OBJECTIVES To study the prevalences of musculoskeletal disorders and disability in the elderly, and the relationship between them. METHODS A community sample of 73 females and 32 males aged 85 and over underwent a standardised examination at home. Musculoskeletal disorders were classified according to published clinical criteria. The relative effects on disability (a walking distance of < 500...

The purpose of this pictorial assay is to demonstrate the imaging features of the various musculoskeletal manifestations of hemophilia, an X-linked disorder. Depending on the site of recurrent bleeding, musculoskeletal manifestation can be in the form of hemophilic arthropathy and/or soft tissue, intraosseous, or subperiosteal pseudotumors. Radiography, sonography, computed tomography, and espe...

BACKGROUND Myotonic dystrophy type 2/proximal myotonic myopathy (DM2/PROMM) is an autosomal dominant multisystem disorder. Musculoskeletal pain is one of its frequent symptoms but also occurs in other chronic noninflammatory muscle disorders (OMD). OBJECTIVES To characterize the phenotype of DM2/PROMM-associated musculoskeletal pain and to test whether it shows features distinct from OMD. S...

Children affected by mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) type IH (Hurler Syndrome), an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder, are known to experience a range of musculoskeletal manifestations including spinal abnormalities, hand abnormalities, generalised joint stiffness, genu valgum, and hip dysplasia and avascular necrosis. Enzyme therapy, in the form of bone marrow transplantation, significantly in...

The characteristics triad of tuberous sclerosis-adenoma sebaceum, mental deficiency and epilepsy-associated with distal-type renal tubular acidosis was combined with anticonvulsant osteomalacia in a 41-year-old woman. In addition to the specific bone lesions of tuberous sclerosis, the bone disease was caused by an adverse effect of a drug and possibly also by the renal disorder leading to signi...

Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are a leading source of physical impairment in elderly, and the frequency these is anticipated to increase rapidly as population ages. In Bangladesh, musculoskeletal among elderly on rise, causing them immense misery. The aim this study find out prevalence disorder age group rural community Bangladesh. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional was conducted ov...

Introduction: Mitochondrial Disorders (1/4,000 patients) are rare and caused by dysfunctional mitochondria. Anesthetic consideration in patients with involves careful preoperative perioperative observations. Objective: To provide a brief insight into how general anesthetics interfere mitochondrial energy formation pathways help form precautions for anesthesiologists when managing Disorder. Revi...

Growth in the number of applications and subsequent awards for Social Security disabled-worker benefits marked the period from 1986 through 1993. These increases resulted in the 37 percent rise in the number of disabled-worker beneficiaries, 6 out of 10 of whom had disabilities within three diagnostic groups: circulatory disorders; mental disorders (other than mental retardation); and musculosk...