The diagnosis of left ventricular obstructive cardiomyopathy can be made in most instances by simple clinical examination, as practised by Paul Wood as early as 1960 (personal communication). Occasionally, there is difficulty in differentiating other causes of a systolic murmur associated with left ventricular disease. We have, therefore, assessed the diagnostic value of palpation of the caroti...

Changes in pain sensitivity throughout the menstrual cycle were assessed in 36 normally menstruating women and 30 users of oral contraceptives. Pain sensitivity was measured with palpation of rheumatological tender points and with pressure dolorimetry. The number of tender points identified by palpation was greater in the follicular (postmenstrual) phase of the cycle as compared to the luteal (...

Touching the cardiac muscle is necessary to get mechanical conditions of muscle before cardiac surgery. The cardiac palpation is the only way to make surgical plans for left ventricular plastic surgery. The training system for cardiac palpation we have developed consists of a MRI-based virtual left ventricular image and a one-dimensional manipulator as a haptic device. Mechanical properties of ...

Many clinical examinations involve palpation and part of the diagnostic process depends on the application of pressure. Teaching and learning such skills is difficult especially for internal examinations. A modification to a veterinary virtual reality (VR) simulator, the Haptic Cow, was planned to teach safe and effective use of pressure for bovine pregnancy diagnosis. Expert technique was capt...

[Purpose] This study investigated the changes in acromion and scapular position after short-term overhead work. [Subjects] Twelve males aged 20-27 years, were recruited. [Methods] We measured the acromial angle and scapular inferior distance using a palpation meter before and after overhead work. [Results] The acromion angle was significantly decreased after the overhead work compared to before...

INTRODUCTION A 73-year-old man with a past medical history of myelodysplastic syndrome and recent chemotherapy presented to the emergency department with a 1-week history of progressively increasing left thigh pain and swelling. His physical examination revealed left anterolateral diffuse thigh swelling with no erythema or warmth to palpation. The anterolateral quadriceps was markedly tender to...

The simulation of organ-organ interaction is indispensable for practical and advanced medical VR simulator such as open surgery and indirect palpation. This paper gives a method to represent interaction between elastic objects i.e. organs in medical VR simulation. The proposed model defines displacements of colliding elements based on temporary surface forces caused by temporary displacements, ...