OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence and characteristics of sonographically evident upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis in symptomatic Chinese patients and identify its associated risk factors. SETTING Regional hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS Data on patients undergoing upper-extremity venous sonography examinations during a 13-year period from November 1999 to October 2012 were retrieved....

introduction: peripheral vascular disease (pvd) is a major cause of morbidity and is associated with coronary artery disease (cad). we aimed to perform lower limb perfusion scan (llps) in patients referred for myocardial perfusion imaging (mpi) and estimate prevalence of pvd in subgroups with normal and abnormal mpi results. we also compared quantitative indices of llps in patients with and wit...

background: in addition to macrovascular and along with other microvascular complications, diabetic patients suffer from some common musculoskeletal complications. the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of five musculoskeletal disorders of upper extremity including shoulder capsulitis (sc), limited joint mobility (ljm), dupuytren’s contracture (dc), carpal tunnel syndrome (cts), and...

  Background: Lower extremity amputation has different etiologies and the purpose of the study was to describe the demographics and etiologies of amputations. This study was designed to evaluate amputations performed in the province of Eastern Azerbaijan (north-west of Iran) and to       determine specific causes of amputations associated with geographical and cultural characteristics of the re...

Among the hemiplegic disorders caused by complications of stroke, the functional recovery of upper extremities is slower than the recovery of other functions. In this study, a wireless motion tracking system to transfer motion data on the patient's upper extremity movements was developed using inertial sensors consisting of a three-axis accelerometer, gyro, and geo-magnetic sensor. In addition,...

OBJECT Randomized clinical trials have established that lumbar selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) reduces lower-extremity tone and improves functional outcome in children with spastic cerebral palsy. Significant data exist to support a secondary effect on upper-extremity function in patients with upper-extremity spasticity. The effects of SDR on upper-extremity tone, however, are not well charact...

conclusions extremity injuries especially open fractures of lower limbs account for the majority of hospitalized victims. compartment syndrome is one of the main problems that should be addressed. our study demonstrates that people still need more education regarding earthquakes and the government should direct more attention to this issue. results in this study, there were 105 females (52.5%) ...

abstract background and aims: one of the complications of breast cancer treatment is ipsilateral upper extremity lymphedema. secondary lymphedema is a chronic condition that leads to loss of function and disorder of quality of life. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of complex decongestive physical therapy (cdp) on pain severity and quality of life in patients with secondary upp...

BACKGROUND Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily and suggested as a marker of atherosclerosis. However, little is known about the association between plasma OPG levels and lower extremity arterial disease. We investigated whether plasma OPG levels were associated with the presence and severity of lower extremity arterial disease in patients with typ...

Currently, there is a lack of data related to differences in symptoms and infection across different types and anatomical sites of lymphedema. The objective of this study was to examine differences in symptoms and infection status among individuals with lymphedema of the upper or lower extremities. The National Lymphedema Network initiated an online survey of self-report lymphedema data from Ma...