BACKGROUND An avalanche of literature exists on almost every aspect of lumbar disc pathology but very limited studies have quantified the diagnostic performance of elements of clinical examination in predicting disc level, meticulously collated the reflex changes in lumbar disc herniation (LDH) as well as assessed the diagnostic performance of the medial hamstring reflex (MHR). Our study unders...

In this study, we sought to identify sensory circuitry responsible for motor deficits or compensatory adaptations after peripheral nerve cut and repair. Self-reinnervation of the ankle extensor muscles abolishes the stretch reflex and increases ankle yielding during downslope walking, but it remains unknown whether this finding generalizes to other muscle groups and whether muscles become compl...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the therapeutic effect of electrical stimulation on plantarflexor spasticity in stroke patients. DESIGN A randomized controlled clinical trial study. SETTING Rehabilitation clinic of Semnan University of Medical Sciences. SUBJECTS Forty stroke patients (aged from 42 to 65 years) with ankle plantarflexor spasticity. INTERVENTION Fifteen minutes of inhibitory Boba...

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the effects of orally administered metoprolol on frequency and severity pain caused by rocuronium injection in patients who started use were currently using oral for any reason such as ischemic heart disease, hypertension, arrhythmias. Methods: Patients evaluated four groups. Group M: did not receive lidocaine before application rocuronium. ML: received a...

OBJECTIVES Joint immobilization has previously been shown to modulate corticospinal excitability. The present study investigated changes in the excitability of distinct fractions of the corticospinal pathway by means of conditioning the H-reflex with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the primary motor cortex (Hcond). This method allows assessment of transmission in fast (monosynaptic) ...

Pediatric ankle fractures account for approximately 5% of pediatric fractures and 15% of physeal injuries. The biomechanical differences between mature and immature bones, as well as the differing forces applied to those bones, help explain the differences between adult and pediatric fractures. The potential complications associated with pediatric ankle fractures include those seen with adult f...

Children with hemiplgic cerebral palsy often walk with diminished reciprocal arm swing so the purpose of this study was to describe kinematic characteristics in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) during the gait suphases, and find if there is a correlation between upper(shoulder and elbow) and lower(hip, knee, and ankle) limb joints either in involved or uninvolved.48 children with he...

Imposed static hip stretches substantially modulate the soleus H-reflex in people with an intact or injured spinal cord while stretch of the hip flexors affect the walking pattern in lower vertebrates and humans. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of dynamic hip stretches on the soleus H-reflex in supine spinal cord injured (SCI) subjects. Sinusoidal movements were imposed on the r...

The hanger reflex is a phenomenon in which the head involuntarily rotates when force is applied via a wire hanger placed on the head. The application of pressure to particular points of the head is necessary to induce this phenomenon, which occurs when shear deformation of the skin induces illusory force perception. Because the hanger reflex represents the induction of force and motion using a ...

Somatosensory evoked potentials were recorded over the lumbar spine and scalp in 12 normal subjects after stimulating the posterior tibial nerve at the knee and ankle and the sural nerve at the ankle. The H-reflex from the soleus muscle was recorded at the same time. The effects of stimulus intensity, frequency of stimulation and vibration were assessed. It was concluded that when the posterior...