background knee osteoarthritis (oa) is a common joint disease and several different physiotherapy protocols have been recommended to provide pain relief and improve disability in patients with knee oa. objectives in order to find the effectiveness of local vibration application on knee oa complications, a randomized controlled clinical trial was designed to assess the changes in muscle torque, ...

background: subjects with knee osteoarthritis typically have higher knee adduction moment. current research efforts are mainly focused on therapeutic procedures that potentially may modify disease progression. this preliminary study was designed as a single blind (examiner) randomized control trial to investigate the impact of conventional physical therapy on pain, and knee joint load in subjec...

Introduction: Tuberculosis is one of the most common diseases in developing countries, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Tuberculosis has varied clinical presentations, varying from common primary pulmonary tuberculosis to the extremely rare tubercular otitis externa, as in this case. Tubercular otitis externa has an extremely low clinical incidence.   Case Report: We report the...

objectives: the aim of the present study was to compare the performance of the vertical jump task and the level of disability between the coper and non-coper athletes with an anterior cruciate ligament-minus knee. methods: thirty-four professional male athletes with isolated complete anterior cruciate ligament-tear (age 20-29 years and 6-12 months time past injury) were recruited in this study....

background postural instability is one of the common problems of aging. however, with increased age many systems of body such as musculoskeletal system are affected and changed. one of these changes is knee flexion contracture. the study aimed to investigate the simulated knee flexion contracture effects on postural stability in elderly. material and methods 15 elderly subjects (11 men, 4 women...

INTRODUCTION Patella osteomyelitis is a rare entity in adults. Most often it is seen in children of five to twelve years of age because of its unique ossification and vascularity. Immuno compromised states like HIV, tuberculosis, intravenous drug abuse and trauma have been predisposing factors for adult patellar osteomyelitis. We report two cases of patellar osteomyelitis in adult diabetic wome...

background mycobacterium tuberculosis genotyping can effectively improve tuberculosis (tb) control programs by controlling disease transmission. pulsed field gel electrophoresis (pfge) is a particularly powerful tool for determination of clonal identity of bacteria providing information for understanding and controlling the spread of disease. objectives the aim of present study was to investiga...

introdution: tuberculosis (tb), with different types of respiratory tract involvements, has a high rate of mortality all around the world. endobronchial involvement, which is a slightly common tuberculous infection, requires special attention due to its severe complications such as bronchostenosis. aim of study of this study was describes, one type of pulmonary tuberculosis with less diagnosed ...