background motor skills disorder in children with motor dys-function is a common disorder in childhood. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and severity of musculoskeletal disorders in children with developmental coordination disorder in comparison with healthy children. material and methods using developmental disorder coordina-tion questionnaire (dcdq'07), 59 male children...

Achondroplasia among ancient populations of mesoamerica and South America: Iconographic and Archaeological Evidence. Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative 212 ABSTRACT Introduction: Achondroplasia is the most frequent form of short-limb dwarfism. Affected individuals exhibit short stature caused by rhizomelic shortening of the limbs, characteristic facies with ...

A 71-year-old woman presented at the outpatient clinic for the first time in 1973 with diffuse bone pain mainly in both wrists, shoulders and the spine. Clinical examination showed limb deformities (genu varum of the left leg, genu valgum of the right leg) and short stature (142 cm). At that time, she had already experienced multiple spontaneous fractures of the right and left femur. There was ...

Gonarthrosis in the relatively young and active population causes major daily discomfort and disability. If the arthritic process is mainly limited to the medial compartment, the axis of a varus knee can be realigned laterally with high tibial osteotomy to unload the medial compartment and allow some cartilage regeneration and pain relief. This study describes the outcomes of patients who under...