AIMS To explore depression in people treated for chronic venous leg ulceration, and to assess the impact of excessive exudate, leading to leakage and odour, on their daily lives, overall health and quality of life. METHODS Completion of a questionnaire and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale to determine the prevalence of anxiety and depression in people with chronic leg ulceration (n = 196...

The work explores computationally the impact resistance of proposed bio-inspired sandwich beam comprising top and bottom carbon fiber reinforced polymer laminate skins sandwiching side-arched hot melt adhesive aluminum honeycomb dual-core, as by beak, skull bone, hyoid, spongy bone woodpecker head. Examined geometrical effects on behaviors include arched core thickness (3, 4.6, 10 mm) leg span ...

Aim: to determine the effects of sciatic compression and treatment with resistance exercise on the morphology of the ankle joint of Wistar rats. Methods: 32 male rats, aged 10 ± 1 week, weighing 376±22 grams were divided into the following four groups (n=8/group): CG (control), LG (lesion), EG (exercise) and LEG (lesion and exercise). Three days after sciatic compression, the animals in the EG ...

In this study, we analyzed long-term survival, limb function and associated complications after prosthetic limb salvage treatment in patients with bone and soft tissue tumors around the knee joint. A total of 63 patients treated with prosthetic limb salvage surgery around the knee were reviewed. The bone tumors involved the distal femur in 45 pati...

According to World Health Organization, road traffic accident claims 1.2 million deaths annually and causes up 50 non-fatal injuries. Alimb injury is any a limb, either leg or arm, the toes fingers. Limb injuries include broken bones (cracked fractured bones, eg. arm), dislocations (when bone has been moved dislodged, dislocated shoulder), sprains (injuries ligaments, sprained ankle), strains m...

CONTEXT Controversy exists on the effect of obesity on bone development during puberty. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to determine differences in volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) and bone geometry in male obese adolescents (ObAs) in overlap with changes in bone maturation, muscle mass and force development, and circulating sex steroids and IGF-I. We hypothesized that changes in bone param...

BACKGROUND Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a common last-resort treatment for hip disease, but postoperative patients often complain of discrepancies in leg length. This study introduces a device designed to increase the precision of the femoral neck osteotomy and reduce the incidence of leg length discrepancy. METHODS Forty-eight patients undergoing THA were divided into two groups, with and...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether distraction osteogenesis can be used to treat hypertrophic nonunion associated with angular deformity and shortening after Coventry style high tibial osteotomy. Five consecutive patients were retrospectively reviewed. In all patients the alignment had collapsed into excessive varus or valgus and leg length discrepancy was present. The leg lengt...

The first dromaeosaurid theropod from the Lower Cretaceous Bayan Gobi Formation is identified based on an incompletely preserved partially-articulated left leg, increasing the known diversity of its understudied ecosystem. The leg belongs to specimen IVPP V22530 and includes a typical deinonychosaurian pedal phalanx II-2 with a distinct constriction between the enlarged proximal end and the dis...

Lameness is an important factor for culling animals. Strong legs and feet improve herd life of dairy cows. Therefore, many countries include leg and feet conformation traits in their breeding programs, often as early predictors of longevity. However, few countries directly measure lameness related traits to include these in a breeding program. Lameness indices in 3 different lactations and 5 le...