Functional consequences of tendonitis in OA

Patellar Tendonitis

A 51-year-old female with a history of gout, hypertension and diabetes presented to the emergency department with one week of increasing pain and swelling of her left knee, just below the patella. She denied trauma, fever and calf pain. She took Ciprofloxacin for 14 days for a urinary tract infection. She was afebrile with stable vital signs, and the exam revealed mild swelling, increased warmt...

Posterior Tibialis Tendonitis in Dancers

Prevalence of Knee OA in Karate Community in Indonesia

Background. Osteoarthritis (OA) ranks fifth in the most disabling conditions. Karate is an unarmed combat sport that uses hands and feet to deliver and block blows. The karate movements, such as high load and frequent flexion and extension of the knee, make the athletes susceptible to knee injuries and progress to knee OA (KOA). Objectives. The study aims to address the prevalence and risk fac...

the effect of functional/notional approach on the proficiency level of efl learners and its evaluation through functional test

in fact, this study focused on the following questions: 1. is there any difference between the effect of functional/notional approach and the structural approaches to language teaching on the proficiency test of efl learners? 2. can a rather innovative language test referred to as "functional test" ge devised so so to measure the proficiency test of efl learners, and thus be as much reliable an...

Acute calcific retropharyngeal tendonitis.

©2015 8872147 Canada Inc. or its licensors CMAJ 1 A 40-year-old man presented to our hospital with low-grade fever and acute pain in the neck, which had both begun a day before his visit and persisted through the night. He also reported difficulty opening his mouth and pain when bending his head back or swallowing. On examination, axillary temperature was 37.5oC, but other vital signs were norm...