OBJECTIVE To determine the physiologic effectiveness of multi-site, multi-depth sacral lateral branch injections. DESIGN Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. SETTING Outpatient pain management center. PATIENTS Twenty asymptomatic volunteers. BACKGROUND The dorsal innervation to the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is from the L5 dorsal ramus and the S1-3 lateral branches. Multi-sit...

[Purpose] Walking with the feet turned inward or outward often causes issues for the people with these walking patterns. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of in-toeing and out-toeing on maximum force and the center of pressure (COP) trajectory length during stair walking. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 30 female university students without orthopedic diseases of t...

People with incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) expend considerable energy to walk, which can lead to rapid fatigue and limit community ambulation. Selecting locomotor patterns that enhance lateral stability may contribute to this population's elevated cost of transport. The goal of the current study was to quantify the metabolic energy demands of maintaining lateral stability during gait in p...

background : biomechanical factors are known to be important in knee osteoarthritis (oa) development and progression. this study was designed to determine changes of hamstrings muscle activation, knee adduction moment and ankle rotation angle in two knee osteoarthritis (mild and moderate) and a healthy control group.   methods: 16 females (10 with mild and 6 with moderate medial knee osteoarthr...

Pelvic congestion syndrome was firstly described by Taylor in 1949. It results from vascular engorgement of the uterus and the vessels of the broad ligament and lateral pelvic wall, which may lead to chronic pelvic pain[1]. Percutaneous transcatheter embolotherapy, firstly introduced by Edwards et al.[2] in 1993, is claimed to be a safe and effective treatment for the syndrome. In published stu...

The future Compact LInear particle Collider (CLIC) under study at CERN will require to stabilize heavy electromagnets, and also to provide them some positioning capabilities. Firstly, this paper presents the concept adopted to address both requirements. Secondly, the control strategy adopted for the stabilization is studied numerically, showing that the quadrupole can be stabilized in both late...

PURPOSE The purpose of this noninvasive pilot study was to examine the changes in transcutaneous oxygen (tcO2), skin temperature, and hyperemic response in the heels, sacrum, and trochanters in a 2-hour loading-unloading condition in nursing home residents who are positioned in supine and lateral positions. DESIGN A 1-group, prospective, repeated-measures design was used. SUBJECTS AND SETTI...

[Purpose] This study examined the effects of a medio-lateral unstable sole on invertor and evertor activation while descending stairs. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 30 university students with no history of ankle sprain. They descended stairs while wearing the medio-lateral unstable sole or with bare feet. Electromyography was used to record the activity of the tibialis anterior and ...

Since, sports activities are likely to be changes in various parameters of plantar pressure distribution during walking to create, This study compared patterns of plantar pressure distribution between right and left feet and their relationship with anthropometric parameters. 10 elite wrestler with the average and standard deviation of age: 23.6±3.33 yrs, height: 173.5±7.67 cm and mass: 83.3±21....

Lateral pterygoid muscle (LPM) was evaluated in Non TMD subjects(control group) as well as TMD patients(study group).15 controls were used and 20 patients were used. Patients with lateral pterygoid muscle myalgia was the main criteria for selection of patients. Questionnaire was filled up for each patient and lateral pterygoid was evaluated for every patient with help of MRI. In control group, ...