Saturday, April 26, 2008
Alternate hot and cold hydrotherapy of the legs were given at ten 25-minute treatments during a three-week period to 20 patients with walking induced pain in the feet and lower limbs. 70% of the patients reported reduced pain after treatment, walking ability before pain and also maximal walking ability sustained up to [...]
Friday, April 18, 2008
In a study to investigate the co-morbidity of chronic refractory headache with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome, seventy-two patients (51 women and 21 men) with chronic and refractory headaches, whose headache occurred during sleep or whose sleep was accompanied by snoring, were submitted to polysomnography.
Patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome began continuous [...]
Friday, April 11, 2008
Patients may present with atypical abdominal and chest pain that may be related to spinal problems. The key features on history that point to spinal referred pain are pain on movement, tenderness and tightness of musculoskeletal structures at a spinal level supplying the painful area, and an absence or paucity of symptoms [...]
Friday, April 04, 2008
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is in front of the ear and the joint movements can be felt if you place your finger at that level. To examine the movements of this joint, the rhythm of the closing and opening of the jaw must be noted. The jaw should open and close easy [...]
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