Background Idiopathic Scoliosis (IS) is a progressive disorder with reduced mobility of the spine. This makes corrections difficult or sometimes even inhibits postural changes. Even when correction of frontal or coronal plane deformity seems successful, sagittal correction mostly is not addressed appropriately. This might be due to functional tethering of the spinal cord or even of peripheral n...

[B] Fig.3. SAR10g distribution(128MHz) of central coronal plane at different position (Heart[A] and Navel[B] in the middle of the coil)of three models:P3, P6 and P9, respectively(from left to right) [A] [B] Fig.2. SAR1g distribution(64MHz) of central sagittal plane at different position (Heart[A] and Navel[B] in the middle of the coil)of three models:P3 P6 and P9 SAR Evaluation of Whole-body Pr...

restoration of the sagittal alignment is one of the fundamental goals in scoliosis correction surgery. having an increase in popularity of segmental spinal instrumentation, thoracic kyphosis (tk) is often sacrificed to achieve frontal and axial plane correction. patients with a lenke type 1 deformity underwent selective thoracic fusion (lowest instrumented vertebra of t12 or l1) using correctiv...

Background: To investigate whether endometrial volume on the day of HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) administration is a predictor of ART (assisted reproductive outcome) outcome Materials and Methods: Two hundred and seven patients in ART cycle were included in this prospective study; In order to evaluate endometrial volume and its relationship to ART outcome. Endometrial volume obtained from...

Pusher syndrome is classically described as disorder of body orientation in the coronal plane. It is characterized by a tilt towards the contralesional paretic side and a resistance to external attempts to rectify. It occurs mainly in stroke patients, however, non-stroke causes have been described too. In 2010 the concept of the posterior pusher syndrome had been proposed, defined as disturbanc...

BACKGROUND Cobb measurement of standing radiographs is the standard for clinical assessment of coronal spinal deformity. Angle of trunk inclination (ATI) is an accepted clinical measurement of trunk asymmetry, and has variable reported correlations with Cobb angles. Transverse plane spine deformity is most accurately measured using axial computed tomography. Aaro and Dahlbourn's technique for q...

BACKGROUND The function of the anteromedial (AM) and posterolateral (PL) bundles of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during gait has not been reported. HYPOTHESIS The AM and PL bundles have distinct functional behavior during the stance phase of treadmill gait. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive laboratory study. METHODS Three-dimensional models of the knee were created by magnetic resonance im...

We present a new method to analyze, classify and characterize 3D landmark-based shapes. It is based on a framework provided by oriented matroid theory, that is on a combinatorial encoding of convexity properties. We apply this method to a set of skull shapes presenting various types of coronal craniosynostosis.