abnormal elongation of the mandibular coronoid process is rare and its etiology is not yet elucidated. the aim of this report is to demonstrate and discuss the relationship between elongated mandibular coronoid process and limitation of mouth opening with cone beam computed tomography. although the clinical characteristic of elongation of the coronoid process is mandibular limitation, in this r...

Purpose: This study was accomplished to investigate the electromyographic activity of 3 plyometric exercises (tuck jump and single leg hop in sagittal and frontal planes) to find out the appropriate procedures for strengthening biceps femoris and gluteus medius muscles. Methods: The kind of study is applied and data were collected from the supervised exercises of 15 male athletes without i...

Purpose: Given the high prevalence of varus malalignment of the knee and the consequences of walking on different surfaces on this malalignment, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of walking inclination on knee angle in the frontal plane of patients with varus malalignment. Methods: 18 male subjects with varus malalignment classified at grade 3 bowleg, within the a...

results: the most important diseases to consider in the differential diagnosis of fphl include chronic telogen effluvium (cte), permanent alopecia after chemotherapy (pac), alopecia areata incognito (aai) and frontal fibrosing alopecia (ffa). this review describes criteria for distinguishing these conditions from fphl. conclusions: the only approved treatment for fphl, which is 2% topical minox...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of frontal sinus drillout surgery for the treatment of chronic frontal sinusitis. DESIGN Retrospective case-control study. Mean +/- SD follow-up was 4.1 +/- 1.53 years (range, 1.4-6.9 years). SETTING Academic medical center. PATIENTS One hundred consecutive patients with chronic sinusitis who underwent frontal sinus drillout surgery. Indications were fa...

Stopping is a critical aspect of brain function. Like other voluntary actions, it is defined by its context as much as by its execution. Its neural substrate must therefore reflect both. Here, we distinguish those elements of the underlying brain circuit that preferentially reflect contextual aspects of stopping from those related to its execution. Contextual complexity of stopping was modulate...