BACKGROUND The clinical and radiologic features of radial tears of the medial meniscus posterior horn were compared with those of horizontal tears. METHODS From January 2007 to December 2008, 387 consecutive cases of medial meniscal tears were treated arthroscopically. Among these, 91 were radial tears in the medial meniscus posterior horn, and 95 were horizontal tears in the posterior segmen...

PURPOSE To assess whether the lacrimal gland is a possible site of synthesis of transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) and to characterize TGF-alpha biochemically in human tears. METHODS Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) amplification was used to analyze rat lacrimal glands for the presence of TGF-alpha mRNA. Specific monoclonal antibodies were used to localize TG...

OBJECTIVE Psychological stress affects the condition of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We evaluated the neuroendocrine and immune responses (NEIRs) in the peripheral blood to psychological stress induced by deep emotion with tears in patients with RA. METHODS We compared the levels of plasma cortisol and interleukin-6 (IL-6), the CD4/CD8 ratio, and natural killer (NK) cell activity ...

People sometimes experience a strong emotional response to artworks. Previous studies have demonstrated that the peak emotional experience of chills (goose bumps or shivers) when listening to music involves psychophysiological arousal and a rewarding effect. However, many aspects of peak emotion are still not understood. The current research takes a new perspective of peak emotional response of...

The objective of this study is to describe the MRI features in various traumatic and non traumatic lesions causing painful knee joint. Materials and methods: 140 consecutive patients with painful knee joint were selected for the study from October 2012 to April 2014. Clinical examinations, MRI knee (within 4 days of referral) & in selected cases arthroscopy was performed and the findings were c...

BACKGROUND Meniscal root tears present in many forms and can have profound consequences on the health of knee articular cartilage. While the biomechanics, natural history, and treatment of root tears have been increasingly investigated, the spectrum of meniscal root tear patterns observed during arthroscopic examination has yet to be defined and categorized. PURPOSE To establish a classificat...

introduction: scintigraphy has been considered as a useful tool in the assessment of meniscal tears. our objective was to assess the accuracy of single photon emission tomography (spect), using mri as the gold standard, in the diagnosis of meniscal tears. materials and methods: between january 2003 and february 2005, 45 patients were studied with spect and mri. results: the respective sensitivi...

Magnetic resonance imaging makes it possible to inspect the status of the rotator cuff and the shape of the acromion. To clarify the relationship between acromial shapes and rotator cuff tears, we evaluated magnetic resonance images obtained in 192 shoulders. We classified the acromial shapes into 3 types: type I (flat), type II (curved), and type III (hooked). Among a group of 91 shoulders wit...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether occult bony injuries or other characteristic MR abnormalities are frequent in patients suspected of having traumatic tears of the rotator cuff. SUBJECTS AND METHODS MR arthrography of the shoulder was performed in 24 consecutive patients with suspected traumatic tears of the rotator cuff. MR findings were analyzed with regard to abn...

PURPOSE To determine amounts and biochemical characteristics of substance P-like immunoreactivity (SPLI) in tears of normal human subjects. METHODS Forty-three healthy subjects (16 males and 27 females; age range, 17-80 years) participated. Ten microliters of unstimulated tears were collected with a micropipette from one eye of all subjects. Tear samples were partially purified by C-18 cartri...