[Purpose] The purpose of this case study was to identify the effects of joint mobilization using Kaltenborn-Evjenth orthopedic manual therapy (KEOMT) and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) techniques on a patient with chronic low back pain (CLBP) and a lumbar transitional vertebra. [Methods] The intervention methods were joint mobilization using KEOMT and PNF techniques. The progra...

BACKGROUND poor cognitive and motor performance predicts neurological dysfunction. Variable performance may be a subclinical indicator of emerging neurological problems. OBJECTIVE examine the cross-sectional association between a clinically accessible measure of variable walking and executive function. METHODS older adults aged 60 or older from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (n =...

This paper deals with the problem of designing linear time-varying (LTV) finite-impulse response zero-forcing (ZF) equalizers for timeand frequency-selective (so-called doubly selective) single-input multiple-output (SIMO) channels. Specifically, relying on a basis expansion model (BEM) of the rapidly time-varying channel impulse response, we derive the canonical frequency-domain representation...

We report a case of transitional cell carcinoma in a patient with chronic renal failure receiving hemodialysis for 22 years. A 55-year-old man was admitted to our hospital. Under diagnosis of invasive bladder cancer and left renal pelvic tumor, removal of the whole urinary tract, e.g., bilateral nephroureterectomy and total cystourethrectomy was performed. Transitional cell carcinoma was found ...

background & aim: spondylolisthesis is a visible deformity in lumbosacral region with vertebral slip and fracture or other deformities of pars interarticularis. this study aims at investigating the characteristics of spondylolisthesis surgery in operated patients. methods & materials/patients: this is a retrospective study which included all the patients who had undergone spondylolisthesis surg...

BACKGROUND Lumbosacral fusion is a relatively common procedure that is used in the management of an unstable spine. The anterior interbody cage has been involved to enhance the stability of a pedicle screw construct used at the lumbosacral junction. Biomechanical differences between polyaxial and monoaxial pedicle screws linked with various rod contours were investigated to analyze the respecti...

This paper is concerned with the solution of Linear Time Varying [LTV] control systems. The concept of a solution for LTV systems is defined on the basis of finding the fundamental matrix corresponding to LTV control systems. There are some numerical methods such as Euler method and Taylor method for obtaining approximate solution of LTV system [LTVs], each of them has some limitations. In the ...