This study ranked the cost-effectiveness of health interventions in the metal working industry in a developing country. Data were based on 82 034 workers of the Northern region of Mexico. Effectiveness was measured through 'healthy life years' (HeaLYs) gained. Costs were estimated per worker according to type and appropriate inputs from selected health interventions. 'Hand' was the anatomical r...

1 Title 1 Inhibitory synaptic modulation of Renshaw cell activity in the lumbar spinal cord of 2 neonatal mice. 3 4 Authors and Affiliation 5 Hiroshi Nishimaru, Tadachika Koganezawa, Miyo Kakizaki, Tatsuhiko Ebihara, 6 Yuchio Yanagawa 4 7 Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 8 305-8577, Japan, Neuroscience Research Institute, National Institute of Adva...

BACKGROUND School scoliosis screening has been carried out around the world. The screen program has never been performed on Chongming Island, the third largest island in China and characterized less population exchange with the rest of China. This study was designed to examine scoliotic parameters in children from Chongming Island and determine whether the parameters differed from those of the ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of lumbar supports, education, and exercise in the prevention of back pain in industry. METHODS A computerised search for controlled clinical trials was conducted. A criteria list was used to assess the methodological quality of the studies. The available evidence for the effectiveness of the interventions was graded with a rating system for the level of ...

Inflammatory markers such as the C-reactive protein (CRP), white blood cell count and body temperature are easy to measure and are used as indicators of infection. The way in which they change in the early post-operative period after instrumented spinal surgery has not been reported in any depth. We measured these markers pre-operatively and at one, four, seven and 14 days postoperatively in 14...

Background: Back pain caused by lumbar region pathologies is a condition that leads to loss of productivity and physical disability, with high costs of diagnosis and treatment. This study was planned to investigate the effect of taping and soft orthosis application on the pain and functional disability in the pathology of lumbar region without neurological deficit. Methods: This study is random...

The specialization of equid limbs for cursoriality is a classic case of adaptive evolution, but the role of the axial skeleton in this famous transition is not well understood. Extant horses are extremely fast and efficient runners, which use a stiff-backed gallop with reduced bending of the lumbar region relative to other mammals. This study tests the hypothesis that stiff-backed running in ho...

Background: Lumbar hernia is a rare hernia which accounts for less than 1.5% of total hernia incidence. Only about 300 cases have been reported in literature. Lumbar hernia herniates through the superior or inferior lumbar triangle. Herniation through inferior triangle is more common, probably due to variable attachment of external oblique and latissimus dorsi to iliac crest. If they are closel...