INTRODUCTION We report a case of non-union with severe shortening of the femur following diaphysectomy for chronic osteomyelitis. CASE PRESENTATION A boy, aged 16 years presented with a dangling and excessively short left lower limb. He was using an elbow crutch in his right hand to help him walk. He had a history of diaphysectomy for chronic osteomyelitis at the age of 9. Examination reveale...

The radial nerve is also known as the “great extensor nerve” due to its innervation of the triceps, wrist and finger extensors. It originates from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus, and its course along the proximal humerus makes it particularly vulnerable to injury by compression at the proximal arm. In the primary care setting, radial neuropathy is the third most common compressive ne...

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...

PURPOSE Evaluate the relationship between neighborhood crime and the amount of daily walking by minority adults. DESIGN This was a cross-sectional study of minority adult walking behavior and crime. Setting. Oakland, California was chosen as the study area because of the substantial spatial variation in levels of criminal activity combined with detailed information on walking trips. PARTICI...

introduction: obesity is a complex health problem. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of regular walking with alternate day fasting (adf) on health-related factors of overweight and obese females.‎  methods: 30 healthy inactive, overweight and obese women were divided randomly into three equal groups.  the groups were: control group (bmi: 30.72±4.40 kg/m2); the experimental grou...

Ptosis has usually been treated by surgery and the literature contains suggestions of over eighty different operations for its correction. Duke-Elder (I952) has pointed out that, in spite of the variety and ingenuity of remedial operations, the results are by no means invariably brilliant and in cases due to neuromuscular disease shortening of the lid is usually unsatisfactory. Apart from the c...