Influence of Neck Pain, Cervical Extensor Muscle Fatigue, and Manual Therapy on Wrist Proprioception.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of submaximal isometric neck muscle fatigue and manual therapy on wrist joint position sense (JPS) within healthy individuals and individuals with subclinical neck pain (SCNP).

Methods: Twelve healthy participants and 12 participants with SCNP were recruited. Each group completed 2 sessions, with 48 hours between sessions.

Instructional Cueing Alters Upper Limb Muscle Activity and Kinematics During Elastic Resistance Exercise.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to quantify the differences in upper limb muscle activity and kinematics when performing shoulder elastic resistance exercises with no cue, slouched posture, and corrected posture.

Design: Fifteen healthy participants completed four shoulder elastic resistance exercises (unilateral flexion, bilateral flexion, external rotation, and external rotation with towel) across three simulated body postures (no cue, corrected posture, and slouched posture). Surface electromyography was measured on 16 upper limb muscles and kinematics were collected.

START - introducing a novel assessment of consultant readiness in Paediatrics: the entry not the exit.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) developed a new end-of-training assessment held for the first time in 2012, known as START, the Specialty Trainee Assessment of Readiness for Tenure as a consultant.

START - evaluating a novel assessment of consultant readiness in paediatrics: The entry not the exit.

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) incepted a new end-of-training assessment in 2012, known as START, the Speciality Trainee Assessment of Readiness for Tenure [as a Consultant]. It is a novel, formative, multi-scenario, OSCE-style, out-of-workplace assessment using unseen scenarios with generic, external assessors undertaken in the trainees' penultimate training year. This study considers whether this assessment assists in preparing senior paediatric trainees for consultant working.

Maximising learning on ward rounds.

This study considers different ways of maximising learning opportunities during ward rounds, with particular emphasis on the strengths and challenges of the paediatric environment. The focus is on the most common types of ward round - in acute units involving predominantly trainees - but we hope there will also be much that will interest those who work in other settings such as community clinics. Alongside a review of the best available evidence from the literature, and underpinned by educational theory, suggestions for maximising learning on ward rounds are presented.

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: evaluation of three positional candidate genes, TRPC1, TRPC5 and TRPC6, by association analysis and re-sequencing.

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is the most common inherited form of gastrointestinal obstruction in infancy with a striking male preponderance. Infants present with vomiting due to gastric outlet obstruction caused by hypertrophy of the smooth muscle of the pylorus. Two loci specific to extended pedigrees displaying autosomal dominant inheritance have been identified.

Competency domains in an undergraduate Objective Structured Clinical Examination: their impact on compensatory standard setting.

Context: Following a 15-week attachment in paediatrics and child health, general practice and dermatology medical students in their second clinical year at this medical school undertake a high-stakes assessment including an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). There were 2 hypotheses. Firstly, groups of similar stations map to competency domains identifiable by factor analysis.

Linkage of monogenic infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis to chromosome 16q24.

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is the most common inherited form of gastrointestinal obstruction in infancy. The disease is considered a paradigm for the sex-modified model of multifactorial inheritance and affects males four times more frequently than females. However, extended pedigrees consistent with autosomal dominant inheritance have been documented.

Genome-wide high-density SNP-based linkage analysis of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis identifies loci on chromosomes 11q14-q22 and Xq23.

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) has an incidence of 1-8 per 1000 live births and is inherited as a complex sex-modified multifactorial trait with a striking male preponderance. Syndromic and monogenic forms exist, and two loci have been identified. Infants present with vomiting due to gastric-outlet obstruction caused by hypertrophy of the smooth muscle of the pylorus.

Linkage of monogenic infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis to chromosome 16p12-p13 and evidence for genetic heterogeneity.

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is the most common form of bowel obstruction in infancy. The disease affects males four times more often than females and is considered a paradigm for the sex-modified model of multifactorial inheritance. However, pedigrees consistent with autosomal dominant inheritance have also been documented.