Introduction and aim. Large breast sizes frequently contribute to women presenting with severe pain symptoms. This study determined the association between hypertrophy, forward head posture (FHP), neck shoulder related disabilities selected anthropometric variables of female undergraduate students College Medicine, University Lagos. Material methods. A cross-sectional analytical was conducted a...

OBJECTIVE To assess the presence of trigger points (TrPs) in the suboccipital muscles and forward head posture (FHP) in subjects with chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) and in healthy subjects, and to evaluate the relationship of TrPs and FHP with headache intensity, duration, and frequency. BACKGROUND Tension-type headache (TTH) is a prototypical headache in which myofascial TrPs in the ce...

BACKGROUND Joint hypermobility is a common clinical characteristic of patients with Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a disorder with serious comorbidities of scoliosis and cranial base anomalies. This study aimed at evaluating how prevalent joint hypermobility is in paediatric OI patients, and to find out whether it serves as a potential predictive marker of the different spinal complications; sco...

We present our experience of treating two cases of rheumatoid arthritis involving the craniovertebral junction and having marked basilar invagination by an alternative treatment method. In both the cases, the facets were osteoporotic and were not suitable for screw implantation. The patients were 66 and 72 years of age and both patients were females. Both the patients presented with complaints ...

Sir, The clivus is one of the common sites for diverse pathological lesions. 1 Tuberculosis commonly involves the craniovertebral junction causing atlanto-axial dislocation. However, primary skull base tuberculoma is extremely rare. A case of primary spheno-clival tuberculoma without involvement of the craniovertebral junction is reported and the management is discussed. A 24-year-old, non-immu...

Background: According to the findings of previous studies, treatment of C1/C2 subluxation especially in congenital anomaly depends on preoperative dynamic radiograph and site (anterior or posterior) of cord compression. Evolution of new technique for instrumentation intraoperative manipulation is more feasible. We present our experience of treating 5 cases “apparently” irreducible atlantoaxial ...

The craniovertebral junction (CVJ) comprises the occiput, atlas, and axis and is visible in most magnetic resonance (MR) imaging studies of the brain. Craniometric measurements used in radiologic assessment of CVJ anomalies include the Chamberlain line, Wackenheim clivus baseline, Welcher basal angle, and atlantooccipital joint axis angle. Most anomalies of the occiput are associated with decre...