A 30-year-old African-American woman diagnosed in 2006 with primary Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) was seen in the clinic in 2010 and the diagnosis confi rmed excluding underlying disorders. Acupuncture was administered bilaterally at the LI4 Hegu acupuncture points for 5 min twice weekly for 2 months, which resulted in improvement in pain severity, joint stiffness and the colour of her fi ngers and...

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION The patient was a 74-year-old gentleman with underlying palmoplantar psoriasis ( fi gure 1 ). He was electively admitted for left below knee amputation for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma at his left heel with locoregional spread. He was incidentally found to have symmetrical shortening of his fi ngers. On further questioning, we discovered that this had occurred over a per...

human saliva plays an important role in the health of the oral cavity and of the body as a whole. salivary diagnostics is a dynamic and emerging fi   fl   fi   fi key words: biomarker, microbiome, proteome, saliva, transcriptome   ve diagnostic alphabets proteins, mrnas, mirnas, metabolic compounds, and microbes   offering substantial advantages because disease states may be accompanied by dete...

Objectives: The objective was to determine the results of early active controlled motion in the patients rehabilitated by our new protocol. Methods: 91 fingers in 64 patients with flexor tendon repair in all zones were enrolled in a single group (quasi-experimental) clinical trial. 58 fingers in 43 patients were assessed at least three months postoperatively. Outcomes were defined using the ...

Regression (4 to 7 Years) John regressed at about 4 years 1 month. He lost communicative intent and the use of words that he had previously mastered. He showed no interest in toys and play. His eye contact became inconsistent and he was socially unresponsive. He rarely participated in group activities and had diffi culty following instructions. He also started to display repetitive stereotyped ...

In this paper we present an algorithm which allows qualitative and quantitative analysis of the general force closure property of a grasp when ngertip contact forces are limited by unilateral friction constraints. It is applied to grasp synthesis during re-grasping sequences. Contact points for moving ngers which result in structurally stable grasps are calculated. The proposed method is suitab...

Proprioception is essential for joint function and through which individual can detect body parts movement in space. Aim of present study is to investigate effect of balance training on unstable platform with tilting, translation and combined motion on knee joint position sense in active young males. 39 healthy active male divided in to three training and control (n=9) groups. Training on unsta...