Sunday, September 06, 2009
Why and how does lateral epicondylitis occur to give rise to elbow pain? This study examined the anatomy of the lateral aspect of the elbow under static and dynamic conditions in order to identify bone-to-tendon and tendon-to-tendon contact or rubbing that might cause abrasion of the tissues.
Eighty-five cadaveric elbows [...]
Monday, July 27, 2009
Golf induced elbow and neck pain were my friend’s symptoms and this blog is especially for her and all golfers who should know how these injuries occur and what can be done about prevention and treatment.
Golfers most frequently report injuries to the low back, nondominant shoulder, and elbow. Injury patterns differ between [...]
Sunday, March 08, 2009
This study investigated the presence of active and latent muscle trigger points (TrPs) in the forearm musculature on both affected and unaffected sides in patients with tennis elbow or lateral epicondylalgia (LE) and healthy controls.
Twenty-five patients with LE and 20 healthy matched controls participated. Both groups were examined for the presence of [...]
February 15, 2009
This study performed upper-extremity physical examinations on a sample of United States adults age 60+ yrs. Data for demographics, pain history, analgesic use, and activity limitations were obtained by interview to determine the prevalence of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis using American College of Rheumatology (ACR) physical examination criteria.
Among United States adults, 58% had Heberden's [...]
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Patients complaining of pain in tooth bearing regions of the oral cavity may be suffering from a disorder unrelated to pulpal pathology.
Unnecessary dental procedures may complicate the diagnosis and aggravate the underlying disorder. Referral of pain to the oral cavity and teeth may easily be explained by the extensive neurological connections [...]
Saturday, January 17, 2009
The prevalence of neck muscle pain has steadily increased and especially pain from the descending part of the trapezius muscle has been associated with monotonous work tasks such as computer work. Physical exercise is generally recommended as treatment, but it is unclear which type of training is most effective.
The objective of this [...]
Saturday, January 10, 2009
This study examined if patients with whiplash injury show identifiable increases in neck muscle fatigability and associated increase in postural body sway after contractions of dorsal neck muscles, and if physiotherapy treatment reduces these effects.
Sway was measured during stance in 13 patients before and after 5 min of isometric dorsal neck [...]
Friday, January 02, 2009
A study was performed to investigate whether an exercise program supplemented with ice is more successful than the exercise program alone in treating patients with lateral elbow tendinopathy (tennis elbow) The exercise program consisted of slow progressive eccentric (lengthening) exercises of wrist extensors and static stretching of the extensor carpi radialis brevis [...]
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Caffeine dependence is a frequent cause of chronic daily headache. As little as 100 mg caffeine may be enough to cause the headache, i.e. the equivalent of one cup of coffee, one bar of dark chocolate, 2 cups of tea or 2 tablets of an analgesic-coffee combination preparation. The therapy consists of [...]
October 4, 2008
Acute anterior shoulder dislocation is the commonest type of shoulder dislocation. Subsequently, the shoulder is less stable and more susceptible to re-dislocation, especially in active young adults.
A search in the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Injuries (1996-2003) to compare surgical versus non-surgical treatment for acute anterior dislocation of the shoulder involved a total of 239 young [...]
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