Shoulder Disease Patterns of the Wheelchair Athletes of Table-Tennis and Archery: A Pilot Study.

Objective: To investigate the shoulder disease patterns for the table-tennis (TT) and archery (AR) wheelchair athletes via ultrasonographic evaluations.

Methods: A total of 35 wheelchair athletes were enrolled, made up of groups of TT (n=19) and AR (n=16) athletes. They were all paraplegic patients and were investigated for their wheelchair usage duration, careers as sports players, weekly training times, the Wheelchair User's Shoulder Pain Index (WUSPI) scores and ultrasonographic evaluation.

Ultrasonographic evaluation of sural nerve for nerve conduction study.

Objective: To understand various morphologic types and locations of the sural nerve (SN) that are important for nerve conduction studies or nerve grafting procedures. The aim of this study was to describe the course and variations of the SN based on ultrasonographic findings for an adequate nerve conduction study.

Methods: A total of 112 SNs in 56 volunteers with no history of trauma or surgery were examined by ultrasonography.