In the recent nosology of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5), the Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are categorized under Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDs) that refer to a group of conditions that typically manifest early in development and are characterised by developmental deficits that produce impairments of personal, social, academic or occupational ...

Superwarfarin poisoning is usually due to chronic occult small-dose exposures and can easily be misdiagnosed and may lead to serious complications. The diagnosis can be confirmed by a concordant history and analyses of blood and urine specimens with the liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) technique. Several months of continuous treatment with high doses of daily oral ...

Private sector employers spend about $60 billion annually on workers' compensation costs associated with injuries and illnesses experienced by their employees. The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration 1 (OSHA) has estimated that as much as one-third of these costs is due to musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), a wide range of illnesses and injuries related to repetiti...

Continued on page 10 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is uncommon in young women. Most of the 400,000 procedures performed annually in the United States for POP correction are done in perior postmenopausal women (1). Traditionally, most cases of POP are thought to be secondary to damage to the pelvic floor tissues during childbirth and the resulting changes with aging and time...

We describe a case of a 42-year-old man, with a previous episode of angina and a normal ECG and serum cardiac markers, and a two months later finding of biphasic T wave in leads V2-V3 and deeply inverted T wave in V4-V5 at a asymptomatic occupational evaluation. This is a typical ECG pattern of Wellens' syndrome. A subsequent coronary angiography showed a critical stenosis of proximal left ante...

The Healthy People 2010 prevention agenda, along with the nation's leading health indicators, provides employers with national targets regarding safety, health, and disease prevention. The first five safety and health objectives presented in this article target a reduction in work-related deaths, work-related injuries, overexertion or repetitive motion injuries and illnesses, pneumoconiosis dea...

This thesis is based on the following papers, which in the text are referred to by their Roman numerals: I. Position sense acuity is diminished following repetitive low-intensity work to fatigue in a simulated occupational setting. III. Acute muscle stretching does not alter position sense acuity. IV. Stretchability of the rectus femoris muscle: investigation of validity and intratester reliabi...

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is described as the sensory, motor, and autonomic symptoms caused by myofascial trigger points (TrPs). Knowing the potential causes of TrPs is important to prevent their development and recurrence, but also to inactivate and eliminate existing TrPs. There is general agreement that muscle overuse or direct trauma to the muscle can lead to the development of TrPs. M...

CLINICAL SCENARIO: There are two primary approaches to cognitive rehabilitation for adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI), the remedial approach (deficit-specific skills training such as table-top activities and repetitive drills) and the adaptive or compensatory approach (adapting tasks, routines and environments). A primary goal of occupational therapy (OT) in cognitive rehabilitation is t...