A 27 year-old man was admitted for bilateral legs weakness and rhabdomyolysis after a prolonged sitting posture for 10 hours due to an overuse of drugs for schizophrenia. Neurological examination showed feet drop, absent ankle tendon reflexes and hypesthesia to pin-prick stimulation below knees. The straight-leg-raising test was normal. A lumbar spine MRI study did not show abnormal spinal lesi...

BACKGROUND Although guidelines for critical appraisal of diagnostic research and meta-analyses have already been published, these may be difficult to understand for clinical researchers or do not provide enough detailed information. METHODS Development of guidelines based on a systematic review of the evidence in reports of systematic searches of the literature for diagnostic research, of met...

We reported a 43-year-old woman who showed a Guillain-Barré like syndrome associated with acute renal failure (ARF) and thrombocytopenia following acute viral hepatitis A(HA). The clinical feature was acute progressive and of ascending symmetric paraparesis which developed 5 days after gastrointestinal infection. Neurologic examination showed flaccid paraparesis, areflexia in all extremities an...

BACKGROUND The relationship between activation of the stabilizing muscles of the lumbopelvic region during the Active Straight Leg Raise test and pelvic girdle pain remains unknown. Therefore, the aim was to examine automatic contractions in relation to pre-activation in the muscles of the pelvic floor and the lower lateral abdominal wall during leg lifts, performed as the Active Straight Leg R...

Osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVFs) are the common disease found in elderly population. Neurological deficit in OVFs is rare despite the involved posterior cortex of the fractured vertebral body, severe kyphotic deformity, or the instability at the fracture site. OVF with resulting neurological deficit was considered as a contraindication for vertebral augmentation techniques. We reported a...