Textbook Review: What is Osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis is the most common musculoskeletal condition and is a long-term chronic disease “characterized by the degeneration of articular cartilage with hypertrophy of the underlying and adjacent bone” Without the articular cartilage providing a smooth surface for one bone to glide over another, it will cause stiffness, pain, and impaired movement. Osteoarthritis is related to age but associated with a variety of modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors
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The dynamic function of scapular humeral rhythm is essential for normal shoulder joint mobility. The scapulothoracic articulation is formed by the convex surface of the posterior thoracic cage and the concave anterior surface of the scapula and the scapula moves through the gliding mechanism over the convex posterolateral surface of thoracic cage. Physical therapists cannot overlook the scapulohumeral joint function while performing evaluations for patients suffering from shoulder complex ailments
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reader being referred to [5] and [9] for more details. Fig1. The Biped Robot BIP2000 Fig2. BIP without Pelvis 1.1 Mechanical Structure of BIP2000 Designed by the Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides of Poitiers [2], the robot has 15 active joints (fig.3). It is able to walk forward thanks to the rotation of the ankles, knees and hips allowing the flexion/extension of the biped in the sagittal plane (fig.4). The ability of changing direction is given by the trunk, the pelvis and the 2 hips
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Walking keeps many important muscle groups working and they are the key muscles that we need to use every day. It can actually be considered a full body exercise. Although the locomotion comes from the work the legs are doing, the arms still have to swing, and the core still has to work to stabilize us while we are moving. It is a sport that requires cardiovascular and muscular endurance. As we walk forward, we move our thighs and hips backward. This movement engages the gluteus muscles in the
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This article goes into depth about the causes and treatments for the ACL which stands for anterior cruciate ligament, one of the main four ligaments in the knee. The knee is supported by the MCL (medial collateral ligament), LCL (lateral collateral ligament), PCL (posterior cruciate ligament) and ACL. The ACL goes through the middle of the knee, it helps provide motion stability to the knee, it is also known as one of the most commonly injured ligament. People who take part in risky sports such as
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Injury Rehabilitation: Stress Fracture in the Foot Allyson J. Perry Millbrook High School Stress fractures, a tiny crack in a bone caused by repetitive stress or force, often from overuse. Having a stress fracture in the foot affects other parts of the foot other than just the injured site, the other anatomy of the foot that is involved is the metatarsals, calcaneus, fibula, tibia, talus, and the navicular. The signs and symptoms include swelling on top of the foot and/or on the outside of the ankle
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Joint Pain Seminar Unfortunately I was unable to attend the speaker series at the Metro Center. I was working an event at the hospital called “Reducing Joint Pain”. In the marketing department I have been working a lot in the program Spirit of Women. This program has several events and seminars throughout each season to help women with preventative health care. They range from Stress Management to Diabetes to Cancer etc. There is a doctor (sometimes two) that gives a presentation on the given topic
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Implementation of Interactive Motion Representation (IMR) within the Data Manager Aranov V1,2, Van Sint Jan S1,*, Sholukha V2, Rooze M1, Viceconti M3 1 Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium 2 Department of Applied Mathematics, State Polytechnical University of Saint Petersburg, Russia 3 Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Italy * Communicating and contact author: sintjans@ulb.ac.be Introduction Standardization
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Specific Aims. Tendon and ligament injuries are one of the most common orthopedic injuries. An estimated 1 in 1,000 persons injures their Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) per year in the United States. The ACL does not heal spontaneously, most likely due to the lack of vascularization, growth factors and extracellular proteins that promote healing, thus requiring surgical intervention to restore knee function. Suturing the ruptured ACL is not always sufficient to promote healing, therefore the gold
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syndrome in young females. As stated by Petersen et al., some studies have determined that when one’s knee joint experiences a valgus collapse during a one-legged squat, weakness of the hip abductors is indicated. Other studies have shown some people, particularly females, may experience higher muscle forces during both running and walking, which may lead to increased joint stress and joint contact force in those suffering from PFPS. Despite all the research that has been done, as of now no functional
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