A 5-year-old girl, the product of nonconsanguineous marriage, presented with early-onset intellectual disability and autistic features. There was no regression, seizures, or vision or hearing impairment. She had normal head circumference, coarse facies, angiokeratomas, and lower limb rigidity. She had no cherryred spot or hepatosplenomegaly. Her 2-year-old brother had similar features with righ...

Methods 160 adults were recruited the Greater Newcastle and Central Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia: 80 who experienced night-time calf cramp at least once per week and 80 ageand sex-matched adults who did not. Participants were assessed using reliable tests of foot/ankle and toe strength, range of ankle dorsiflexion, hamstring flexibility, foot alignment, calf circumference, periph...

Too often, in clinical settings, the diagnosis and evolution of lymphedema is determined by limb circumference measurements and/or volume calculations. Besides the unrecognition of small lymphedemas, these techniques provide little to no information concerning the stage of the lymphedema. This latter is important in choosing appropriate treatment modalities and making an accurate prognosis. Dif...

Case 1.-A 77-year-old woman was admitted complaining that her left calf had been swollen for three weeks. The left lower leg was 4 cm greater in circumference than the right and the calf was moderately tender with a trace of pitting oedema at the ankle. An ascending venogram showed nothing abnormal, but in spite of this the patient was treated with heparin. Twelve hours later the calf had incre...

BACKGROUND Low birth weight has been consistently associated with adult chronic disease risk. The thrifty phenotype hypothesis assumes that reduced fetal growth impacts some organs more than others. However, it remains unclear how birth weight relates to different body components, such as circumferences, adiposity, body segment lengths and limb proportions. We hypothesized that these components...

Pereira C, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-221011 Description A male newborn was evaluated due to a port-wine stain. Mother, 40 years old, father and brother were healthy. Gestation was uneventful. Amniocentesis revealed a normal male karyotype. A caesarean delivery was performed at 38 weeks. First physical examination showed a port-wine stain affecting the abdomen, back and left...

background: identifying new ways to decrease adiposity have great importance for human health. we aimed to find out whether l – arginine (arg) and selenium alone or together can increase the effect of hypocaloric diet enriched in legumes (hdel) on anthropometric measures in healthy women with central obesity. methods: this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was undertaken in 84 ...

This study aimed to investigate the physical fitness parameters of elite Chinese male canoe slalom athletes and explore corresponding training strategies. Eight kayakers from national team were selected as research subjects. The following measured: age, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), arm span, upper circumference, fat percentage, maximum oxygen uptake, heart rate, blood lactic acid leve...

ABSTRACT Introduction: Table tennis is a combative sport, and although there no physical confrontation between athletes, its fast intense movements require high conditioning. The knee joint held in the flexed state for an extended period, deficiency stability can lead to disabling injuries. International Tennis Federation reforms have led scientists research further strengthening of CORE muscle...