Colonic intussusception is a rare complication of colonic lipoma. This study presents an unusualcase symptomatic lipoma the transverse colon, causing andlower gastrointestinal hemorrhage. A 53 year-old female was admitted to Bushenge ProvincialHospital, Rwanda, with episodes intermittent pain, vomiting, and bloody mucoid stool. Physicalexamination revealed distended abdomen, tenderness mucous f...

Background: Various sizes of implants need to be available during surgery. The purpose of this paper is to comparebody height and shoe size with implant sizes in patients who underwent total knee replacement surgery to see whichbiomarker is a better predictor for preoperative planning to determine implant size.Methods: A total of 100 knees, belonging to 50 females and 50 males, were observed. P...

Intracranial lipomas are rare lesions. Intracranial lipoma associated with a subcutaneous lipoma is extremely rare. Various vascular abnormalities have been described in association with intracranial lipoma, including distension, kinking, or narrowing of arteries and veins; arteriovenous malformation; and aneurysm. To our knowledge, association of sagittal sinus fenestration, falcine sinus, and...

background: musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are among important health problems in working population. because of performing difficult physical activities, hand-woven shoe-sole makers are at risk of developing various types of msds. objective: to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in different body areas of hand-woven shoe-sole makers, assess workers′ postures and workstation...

BACKGROUND The motion control shoe is a well-developed technology in running shoe design for controlling excessive rearfoot pronation and plantar force distribution. However, there is little information on the leg muscle activation with different shoe conditions. HYPOTHESIS The motion control shoe can prevent excessive shank muscle activation and delay fatigue. STUDY DESIGN Controlled labor...

Equine haemotropic mycoplasmosis (EHM) is a condition rarely reported worldwide. A horse presented with unspecific clinical findings and non-response to treatment the common endemic haemoparasitic bacterial infections, warranted thorough molecular investigation of suspected infection given fluctuating parasitaemia low sensitivity specificity Light Microscopy (LM) detection infections. Blood col...

Methods The midfoot kinematics of 21 males were recorded whilst walking in a neutral shoe, a neutral shoe with a foot orthotic and a neutral shoe with nodules located on the plantar medial aspect of the foot (experimental shoe). Electromyography of the peroneus longus, tibialis anterior and medial gastrocnemius was also recorded and analysed. A Friedman’s ANOVA was used to evaluate differences ...

BACKGROUND Rollover footwear is assumed to provide an enhanced surface over which the body can roll more easily. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of rollover footwear on the rollover function of walking. METHODS Twenty subjects walked in three conditions: (i) a MBT shoe (Masai Barefoot Technology) characterized by a stiff sole rounded in the anterior-posterior direction; (...

Benign soft tissue neoplasms commonly occur in oral cavity. Lipoma is one such benign tumour which rarely occurs in the oral mucosa. About 20% of lipomas occur in the head and neck region among which oral lipomas comprise only 1-4% of all lipomas. They slowly enlarge and they are known to grow to large sizes, thus causing mastication and speech difficulties. Usually, the lesion consists of a we...