Background and aims: Anal sphincter weakness and rectal sensory disturbances contribute to faecal incontinence (FI). Our aims were to investigate the relationship between symptoms, risk factors, and disordered anorectal and pelvic floor functions in FI. Methods: In 52 women with ‘‘idiopathic’’ FI and 21 age matched asymptomatic women, we assessed symptoms by standardised questionnaire, anal pre...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Anal sphincter weakness and rectal sensory disturbances contribute to faecal incontinence (FI). Our aims were to investigate the relationship between symptoms, risk factors, and disordered anorectal and pelvic floor functions in FI. METHODS In 52 women with "idiopathic" FI and 21 age matched asymptomatic women, we assessed symptoms by standardised questionnaire, anal press...

The purpose of the study was to compare the visuospatial decision-making error scores related to the perception of biological motion of individuals categorized as fi eld dependent or fi eld independent. A sample of 69 participants aged 18-27 years (M = 21.91, SD = 2.39) that included 33 males and 36 females completed the experiment. Cognitive style was assessed using the Group Embedded Figure T...

111 thi.) puper, we present un uutomutic. system fi,r U I I ulyzing and unnotuting video sequences of trchnicrd tulks. Our method uses U robust motion estiniution tec,hnique tci detect k e ~ frunzes und segment the video sequence into subsequences cmtuining a single overhead slide. The subsequences ure stabilized to remove motion that o m m when the speukeradjusts their slides. Any chunges remu...

aim: abnormal joint mobility is an important factor in movement dysfunction and physical disability. a general lack of descriptive details exists for measurements of hip rotation range of motion (rom). this study was designed to establish the influence of hip position on active and passive range of motion of the hip in external and internal rotation(ext & int rot). material & methods: ...

Background: For decades, static stretching has been the standard benchmark for training programs, because it has been shown to increase flexibility compared with other methods of stretching. Objective: The current study investigated and compared the effects of active dynamic stretching and passive static stretching on hamstring tightness. Me...

During pursuit eye movements, the world around us remains perceptually stable despite the retinal-image slip induced by the eye movement. It is commonly held that this perceptual invariance is achieved by subtracting an internal reference signal, reflecting the eye movement, from the retinal motion signal. However, if the reference signal is too small or too large, a false eye-movement-induced ...