Isolated spontaneous dissection of the celiac trunk is rarely diagnosed in acute abdominal pain. We present two cases of celiac trunk and splenic artery dissection with splenic infarction. Patients were successfully managed and stabilized by medical treatment. Isolated celiac trunk dissection can be fatal, therefore providers should be careful not to overlook this entity.

The purpose of this study was to obtain the trunk kinematics data during a change-of-direction task and to determine the relationship between trunk kinematics and the change-of-direction performance. The design of this investigation was a descriptive laboratory study. Twelve healthy male collegiate soccer players (age: 21.3 ± 1.0 yrs, body mass: 67. 7 ± 6.7 kg, and height: 1.75 ± 0.05 m) partic...

OBJECTIVE To differentiate hip and trunk motion during double-leg stance. DESIGN Trunk and hip angular position variances were measured on different support surfaces with and without vision. BACKGROUND Postural control results from motion about the hips and trunk during bilateral stance. While the hip joint has been studied extensively, information concerning relative amounts of hip and tru...

One of the activities of the ACTS project EXPERT is to perform trials demonstrating the use of advanced Resource Management and Routing (RM&R) algorithms in ATM networks. The RM&R model chosen for those trials is based on the Virtual Trunk (VT) concept. In ATM networks, a VT is a virtual path connection setup by the network for reducing connection awareness at the transit nodes. A virtual trunk...

to malignant melanoma. The exact cause is unknown. There may be hereditary factors, autosomal dominance or other multifactor determinants. Management depends upon size, location and malignant transformation. Surgical excision is the mainstay of treatment. Cultured epidermal autograph has been used successfully to cover postoperative large surface area defect. We report a one-day-old male child ...