STUDY DESIGN Level 4 retrospective review. PURPOSE Brace treatment is the standard nonoperative treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Rotation correction is also important, because AIS involves a rotation deformity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of rotation correction after Osaka Medical College (OMC) brace treatment on clinical outcomes in AIS. OVERVIE...

BACKGROUND A need exists for a functional anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) brace that dynamically supports the knee joint to match the angle-dependent forces of a native ACL, especially in the early postoperative period. PURPOSE/HYPOTHESIS The purpose of this study was to quantify the posteriorly directed external forces applied to the anterior proximal tibia by both a static and a dynamic fo...

Journal exists today because two Milwaukee physicians had both keen business acumen and political savvy. Whether out of envy at a colleague’s journal, simple competitive instincts, pure desire for professional excellence, or some of each, they launched the Wisconsin Medical Journal as a private business venture in January 1903. Arthur J. Patek, MD, an internist, and Otto H. Foerster, MD, a derm...

BACKGROUND Most recent publications have provided evidence for brace treatment in spinal deformities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rate of overtreatment for AIS and Kyphosis in Greece, according to the Society on Scoliosis Orthopedic Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT) and the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) guidelines for brace treatment. To date, this is the first study to inv...

Milwaukee shoulder syndrome or rapid destructive arthropathy of the shoulder is a rare form of arthropathy that mainly affects elderly women. It is characterized by a rapid destruction of the glenohumeral joint and the rotator cuff and by an important noninflammatory joint effusion containing hydroxyapatite crystals. Radiography plays an important role in the evaluation of patients with articul...

Amadou K. S. Camara, Mohammed Aldakkak, James S. Heisner, Samhita S. Rhodes, Matthias L. Riess, JiangZhong An, André Heinen, and David F. Stowe Anesthesiology Research Laboratories, Departments of Anesthesiology and Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Veterans Affairs Medical Center Research Service, Milwaukee; and Department of Biomedical En...

Said H. Audi, David L. Roerig, Steven T. Haworth, and Anne V. Clough Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Departments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology/Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Zablocki Veterans Affairs Me...

A new cosmetic weight-relieving brace which utilises stainless steel and light alloy in its structure is described. A clinical assessment of thirty-six patients (four bilateral cases) has shown the Salford Cosmetic brace to be suitable for over 80 per cent of patients attending for assessment. Five patients rejected the brace, and the reasons are discussed. Contra-indications which emerged duri...

From the Pediatric Palliative Care Program, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (B.P.H., A.M.B.); the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology–Oncology (B.P.H., A.M.B.), and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Neoplastic Diseases and Related Disorders (D.W.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; the Department of Pediatric Hematology– Oncology, Pediatric Palliat...

#{176}Department of Radiology, St. Mary’s Hospital, Milwaukee. tDepart’nent of Radiology, Milwaukee Children’s Hospital, Milwaukee. Reprint requests: Dr. Boedecker, Department of Radiology, St. Mary’s Hospital, Milwaukee 53201 tory, travel history and work-exposure history were non-contributory. Physical examination revealed a mildly distressed woman appearing her stated age, short, moderately ...