Background Elucidating the relation between bone health condition and muscle strength can provide useful knowledge for Japan's super-aged society. This study ascertained the Speed Of Sound (SOS) of the calcaneus and upper and lower limb muscle strength in a general population. Methods Medical examinations were conducted of 277 adult residents (100 men, 177 women; average age 67.1 years) of a ...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective Cohort INTRODUCTION Important outcomes of polliciation to treat thumb hypoplasia/aplasia include strength, function, dexterity, and quality of life. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY To evaluate outcomes and examine predictors of outcome after early childhood pollicization. METHODS 8 children (10 hands) were evaluated 3-15 years after surgery. Physical examination, questionn...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess flexor pollicis longus tendon by using ultrasound imaging in frequent mobile phone texters. SUBJECTS In total, 149 subjects, aged 18-40 yrs, were recruited as frequent mobile phone texters (n = 71) and infrequent texters (n = 78). METHODS Demographic data and estimate frequency of texting were noted. Thumb pain during activity, range of motion f...

Ill-defined pinch singularities characteristic of out of equilibrium thermal field theories are analyzed. We identify two mechanisms which eliminate pinching: the first is based on the vanishing of phase space at the singular point (Threshold effect). It is effective in QED with massive electron and massless photon. In massless QCD this mechanism fails, but the pinches cancel due to the second ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of ulnar nerve stability-based surgery via a small incision with those of classic anterior transposition of the ulnar nerve for cubital tunnel syndrome. METHODS From March 2008 to December 2013, 107 patients with cubital tunnel syndrome underwent simple decompression or anterior transposition via a small incision, accord...

The author has refined his lower blepharoplasty technique with the goal of eliminating scleral show and residual skin while maintaining normal eyelid posture. His technique involves fat removal and/or modification through a transconjunctival approach, aligning the lower eyelid globe and canthus with a stitch canthopexy, and measured excision of redundant skin with mastery of the “pinch” techniq...

Lixelle is a direct hemoperfusion-type adsorption column that was developed to selectively eliminate beta2-microglobulin (beta2-m) from the circulating blood of patients with dialysis-related amyloidosis (DRA). The adsorbent in Lixelle comprises porous cellulose beads to which hydrophobic hexadecyl alkyl chain is covalently bound. One milliliter of wet Lixelle beads eliminates more than 1 mg of...

Ligament reconstruction/tendon interposition arthroplasty (LRTIA) is a common procedure for basal joint osteoarthritis of the thumb. We evaluated 31 operations in 30 patients, 28 females, 2 males with a mean age of 57 years. The mean follow-up was 24 months (range 8 to 46 months). Pain reduction was 75% on average, with good preservation of motion and of first web space. Twenty-six patients wer...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to determine changes in pressure sensitivity and pinch strength in patients with thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) osteoarthritis (OA) in the contralateral hand after unilateral Kaltenborn mobilization on the symptomatic hand. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-nine females with dominant hand thumb CMC osteoarthritis participated (age 70-90), and were randomized into 2 ...

Biomechanical simulations of tendon transfers performed following tetraplegia suggest that surgical tensioning influences clinical outcomes. However, previous studies have focused on the biomechanical properties of only the transferred muscle. We developed simulations of the tetraplegic upper limb following transfer of the brachioradialis (BR) to the flexor pollicis longus (FPL) to examine the ...