Dynamic stability is an essential physical component for team sport athletes. Certain Functional Movement Screen (FMS) exercises (deep squat; left- and right-leg hurdle step; left- and right-leg in-line lunge [ILL]; left- and right-leg active straight-leg raise; and trunk stability push-up [TSPU]) have been suggested as providing an indication of dynamic stability. No research has investigated ...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationships between 30-m sprint and standing broad jump physical function junior high school baseball players. [Participants Methods] Twenty-six players participated. sprint, jump, deep squat test (DST), split legs, straight leg raise (SLR), grip strength, trunk (Sahrmann core stability test: SCST) were measured, SLR, DST, SCST graded. Sp...

STUDY DESIGN An institutional, prospective clinical data analysis. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a new navigable percutaneous disc decompression device (L'DISQ) in patients with lumbar disc herniation with radicular pain. METHODS AND OUTCOME MEASURES We performed disc decompressions using L'DISQ on 27 patients with persistent disabling back and leg pain for 1 month or lon...

STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional analysis was performed in a group of women meeting strict criteria for posterior pelvic pain since pregnancy (PPPP). The scores on the Active Straight Leg Raise Test (ASLR test) were compared with the scores of healthy controls. OBJECTIVES To develop a new diagnostic instrument for use in patients with PPPP. The objectives of the present study were to assess the...

Fluid management is of critical importance and challenging during the treatment of patients with septic shock. Positive fluid therapy could effectively improve the hemodynamic stability, decrease the complication and mortality of patients (1). However, this approach is not always benefit to patients, it is associated with many risks, such as acute heart failure and acute pulmonary edema especia...

Non-discogenic sciatica can be caused by any lesion along the course of the lumbosacral nerve roots and sciatic nerve. We aim to present a rare case of refractory sciatica in an otherwise healthy 25-year-old man. He complained of left leg pain without significant back pain. Extensor hallucis longus muscle was weak on the left side with limited straight leg rising. On magnetic resonance imaging,...

BACKGROUND The straight leg raise (SLR) neurodynamic test is commonly used to examine the sensitivity of the lower quarter nervous system to movement. Range of motion during the SLR varies considerably, due to factors such as age, sex and activity level. Knowing intra-individual, inter-limb differences may provide a normative measure that is not influenced by such demographic characteristics. T...

We evaluated the nerve roots of the cauda equina by CT myelography in 36 patients aged from 11 to 19 years with lumbar disc herniation. On straight-leg-raising tests, six younger patients had isolated hamstring tightness with no sciatica (group A) and 30 had sciatic pain (group B). CT myelography showed that no patient in group A had associated nerve-root swelling, and that the roots were displ...

Although blood contamination of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) after an intracranial operation can occur, the development of a symptomatic spinal hematoma after craniotomy has been anecdotally reported and it is uncommon reported after a supratentorial meningioma removal operation. We report a case of spinal subdural hematoma following a supratentorial meningioma removal operation and discuss the me...