Abstract   The leg is a complex district with functions of weightbearing support, stability,   and motility. The management of extensive and complex defects is more challenging   and often results in leg amputation or shortening. Leg amputation is a severe   mutilation that alters the patient’s work and social life by limiting ambulation and   self-sufficiency. During a 3 years period we trea...

background: ninety percent of all people sometimes during their lives experience low back pain, and 30-40% develops radicular leg pain with the sciatica characteristics. although for clinical diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation (ldh) straight leg raising (slr) test in 85-90% of cases indicates ldh, but in our practice with ldh patients this test is frequently negative despite radicular leg pain...

non-somatic causes of pain may aggravate painful complaints and complicate the conservative management of diseases such as lumbo-sacral disk root disease. the two-point discrimination test has been used for assessment of diseases, which change patients' skin sensation. this study aims to find out how applicable is two-point discrimination test in the conservative treatment of lumbo-sacral disk ...

arterial sclerosis has been extensively described but reports on venous sclerosis are very sparse. phlebosclerosis refers to the thickening and hardening of the venous wall. despite its morphological similarities with arteriosclerosis and potential morbid consequences, phlebosclerosis has gained only little attention. we report a 72 year old male with paralysis and atrophy of the right leg due ...

conclusions lavender oil massage was effective to improve rls in hemodialysis patients. it has no adverse effects, is practical and cost-effective. it is suggested to be used along with routine treatment of rls in hemodialysis patients. results the mean rls scores were not significantly different in the two groups at the start of study (22.41 ± 7.67 vs. 22.90 ± 4.38, p = 0.76). at the end of st...

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objectives: the purpose of current study was to compare the effect of aging on balance in different sensory conditions. methods & materials: in this cross sectional study we compared 20 healthy youth (with age 22.75±2.29) and 20 healthy older adults (with age 65.1±4.16) in single leg standing in different sensory conditions. sensory conditions were open eye/ hard surface (oehs), closed eye/ har...