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Preliminary study comparing parent and child functioning by intervention for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to assess whether there are significant differences between pre-surgical and bracing patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) in parent and child functioning including pre-operative pain, pre-operative ...
Wihak, Aquina Anne
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The Impact of Aging on the Anatomical Course of the Azygos Vein: A Retrospective, Computed Tomography Study

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The azygos vein (AV) is typically described as ascending vertically to the right of the vertebral column before arching anteriorly to drain into the superior vena cava. However, a small number of studies suggest that it is found leftward in older adults.
Lauren R. Hector, Hania Paverd, Arthikkaa Thavakumar, Cecilia Brassett, Timothy J. Sadler   +4 more
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The Challenges of Treating Female Soccer Players With ACL Injuries: Hamstring Versus Bone–Patellar Tendon–Bone Autograft

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2020
Background: Although anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are common in female soccer players, the optimal graft option for ACL reconstruction is currently unclear.
Elise Britt MD, Ryan Ouillette BA, Eric Edmonds MD, Henry Chambers MD, Kristina Johnson ATC, OPA-C, Tracey Bastrom MA, Andrew Pennock MD   +6 more
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Associations between sarcopenia and degenerative lumbar scoliosis in older women

Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders, 2017
BackgroundAge-related sarcopenia can cause various forms of physical disabilities. We investigated how sarcopenia affects degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) and lumbar spinal canal stenosis (LSCS).MethodsSubjects comprised 40 elderly women (mean age 74 ...
Y. Eguchi, Munetaka Suzuki, H. Yamanaka, H. Tamai, Tatsuya Kobayashi, S. Orita, K. Yamauchi, Miyako Suzuki, K. Inage, K. Fujimoto, Hirohito Kanamoto, Koki Abe, Y. Aoki, T. Toyone, T. Ozawa, Kazuhisa Takahashi, S. Ohtori   +16 more
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Misdiagnosing absent pedicle of cervical spine in the acute trauma setting

Orthopedic Reviews, 2015
Congenital absence of cervical spine pedicle can be easily misdiagnosed as facet dislocation on plain radiographs especially in the acute trauma setting.
Fahad H. Abduljabbar, Felipe Rossel, Anas Nooh, Peter Jarzem   +3 more
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Upper Lumbar Pedicle Screw Insertion Using Three-Dimensional Fluoroscopy Navigation:Assessment of Clinical Accuracy [PDF]

, 2010
We used a navigation system to insert 128 pedicle screws into 69 vertebrae (L1 to L3) of 49 consecutive patients. We assessed the pedicle isthmic width and the permission angle for pedicle screw insertion. The permission angle is the angle defined by the
Ito, Yasuo, Mazaki, Tetsuro, Shimokawa, Tetsuya, Shiozaki, Yasuyuki, Sugimoto, Yoshihisa, Tanaka, Masato, Tomioka, Masao   +6 more
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Epidemiological study of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in Eastern China.

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2017
OBJECTIVE Previous epidemiological studies of adole-scent idiopathic scoliosis in mainland China have had diverse results. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the epidemiology of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis based on a ...
Yu Zheng, Yini Dang, Xiaojun Wu, Yan Yang, J. Reinhardt, Chengqi He, M. Wong   +6 more
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Ictal–interictal continuum and status epilepticus: Two sides of the same coin? A prospective magnetic resonance imaging study

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Status epilepticus (SE) is the most severe expression of seizures, encompassing both SE with prominent motor symptoms and nonconvulsive SE (NCSE). Ictal–interictal continuum (IIC), an electroencephalographic phenomenon, is characterized by periodic discharges (PD), spike‐and‐waves or sharp‐and‐waves (SW), or lateralized rhythmic ...
Pilar Bosque‐Varela, Lukas Machegger, Wanda Lauth, Panagiota Eleni Tsalouchidou, Susanne Knake, Georg Zimmermann, Nicolas Jannone‐Pedro, Giada Giovannini, Stefano Meletti, Adrian Ridski Harsono, Fabio Rossini, Markus Leitinger, Johannes Pfaff, Sándor Beniczky, Eugen Trinka, Giorgi Kuchukhidze   +15 more
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Effectiveness of Schroth exercises during bracing in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: results from a preliminary study—SOSORT Award 2017 Winner

Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders, 2017
BackgroundBracing has been shown to decrease significantly the progression of high-risk curves to the threshold for surgery in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), but the treatment failure rate remains high.
K. Kwan, A. Cheng, H. Y. Koh, A. Chiu, K. Cheung   +4 more
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KCNJ4 variants disrupt inward‐rectifier potassium channel function and cause refractory epilepsy

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder with a strong genetic basis, most frequently arising from ion channel dysfunction. Although multiple inwardly rectifying potassium (Kir) channels have been implicated in epileptogenesis, the contribution of KCNJ4, which encodes the Kir2.3 channel, has not previously been established in human
Hu Pan, Deng Liu, Wuhen Xu, Yang Li, Juanli Hu, Oppermann Henry, Alexander Fuchs, Rami Abou Jamra, Zhen Liu, Mei He, Yuanlu Chen, Shengnan Wu, Xiaohuan Dong, Yiqiao Chen, Pengchao Wang, Weiyue Gu, Han Jing, Yabing Tang, Ya‐Jie Wang, Xiao Mao, Neng Xiao   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source