neurological manifestation may complicate takayasu arteritis (ta). a 23-year-old girl with sudden onset of vision loss was admitted to hospital. her brain mri showed abnormal t2-signal hyperintensity and visual evoked potential revealed prolonged p100 latency. consequently, optic neuritis was diagnosed. a review on history of dizziness, falling, and weak pulses of upper extremities led to more ...

background: anti-phospholipids syndrome (aps) is considered a non inflammatory auto-immune disease with a significant thrombophilic risk with varied clinical manifestations. the purpose of the current study was to investigate the frequency of thrombotic and non-thrombotic events in patients with aps. methods: in this retrospective study, 102 definite aps subjects were recruited (2007-2011) at a...

Physiotherapy research activity, and the extent to which our clinical practice appears supported by good science, has grown at a dramatic rate. There are now over 19 000 clinical trials and almost 4000 systematic reviews relating to physiotherapy practice published worldwide (PEDro 2013) and this is likely to continue to expand. The exponential growth that has already occurred would have amazed...

1 Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Australia. 2 Centre for Research in Evidence Based Practice, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Queensland, Australia. 3 The Chair of the International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors. 4 Editor-In-Chief, International Journal of Physiotherapy and R...

Introduction: In response to long waiting lists and problems with access to primary care physiotherapy, several Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) have developed physiotherapy-led telephone assessment and treatment services. The MRC funded PhysioDirect trial is a randomised trial in four PCTs with a total of 2252 patients comparing this approach with usual physiotherapy care, where patients join a wait...

Background and Purpose Shorter lengths of hospital stay in stroke units could be due to quicker functional recovery or mechanisms of expediting hospital discharge. Methods Stroke survivors with an intermediate prognosis at 2 weeks after stroke (n=146) were randomized for management in a stroke rehabilitation unit or in general wards. Barthel scores were monitored at weekly intervals until hospi...

Physiotherapists provide treatment to restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients suffering from injuries or disease. Women with vulvar pain, dyspareunia, or vaginismus have limited ability to function sexually and often present with musculoskeletal and neurological findings appropriately addressed by a trained physiotherapi...

Nervous localisations of schistosomiasis are rare. We report the case of a 25 year-old Senegalese patient admitted for a progressive myeloradiculitis onset, over a one week period. The diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium myeloradiculitis was made in front of a positive serum serology for S. haematobium, presence of S. haematobium eggs in urine, hyperproteinorachia, endemicity of S. haematobium...

A 24-year-old male patient was initially evaluated for persistent back pain. The visual analogue scale (VAS) score was 7 points. Physical examination revealed a decreased range of lumbar spinal motion, which caused pain. Simple X-ray revealed Meyerding grade 1 spondylolisthesis at L4 on L5, with mild dome-shaped superior endplate and consecutive multilevel spondylolysis at T12-L5. Standing ante...

Introduction: The neurological sequelae are result from the brain damages occasioned by pathologies that affect central nervous system and/or peripheral resulting in malfunction, limitations and physical cognitive incapacities. Among sequels found muscle weakness, hypertonia, hypotonia, limited range of motion, difficulty transferring walking, sensory loss, incoordination postural instability. ...