[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to clarify the influence of high-intensity pulse irradiation with linear polarized near-infrared rays (HI-LPNR) and stretching on hypertonia in cerebrovascular disease patients. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 40 cerebrovascular disease patients with hypertonia of the ankle joint plantar flexor muscle. The subjects were randomly allocated to grou...

[Purpose] Muscle tone is known to predict the motor function of the upper extremity within 12 months after onset in stroke survivors. The aim of this study was to investigate whether motor function of the upper extremity can predict the risk of hypertonia in chronic stroke survivors, and to analyze the correlation between the two variables to determine the predictive validity. [Subjects and Met...

The article presents a clinical case of the diagnostics and treatment temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ) in patient after orthodontic treatment. hypertonia masticatory muscles, limit mouth opening deviation jawbone to right were observed during physical examination. Adhesion disk articular tubercle temporal bone was detected on MRI. Hyperrotation head charts axiography. Disappearing feel...

The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of low-load, prolonged-duration stretch with dynamic splinting in reducing ankle contracture for stroke (CVA) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. This controlled, cross-over study lasting six months was conducted at multiple outpatient facilities across the USA. Fifty volunteer patients (30 CVA and 20 TBI) who were one year or more po...

PURPOSE This study was designed to determine whether functional variations of internal sphincter activity occur in order to differentiate between patients with anal fissures from those with hemorrhoids. METHODS Thirty patients with chronic anal fissure (median age, 28 years; 12 females), 22 patients with hemorrhoids (median age, 37 years; 7 females), and 33 control volunteers (median age, 48....