This investigation quantified maximum active resultant joint torques in children with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy and nondisabled children. An isokinetic dynamometer rotated the limb (10°/s) while the resultant knee joint torques (both assistive and resistive) during knee extension and flexion in 6 nondisabled children and 26 children with cerebral palsy were recorded. Torque–angle data wer...

As clinicians become more involved in preventative screening, assessment, and treatment of newborns and infants, an increasing need exists for quantitative, normal joint range-of-motion data for this population. We used a goniometer to assess in 40 healthy, full-term newborns the following passive ranges of motion: hip extension, knee extension, ankle plantar flexion, ankle dorsiflexion, and th...

Methodology: We enrolled 30 patients (14 males and 16 females) with chronic neck pain respiratory dysfunction fulfilling inclusion criteria. Two trials of CAROM measurement for flexion, extension, left right lateral flexion rotation were performed, a gap one week to measure test retest reliability CROM device. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), standard errors (SEM) minimal detectable ch...

[Purpose] To explore the differences in bilateral trunk muscle activation between chronic stroke patients and healthy controls, this study investigated the symmetry index and cross-correlation of trunk muscles during trunk flexion and extension movements. This study also assessed the differences in trunk reposition error between groups and the association between trunk reposition error and bila...

OBJECTIVE To determine changes in physical and social function during a prolonged preoperative waiting period and at 3 months after total knee arthroplasty. SUBJECTS Forty-three patients were evaluated on the day that surgery was decided, the day before surgery, and 3 months afterwards. METHODS Knee pain and function were assessed using a visual analogue scale and a functional assessment sy...

Introduction. The proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) is a physiotherapeutic concept based on muscle and joint proprioceptive stimulation. Among its principles, the irradiation is the reaction of the distinct regional muscle contractions to the position of the application of the motions. Objective. To investigate the presence of irradiated dorsiflexion and plantar flexion and the ex...

BACKGROUND Clinical and cadaveric studies have implicated that sub-failure cervical instability likely occurs in a subset of whiplash injury patients. Cadaveric studies have suggested that female specimens suffer from more ligamentous stretch injury than males when exposed to simulated rear end crash vectors. However, these findings have never been tested in an in-vivo clinical setting. DESIG...

BACKGROUND The Dynesys system provides stability for destabilized spines while preserving segmental motion. However, clinical studies have demonstrated that the Dynesys system does not prevent adjacent segment disease. Moreover, biomechanical studies have revealed that the stiffness of the Dynesys system is comparable to rigid fixation. Our previous studies showed that adjusting the cord preten...

To increase in vivo tendon force and gliding after flexor tendon repair, a variety of modifications to the methods by which protective passive motion is administered have been advocated. To determine the relationship between the prime variables, wrist and digital position, muscle activation, and in vivo tendon force, a clinically relevant canine model was developed. Force was measured in the fl...