OBJECTIVE To compare ultrasonography with bone scintigraphy in the diagnosis of plantar fasciitis and to compare ultrasound-guided injection with palpation-guided injection in the management of idiopathic plantar fasciitis. METHODS Twenty-three patients with a clinical diagnosis of idiopathic plantar fasciitis in 28 heels underwent ultrasonography and bone scintigraphy of both heels at baseli...

results of the 53 neck dissection specimens, histopathology showed metastases in 16 cases. the overall accuracy of usgfna, us and palpation was 96%, 68% and 70%, respectively. the specificity of usgfna was superior to palpation and us alone. usgfna had the highest sensitivity, predictive value and accuracy in detecting cervical metastases compared with other performed tests. conclusion in our s...

Palpation is an important method of feeling with hands during a physical examination, in which the doctor presses on the surface of the patient body to feel the organs or tissues underneath. In current surgical simulation systems, the lack of an effective sense of touch is still a major problem. In this paper, a dynamic touch-enabled virtual palpation model is proposed. The palpation force sens...

bjective: The objective of this paper was to evaluate the specificity of masseter muscle palpation when compared to its electromyographic activity. Materials and Methods: Twenty-one young female adults, aged between 17 and 25, participated in this research. The speech therapy evaluation data were obtained by two speech therapists through masseter muscle palpation during isometric contraction, a...

Objective: To assess the intraobserver reliability (in terms of hour-to-hour and day-to-day reliability) and the interobserver reliability with 3 palpation procedures for the detection of spinal biomechanic dysfunction in the upper 8 segments of the thoracic spine. Design: A repeated-measures design was used in all substudies. Setting: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital,...

OBJECTIVE The present randomized controlled trial compared arthrocentesis of the effusive knee followed by corticosteroid injection performed by the conventional anatomic landmark palpation-guided technique to the same procedure performed with ultrasound (US) needle guidance. METHODS Sixty-four palpably effusive knees were randomized to (i) palpation-guided arthrocentesis with a conventional ...