BACKGROUND Structured examination routines have been developed as educational resources for musculoskeletal clinical skills teaching, including Gait-Arms-Legs-Spine (GALS), Regional Examination of the Musculoskeletal System (REMS) and paediatric GALS (pGALS). In this study, we aimed to assess the awareness and use of these examination routines in undergraduate medical teaching in UK medical sch...

Objectives: The GALS (Gait, Arms, Legs and Spine) examination is a compact version of standard procedures used by rheumatologists to determine musculoskeletal disorders in patients. Computerization of such a clinical procedure is necessary to ensure an objective evaluation. This article presents the first steps in such an approach by outlining a procedure to use motion analysis techniques as a ...

objectives: the gals (gait, arms, legs and spine) examination is a compact version of standard procedures used by rheumatologists to determine musculoskeletal disorders in patients. computerization of such a clinical procedure is necessary to ensure an objective evaluation. this article presents the first steps in such an approach by outlining a procedure to use motion analysis techniques as a ...

OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a musculoskeletal screening examination applicable to school-age children based on the adult Gait, Arms, Legs, Spine (GALS) screen. METHODS Adult GALS was tested in consecutive school-age children attending pediatric rheumatology clinics and was compared with an examination conducted, on the same day, by a pediatric rheumatologist who classified children as h...

BACKGROUND Specialists in Rheumatology and Orthopaedics are frequently involved in undergraduate teaching of musculoskeletal (MSK) examination skills. Students often report that specialty-led teaching is inconsistent, confusing and bears little resemblance to the curricula. The Gait, Arms, Legs and Spine (GALS) is a MSK screening tool that provides a standardised approach to examination despite...

OBJECTIVES Examination of the locomotor system is frequently neglected. Therefore, the GALS locomotor screen (Gait, Arms, Legs, Spine) has been proposed by Doherty et al as a practical method of identifying functionally important problems. This study was designed to test whether this screen reflects functional impairment, as measured by accepted health status measures. METHODS Two observers p...

Abstract Background/Aims Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders are among the major causes of disability worldwide, accounting for 20% all years lived with disability. MSK linked to other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as their adverse impact on mobility may promote development NCDs. Prevalence studies in Africa limited most coming from South Africa, while none have been previously performed Tanzani...

BACKGROUND As the proportion of the Canadian population > or =65 grows, so too does the prevalence of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. Approximately 20% of visits to family physicians occur as a result of MSK complaints. The GALS (Gait, Arms, Legs, and Spine) screening examination was developed to assist in the detection of MSK abnormalities. Although MSK exams are primarily performed by rheum...

In thispaper, we propose the design of globallyasynchronouslocallysynchronous (GALS) microprogrammedparallelfinite impulse response (FIR) filterusingpipelined GALS Baugh Wooley Multiplier. The primary objective is to demonstratelow power implementation of microprogrammedparallel GALS FIR filter for digital signal processing applications. Fullysynchronousmicroprogrammedparallel FIR filter and GA...

The GALS (Globally Asynchronous Locally Synchronous) approach is highly suitable for implementation of communication systems. In this paper we describe an efficient design flow for GALS design based on commercial tools. As design example we have selected a digital FIR filter. It is a nontrivial task to develop an efficient design flow for GALS based systems because of the asynchronous parts. Bo...