The role of posterior cervical musculature in sensorimotor control, cervicocephalic pain, and stabilization of the spinal cord has been recently described. Anatomical soft tissue connections which cross the cervical epidural space link suboccipital muscle fascia and dura. These myodural bridges provide passive and active anchoring of the spinal cord. They may also be involved in a dural tension...

To report the use and describe the interest of hemostatic dressings in a civilian setting, we provided medical prehospital teams with QuikClot Combat Gauze (QCG) and asked physicians to complete a specific questionnaire after each use. Thirty uses were prospectively reported. The wounds were mostly caused by cold steel (n=15) and were primarily cervicocephalic (n=16), with 19/30 active arterial...

Sarcomas account for a very small percentage of the head and neck malignancies in adults Laryngeal sarcomas represent 1% of all laryngeal malignancies. Chondrosarcoma is the most common laryngeal sarcoma, and originates mostly from the cricoid cartilage. Less than 3% of all cervicocephalic rhabdomyosarcomas is located in the larynx and laryngeal rhabdomyosarcoma is characterized by less aggresi...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of different induced head-neck-jaw postures on head-neck relocation error among healthy subjects. METHODS 30 healthy adult male subjects participated in this study. Cervicocephalic kinesthetic sense was measured while standing, habitual sitting, habitual sitting with clenched jaw and habitual sitting with forward head posture during right rotation, left ro...

BACKGROUND Sensory information from mechanoreceptors in the skin, muscles, tendons, and joint structures plays an important role in joint stability. A joint injury can lead to disruption of the sensory system, which can be measured by proprioceptive acuity. When evaluating proprioception, assessment tools need to be reliable. The aim of this study was to assess the test-retest reliability of a ...

Taekwondo fighters require sufficient postural stability to maintain tactical superiority over an opponent. Postural balance is controlled by somatosensory, visual and vestibular system. Cervical spine has neurophysiological connection the system as well abundance of receptors within connective tissues spine. Guard-specific posture in taekwondo requires constant head neck rotations, therefore d...

Objective: To evaluate the impact of knee osteoarthritis OA) and periarticular muscular fatigue on knee joint inesthesia. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: A physical medicine and rehabilitation outpatient linic. Participants: Fifty patients with bilateral OA of the knee, nd a control group of 30 age-matched healthy volunteers. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: The Kel...

a number of studies have investigated the effect of age, trauma, disease and fatigue on cervical joint position sense. however, there is an absence in data regarding the role of posture on proprioception. the aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of forward head posture (fhp) on cervical joint position sense. twenty forward head posture volunteers (14 women, 6 men), with the me...