Background: The determinant role of different movements to strengthen the quadriceps on rate of knee joint co-contraction, hamstring to quadriceps muscle activity ratio and vastus medialis to vastus lateralis muscle activity ratio provides useful information for therapists, coaches and athletes about the role of each movement in the rehabilitation of patients with anterior cruc...

Free grafts were performed on the rat extensor digitorum longus muscle after no pretreatment, 14-day predenervation, or two or one preinjections of Marcaine. Numbers of surviving muscle fibers were counted in 4-day grafts, and the total number of muscle fibers was counted in 60-day grafts. Mean numbers of surviving muscle fibers in 4-day grafts were 132 for untreated muscles, 1166 for predenerv...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Review the literature on the use of the serratus anterior free flap in the head and neck reconstruction and describe new applications of the serratus anterior free flap. STUDY DESIGN Case series with retrospective chart review and literature review. METHODS A PubMed literature review was performed using the search terms "serratus free flap," "serratus skull base," "ser...

GNE myopathy (GNEM), also known as hereditary inclusion body myopathy (HIBM), is a late- onset, progressive myopathy caused by mutations in the GNE gene encoding the enzyme responsible for the first regulated step in the biosynthesis of sialic acid (SA). The disease is characterized by distal muscle weakness in both the lower and upper extremities, with the quadriceps muscle relatively spared u...

1 Koichi Ueda, MD, PhD Takashi Nuri, MD, PhD Yuki Otsuki, MD, PhD Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Osaka Medical College Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan Sir, I soft tissue with muscle is resected because of tumor invasion, muscle function is lost. The face has soft tissues with free borders, for example, lips, eyelids, and soft palate. If they are reconstructed without functional moveme...

Microdialysis is a technique that allows the measurement of concentrations of free antibiotic in tissue. The free antibiotic concentration is responsible for the antibacterial effect at the target site. We used microdialysis in animal and human studies to investigate the tissue penetration of cefpodoxime. In the animal study, total plasma and free muscle and lung concentrations of cefpodoxime w...

The odontophore retractor (OR) muscle of Neptunea antiqua depends on external calcium to raise internal cellular calcium concentration of the contractile system to activation level. The acetylcholine (Ach)-and high K-induced responses were abolished in nominally Ca-free and 2 mmol/l EGTA/Ca/free salines. Diltiazem and nifedipine were inhibitory on both Ach and high K responses of the OR muscle....

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Micro-neurovascular free muscle flap transfer is currently the procedure of choice for long-standing facial paralysis. We present a case series of patients treated with gracilis muscle free flap with motor innervation by the masseteric nerve. We discuss the surgical technique and quantify the movement granted by the muscle, the improvement in quality of life and aest...

urethral leiomyomas are rare begin mesenchymal tumors that arise from the smooth muscle of the urethra. most reported cases in the literature have occurred in women of child bearing age. these tumors present with a variety of symptoms. excision is curative however occasional cases of relapse have been described. here we describe a case of a female teenager who presented with intermittent urinar...