The natural course of untreated posterior lateral rotatory instability of the elbow is unclear. A case of elbow arthrosis with progressing deformity and flexion contracture after an episode of elbow dislocation about 20 years ago presented the possibility the long term outcome of untreated posterior lateral rotatory instability of the elbow.

PURPOSE To examine whether there is a gender-dependent risk profile for signs of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in a population-based sample. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sociodemographic, behavioral, and medical factors were checked for associations with TMD in a cross-sectional study of 3,567 subjects aged 25 to 74 years in Germany. Data were collected from clinical examinations, interviews, an...

BACKGROUND Zygapophysial joint arthrosis is a pathology related with axial lumbar pain. The most accepted treatment, after failure of medical management, is the thermal denervation of the medial branch. Nonetheless, the placement of the heat probe remains a challenge to surgeons, even when using the fluoroscope. Using a variation of Shealy's and Bogduk's original techniques, which includes abla...

BACKGROUND This study sought to ascertain to what degree health-related quality of life (HRQL) in the City of Madrid was affected by each of the most frequent chronic health conditions, and the specific quality-of-life (QL) domains on which such health conditions had the greatest impact, taking co-morbidity and socio-demographic variables into account. METHODS A descriptive, analytical, cross...

This article provides an overview of the literatureand recent scientific research on spread bone andjoint pathology among horses. Reasoned relevance andprospects this issue.The also presents results own aimed at analyzing distribution diseases in horses territory equestriansports clubs Kharkiv region, Poltava region andKyiv with aim finding out frequencyof occurrence group pathologies.To achiev...