[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to document the effect of individual strengthening exercises for posterior pelvic tilt muscles on back pain, pelvic tilt angle, and lumbar ROM of a low back pain (LBP) patient with excessive lordosis. [Subjects] The subject was a 28 year-old male with excessive lordosis who complained of severe LBP at the L3 level. [Methods] He performed individual streng...

OBJECTIVE To give a unifying description of nasal muscles and ligaments corresponding to anatomical and surgical findings such as the dermocartilaginous ligament described by Pintanguy in 2001. METHODS In 30 fresh cadavers of white individuals, nasal dissections were performed, divided into 3 different approaches: from radix to nasal tip, from nasal tip to radix, and from midline to lateral. ...

The blocking of the posterior tibial, sural, saphenous, superficial peroneal, and the deep peroneal nerves with possible alternative approaches is discussed. Digital blocks, Mayo blocks, and intravenous regional anesthesia are also discussed. The placement of the tourniquet above the ankle but below the calf muscles will avoid deep muscle pain. Lidocaine and bupivacaine cause vasodilatation in ...

Giant basal cell carcinoma (BCC), defined as a lesion greater than 5 cm at its largest diameter, is a rare variant of BCC. In contrast to small BCC, giant BCC develops on skin that is not exposed to sunlight, including the back, shoulder, groin and thigh. Most of the histopathologic subtypes of giant BCC are micronodular, morpheaform and nodular, but the superficial subtype is rare. Giant super...

Abstract Objective We report the case of a 40-year-old man with an inveterate ulnar nerve neuroma following laceration injury his left wrist twenty-three years ago. The patient presented typical claw-hand deformity and debilitating neuropathic pain in hand (VAS 8.4). Pre-operative imaging revealed at Guyon's canal. Moreover, complete atrophy all intrinsic muscles innervated by was present. Meth...

In this paper we extend previous work [Aubel00] and propose a muscle model suitable for computer graphics based on physiological and anatomical considerations. Muscle motion and deformation is automatically derived from an action line that is deformed using a 1D mass-spring system. The resulting model is fast and can accommodate most superficial human muscles.

In this overview, new and existent material on the organization and composition of the thoracolumbar fascia (TLF) will be evaluated in respect to its anatomy, innervation biomechanics and clinical relevance. The integration of the passive connective tissues of the TLF and active muscular structures surrounding this structure are discussed, and the relevance of their mutual interactions in relat...