This paper proposes a mass spring model of the dynamics of a human thigh based on real data acquired Using a force sensor mounted on a robot arm the deformation of the thigh with respect to an external force is measured The stress strain curves we obtained exhibit a strong non linearity due to the incompressibility of the human tissue Hence we propose a two layer model of the thigh using both l...

A44-year-old male presented with chronic abdominal pain that prompted multiple previous hospitalizations with negative assessments. The patient had a past history of moderate alcohol consumption but none in the past 20 years. There was no occupational exposure. Laboratory tests showed microcytic anemia (hemoglobin 6.6 mg/dL, mean corpuscular volume 66.8 fL) with normal iron studies and basophil...

The aim of this study was to investigate the change in body composition, leg girths, and muscle strength of patients with incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) after functional electrical stimulation cycling exercises (FESCE). Eighteen subjects with incomplete SCI were recruited. Each patient received FESCE three times per week for 8 weeks. Body composition, thigh and calf girths of bilateral leg...

This paper proposes a mass-spring model of the dynamics of a human thigh based on real data acquired. Using a force sensor mounted on a robot arm the deformation of the thigh with respect to an external force is measured. The stress-strain curves we obtained exhibit a strong non-linearity due to the incompressibility of the human tissue. Hence, we propose a two-layer model of the thigh using bo...

PURPOSE The present study investigated the changes in single skinfold thicknesses and body fat during an ultra-endurance cycling race. METHODS One hundred and nineteen ultra-endurance cyclists in the 'Swiss Cycling Marathon' covering a distance of 600 km were included. Changes in skinfold thickness, fat mass, skeletal muscle mass and total body water were estimated using anthropometric method...

BACKGROUND Changes in single skinfold thickness and body fat have been investigated in ultraswimmers and ultracyclists, but not in ultrarunners. The present study investigated the changes in single skinfold thickness during a 100 km ultramarathon. METHODS Firstly, we investigated associations between prerace preparation and prerace body composition and, secondly, changes in single skinfold th...

The patient was a 27-year-old man currently serving in the military who was evaluated by a physical therapist in a direct-access mode of care for a chief complaint of worsening left distal medial thigh pain. Given the traumatic mechanism of injury, worsening symptoms, and the presence of a painful, firm mass in the left distal medial thigh region, the physical therapist ordered radiographs of t...

We present a rare case of primary muscular hydatidosis in the left thigh of a 20 year-old man, who presented with painless mass. Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging examinations revealed a multilocular intramuscular cyst in the posteromedial compartment of the left thigh mainly occupying the adductor brevis muscle. This site of localization has not been reported previously. The patient wa...

Primary cutaneous apocrine carcinoma is a rare adnexal tumor of the skin that occurs mainly in the axilla, anogenital area while the scalp and the lower extremities, especially the thigh, are very unusual sites. However, clinical or pathologic characteristics have not been well established due to a paucity of this tumor. Herein, we report very unusual case of apocrine carcinoma present as a hug...

The construct of sarcopenia is still discussed with regard to best appropriate measures of muscle volume and muscle function. The aim of this post-hoc analysis of a cross-sectional experimental study was to investigate and describe the hierarchy of the association between thigh muscle volume and measurements of functional performance in older women. Thigh muscle volume of 68 independently livin...