BACKGROUND In children with cerebral palsy (CP), stiffness, caused by contractile and non-contractile structures, can influence motor performance. This study sought to determine whether the nerve mobility had a relevant impact on motor performance in children with CP. We hypothesized that a positive Straight Leg Raise (SLR) test, as well as smaller SLR hip angle, would relate to lower leg muscl...

In the case of large 1-3 mixing angle as sin 2θ13 ≥ 0.03, we investigate the possibility for measuring the leptonic CP phase by using only νμ → νμ oscillations independently of νμ → νe oscillations. As the result, we find that the best setup to measure the CP phase without strongly depending on the uncertainties of the other parameters is around the energy E = 0.43GeV and the baseline length L ...

Two cases of nontraumatic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea were presumed to be an indirect manifesta tion of brain tumor. One patient had a parietal convexity meningioma and the other a cerebello pontine angle neurinoma. Following excision of the tumors these patients spontaneously developed cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea, which disappeared after the repair of fistulas at the base of the frontal ...

A case of extraaxial cerebello-pontine angle medulloblastoma in a 56 year old male is reported for its unusual location & age. Medulloblastoma accounts for 20% of brain tumors arising in childhood Peak incidence occurs between the 5 & 10 year of life.[1] Cerebellar medulloblastoma is classically seen during childhood, and less than 25% of these tumors are found in adults below 40 years of age. ...

OBJECTIVE To study young patients after scoliosis surgery in order to determine risk and prevention factors for developing a crankshaft phenomenon (CP). MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective study of a cohort of 26 skeletally immature patients. Six were excluded due to progression of various conditions. Crankshaft was defined as an increase in the Cobb angle >10°, or an increase in the Mehta ang...

PURPOSE The aim of the present study was to evaluate the biological response of alkali- and heat-treated titanium-8tantalum-3niobium surfaces by cell proliferation and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity analysis. METHODS Commercial pure titanium (group cp-Ti) and alkali- and heat-treated titanium-8tantalum-3niobium (group AHT) disks were prepared. The surface properties were evaluated using ...

Brugada syndrome (BrS) is one of the most common causes of sudden death in young people. It usually presents with life-threatening arrhythmias in subjects without remarkable medical history. The need for surgical treatment may unmask BrS in otherwise asymptomatic patients. The best anaesthesiological treatment in such cases is matter of debate. We report a case of neurosurgical treatment of cer...

Control of the timing of the inspiratory/expiratory (IE) phase transition is a hallmark of respiratory pattern formation. In principle, sensory feedback from pulmonary stretch receptors (Breuer-Hering reflex, BHR) is seen as the major controller for the IE phase transition, while pontine-based control of IE phase transition by both the pontine Kölliker-Fuse nucleus (KF) and parabrachial complex...

In the title compound, [Fe(C(5)H(5))(C(11)H(8)Br)], the distance of the Fe atom from the centroids of the unsubstituted and substituted cyclo-penta-dienyl (Cp) rings is 1.644 (1) and 1.643 (1) Å, respectively. The ferrocenyl moiety deviates from an eclipsed geometry, with marginally tilted Cp rings and an inter-planar angle between the Cp and benzene rings of 13.0 (4)°. The crystal structure is...