BACKGROUND A standard quantitative imaging approach to evaluate peripheral arterial disease does not exist. Quantitative tools for evaluating arteriogenesis in vivo are not readily available, and the feasibility of monitoring serial regional changes in lower extremity perfusion has not been examined. METHODS AND RESULTS Serial changes in lower extremity arteriogenesis and muscle perfusion wer...

A 1-month old female Holstein calf had not been able to stand since birth. Delivery was uncomplicated and no treatment had been administered before admission. On physical examination, the calf had slightly decreased body condition, but was bright and alert. The calf was in lateral recumbency with spastic extension of all four limbs and opisthotonus. If positioned in left lateral recumbency, the...

COVID-19 disease caused by the virus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly contagious leading to hyperinflammation. Lockdown measures implemented due can lead weakness in calf muscles of elderly individuals who stay at home for long time and those receiving treatment intensive care unit. Thus, venous insufficiency may develop these circumstances. It imp...

Background: Muscles from patients with cerebral palsy (CP) are often spastic and form contractures that limit the range of motion. Injections botulinum toxin A (BTX) into calf muscles an important treatment for functional equinus; however, improvement in gait function is not always achieved. BTX also used to test muscle weakening risk evaluation lengthening surgery. Our aim was assess effect ov...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between lower extremity muscle thickness and gait ability through the 10-meter walk and timed up and go tests. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 28 children (20 males and 8 females) with spastic cerebral palsy undergoing physical therapy at D hospital in D city, South Korea participated in this study. Partial correlation analysi...

Introduction X-linked muscular dystrophy (MD) occurs in 2 forms, mild and severe. The severe type, first described by Duchenne in 1868, is characterized by presentation before the age of 6 years, rapid progression of muscle weakness, inability to walk by the age of 12 years and death before the age of 20 years. It was Becker and Kiener (1955) who first delineated a 'benign' form, in which the c...

Static stretching, consisting of holding muscles at lengthened positions for typically 15-45 seconds, has been recommended before participating in physical activity. Gymnasts historically have performed static stretches, such as splits, during the warmup portion of training. Recently however, data has been presented from studies on adults which have shown that static stretching immediately prio...

Introduction: In this work, we attempted to correct the non-uniformities generated in lower limbs (calf and thigh) NMRI by RF inhomogeneities. Correction techniques are based in general on prior knowledge about the intensity distribution inside tissues (or tissue magnetic properties) which is not straightforward in case of pathological muscles, as in neuro-muscular disorders. For our applicatio...

Polyarteritis (polyarteritis nodosa) is a multi-system connective tissue disorder involving small and medium-sized arteries throughout the body. Occasionally, however, the condition is clinically localized to a few systems, such as skin and muscle, and it appears that in these circumstances the disease often follows a relatively benign course (Rose, 1957; Rotstein and Good, 1958). In this paper...

No. I. ? Besiki, 7 years of age, admitted 13th April 1889, is employed in leading her father, who is a beggar and blind. History of a fall, two months before, injuring the left knee-joint. When the patient came to the hospital she was unable to stand and progressed in a sitting posture, pushing herself along with her hands. Stated that she had not been able to stand since the accident, and had ...