This study is aimed at evaluating the short-term effects of a single corticosteroid injection of the acromioclavicular joint on the range of motion of the shoulder joint using a three dimensional electromagnetic tracking system (FASTRAK) in patients with isolated unilateral acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) arthropathy. Eighteen patients (16 male, 2 female; mean age: 47.53 years), with isolated uni...

This study was performed to review the safety and outcome of total shoulder replacements in patients who are > or = 80 years of age. A total of 50 total shoulder replacements in 44 patients at a mean age of 82 years (80 to 89) were studied. Their health and shoulder status, the operation and post-operative course were analysed, including pain, movement, patient satisfaction, medical and surgica...

Periarthritis of the shoulder remains one of the commonest rheumatic disorders in general practice. Its pathogenesis is mysterious and its treatment empirical. Suggested treatments have included radiotherapy (Coventry, 1953; Steinbrocker, Neustadt, and Bosch, 1955), ultrasonic therapy (Fransway, 1960), local injections of hydrocortisone (Murnaghan and McIntosh, 1955), heat (Thompson, 1962), sho...

BACKGROUND The lumbar range of motion has traditionally been used to assess disability in patients with low back disorders. Controversy exists about how movement ranges in static positions or in a single straight plane is related to the functional status of the patients. The trunk circumduction, as the result of neuromuscular coordination, is the integrated movements from three dimensions. The ...

An analysis of arm movements involving forward projection of the hand in order to reach for and grasp a target at different orientations is presented. The reaching movements required shoulder flexion, elbow extension, and wrist pronation or supination. The relation between elbow and shoulder instantaneous angular position proved to be consistent from trial to trial of each task, independent of ...

BACKGROUND The main goal of this study was to estimate the variability of gait parameters in patients diagnosed with arthroplasty of the knee joint. Angular changes of the knee joint in three planes, and spatio-temporal parameters of gait were analysed. MATERIALS AND METHODS A three-dimensional analysis of locomotion patterns was carried out using the Vicon 250 system in 33 patients aged 48-7...

The aim of this study was to measure which three-dimensional spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters differentiate upper limb movement characteristics in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (HCP) from those in typically developing children (TDC), during various clinically relevant tasks. We used a standardized protocol containing three reach tasks (forwards, upwards, and sideways), two reac...

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that shoulder rhythm is affected by rotator cuff pathology during arm elevation. We divided 42 subjects into 3 groups: those with full-thickness rotator cuff tears (RCTs) (n = 14), those with tendinopathy (n = 13), and control subjects (n = 15). Shoulder kinematics was recorded while subjects performed elevation in the sagittal and scapular p...

Purpose  To evaluate the prevalence of adhesive capsulitis (AC) of the shoulder in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in Sardinia. Methods  In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated 943 patients with T1DM attending the division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University Hospital in Sassari, Italy. The criteria for diagnosing AC were: pain for at least 1 month, inability to l...