Shoulder posture and median nerve sliding [PDF]
, 2004 Background: Patients with upper limb pain often have a slumped sitting position and poorshoulder posture. Pain could be due to poor posture causing mechanical changes (stretch; localpressure) that in turn affect the function of major limb nerves (e.g ...
A Dilley +9 more
core +3 more sources
Arterial Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Treated Successfully with Totally Endoscopic First Rib Resection
Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2017 Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a constellation of signs and symptoms caused by compression of the neurovascular structures in the thoracic outlet. TOS may be classified as either neurogenic TOS (NTOS) or vascular TOS: venous TOS (VTOS) or arterial TOS
Sofoklis Mitsos +7 more
doaj +1 more source
Disruption of the mouse MRF4 gene identifies multiple waves of myogenesis in the myotome [PDF]
, 1995 MRF4 (herculin/Myf-6) is one of the four member MyoD family of transcription factors identified by their ability to enforce skeletal muscle differentiation upon a wide variety of nonmuscle cell types.
Miner, Jeffrey H. +5 more
core
The Multidisciplinary Conservative Approach in Treatment of TOS
Iranian Rehabilitation Journal, 2010 Objectives: The aims of this study were to evaluate the efficacy of conservative treatment in patients with and without cervical ribs and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS).
F. Layeghi, M. Farzad, S. A. Hosseini
doaj
Thoracic outlet syndrome: do we have clinical tests as predictors for the outcome after surgery?
European Journal of Medical Research, 2009 Objective Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a clinical phenomenon resulting from compression of the neurovascular structures at the superior aperture of the thorax which presents with varying symptoms.
Sadeghi-Azandaryani M +6 more
doaj +1 more source
Comparison of Surgical Outcomes of the Posterior and Combined Approaches for Repair of Cervical Fractures in Ankylosing Spondylitis. [PDF]
, 2019 STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. PURPOSE: To evaluate surgical outcomes and complications of cervical spine fractures in ankylosing spondylitis (CAS) patients who were treated using either the posterior (P) or combined approach (C).
Ariyawatkul, Thanase +5 more
core +1 more source
Arterial thoracic outlet syndrome by a commonly overlooked anomaly, the cervical rib: A case report
Radiology Case Reports, 2023 Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a constellation of symptoms that occur due to the compression of neurovascular structures traversing the thoracic outlet. TOS manifests in 3 distinct forms: neurogenic, venous, and arterial.
Farhad Farzam, MD +2 more
doaj
Post-sternotomy pain syndrome following cardiac surgery. case report [PDF]
, 2017 Over 2 million people undergo sternotomy worldwide for heart surgery each year, and many develop post-sternotomy pain syndrome (PSPS) which persists in the anterior thorax.
Bordoni, Bruno +4 more
core +2 more sources
North American Spine Society Journal, 2021 Background: the demographics, mechanisms of injury, and concurrent injuries associated with cervical, thoracic and lumbar spinal fracture and/or spinal cord injury remain poorly characterized.
Nidharshan S. Anandasivam +6 more
doaj
Embryonic remnants of intercentra and cervical ribs in turtles
Biology Open, 2013 Summary A broad sample of extant turtles possesses a series of paired bones in the neck that are situated between the cervical vertebrae. These paired bones were originally proposed to be cervical rib remnants, but have more recently been interpreted as ...
Ingmar Werneburg +2 more
doaj +1 more source