How the Simmonds-Thompson test works

How the Simmonds-Thompson test works.

Clarification of the Simmonds-Thompson test for rupture of an Achilles tendon.

From the ‡Division of Orthopaedic Trauma, *Department of Orthopaedics, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC and the †Department of Orthopaedics, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK T he Simmonds–Thompson test, described in 1957 and 1962, 1–3 respectively, remains the principal clinical test for rupture of an Achilles tendon. However, there is some discrepancy in the literature regarding i...

How the mind works.

How the system works

My visit at KTH aimed to develop a system in which audio-visual feedback is provided to users who are free to move in the space. The feedback depends on the expressivity of the body movements they perform. Specifically, users can render a music performance by controlling in realtime acoustic parameters through their full-body movement and get a visual feedback on a screen in front of them with ...

Simmonds' Disease

In 1907 Paulesco demonstrated that removal of that pituitary gland caused weakness, loss of weight and death. In 1914 Simmonds reported the first case of the disease called after his name. A woman aged 38 years, after recovering from puerperal sepsis, developed amenorrhcea, increasing weakness, progressive loss of weight, anaemia, and premature senility. He put it down to atrophic degeneration ...