1/3. A clinical guide to surface-EMG-assisted stretching as an adjunct to chronic musculoskeletal pain rehabilitation.Therapeutic stretching is a vital component of chronic musculoskeletal pain rehabilitation for increasing range of motion and counteracting the effects of physical deconditioning. Surface EMG biofeedback is currently being used to facilitate movement and to maximize effective stretching with patients in an interdisciplinary chronic pain rehabilitation program for disabled workers. A clinical protocol with case examples is presented.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = physical (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/3. Blunt trauma soft-tissue uptake on skeletal scintigraphy.Muscle and soft-tissue uptake have been described numerous times in the literature in patients undergoing Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate skeletal scintigraphy following trauma. Many of these traumas range from electrical burns, intramuscular injections, sports-related trauma, and overexercising, to actual physical damage resulting in superficial bruising and skin discoloration. In this case the patient presented with continuing low back pain after falling down some stairs. Although the scan was essentially normal for bony trauma, subtle soft-tissue uptake was detected that was enhanced with the addition of single photon emission computed tomographic imaging and surface rendering.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = physical (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/3. meningitis caused by mycobacterium fortuitum.A previously healthy 16-yr-old Caucasian male developed a relapsing purulent meningitis shortly after a motor accident in venezuela, in which he received a small wound with a retained foreign body in the sacral region. Repeated initial physical examinations, radiographs of lumbar and sacral regions, and contrast myelography failed to demonstrate a cerebrospinal fluid leak or bone involvement, and mycobacterium fortuitum was repeatedly isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid. Finally, from the originally "cured" lumbar wound a purulent material was obtained from which M. fortuitum was also isolated. A retained foreign body was removed, and an abscess and fistulous tract were incised and drained. The patient responded dramatically to the combination of isoniazid plus co-trimoxazole and surgery.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 16.319634890399keywords = physical examination, physical (Clic here for more details about this article) |