The management of cervicocephalic arterial dissections raises many unsolved issues such as: how to best acutely treat patients who present with ischemic stroke or occasionally with sub-arachnoid hemorrhage? How to best prevent ischemic stroke in patients who present with purely local signs such as headache, painful Horner Syndrome or neck pain? How long and how should patients be treated after ...

Upper cervical pain and/or headaches originating from the C0 to C3 segments are pain-states that are commonly encountered in the clinic. The upper cervical spine anatomically and biomechanically differs from the lower cervical spine. Patients with upper cervical disorders fall into two clinical groups: (1) local cervical syndrome; and (2) cervicocephalic syndrome. Symptoms associated with vario...

This manuscript seeks to test a comprehensive model of job relocation decisions by conducting two independent but complementary investigations. The first study, using qualitative methods, inductively determined the key situational antecedents to job relocation decisions. The sample included 60 managers and executives from two U.S. multi-site service organizations. Results suggested that five si...

BACKGROUND Advancements in upper limb prosthesis design have focused on providing increased degrees of freedom for the end effector through multiple articulations of a prosthetic hand, wrist and elbow. Measuring improvement in patient function with these devices requires development of appropriate assessment tools. OBJECTIVES This study presents a refined clothespin relocation test for measur...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cervicocephalic artery dissection (CAD) after childbirth is rare. The objective of this study was to determine differences between postpartum and nonpostpartum CAD. METHODS We compared consecutive patients with postpartum CAD with a control group of women with nonpostpartum CAD. RESULTS Of 245 patients with CAD, 102 women <50 years (6 with postpartum CAD and 96 with n...