Lower limb muscle shortening in structural versus non-structural spinal deformity

Lower limb muscle shortening in structural versus non-structural spinal deformity

Background Muscle shortening within the lower limbs can be observed in adolescents with either structural or non-structural spinal deformities. Whether or not it is related to the spinal deformity remains unclear. The aim of the study was to evaluate the lower limb muscle shortening in a group of adolescents with structural spinal deformity (idiopathic scoliosis, Scheuermann's juvenile kyphosis...

Muscle shortening in structural versus non-structural spine deformities

Background Restriction of muscle flexibility is observed in lower limbs of both healthy adolescents and those diagnosed with spine deformity. Children sedentary lifestyle is suspected to be the reason. The resulting inhibition of antagonistic muscle group and disturbance of synergistic/stabilizing groups can potentially involve global muscular balance. The aim of the study was to assess lower l...

Cerebrospinal Fluid and Spinal Anesthesia Parameters in Healthy Versus Opium-Addict Patients during Lower Limb Surgery

Paralytic deformity in the lower limb.

Because tuberculosis and rickets have become uncommon diseases motor paralysis is now the commonest cause of serious deformity in childhood in Great Britain. The three conditions that share responsibility for this are poliomyelitis, cerebral palsy and spina bifida. The object of this paper is to review the mechanisms of paralytic deformity in these three conditions and to put forward the view t...

Metabolic and Structural Changes in Lower-Limb Skeletal Muscle Following Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation: A Systematic Review

BACKGROUND Transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) can be applied as a complementary intervention to regular exercise training programs. A distinction can be made between high-frequency (HF) NMES and low-frequency (LF) NMES. In order to increase understanding of the mechanisms of functional improvements following NMES, the purpose of this study was to systematically review ch...