Purpose A goal of our laboratory is to identify mechanisms of action operative during the body-based practice of spinal manipulation. Spinal manipulation can be identified by a number of mechanical characteristics, including but not limited to, contact site, magnitude, rate and direction of thrusting force. Because neural mechanisms are thought to contribute to its clinical effects, we studied ...

Purpose There is mounting evidence that identification of spinal joint hypoand hypermobility along with correspondingly tailored manual therapy treatment approaches for these clinical subgroups can lead to more successful therapeutic outcomes. Subjects with spinal joint hypomobility had higher therapeutic success rates with spinal manipulation than subjects with spinal joint hypermobility (Frit...

Introduction Typically, cervical dystonia (CD), or spasmodic torticollis, is described as a condition in which the cervical paraspinal muscle groups in the neck undergo uncontrollable and prolonged spasm. It has been well described in the literature that CD presents in most patients with an extreme head tilt or tremor due to spasm. This has become the all-encompassing definition of CD to many c...

INTRODUCTION Though Wiltse developed the paraspinal muscle-splitting approach to the spine, the exact location of where and how to split the paraspinal musculature when performing this approach remains unclear. This type of approach may be particularly useful for posterior nonfusion stabilization as significantly less damage occurs with this approach than with a muscle-stripping approach. MET...

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness microwave therapy and global postural reeducation (GPR) exercises on disease activity, pain, quality life functional status in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
 Materials Methods: 77 diagnosed AS were included study. First group (n: 25) treated 5 days a week, for 3 weeks. Patients second 26), addition GPR, before each e...

Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein immunoglobulin G (anti-MOG-IgG) has been recently found to be associated with some forms of idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating CNS disorders. In a preliminary study from India, recurrent optic neuritis and isolated longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis were identified as the common phenotypes. The clinical and radiologic features of this newly disco...

Biopsy material from the skeletal muscle (paraxials) of 21 patients with scoliosis was examined by light and electron microscopy. Virus-like particles, 17 nm in diameter with a crystalline structure, were identified in the skeletal muscle fibres of four patients. Associated changes in the sarcoplasm included swelling of mitochondria, presence of lipid droplets, and vesicular structures. Serolog...