BACKGROUND Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) has been established as a clinically effective modality for the management of several musculoskeletal disorders. One major issue with the use of SMT is its safety, especially with respect to neck manipulation and the risk of stroke in the vertebrobasilar system. OBJECTIVES Our objectives were to quantify the strains and forces sustained by the vert...

Purpose The incidence of proximal humeral fractures is high in the elderly, and the superior management of these fractures remains a controversy. The study aims to compare clinical outcomes of intramedullary nails, locking plates and conservative treatment for the management of displaced proximal humeral fractures in the elderly. Patients and methods In this prospective study, a total of 198 ...

in this paper, we report on the synthesis of cu nanoparticles through a single-precursor route by controlling the growth temperature. selective adsorption of oleylamine on various crystal planes may play an important role in the growth process. the understanding of this self-assembling process will help us develop reliable and reproducible methods to synthesis other three dimensional nanostruct...

introduction: recent anti-inflammatory group of medications include the introduction of cyclooxygenase-ii inhibitors such as coxibs. these agents offer potentially significant advantages because of their realive lack of gastrointestinal irritation. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect third molar surgery. methods and materials: this study was a double, randomized, cross over, clinic...

BACKGROUND Complex proximal humerus fractures with metaphyseal comminution remain challenging regarding reduction and stability. In most fracture patterns the hard bone of the bicipital groove remains intact. In this case series, we describe a novel technique of hybrid double plate osteosynthesis of complex proximal humerus fractures with metaphyseal comminution. METHODS In randomly chosen sh...

Eleven resorcinarene cavitands bearing either one, two or four (3-R-1-imidazolylium)-methyl substituents (R = (n)Bu, Ph, Mes, (i)Pr(2)C(6)H(3)) anchored at resorcinolic "ortho" positions have been synthesised from the appropriate bromomethylated precursor. Combining the imidazolium salts with palladium acetate and Cs(2)CO(3) gave active Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling catalysts. The highest activ...

BACKGROUND Metastatic lesions localized in the periacetabular area cause troublesome pain and reduced mobility of the patients. Radiotherapy effectively decreases pain, yet it does not restore the ability to load the joint. Surgical treatment involving resection of metastatic lesions and joint reconstruction using bone grafts is burdened with a high rate of complications. Modular tumor prosthes...

To ascertain whether mannose 6-phosphate-containing peptides that bind to the insulin-like growth factor II (IGF II)/mannose 6-phosphate receptor activate phospholipase C, we determined the effect of proliferin, transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) precursor, and beta-galactosidase on production of inositol trisphosphate (Ins-P3) in basolateral membranes isolated from the renal proxim...