An AB single-subject research design was used to assess the effectiveness of a short thumb opponens splint on hand function in a 4-year-old girl with cerebral palsy. Baseline data for active range of motion, grip and pinch strength, grasp patterns, the Box and Block Test of manual dexterity (Mathiowetz, Voland, Kashman, & Weber, 1985), and 1-in. cube stacking were collected twice a week for 4 w...

ةــصلاـخلا : سا وه ةنيجهلا ملعتلا ةمظنأ يدحت نإ تامولعملا رداصم دحأ نم ةعبانلا تامولعملا لامعت رخآ ردصم نع ةمجانلا صئاقنلا ةنزاومل . كلذ و ةدعاو ثحب ةهجو لثمي يزمرلا يكبشلا جزملا نإ ةيزمرلا نيتقيرطلا نيب دضاعتلا نلأ ) ةيرظنلا ( ةيكبشلا و ) ةيبيرجتلا ( لآ لامعتسا نم ةيلاعف رثآأ ادح ىلع امهنم ةدحاو . لا اذه فصي ،يزمر يكبش فنصم ةطساوب ةيفرحلا ةيبرعلا غلابملا ىلع فرعتلل اماظن ثحب ،ةيلاملا غلابملا...

ناآ دقل رهوج ،ةيفخ ةفصب تامولعملا لاسرإ و لاصتلاا عوضوم مدقلا ذنم مامتهلاا و ديعب نمز ذنم عساو لكشب مدختست ةيصنلا قئاثولا تناآ ، صوصنلا يف تامولعملا ءافخلإ ةفلتخم اًقرط مويلا ىتح نمز ذنم دهشن نحن كلذل ) Text Steganography .( لاقملا اذه نإ ط لوانتي ةيبرعلا و ةيسرافلا صوصنلا يف تامولعملا ءافخلإ ةديدج ةقير . و دوآ ينويلا ةفصاوم يف دجوي ) Unicode ( ءايلا فرحل نافلتخم نازمر » ى « ، فاكلا فرحل كلذآو...

Treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) remains a challenge for hand surgeons. Carpal tunnel release (CTR) using nasal instruments has the advantages of both endoscopy and open surgery. In this study we aimed to explore the effectiveness of CTR using nasal instruments in Chinese patients.We present a case series of 49 cases of idiopathic CTS treated with the mini-incision technique using nasa...

BACKGROUND Arthritis at the trapeziometacarpal joint of the thumb is common. Several surgical options exist showing favorable results. We report the outcomes after interposition of allograft knee meniscus for thumb trapeziometacarpal arthritis. METHODS Twenty-three patients (25 thumbs) had surgery for thumb trapeziometacarpal arthritis using knee meniscal allograft tissue. Eleven thumbs had a...

PURPOSE To determine the reliability and measurement error of measurements of intrinsic muscle strength of a new hand-held dynamometer (the Rotterdam Intrinsic Hand Myometer [RIHM]). METHODS With the RIHM we obtained repeated measurements of the intrinsic muscle strength of the hand in 27 patients with peripheral nerve injury of the ulnar and/or median nerve in different stages of rehabilitat...

Many recent motor control studies such as the synthesis of robotic controllers have been inspired from biological systems. In this paper, a new neural network approach, inspired from neurophysiological theories, is proposed to control multidimensional redundant systems. The main goal of this approach is to perform pinch or grip movement by modeling the cerebro-cerebellar learning of visuomotor ...

The long-term results of the key grip procedure (tenodesis of the flexor pollicis longus tendon to the radius, release of the A1 pulley, and percutaneous pin fixation of the interphalangeal joint of the thumb) were evaluated in 10 tetraplegic patients. Seven patients also had tenodesis of the extensor pollicis longus and brevis tendons to prevent flexion at the metacarpophalangeal (MP) joint. P...

BACKGROUND Although there are several studies of systemic corticosteroid therapies in various doses and various durations in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), the outcome measurement parameters are limited to the range of motion measurements, edema, and symptoms of CRPS. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of prednisolone on clinical symptoms, pain, hand grip strength, range of motion, ...