Introduction Fracture of the neck of the femur is common in older people. It often occurs in a single hip, with osteoporosis being the most common cause. S... RO Ayorinde,CA Okolo - 《J Med Case Rep》 被引量: 10发表: 2009年 Stress fracture of the femoral neck in a child: a case...
Obese children have difficulty breathing, a tendency for high blood pressure, early signs of cardiovascular disease, and insulin resistance, in addition to fatigue and fracture risks [97]. Obesity in childhood has also been related to an increased possibility of adult obesity, early death, and dis...
We included in the review all articles concerning instrumental evaluation of gait after ankle fracture that met the following criteria: (a) published in English language; (b) published since year 2000; (c) involving adults > 18 years of age, thus excluding articles enrolling children; (d) dire...
OBJECTIVE: To provide information about children with a skull fracture in the Edinburgh area, since head injury is the single most important traumatic cause of death in children over 1 year of age. METHODS: During the period January 1983 to December 1989, all children in the Edinburgh area ...
7-12 The concept of overdiagnosis is well established in cancer,13,14 but it also occurs in noncancer conditions.15-17 Methods to investigate overdiagnosis in noncancer conditions were published recently18 but have not been applied to ADHD yet. Overdiagnosis of ADHD could happen because of ...
It occurs in 1 in 3000 to 1 in 100,000 live births15,16,17. It was not until recently that nonsense IGF2 mutations were discovered in these patients, revealing a role for IGF2 in postnatal skeletal growth18,19. Interestingly, children with IGF2 mutations had near normal levels of IGF1...
An osteochondral lesion, also known as osteochondritis dissecans, typically occurs in children and is mostly located in the capitellum or trochlea. Due to repetitive valgus stress or axial loading, especially in pitchers and gymnasts, subchondral infarction occurs, followed by chondral lesions and de...
It should be noted that crew in a spacecraft is certainly not a novel topic. Winchell Chung’sAtomic Rocketswebsite has a great break down on all of the considerations of crew. In Children of a Dead Earth, most capital ships run between 40 to 80 crew, and are based heavily on modern...
Physical activity (PA) is associated with a diverse range of health benefits. International guidelines suggest that children should be participating in a minimum of 60 min of moderate to vigorous intensity PA per day to achieve these benefits. However
As a degenerative disease, OA always occurs in elderly populations; thus, aging is a major risk factor for the most common form in humans, spontaneous OA. Several laboratory animals develop spontaneous OA, which approximates the stages of human OA progression. These animal models are valuable too...