Recent studies on the canine parasternal intercostal, sternomastoid, and scalene muscles have shown that the maximal changes in airway opening pressure (delta Pao) obtained per unit muscle mass (delta Pao/m) during isolated contraction are closely related to the fractional changes in muscle length per unit volume increase of the relaxed chest wall. In the present study, we have examined the val...

Background The goals of Scoliosis Specific Schroth Physiotherapy (SSSPT) are to restore muscle balance, reshape the rib cage and reduce the rib hump to improve the esthetic of the patient, to increase the breathing areas and vital capacity, to reduce the Cobb angles, and to avoid spinal fusion surgery. Measuring the Cobb angles on P-A radiographs, assessing the sagittal profile on lateral radio...

This retrospective cohort study was conducted to evaluate the clinical outcomes of radical anterolateral debridement and autogenous ilium with rib or titanium cage interbody autografting with transpedicle fixation for the treatment of thoracolumbar tuberculosis. Spinal tuberculosis operation aims to remove the lesions and necrotic tissues, remove spinal cord compression, and reconstruct spinal ...

Eighty-six osteolytic lesions of the rib cage were examined by means of conventional radiography and ultrasonography. The ultrasonographic criteria of osteolysis are described. Only 1 rib metastasis was missed by ultrasonography while 13 lesions were not detected by x-ray film. Of 63 ultrasonographically guided biopsies, 62 resulted in the final diagnosis; complications were not observed. The r...

Editor—In figure 3a of the recent article on imaging of the axillary vein, from a radiological point of view and according to line A in figure 2, the bright structure that you named rib cage may be either rib cage or lung pleural interface. You can differentiate between them by their posterior shadowing as the rib cage has dark shadow and the lung pleural interface has a bright layering shadow ...

The etiology of idiopathic scoliosis is still a matter of debate as its common cause had not been found. But some basic principles in its initiation and progression do exist. The curvature of the spine is always accompanied by rotation of the vertebrae and rib cage as ribs are connected by intercostal muscles and cannot spread apart on the convex side when the spine bends. The rib cage rotates ...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to clarify the impact of postural changes during tidal breathing on the configuration and motion of chest-wall in order to further breathing motion evaluation. [Subjects and Methods] Chest-wall configuration and motion in the supine, right lateral, and sitting positions were measured using optoelectronic plethysmography in 15 healthy adult men. [Results] ...

We have investigated, in six healthy male volunteers, the effect of high thoracic extradural anaesthesia on the ventilatory pattern and hypercapnic ventilatory response. Ventilatory variables were determined using a respiratory inductive plethysmograph. Duration of inspiration, rib cage excursion and its contribution to tidal volume decreased significantly following extradural anaesthesia, whil...

BACKGROUND Following diaphragmatic plication for unilateral paralysis, the effect on global chest wall function are unknown. Our hypothesis was that chest wall function would improve in both sides of the chest after plication of the paralysed side. CASE PRESENTATION Using Optoelectronic Plethysmography, total and regional chest wall volumes were measured in one patient before and after left d...