BACKGROUND The suture bridge (SB) technique and conventional double-row (DR) are both effective in repair of full-thickness rotator cuff tears . However, increasing numbers of scholars believe that the SB technique produces better results than conventional DR because of the higher bone-tendon contact area and pressure. However, The clinical outcomes have been mixed and little direct evidence ha...

OBJECTIVE To investigate an appropriate depth of needle insertion during trigger point injection into the rhomboid major muscle. METHODS Sixty-two patients who visited our department with shoulder or upper back pain participated in this study. The distance between the skin and the rhomboid major muscle (SM) and the distance between the skin and rib (SB) were measured using ultrasonography. Th...

The title compound, dirubidium tetra-anti-monate(V), Rb(2)Sb(4)O(11), has been synthesized by flux reaction. It is isotypic with known A(2)Sb(4)O(11) (A = K, Cs) structures and consists of an (Sb(4)O(11))(2-) skeleton and two Rb atoms as charge-compensating cations. Distorted SbO(6) octa-hedra share edges and corners, resulting in a layered assembly. Alternate stacking of the layers along the c...

We present a study of Sm 3 Sb Zn 2 O 14 (SSZO) through magnetization and specific heat capacity C p ( T ) measurements. SSZO contains well separated planes + magnetic ions on Kagomé lattice. Though our susceptibility (where the data are limited down to K) does not show any anomaly, which have been taken 0.35 K reveal broad maximum at ∼ 1 . 5 followed by sharp peak 0 indicative short-range corre...