Vertebral pathology has long been a useful criterion for anthropologists in the assessment of activity patterns, stress, and general health of extinct peoples. This method of analysis, however, has never been applied to the peoples of the Nebraska Great Plains. This study is the first to concentrate on the in­ digenous Native Americans of this region, examining the spinal pathology present in t...

The aim of the study was to assess the variability of parameters characterising the gait of persons suffering from degenerative changes of the knee joint and their influence on the ankle and hip joints. The values of the angular changes in the knee, ankle and hip joints in the three planes of motion were assessed. Locomotion tests were performed on 27 persons, aged between 60 and 74, using Vico...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the early results of unilateral posterior lumbar interbody fusion technique in lumbar discectomy cases compared with simple discectomy and bilateral posterior interbody fusion cases using visual analog scale (VAS) and Oswestry outcomes instruments and radiological and physical examinations. METHODS The control group had 40 patients who underwent simple discectomy. In gr...

disability in the world. One approach to the study of the disease has been through animal models. “Quick models” are used to answer disease-specific questions and study surrogate markers of joint disease, but may not manifest all aspects of the disease process. Actual disease models include mechanical destabilization of the joint or animal models in which OA is a spontaneously occurring disease...

Although the etiology of osteoarthritis of the thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) joint remains unclear, some theories have focused on variations in the local anatomy of the abductor pollicis longus tendon insertion. This cadaver study of 68 specimens analyzed the relationship between a thenar insertion of an accessory abductor pollicis longus tendon and the presence and severity of thumb CMC osteoart...

The patellofemoral joint, the anterior compartment of knee, undergoes earliest degenerative changes throughout life and joint morphology is great importance in appearance pain knee chondromalacia patella. Chondromalacia patella a progressive disease with change normal structure, formation minor or major defects cartilage itself represents significant socioeconomic problem because it occurs youn...

Case presentation: An asymptomatic man (J.D.) is referred for a cardiovascular evaluation. He has a strong family history of coronary artery disease and has received more than 10 years of treatment for hypertension and dyslipidemia. Past medical history is significant for symptomatic degenerative joint disease. Medications include hydrochlorothiazide, lisinopril, atorvastatin, and celecoxib. Ho...