Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) is a rare form of focal motor status epilepticus. There is typically a predilection for facial and distal limb involvement, but rarely trunk or abdomen muscles may be affected. Rarely, EPC may also present in association with cortical dysplasia. In this report, we describe the clinical, neuroimaging and ictal electroencephalographic findings of a young woman p...

careful the delivery. Women who in the non-pregnant state have lax abdominal muscles have lax muscles of the pelvic floor, and are therefore liable to prolapse even after a first confinement. The visceroptotic woman, who has frequently a congenital retroversion, and the obese, whose muscles are weakened by deposits of fat, are both liable to prolapse. Coughing and straining due to chronic bronc...

Today non-traumatic low back pain (LBP) is a social disease being attributed to weakening the function of abdominal and back muscles. Condition of deep muscles, inaccessible to non-invasive examinations, can be assessed by means of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The method allows for the assessment of cross-sections, muscle girths, as well as their intensity (brightness). The aim of the inve...

[Purpose] The objective of the study was to evaluate the symmetry of the thickness of the abdominal muscles at rest and while standing in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. [Subjects and Methods] An ultrasound assessment was performed of the side-to-side differences of the external oblique (EO), internal oblique (IO), and transversus abdominalis (TrA) muscles in the supine and stand...

Aims of Study This study aimed to investigate the relationship of pelvic floor muscle and transversus abdominis (TA) muscle activity during a pelvic floor (PF) muscle contraction. Sapsford et al (1) investigated this relationship using EMG and found there to be consistent co-contraction between these two muscles. Due to this finding, it has been hypothesised that the pelvic floor muscles can be...

OBJECTIVE To study the influence of 10 min of cyclic twisting motion on abdominal and back muscle activities. BACKGROUND Repetitive (cyclic) occupational activity was identified by many epidemiological reports to be a risk factor for the development of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Biomechanical and physiological confirmation, however, is lacking. METHODS Trunk muscle electromyogr...

BACKGROUND Depending on the level and severity of the sensorimotor impairment in individuals with a spinal cord injury, the subsequent reduced seated postural stability and strength generating-capacity at the upper limbs could affect performance during sitting pivot transfer. This study aimed to determine the effects of sensorimotor impairments on head, trunk and upper limb movement and efforts...