Background and Purpose: The purpose of this case report is to describe the physiotherapy management of a patient with overactivity of the pelvic-floor muscles with a limited number of visits and a focus on selfmanagement strategies. Electrogalvanic stimulation (EGS) has been established as a safe and effective treatment for the management of levator ani syndrome (LAS). There is a paucity of rec...

The presence of two antagonistic groups of deep cerebellar nuclei neurons has been reported as necessary for a proper dynamic control of learned motor responses. Most models of cerebellar function seem to ignore the biomechanical need for a double activation-deactivation system controlling eyelid kinematics, since most of them accept that, for closing the eyelid, only the activation of the orbi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of preoperative pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) on histomorphometry, muscle function, urinary continence and quality of life of patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP). MATERIAL AND METHODS A prospective intervention clinical study was designed in 16 patients with indication of RP who were randomized into two groups. The Control Group received rou...

A rare case of unilateral third head of sternocleidomastoid and an extra muscle – levator claviculae were determined unilaterally in a 70-year-old male cadaver during the routine dissections. In the left neck side, it was observed that the sternocleidomastoid muscle also had a third part in addition to known sternal and clavicular heads and levator claviculae muscle which arose from the posteri...

PURPOSE Although several reports of supernumerary orbital muscles related to the levator palpebrae superioris have been published, no case has been associated with congenital eyelid retraction. This report describes an apparent causal relationship between an accessory levator muscle slip and congenital eyelid retraction. METHODS Case report and literature review. RESULTS Release of the anom...

137 Received: December 29, 2008. Accepted: March 24, 2009. Corresponding author: Seong Ho Chang, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University, Anam Hospital, 126-1, Anam-dong 5ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Korea. Tel: 82-2-920-5771, Fax: 82-2929-2936, E-mail: [email protected] Copyright c Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, 2009 cc This is an open-access article d...