PURPOSE Biomechanical comparison of straight DCP and helical plates for fixation of transversal and oblique tibial bone fractures were analyzed and compared to each other by axial compression, bending and torsion tests. METHOD An in vitro osteosynthesis of transverse (TF) and oblique bone fracture (OF) fixations have been analysed on fresh sheep tibias by using the DCP and helical compression...

When humans are accelerated along the body vertical, the right and left eyes show oppositely directed torsional modulation (cyclovergence). The origin of this paradoxical response is unknown. We studied cyclovergence during linear sinusoidal vertical motion in healthy humans. A small head-fixed visual target minimized horizontal and vertical motion of the eyes and therefore isolated the torsion...

PURPOSE As the first response to a Bielschowsky head tilt test (BHTT), a fast transient torsional eye movement in the same direction as the head tilt has been shown with the three-dimensional (3D)-video oculography (3D-VOG) technique, and this movement is paralleled by a transient vertical vergence shift inducing a physiological skew deviation. The purpose of the present study was to investigat...

A large- or full-field visual stimulus slowly rotating around the naso-occipital axis of an observer causes both eyes to tort, and many of the factors controlling this optokinetic torsional response have been identified. The present study reports that a single line rotating about the line of sight can cause both eyes to tort in the same direction as the stimulus but with a low gain. We have use...