Development of electrophysiological means to assess the medial olivocochlear (MOC) system in humans is important to further our understanding of the function of that system and for the refinement and validation of psychoacoustical and otoacoustic emission methods which are thought to probe the MOC. Based on measurements in anesthetized animals it has been hypothesized that the MOC-reflex (MOCR)...

In our clinic invasive transtympanal promontory positive DC stimulations were first used, with a success rate of 42%. However, non-invasive hydrotransmissive negative DC stimulations are now favored, with improvement being obtained in 37.8% directly after the treatment, and 51.3% in a follow up 1 month after treatment. The further improvement after 1 month may be due to neuroplastic changes at ...

Introduction: Iatrogenic inferior hypogastric plexus neuropathy is a well-reported side effect of rectal prolapse surgery. This case report emphasizes the importance of careful evaluation of surgical strategy in pelvic surgery. Case presentation: A 60-year-old Swiss Caucasian woman developed disabling pelvic pain in the right iliac fossa, radiating to the upper posterior side of the right thigh...

the aim of this investigation is to compare the effect of applying two transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (tens) current with different frequencies (2 hz & 100 hz) on hoffmann reflex recorded from gastrosoleus muscle of healthy people. forty female subjects between 20 to 30 years of age were participated in this quasi-experimental design. twenty of them were exposed to the 100 hz curre...

background: motor function impairment occurs in approximately two-thirds of patients with subcortical stroke. repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rtms) is a noninvasive technique for modulating cortical excitability. objectives: the present study was designed for assessing the efficacy of high-frequency rtms (5 hz) on ipsilesional primary motor cortex in patients with subcortical stro...

Abstract In recent years, we have been witnessing the widespread use of low-cost, increasingly high-performance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs, equipped with a large number sensors capable extracting detailed information on several scales and in an immediate manner. This study was motivated by need to perform geological survey area difficult physical access, compare results those from conven...

Introduction The obstetric conjugate represents the shortest anteroposterior diameter of birth canal and it reflects capacity pelvic inlet to allow passage engagement fetal head. antepartum evaluation this parameter may be attempted at digital examination predict risk cephalopelvic disproportion, but accuracy clinical pelvimetry is notoriously poor. aim our study was describe sonographic measur...