Thirty-two patients (61 limbs) with lysosomal storage disorders underwent surgery for 'carpal tunnel syndrome'. Twenty-two limbs underwent a simple decompression whereas 39 limbs underwent additional neurolysis and tenosynovectomy. Data were incomplete for six patients (12 limbs). The mean age at operation for the decompression group (11 patients) was 10.5 years and for the neurolysis group (15...

The default mode of the motor system is a coupling between limbs. However, in some movements, a decoupling is required and thus calls for selection and facilitation/inhibition processes. Here, we investigate the relative contribution of recruitment versus selection processes to the overall processing complexity. To this aim we proposed a new multilimb reaction-time task (MUL-RT). Simple, choice...

The human visual system is remarkably sensitive to stimuli conveying actions, for example the fighting action between two agents. A central unresolved question is whether each agent is processed as a whole in one stage, or as subparts (e.g. limbs) that are assembled into an agent at a later stage. We measured the perceptual impact of perturbing an agent either by scrambling individual limbs whi...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficiency of autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (APBSCT) to treat severe the lower limbs ischemia caused by thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO). PATIENTS AND METHODS From April 2007 to December 2014, a total of 64 patients with TAO (80 affected limbs) received APBSCT at our hospital. The treatment effect was evaluated by subjective indicators incl...

During gait rehabilitation, therapists or robotic devices often supply physical assistance to a patient's lower limbs to aid stepping. The expensive equipment and intensive manual labor required for these therapies limit their availability to patients. One alternative solution is to design devices where patients could use their upper limbs to provide physical assistance to their lower limbs (i....

PURPOSE This study was a retrospective review of 11 limbs of 10 patients with popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (PAES) treated surgically in a 20-yr period. METHODS The patients were aged 34.7 +/- 17.4 SEM yr. Arteriographic findings varied, showing medial deviation in two limbs, poststenotic dilatation in four limbs and occlusion of the popliteal artery in five limbs. In addition, compute...

Measurements were carried out in 146 limbs with angiographically documented arterial occlusive disease (AOD) and in 85 limbs without AOD. Ankle systolic pressure (AP) was equal to or higher than brachial systolic pressure in limbs without AOD. It was below 82% of the brachial in all limbs with complete occlusion, usually below 50% in those with multiple occlusions, and above 50% in limbs with s...

In this study, we propose an exchange market model with arti cial adaptive agents (AGEDASI TOF) and conduct a computer simulation as a study on the arti cial market. First, AGEDASI TOF is compared with a random walk model and a linear regression model in out-of-sample forecasts. The results indicate that AGEDASI TOF outperforms the other models over all forecast horizons. Next, we analyze an ex...

OBJECTIVE The first-line antituberculous agents for use during pregnancy have minimal teratogenic effects. The possibility of limb deformity during rifampin use, however, was reported by some researchers. CASE REPORT A male newborn was born with a hypoplastic right forearm to a mother with tuberculosis who used isoniazid and rifampicin in the first two months of her pregnancy. CONCLUSIONS T...