the genus malasezia currently includes fourteen species that have been isolated from healthy and diseased human and animal skin. however, there were differences with respect to the species most commonly isolated, not only in patients with various skin diseases but also between healthy individuals. the aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of malassezia species from clinically normal s...

BACKGROUND The biting preference of Simulium vectors has been known to influence the distribution of Onchocerca nodules and microfilariae in human body. There is, however, variation in biting pattern of Simulium flies in different geographical locations. This study investigates the biting pattern on human parts by Simulium vectors along Osun river system where Simulium soubrense Beffa form has ...

OBJECTIVE To compare estimates of the occurrence of shoulder pain according to (a) different approaches to defining 'shoulder' and (b) restricting the definition to only include those with associated disability. METHODS A postal questionnaire survey was sent to a sample of 500 patients registered with a general practice in south Manchester. After additional mailings to non-responders, 312 que...

This study analyzed modulation of jump performance and intralimb coordination throughout a 30 s vertical jump test. Twenty male athletes performed the test on a force plate while also undergoing kinematic analysis. Jump height and coordination by continuous relative phase (CRP) were analyzed. Results showed reduction of jump height during the test. No changes were observed in CRP for thigh-leg ...

scleromyxedema is a rare, chronic, progressive, fibromucinous disorder of unknown etiology, characterized by lichenoid waxy papules and firm induration of skin of trunk, face, forearm and hands; fibroblast proliferation and mucin deposition in the upper dermis. cutaneous involvement is characteristic but there are several associated systemic manifestations: we observed a case of scleromyxedema ...

A 63-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with acute dyspnea and progressive swelling of face (Figure 1), neck, upper trunk [...]

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Upper limb motor impairment poststroke is commonly evaluated using clinical outcome measures such as the Fugl-Meyer Assessment. However, most clinical measures provide little information about motor patterns and compensations (eg, trunk displacement) used for task performance. Such information is obtained using movement quality kinematic variables (joint ranges, trunk dis...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Shoulder abnormalities are the major cause of morbidity in upper brachial plexus birth palsy (BPBP). We developed a rat model of upper trunk BPBP and compared our findings to previously reported animal models and to clinical findings in humans. METHODS Forty-three 5-day-old newborn rats underwent selective upper trunk neurectomy of the right brachial plexus and were s...

The preceding study demonstrated that normal subjects compensate for the additional interaction torques generated when a reaching movement is made during voluntary trunk rotation. The present paper assesses the influence of trunk rotation on finger trajectories and on interjoint coordination and determines whether simultaneous turn-and-reach movements are most simply described relative to a tru...

19 The goal of this study was to investigate the human ability to stabilize the trunk in space during pelvic 20 tilt. Upper body sway was evoked in kneeling-seated healthy subjects by angular platform perturbations with a 21 rotation around a virtual low-back pivot point between the L4 and L5 vertebrae. To investigate motor control 22 modulation, variations in task instruction (balance naturall...