A 51 year old woman presented to the emergency department after being found on the floor beside her bed—she had fallen and was unable to get up. She had no angina, palpitations, dyspnoea, nausea, diaphoresis, or loss of consciousness before, during, or after the fall. She reported difficu...
The surgery for spinal tumor or intervertebral disc protrusion should be taken only when leg weakness or loss of sensation is present. A person also has to wear an orthosis (a belt for the back which gives support and restricts some movement) after surgery for a long period of time. Orthosi...
Cauda equina syndromedescribes a neurosurgical emergency in which back painmay be associated with weakness, numbness around the perineal area (rectum, scrotum, vagina),inability to urinate, and loss of bowel control. The spinal cord ends in a mass of nerve roots that appear like a horse's tail...
Tendonitis is a common overuse injury in the leg. It occurs when tendons become inflamed. In addition to pain, tendonitis can cause stiffness, swelling, and sometimes muscle weakness. Tendonitis symptoms are usually worse with activity and improve with rest. Examples of specific overuse injuries tha...
weakness and soreness in both legs. Approximately 3 ½ months after his release from the hospital, our client was released to full duty, still carrying the scar from the 22 staples used to close his head wound and continued stiffness, pain and weakness in his right hip and buttocks, as ...
Postoperativeleg pain, a long duration of leg pain or aggravation of leg pain after the operation, numbness, swelling and tingling on the leg, local muscle atrophy, weakness of the leg, a preference for warmth and massage, aggravation of leg pain after exertion, a pale tongue with a thin ...
weightand, as such, may contribute to many leg injuries. Lower extremity running injuries have been associated with hip abductor and flexorweakness. Gluteus medius weakness has also been thought to increase the stress on, and the likelihood of injuries to, the hip rotators and piriformis with ...
aWeakness is apparent in the housing sector. On the activity side, dwelling approvals slumped 7.7% in February to be 18% below the average level of Q1 2011. This points to housing construction declining near-term, following a 4% fall in Q4. In addition, household wealth has been dented ...
Muscle glycogen levels below ~70 mmol/kg are thought to cause weakness and limited force production. [47] This phenomenon is referred to as glycogen depletion and is one of the factors that cause fatigue during long workout sessions, or ones that are done on an empty stomach. [48] ...
reported that a preseason 90°-abducted shoulder external rotation deficit was an independent risk factor for elbow injuries during the upcoming season in professional baseball players36. Regarding supraspinatus strength, Byram et al. revealed that supraspinatus weakness was significantly related to shoulder...