OBJECTIVE To evaluate the distribution of SP (substance P) and S-100 peptide immunoreactivity, as well as the vascular supply of tissues commonly used as grafts for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. A second aim was to compare the above mentioned distribution in the semitendinosus muscle tendons of cerebral palsy (CP) patients with the semitendinosus muscle tendons and patellar t...

BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients are subject to muscle weakness. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was an assessment of electromyographic (EMG) activity of knee muscles during isometric maximal voluntary contraction in the different disease durations of T2DM. METHODS Eighteen patients with less than 10 years and twelve patients with more than 10 years of T2DM were compared with nine...

Objective. To investigate the relationship between knee muscle strength and the external knee adduction moment during walking in obese knee osteoarthritis patients and whether disease severity influences this relationship. Methods. This cross-sectional study included 136 elderly obese (BMI > 30) adults with predominant medial knee osteoarthritis. Muscle strength, standing radiographic severity ...

PURPOSE To mechanically test different reconstruction techniques of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) under incremental cyclic loading and to evaluate the impact of the level and method of graft fixation on tensile properties of each technique. TYPE OF STUDY In vitro biomechanical study. METHODS Four hamstring and 1 patellar tendon reconstruction techniques were performed on 40 young to ...

All the information about tarsal tunnel so far is both important and variable. The reason for this situation that there are many structures in tunnel, such as tibial nerve its branches, posterior artery, veins some tendons. During routine dissection, we found an abnormal relationship between medial calcaneal (MCN) on right side of a male cadaver. In case, would show variant condition communicat...

Abstract Background During anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, different methods of harvesting hamstring tendon may lead to degrees injury the inferior patellar branch saphenous nerve (IPBSN). Most recent studies in literature suggest that classic oblique incision (COI) can reduce incidence IPBSN injury. We proposed a modified (MOI) and compared it with COI terms resulting levels s...

The anomalous orientation of musculature of the first dorsal fibro-osseous compartment of the wrist is clinically relevant to De Quervian's stenosing tenosynovitis and reconstructive surgeries. Split insertion of the abductor pollicis longus (APL) is commonly found in chimpanzees, gorillas and gibbons. A comparable identical pattern of anomalous slips in humans is of anthropological and phyloge...