Preseason functional testing in young basketball players: asymmetries and intercorrelations.

[Purpose] The present study aimed to examine the existence and degree of possible asymmetries of functional test performance and their intercorrelations in the lower extremities of young basketball players. [Participants and Methods] Twenty-seven healthy male basketball players (age: 15.52 ± 1.

The Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale: evidencing construct validity with factor analysis and measurement invariance in Greek-speaking healthcare students.

Purpose: To explore the construct validity and reliability of the Greek version of the Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale (IDPS) amongst healthcare students.

Methods: Greek IDPS factors were extracted and confirmed by Analysis of Moment Structures. Measurement invariance for the group of students completing a clinical module with people with disabilities was also evaluated.

Traumatic pneumorrhachis: etiology, pathomechanism, diagnosis, and treatment.

Background Context: Traumatic pneumorrhachis (PR) is a rare entity, consisting of air within the spinal canal. It can be classified as epidural or subarachnoid, identifying the anatomical space where the air is located, and is associated with different etiologies, pathology, and treatments.

Purpose: To conduct a systematic review of the scientific literature focused on the etiology, pathomechanism, diagnosis, and treatment of PR, and to report a case of an asymptomatic epidural type.

Ninety-degree chevron osteotomy for correction of hallux valgus deformity: clinical data and finite element analysis.

Hallux valgus is a very common foot disorder, with its prevalence estimated at 33% in adult shoe-wearing populations. Conservative management is the initial treatment of choice for this condition, but surgery is sometimes needed. The 60(0) angle Chevron osteotomy is an accepted method for correction of mild to moderate hallux valgus in adults less than 60 years old.

Kümmell' s disease: A rare spine entity in a young adult.

Over 100 years ago, Dr Hermann Kümmell described a rare clinical entity in which patients, after a trivial trauma and an asymptomatic period, developed a progressive vertebral body collapse and a painful kyphosis. We present the case of a 31years old heavy labourer, fitting Kümmell's criteria. The patient referred to us in an incapacitated state, due to persistent back pain.

Surgical management of cervical spondyloarthropathy in hemodialysis patients.

Dialysis-related spondyloarthropathy is a rare cause of spinal deformity and cervical myelopathy. Optimal management of cervical spine spondyloarthropathy often requires circumferential reconstructive surgery, because affected patients typically have both the anterior column and the facet joints compromised. The occasional presence of noncontiguous or "skip lesions" adds an additional level of complexity to surgical management, because decompression and fusion in an isolated segment of neural compression can worsen spine deformity by applying increased stress to adjacent cervical spine segments.

An unusual complication of Mitek suture anchor use in primary treatment of flexor digitorum profundus tendon laceration: a case report.

Introduction: A case of an osteolysis by Mitek anchor-suture is presented.

Case Presentation: A case of index finger's flexor digitorum profundus tendon primary reconstruction with the use of Mitek anchor is presented here. Within a 14 month period, Mitek suture anchor caused local foreign body reaction with osteolysis and ulceration of the palmar skin of the finger while on the other hand tendon's healing was successfully completed.

The adult spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormalities syndrome: magnetic resonance imaging and clinical findings in adults with spinal cord injuries having normal radiographs and computed tomography studies.

Background: Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormalities (SCIWORA) is thought to represent mostly a pediatric entity and its incidence in adults is rather underreported. Some authors have also proposed the term spinal cord injury without radiologic evidence of trauma, as more precisely describing the condition of adult SCIWORA in the setting of cervical spondylosis. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate adult patients with cervical spine injuries and radiological-clinical examination discrepancy, and to discuss their characteristics and current management.

Assessing sexual function in obese women preparing for bariatric surgery.

Background: Obesity has become a modern epidemic, increasingly affecting the general population worldwide. Obese people are vulnerable to a variety of co-morbidities, including cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, osteoarthritis, diabetes, cancer and psychiatric conditions, that not only diminish life expectancy but also impair quality of life. Research has shown that obesity is further linked to sexual dysfunction, although relevant studies are limited and further investigation is needed.

Sexual function in females with severe cervical spinal cord injuries: a controlled study with the Female Sexual Function Index.

The objective of this study was to identify the sexual adjustment of females with severe cervical spinal cord injuries (SCI) using the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). The 19-item questionnaire of the FSFI concerns sexual function and satisfaction in sex life. This study, conducted by the Orthopaedic and Psychiatry Departments of Patras University, used a sample of a series of 39 consecutive female patients with severe traumatic SCI.