pathophysiology of anterior knee pain

... understanding of the pathophysiology of anterior knee pain syndrome Our objectives were: to identify a relationship, or lack of one, between the presence of PFM and the presence of anterior knee pain ... natural history of anterior knee pain caused by overactivity At six years’ follow-up, half of the knees originally with anterior knee pain were still symptomatic, but in only 8% of the originally ... the loss of both osseous and soft tissue homeostasis is more important in the genesis of anterior knee pain than structural characteristics In fact, patients with anterior knee pain often lack...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 17:20

... understanding of the pathophysiology of anterior knee pain syndrome Our objectives were: to identify a relationship, or lack of one, between the presence of PFM and the presence of anterior knee pain ... natural history of anterior knee pain caused by overactivity At six years’ follow-up, half of the knees originally with anterior knee pain were still symptomatic, but in only 8% of the originally ... the loss of both osseous and soft tissue homeostasis is more important in the genesis of anterior knee pain than structural characteristics In fact, patients with anterior knee pain often lack...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 17:20

... purpose of this study was to compare the analgesic efficacy of ropivacaine 7,5 mg/ml in post knee arthroscopy pain We test whether 20 ml of 7,5 mg/ ml ropivacaine gives better analgesia than 10 ml of ... Figure The comparison of VAS values of the groups at 1,2,3 hours The comparison of VAS values of the groups at 1,2,3 hours Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery ... groups Discussion Many modes of postoperative analgesia have been reported for patients undergoing knee arthroscopy [8] The use of opioid drugs, administered by means of either patient-controlled...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... telopeptide of type I collagen; SE, standard error of the mean; s, serum; u, urine knee pain irrespective of grade The presence of pain did not influence the ratio of sC2C/sCPII nor that of uCTXII/sCPII ... March 2008 Patients with knee pain had complained of pain in the medial femorotibial compartment of the studied knee on most days of the month prior to examination and removal of body fluids Patients ... aid in the understanding of the source(s) of knee pain Prior studies of OA knee pain involving biomarkers are limited but results have been encouraging Briefly, elevations of serum cartilage oligomeric...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:22

... bilateral osteoarthritis of the knee for more than months Visual analogue scale score during the most painful knee movement between 40 and 70 mm after days of withdrawal of usual medication Lequesne's ... subscales: pain, stiffness and physical function The pain, stiffness and function subscales of the WOMAC were normalized to a scale of to 100 units (NU) [31] The pain subscale was the average of the ... the most painful knee movement, and Lequesne's Functional Index (LFI) score greater than points after 7-day withdrawal of usual medication A total of 60 selected subjects with symptoms of moderate...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40

... restraints of the surgery RESULTS A total of 174 people (77 women, 97 men; mean age 64, range 22-89) were included Length of follow-up was at least years with a maximum of years Location of facet pain ... 100% relief of their pain in 86% of the patients with a median relief period of months The range of relief varied from zero days to up to 13 months for the facet injection group None of the lumbar ... median period of pain relief being months The range of relief for the radiofrequency group was from zero days to 16 months for all 26 patients who underwent the radiofrequency procedure Of the 14...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:32

... in combination did not reduce pain significantly in patients with OA of the knee However in a subgroup of patients with moderate to severe knee pain the combination of compounds were found to be ... trial of subjects with OA, taking a single oral daily dose of 40 mg UC-II on an empty stomach prior to bedtime for 42 consecutive days, an average of 26% reduction of pain was noted in four of five ... blood measures of OA of the knee compared to G+C It was hypothesized that UC-II would reduce symptoms of OA of the knee to a greater extent than G+C A meta-analysis of 20 randomized control studies...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:48

... a ­  • Activation of macrophages  • Infection controlled  Weeks  Th1+ IL­4  • TNF­a becomes toxic  • NECROSIS  • Failure to control bacterial growth  Toxicity of TNF­a;  role of IL­4 ?  TNF­a ... Moreira et al. (1993) J. Exp. Med. 177, 1675­1680 The use of IL­4 gene knockout Balb/c mice to  look at the role of IL­4 in necrosis and fibrosis in  pulmonary TB  Hernandez­Pando et al  (2004) Eur J Immunol 34, 174­183  • Role of IL­4 in necrosis confirmed  ... strong “Th1” response  … so why does anyone get the disease ?? The Th1 response of the tuberculosis patient fails to eliminate  The problem of “compliance”.  The patient feels better too soon!  “  compliance ...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 13:20

... Shimano Physiology and pathophysiology of the SREBP family SREBP-1c and lipogenesis The SREBP family consists of three isoforms: SREBP1a, SREBP-1c, and SREBP-2 Each isoform has a different regulatory ... Triglyceride 617 Physiology and pathophysiology of the SREBP family H Shimano at G1 [19] In particular, p21 is a direct target of SREBP [20] The role of SREBP-1a in the regulation of cell growth and the ... summarize, SREBP-1c is a physiological regulator of lipogenesis, and activation of SREBP could contribute to obesity-related pathophysiology through modification of tissue-specific gene expression as shown...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 13:20

... Associated with Anterior Knee Pain Summary of Key Messages: Anterior Knee Pain Figures Elements of a Pain History Pain Diagram Categorical Pain Rating Scale Visual Analogue Scale of Pain Intensity ... D Knee Rules: Indications for Knee Xray 64 Appendix E Patient Information Sheets 66 Chapter Acute Low Back Pain Acute Thoracic Spinal Pain Acute Neck Pain Acute Shoulder Pain Anterior Knee Pain ... Neck Pain Summary of Key Messages: Acute Neck Pain Alerting Features of Serious Conditions Associated with Acute Shoulder Pain Summary of Key Messages: Acute Shoulder Pain Alerting Features of...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 11:20

... paint chips Scheme for preparation of liquid paint specimen for deformulation Scheme for deformulation of liquid paint specimen Distillation apparatus for separation of solvents from liquid paint ... spectrogram of right side of laminated film IR spectrum of left side of laminated film IR spectrum of right side of laminated film DSC thermogram of laminated film Scheme for preparation of liquid plastic ... Sources of paint and preparation of solid paint specimens for deformulation Scheme for deformulation of a solid paint specimen SEM micrograph (cross section) of a paint chip Solvent refluxing apparatus...

Ngày tải lên: 02/04/2014, 16:27

... questions Variable n Knee pain present during day: None of the time Some of the time All of the time Knee pain present at night: None of the time Some of the time All of the time Knee pain worse on ... None of the time Some of the time All of the time Knee stiff in morning: None of the time Some of the time All of the time Duration of morning stiffness: Less than hour to hours Over hours Knee ... measures of health and quality of life [2] Only three of the five instruments that incorporate the views of patients have been adequately evaluated for reliability and validity Of these, the Knee Pain...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... tingling) allowing the assessment of the different dimensions of neuropathic pain and two items on frequency and duration of pain Each of the items has a recall of the past 24 hours and items are ... Chronic Pain: Descriptions of Chronic Pain Syndromes and Definitions of Pain Terms 2nd edition Seattle: IASP Press; 1994 Backonja M: Defining neuropathic pain Anesth Analg 2003, 97:785-790 Page of ... the ID Pain [12]) to verify the presence of neuropathic pain: described his/her pain as feeling like pins and needles; described his/her pain as feeling like hot/burning; described his/her pain...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... groups with different stages of OA of the knee of the knee, based on clinical and radiographic signs, to evaluate the clinimetric properties of the Dutch version of the KOOS questionnaire All ... arthroplasty, Revision of TKA; Revision of total knee arthroplasty, ADL, Activities of daily living; QoL; Quality of life Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ... each subscale Revision of TKA; Revision of total knee arthroplasty, AD; Activities of daily living; QoL; Quality of life Discussion The results of this validation study of the Dutch KOOS questionnaire...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... Average speed of the knee and duration of the stance phase of gait on treadmill at four different walking speeds Top: Average speed of the knee and duration of the stance phase of gait on treadmill ... seconds of practice The subject took minute rest after testing for each speed Reproduction of in-vivo knee kinematics The anatomic model of the target knee, including the bony geometry of the ... hyperextension of about -2.5° and external tibial rotation of about -1.5° at all speeds At toeoff, the knee had flexion angles of 43.05 ± 2.18° and 52.35 ± 5.09° and internal tibial rotation of 4.73...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... with anterior talofibular ligament (b) 3D model of to AJC a three-dimensional virtual model(ATFL) and used thecreate (a) MR image of the ankle joint complex (AJC)calcaneofibular (a) MR image of ... virtual model (b) 3D model of the AJC with anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) and calcaneofibular ligament (CFL) Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and ... average body mass index (BMI) of 21.8 kg/m2) were included in this study None of the participating subjects had subjective complaints of ankle pain, previous history of ankle injury requiring treatment,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... Moreland JR: Mechanisms of failure in total knee arthroplasty Clin Orthop Relat Res 1988, 226:49-64 Lotke PA, Ecker ML: Influence of positioning of prosthesis in total knee replacement J Bone ... Component rotation and anterior knee pain after total knee arthroplasty Clin Orthop Relat Res 2001, 392:46-55 Matsuda S, Miura H, Nagamine R, Urabe K, Hirata G, Iwamoto Y: Effect of femoral and tibial ... tracking following total knee arthroplasty: 10-year follow-up of Miller-Galante I knees Am J Knee Surg 2001, 14(3):152-156 Scuderi GR, Komistek RD, Dennis DA, Insall JN: The impact of femoral component...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... assume that a knee arthrodesis is an inferior treatment following knee joint excision, a comparison of patients undergoing knee arthrodesis, constrained total knee arthroplasty and below knee amputation, ... Proliferative factor Ki 67 was also positive in 20% of cells (Figures and 6) En-bloc resection of the knee was performed including the proximal cm of tibia, tibial articular surface, the proximal ... such as knee arthrodesis following infected total knee arthroplasty [39-42] Tomić et al Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2010, 5:47 http://www.josr-online.com/content/5/1/47 Page of Figure...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... on, and FDA-approval of, VS is primarily for use in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, it has also been used successfully in small trials for the treatment of arthritis of the temporomandibular, ... Nociceptive Nerve Activity in an Experimental Model of Knee Joint Oteoarthritis of the Guinea Pig: Effect of Intra-articular Hyaluronan Application Pain 2007, 130:126-136 29 Jean Y, Wen Z, Chang Y, ... Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2010, 5:61 http://www.josr-online.com/content/5/1/61 The rest of the review of systems was unremarkable Notably, the parents denied any history of bleeding...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... http://www.josr-online.com/content/5/1/69 Page of Figure Posteromedial corner of the knee (A) Photograph showing the posterior portion of the sMCL was firmly attached to the medial meniscus of the knee (right knee) ; (B) the anterior ... the location of the medial structures of the knee The outlines of the insertion sites of each ligament were then digitized using a 3D digitizing system which has a reported accuracy of 0.3 mm (MicroScribe ... view of the femoral and tibia attachment of medial structures of the knee (left knee) ; (B) Schematic diagram illustrating the length and width of the meniscofemoral ligament and meniscotibial ligament...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20