Abdominal aortic coarctation is an extremely rare vascular pathology. Its etiology can be congenital or acquired. Here we present a case of acquired infrarenal abdominal coarctation in a 66-year-old woman who complained of low back and legs pain. She had no signs of resting lower limb ischemia, with diminished distal pulses and normal blood pressure in upper and lower extremities. Magnetic reso...

[Purpose] This study aimed to examine the effects of visual field with prism glasses, and intensive upper limb functional training on reduction of hemineglect and improvement in upper limb function and activities of daily living in three stroke patients with hemineglect. [Subjects] This study included three stroke patients hospitalized in a sanatorium. [Methods] Intervention treatment involving...

BACKGROUND Complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPSt1) of the upper limb is a painful and debilitating condition, frequent after stroke, and interferes with the rehabilitative process and outcome. However, treatments used for CRPSt1 of the upper limb are limited. OBJECTIVE . This randomized controlled study was conducted to compare the effectiveness on pain and upper limb function of mirro...

background:  complete traumatic amputation of upper limb in wrist area is relatively rare. during the past years thanks to advances in scientific and microscopic methods peripheral nerve surgery has increased the success rate of such surgeries. case presentation: an 18 year old man with his wrist has been cut for about 6 hours in an accident was referred to emergency ward of taleqani hospital o...

Aim: The aim and objective of the study is to evaluate prescription pattern anti-plateletic agents used in treatment stroke clinical symptoms risk factors, among hospitalized patients. Materials Method: A six-month prospective observational that was carried out neurology department. standard procedure followed for documentation analysis all data. total 120 patients selected who satisfying inclu...

Background: Stroke is an acute onset of neurological dysfunction due to abnormal cerebral vascular circulationwith resulting signs and symptoms that corresponds focal area brain. The most common characteristics ofMCA stroke are contra lateral spastic hemiparesis, motor sensory disturbance face, weakness upperextremity lower extremity with upper limb more affected than limb. Constraint induced m...

AIM To evaluate the ability of four clinical methods to reflect arm and hand function at impairment and activity level and to determine their ability to discriminate among SMA II patients of all ages and in all stages of the disease. METHODS Fifty-two patients with SMA II (age range: 8-73 years) were assessed by means of the Egen Klassifikation 2 (EK2 scale), the Motor Function Measure Scale ...

o bjective: to determine the etiology, signs and symptoms, angiography indications and angiography findings in patients with limb penetrating injuries suspected to have arterial injury. m e thods: this was a cross-sectional study being performed in imam reza hospital affiliated with mashhad university of medical sciences, iran between september 2011 and march 2013. we included those patients wi...

Understanding poststroke upper limb impairment is essential to planning therapeutic efforts to restore function. However, determining which upper limb impairment to treat and how is complex because the impairments are not static and multiple impairments may be present simultaneously. How impairments contribute to upper limb dysfunction may be understood by examining them from the perspective of...