining adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction, autologous cartilage particulate, and a hyaluronic acid mesh to treat focal cartilage lesions.
Gustavo Álvarez, M.D. +6 more
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BioengineeringIntroduction: This study hypothesized that changes in the elasticity of the quadriceps and patellar tendons before and after the diagnosis of patellar tendinopathy would correlate with the range of motion (ROM) following conservative treatment.
Min-Woo Kim, Dong-Ha Lee, Young-Chae Seo
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Fibular transfer in a nineweekold infant for complete congenital absence of the tibia
Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2021 The treatment of complete congenital absence of the tibia is controversial. The goal of the treatment is to construct a satisfactorily functioning knee joint, for which fibular transfer was described as an appropriate method.
Lokman Karakurt +3 more
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The thickness of the calcified layer of articular cartilage [PDF]
, 1987 The thickness of both the articular cartilage and its calcified zone were measured at 25 carefully selected points in 8 human femoral heads, and the ratio of one to the other was found to be remarkably constant for each bone.
Müller-Gerbl, Magdalena +2 more
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Flexor tendoplasty with a tendon prosthesis for zone II flexor tendon injuries
Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2021 Objectives: We evaluated two-staged flexor tendoplasty with tendon prosthesis in patients with flexor tendon injuries in which conventional tendon grafting would fail to yield an acceptable result.\nMethods: We performed flexor tendoplasty with tendon ...
Atakan Aydin +6 more
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Modeling and Simulation of the Effects of Cyclic Loading on Articular Cartilage Lesion Formation
, 2013 We present a model of articular cartilage lesion formation to simulate the effects of cyclic loading. This model extends and modifies the reaction-diffusion-delay model by Graham et al.
Ayati, Bruce P. +5 more
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Acute Effects of Walking on The Deformation of Femoral Articular Cartilage
, 2017 Background and Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by a progressive loss of the articular cartilage, increasing the amount of friction in the joint, resulting in pain and decreases in mobility and function.
McClaren, Jayson, Sudweeks, Skyler
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