BACKGROUND Carrying heavy backpacks could cause a wide spectrum of pain related musculoskeletal disorders and postural dysfunctions. OBJECTIVE To determine the changes in various postural angles with different backpack weights in preadolescent children. DESIGN Cross-sectional. PARTICIPANTS Healthy male school-children (n=200), mean (SD) age: 12.5 (0.5) years, from high schools in Mangalor...

<b>Aim: </b>Prolonged use of electronic devices (EDs) and adopting poor posture during ED usage might lead to musculoskeletal disorders among young adults adolescents. Hence, this study compares neck muscle strength, range motion (ROM), craniovertebral angle (CVA) Malaysian using different EDs.<br /> <b>Methods: </b>A cross-sectional a quantitative design was appli...

Case study description and analysis of a complex craniovertebral dysplasia in an 8-year-old male patient, in which conventional cervical spine radiographs demonstrated a regularly differentiated occipital base, as well as the presence of two lateral masses of the proatlas vertebra and two lateral masses of the atlas vertebra. Further assessment included computed tomography of the occipital base...

The endoscopic endonasal approach is emerging as a feasible alternative to the transoral route for the resection of the odontoid process, when the latter produces a compression of the brainstem and cervicomedullary junction. This type of approach has some advantages, such as excellent prevertebral exposure of the craniovertebral junction in patients with small oral cavities and the possibility ...

Aim: To compare the effects of Suboccipital muscle Release (SMI) techniques and Cranio-Cervical Flexion Exercise (CCFE) for Range motion, pain, neck disability forward head posture (FHP) in mechanical pain patients. Methodology: This Randomize Clinical Trial was conducted Railway General Hospital Rawalpindi, within a duration 6 months.Total 28 patients who fullfilled inclusion criteria such as ...

Pendahuluan: Perkembangan teknologi pada masa kini, menyebabkan peningkatan penggunaan smartphone ataupun komputer. Menurut survey tahun 2017 yang telah dilakukan, Indonesia merupakan negara ke-empat memiliki pengguna aktif di dunia. Hasil survei tersebut juga menunjukkan bahwa usia 19-34 dengan internet terbanyak Indonesia. Penggunaan berlebihan ini dapat terjadinya masalah muskuloskeletal ses...

The techniques of craniovertebral region stabilization introduced and used by the senior author over the last 20 years are summarized. The lateral masses of atlas and axis are strong and largely cancellous in nature and can be used for direct implantation of screws. Opening up of the joint and placement of bone graft within the joint stabilizes the region and provides a large area for bone fusi...

Although some of them may remain asymptomatic, congenital vertebral anomalies lead to spinal deformity and scoliosis. However they are relatively rarely seen in the cervical vertebrae [1]. We present a 10-year-old patient with several coexistent vertebral anomalies affecting the craniovertebral junction and upper vertebrae, which we believe to be a didactic example to the imaging anatomy of the...