Objective. To investigate the biomechanical characteristics of the cornea in patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and the prevalence of keratoconus (KC) in MVP. Materials and Methods. Fifty-two patients with MVP, 39 patients with KC, and 45 control individuals were recruited in this study. All the participants underwent ophthalmologic examination, corneal analysis with the Sirius system (C...

The subject considered in the paper is a part of work in which the main gole is creation of the tool for evaluation of patient hip joint internal loadings especially before and after arthroplasty. Internal loadings evaluation in human motion structures is still a present task in biomechanics and biomechanical engineering. The forces of muscle actuators were considered before in the aspect of co...

Background: Left ventricular torsion is one of the most important biomechanical parameters of heart that routinely is measured in short axis view.  A review of the literature has indicated that assessment of left ventricular torsion in short axis view has some limitations. In the present study, we evaluated whether torsion angle assessment in long axis view can be used as a diagnostic biomechan...

BACKGROUND Primary open-angle glaucoma is a multifactorial serious disease characterized by progressive retinal ganglion cell death and loss of visual field. OBJECTIVES The purposes of this study were to investigate shear wave elastography (SWE) use in the evaluation of the optic nerve (ON) and peripapillary structures, and to compare the findings between glaucomatous and control eyes. PATI...

[In the article "Biomechanical Evaluation of Interfragmentary Compression At Tibia Plateau Fractures In Vitro Using Different Fixation Techniques: A CONSORT-compliant" article, which appeared in Volume 94, Issue 1 of Medicine, a line denoting dual authorship was omitted. K. Kojima and B. Gueorguiev contributed equally to the article.].

We studied the extent to which intra-articular hyaluronic acid (HA) administered to horses with experimentally induced synovitis in the third middle carpal joint altered cartilage proteoglycans (PGs) and the biomechanical properties of the third carpal bone. Intra-articular HA (Hylartin-V) was administered to the middle carpal joints of healthy horses before and after the induction of synovitis...

Meniscal pathologies are among the most common injuries of the femorotibial joint in both human and equine patients. Pathological forces and ensuing injuries of the cranial horn of the equine medial meniscus are considered analogous to those observed in the human posterior medial horn. Biomechanical properties of human menisci are site- and depth- specific. However, the influence of equine meni...

Cross-links increase the stability of screw-rod systems in biomechanical testing. The aim this systemic review was to find evidence pertaining additional benefit implantation cross-links clinical practice regard different spinal diseases. Therefore, a systematic literature analysis two online databases performed according PRISMA statement. Inclusion criteria were prospective and retrospective s...