Various quilting techniques are a part of the cultural heritage in many different cultures. The history of quilting evolves from 3000 B.C. into the 21st century. Quilted objects have been used in lots of different contexts; as altar hangings made in patchwork style out of votive gifts, as padded shirts worn as an undergarment beneath chain mail to prevent chafing, to create fashionable effects ...

OBJECTIVE The relationship of Gantzer muscle to the median and anterior interosseous nerve is debated. METHODS Ìn an anatomical study with 80 limbs from 40 cadavers the incidence, origin, insertion, nerve supply and relations of Gantzer muscle have been documented. RESULTS The muscle was found in 54 forearms (68% of limbs) and was supplied by the anterior interosseous nerve. It arose from t...

Background: Tramadol overdose is relatively common in Iran. A series of tramadol poisoned patients with paresthesia and decreased muscle strength are described. Methods: In this prospective cross-sectional study, all referred cases to Mashhad Medical Toxicology Center with suspected tramadol poisoning between 1st July 2010 and 1st September 2012 were included. Patients with mixed overdose, hist...

Case presentation A 30-year-old multigravid woman referred to maternal fetal unit due to polyhydramnios at 28th week of gestation. Sonographic examination revealed a single fetus and polyhydramnios with amniotic fluid index 30 cm. The fetus had normal apparent single head, spine, thorax, abdomen, two upper and two lower limbs, and two relatively well developed rudimentary parasitic lower limbs ...

Limbs. By E. Cotterell, M.R.C.S. Pp. 108. London: H. K. Lewis. 1885. We have nothing but good to say of this little work. It gives thoroughly trustworthy accounts of the common minor injuries to limbs, with exceedingly sensible remarks on the best modes of treating these. The common and pernicious habit of over-resting joints after injury is pointed out and condemned, and clear instructions are...

The earliest tetrapod limbs are polydactylous, morphologically varied and do not conform to an archetypal pattern. These discoveries, combined with the unravelling of limb developmental morphogenetic and regulatory mechanisms, have prompted a re-examination of vertebrate limb evolution. The rich fossil record of vertebrate fins/limbs, although restricted to skeletal tissues, exceeds the morphol...

Arterial embolisms in the lower limbs occur frequently, and are of great interest to the vascular surgeon. The authors studied 159 cases of arterial embolisms in lower limbs from January 1991 to July 1993. Ages varied from 12 to 98, with a mean of 58. Eighty patients were male and 78 were female. In most cases, etiology of the embolus was well-established, and mainly caused (78 percent) by atri...

Generic interfaces to robot hardware can improve the programming process by making it easier for developers to port applications between different robotic systems. The Player project provides abstract interfaces to aide porting, but until recently did not have any direct support for robotic limbs. This paper describes the design and implementation of three new generic interfaces for robotic lim...

The study of phantom limbs has received tremendous impetus from recent studies linking changes in cortical topography with perceptual experience. Systematic psychophysical testing and functional imaging studies on patients with phantom limbs provide 2 unique opportunities. First, they allow us to demonstrate neural plasticity in the adult human brain. Second, by tracking perceptual changes (suc...