Background Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) can affect spine mobility and gait mechanisms. In some of the related science research it is showed that the kinematic differences in the spine, pelvis and lower limb may contribute to the causation and progression of idiopathic scoliosis. Various treatment methods have being used for scoliosis, however using brace is a commonly used method in th...

Background Studies investigating the outcome of conservative scoliosis treatment differ widely with respect to the inclusion criteria used. Prospective cohort studies are available using the SRS inclusion criteria for studies on bracing [1,2]. This seems to provide a great advantage to compare different strategies of bracing against each other. As we have gathered all data of the patients treat...

Prevention of infection, as well as bone covering and healing, is paramount in the management of limb injury with associated muscle injury. Volumetric muscle loss (VML) is the traumatic or surgical loss of skeletal muscle with resultant functional impairment. No standardized evaluation protocol exists for the characterization and quantification of VML. Clinical photographs and video recordings,...

One method of assessing the potential efficacy of various clinical treatments is the use of computational modelling. Previous modelling studies have indicated that ideal muscle activation patterns could produce a better immediate corrective pattern than bracing . This would suggest that there is great potential in electrical stimulation, but compared with bracing, and with a general lack of cli...

in recent years, seismic evaluation and vulnerability of the existing buildings, that have been designed based on an earlier seismic design code or designed without seismic design criteria, has been very important. in this paper, the seismic evaluation and vulnerability of concrete buildings, using an old 5- story building with shear walls as an example has been discussed. for this building, fi...

The seismic-resistant structure is required for the earthquake-hazard area. One of systems Concentrically Braced Frame (CBF), which was established to diminish seismic damage. At time implementation, CBF reduces horizontal deformations building so that failure as well heavy damage can be avoided. In CBF, brace energy dissipator, whose performance needs enhanced. This study discussed structural ...