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Rehabilitation interventions for foot drop in neuromuscular disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
"Foot drop" or "Floppy foot drop" is the term commonly used to describe weakness or contracture of the muscles around the ankle joint.
Disler, Peter B.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Preventive effect and possible mechanisms of ultrashort wave diathermy on myogenic contracture in a rabbit model

open access: yesScience Progress, 2021
The purpose of this study was to determine the preventive effect of ultrashort wave diathermy on immobilization-induced myogenic contracture and to explore its underlying mechanisms.
Qi-Yu Xu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of temperature on the calcium sensitivity of the myofilaments of skinned ventricular muscle from the rabbit. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
The steady-state myofilament Ca sensitivity was determined in skinned cardiac trabeculae from the rabbit right ventricle (diameter, 0.13-0.34 mm) at 36, 29, 22, 15, 8, and 1 degree C.
Bers, DM, Harrison, SM
core   +3 more sources

The main approaches to the knee joint stabilization in patients with cerebral palsy

open access: yesTravmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii, 2013
Objective: to improve the results of surgical correction of flexion contracture of knee joint in patients with cerebral palsy. Material and methods. 196 patients with cerebral palsy aged from 2.5 to 18 years old were examined. In 131 patients aged from 8
V. V. Umnov
doaj   +1 more source

Sex-specific role of myostatin signaling in neonatal muscle growth, denervation atrophy, and neuromuscular contractures

open access: yeseLife, 2022
Neonatal brachial plexus injury (NBPI) causes disabling and incurable muscle contractures that result from impaired longitudinal growth of denervated muscles.
Marianne E Emmert   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Eosinophilic fasciitis (Shulman's disease): review and comparative evaluation of seven patients. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
OBJECTIVES: Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) was described in 1974 by Shulman as a rare fibrosing connective tissue disease of unknown etiology. An undetermined trigger is thought to lead to the degranulation of eosinophils that interact with fibroblasts and
Cimbron, M   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Baseline Description of the Juvenile Localized Scleroderma Subgroup From the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Legacy Registry

open access: yesACR Open Rheumatology, 2019
Objective Localized scleroderma (LS) is a chronic inflammatory and fibrosing skin disorder. We present baseline data on the juvenile LS (jLS) cohort from the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Legacy Registry, a multicenter ...
Eveline Y. Wu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Muscular involvement and tendon contracture in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2Y: a mild adult phenotype and literature review

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2020
Background Limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Y (LGMD2Y) is a rare subgroup of limb girdle muscular dystrophy featuring limb-girdle weakness, tendon contracture and cardiac involvement.
Xuelin Feng   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dominant BIN1-related centronuclear myopathy (CNM) revealed by lower limb myalgia and moderate CK elevation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
We report a BIN1-related CNM family with unusual clinical phenotype. The proband, a 56-year-old man suffered of lower limbs myalgia since the age of 52.
Antonini, Giovanni   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Sterile acellular dermal collagen as a treatment for rippling deformity of breast. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Prosthetic implants are frequently used for breast augmentation and breast reconstruction following mastectomy. Unfortunately, long-term aesthetic results of prosthetic breast restoration may be hindered by complications such as rippling, capsular ...
Busse, Brittany   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

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