What are the symptoms? The most common symptom is joint pain. It is usually in the hands, feet, hips, knees, or spine. In the hand, it often affects the joint at the base of the thumb. In the foot, it is usually at the base of the big toe. The pain can be worse after periods of rest, like when you first get up in the morning or when you get up out of a chair. Osteoarthritis can also limit movem...

Generating mechanisms of giant somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) following stimulation of the posterior tibial nerve as well as the big toe were investigated in three patients with cortical reflex myoclonus. Scalp distributions of recognisable components were very similar to those in normal subjects, except that their amplitude was much larger. The tibial nerve SEPs were remarkably attenua...

wide variety of timings and techniques has been used based on the housing, production, availability of requirements etc. this current study was done for a morphologic evaluation of the cow's digit in different trimming times. a dairy herd with 2200 milking cow, free stalls barns, average daily production of 36 liters per cow was selected. forty cows were assigned to four groups based on hoof tr...

15 Introduction. Multidigital amputations are a formidable challenge for the surgeon. In the case of amputations near the digital commissure the best reconstruction can be achieved using a combined flap of the 2nd and 3rd toes. The aim of this study is to present the functional results achieved in 5 patients who underwent combined 2nd and 3rd toe transplants to rehabilitate severely mutilated h...

an anatomic study on ovine hoof to find a proper hoof trimming method was done. fore and hindlimbs of 15, two years old ewes. were studied all legs were transferred to vet college and divided by fore and hindlimbs, left and right and lateral and medial digits. toe height to ground and to the solar surface, heel height, sole length, toe length, toe length to the sensitive tissue, sole thickness ...