BACKGROUND The purpose of this prospective study was to examine the progression of fatty muscle degeneration over time in asymptomatic shoulders with degenerative rotator cuff tears. METHODS Subjects with an asymptomatic rotator cuff tear in 1 shoulder and pain due to rotator cuff disease in the contralateral shoulder were enrolled in a prospective cohort. Subjects were followed annually with...

BACKGROUND Large glenoid rim defects in patients with traumatic anterior shoulder instability are often regarded as a contraindication for arthroscopic Bankart repair, with a defect of 20% to 27% considered as the critical size. While recurrence of dislocations, male sex, and collision sports were reported to be the significant factors influencing large glenoid defects, the influences of sublux...

We report a monosomy 18p syndrome in a male patient with polyglandular autoimmune syndrome (PAS) type IIIA. A 34-year-old mentally retarded diabetic male patient with short stature, wide earlaps, old-looking face, straight nasal bone, atrophic mouth, drooping cheeks, full teeth loss, and soft, weak and sparse white hair was admitted to the outpatient endocrinology clinic. Chromosome analysis of...

The symptoms of the disease as gathered from the reports of cases treated in hospital seem to have been the following ;? oss of appetite ; cessation of rumination ; occasional cough ; difficulty of swallowing ; enlargement of the sub maxillary glands, and sores in the mouth ; discharges from the eyes, mouth, and nose; a dry muzzle; frequent diarrhoea with usually slimy stools often containing b...

N Engl J Med 2004;351:1323-31. Copyright © 2004 Massachusetts Medical Society. A healthy 50-year-old man notices that his face is drooping on the right side. On examination, facial asymmetry is evident, and some saliva has accumulated on the right side of the patient’s mouth. When the patient attempts to close his eyes, his right eye does not close, although it rolls upward, and he is unable to...

Turning behavior is part of the basic library of motor synergies. It involves a complex interplay between the different body parts. In this study, we investigate the behavior of shoulders, hips and head during walking and turning tasks with various emotional states and different angles. We found that shoulders and hips follow a strong linear relationship during turning with different angles and...

Science is a career where you do what you love everyday. Our science is built on the shoulders of those who came before us, and in turn we provide shoulders for our students and colleagues to build upon. Of course, seeing the seeds of ideas that we plant bear fruit as interesting science is why I love being a scientist. Looking back it also has been a particularly gratifying challenge to mentor...

Severe injuries to the lower cervical spine may be overlooked when the shoulders obscure this area in the lateral view. This is a familiar clinical problem and generally it is handled by pulling downward on the arms to lower the shoulders [1 -5]. One of us (D . S.) conceived a simple device with which the patient himself exerts the traction by extending his legs . This innovation has certain ad...