INTRODUCTION It has been suggested that pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) play an important role in provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) pathophysiology. Controversy in determining their exact contribution may be explained by methodological limitations related to the PFM assessment tools, specifically the pain elicited by the measurement itself, which may trigger a PFM reaction and introduce a strong bias. ...

background: abnormal angulation of the lunate can be an indication of intercarpal pathology. on magnetic resonance images (mris) the lunate often looks dorsally angulated, even in healthy wrists. the tilt on individual slices can also be different and might be misinterpreted as pathological, contributing to inaccurate diagnoses and unnecessary surgery. the primary aim of this study was to deter...

conclusions although some of the orthopedic surgeons are not interested to manage these fractures surgically and most of them treat these cases conservatively (casting, etc.), in most displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures, surgical treatment is the method of choice. moreover, in non-surgical treatment the prevalence of these complications among the patients is more and as a result, inev...

Knee pain and dysfunction have been often associated with an ineffective pull of the patella by the vastus medialis (VM) relative to the vastus lateralis (VL), particularly in individuals with knee joint malalignment. Such changes in muscular behavior may be attributed to muscle inhibition and/or atrophy that precedes the onset of symptoms. The aim of this study was to investigate possible effe...

The purpose of this study was to correlate the trochlear shape and patellar tilt angle and lateral patellar displacement at rest and maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) exercises during open (OKC) and closed kinetic chain (CKC) in subjects with and without anterior knee pain. Subjects were all women, 20 who were clinically healthy and 19 diagnosed with anterior knee pain. All subject...

Plateau iris syndrome has been described as persistent angle narrowing or occlusion with intraocular pressure elevation after peripheral iridotomy due to the abnormal plateau iris configuration. Argon laser peripheral iridoplasty (ALPI) is an effective adjunct procedure to treat plateau iris syndrome. Classic theory suggests that the laser causes the contraction of the far peripheral iris strom...

A compact three-dimensional scramjet intake with a high compression ratio and movable cowl as starting device for the adaption of internal contraction to respective operating conditions was designed parabolic reentry flight experiment. In an extensive measurement campaign, conducted in blowdown wind tunnel at Mach 7, operational behavior this inlet characterized. The parameters investigated inc...

This study aimed to discuss the relationship between change of trunk muscle thickness and stability landing movement volleyball players with jumper’s knee. We studied a total 14 women players. They were classified into JK group consisting 7 knee CON without measured transverse abdominis (TrA), internal oblique (IO), external (EO) both at rest in plank position (PL) subjects, figured out rates t...

A cylindrical rubber fiber subject to a twist will also elongate: manifestation of Poynting’s effect in large strain elasticity. Here, we construct an analogous treatment for active actuated via axisymmetric pattern spontaneous distortion. We start by constructing exact large-deformation solution the equations elasticity such imposed and stretch, which reveals warping twisting cross section abs...