The present study is organized into four parts: at the beginning, the authors explore the historical origin of the HRQOL construct and its definition correlating it to the concepts of body image, stress and family function. The second part is about the impact of the scoliosis diagnosis and conservative treatment on the patient. The third part is a brief description of the measuring instruments ...

Address correspondence to Dr Adel K. Afifi, Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242. Asymptomatic elevation of creatine kinase (CK) was first reported by Rowland, who proposed to call the condition &dquo;high serum enzymes, cause undetermined.&dquo; In 1980, Rowland et al2 coined the term &dquo;... idiopathic hyperCKem...

A case is described of bleeding arising from the falciform ligament which occurred in the absence of obvious local pathology. Spontaneous bleeding from this site hitherto has not been reported. Previously described cases of idiopathic spontaneous haemoperitoneum and factors implicated in the aetiology of this rare condition are reviewed.

This article presents a succinct understanding of how to diagnose and manage hypersomnias of central origin, including narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnia, and recurrent hypersomnias.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the reliability of actigraphy to distinguish the features of estimated daytime and nighttime sleep between patients with central disorders of hypersomnolence and healthy controls. METHODS Thirty-nine drug-naïve patients with Narcolepsy Type 1, twenty-four drug-naïve patients with Idiopathic Hypersomnia, and thirty age- and sex- matched healthy controls underwent seven da...

The two main societies clinically dealing with idiopathic scoliosis are the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS), founded in 1966, and the international Society on Scoliosis Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT), started in 2004. Inside the SRS, the Non-Operative Management Committee (SRS-NOC) has the same clinical interest of SOSORT, that is the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation (or Non-Op...

UNLABELLED Idiopathic scoliosis is one of the most common conditions encountered in paediatric practice. It is a three-dimensional (3D) spinal deformity. Conventional radiography is still the modality of choice for evaluation of children and adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis, but it requires repeat radiographs until skeletal maturity is reached and does not provide information about spinal ...

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a well-recognised entity characterised by calcifications and ossifications of the entheses affecting mainly the spine and peripheral sites. DISH is still insufficiently investigated and understood. The objective of this report is to highlight the present limitations of our understanding of the condition and suggest future research paths.