Background: Deficits in upper body movement have received little attention during gait in cerebral palsy (CP) children with crouch gait pattern (CGP).Objective: Purpose of this research is to describe the correlation of trunk movement with the excessive knee flexion and ankle kinematic in CP children with CGP.Methods: Gait analysis data from 57 limbs of diplegic CP children with CGP and 26 limb...

the aim of study was to evaluate qualitative and quantitative characteristics of old trees in pattom and namkhaneh districts in the nowshahr, northern iran. the trees quantitative characteristics of dbh, total height, slenderness coefficient, trunk height, crown length, buttress height, and canopy cover area and qualitative characteristics of crown and trunk, i.e., health, vitality, and concurr...

Yazının dergiye gönderilme tarihi: 10.06.2009 Yazının basıma kabul tarihi: 18.07.2009 Abstract Subclavian steal syndrome occurs when there is stenosis of the subclavian artery proximal to vertebral artery. The vertebral artery originates from the subclavian artery just before the origin of internal mammarian artery and, the most common lesion of the vertebral artery is an atheromatous plaque lo...

[Purpose] To explore the differences in bilateral trunk muscle activation between chronic stroke patients and healthy controls, this study investigated the symmetry index and cross-correlation of trunk muscles during trunk flexion and extension movements. This study also assessed the differences in trunk reposition error between groups and the association between trunk reposition error and bila...

congenital anomalies of the great thoracic vessels have been reported in 20% of dogs and cats. in some cases, the vascular ring anomalies remain unrecognized throughout the lifetime of an animal. this report describes a case with an unusual vascular ring anomaly (vra) that was detected during dissection on a cadaver of an approximately two-year-old male native mixed breed dog. no history of the...

background: footwear with a curved “rollover” sole is prescribed to improve walking capability. shoes with a curved sole profile have been reported to alter ankle, knee and hip kinematics and posture and thought to able to modify head and neck, and trunk posture. therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the immediate effects of rollover footwear on standing posture of head and neck, ...

1. the oesophageal plexus is in the structure and arrangement of its larger branches constant. ·2 . two trunks arise from the oesophageal plexus, the . anterior vagal trunk and the posterior vagal trunk; each trunk contains fibers of both left and right vagi nerves. 3. these vagal trunks in the majority of instances pass through the oesophageal opening of the diaphragm each in the form of the o...

purpose: this study aimed to assess the effect of boston brace on trunk muscles length as well as lower limbs and trunk range of motion in patients with idiopathic scoliosis. methods: five patients with idiopathic scoliosis with c shape curve and mean (sd) age, height, and weight of respectively 12.61(1.16) years, 1.53(0.08) m, and 35.6(6.1) kg participated in this study. spatiotemporal paramet...