The therapeutic benefits of NSAIDs and physical therapy in knee osteoarthritis.

Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) has been established as a progressive wear and tear disease of the synovial joints, which also involves a certain degree of inflammation. Considering there is no disease modifying medication available at the moment, the current guidelines focus on the symptomatic treatment of the affection. Our study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic advantages of the synergistic use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and physical therapy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA).

Research on the Influence of MUVON PLUS Treatment Upon the Biomechanical Behavior of the Human Osteoarthritic Knee.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the effects of MUVON PLUS, a dietary supplement containing hydrolized collagen, chondroitin sulfate, and vitamin C, on the biomechanical behavior of the knee joint in patients with second-degree osteoarthritis (OA).

Material And Method: The study included 15 participants who underwent biomechanical testing before and after 3 and 6 months of supplement administration. Biometrics and SimiMotion software were used to process and analyze the data.

Contributions to the Study on the Effects of Incorrect Implantation of Knee Prostheses Depending on the Degree of Varus / Valgus.

Introduction: The human knee is one of the most complex human joints, by the number of components, by the stresses to which it is subjected, by the complicated spatial geometry of the components and by the existence of multiple contacts between different components.

Material And Method: A series of modern devices and equipment that were used for the three-dimensional reconstruction of the components of the analyzed systems.

Results: Also, the elements of a knee prosthesis were modeled in a parameterized virtual environment and six orthopedic systems were compared.

Composite Polymer for Hybrid Activity Protective Panel in Microwave Generation of Composite Polytetrafluoroethylene -Rapana Thomasiana.

During the microwave sintering of a polymer-ceramic composite plasma discharge is experienced. The discharge could occur failure of the power source. The solution proposed by the paper is original, no similar solutions being presented by the literature.

Effects of malalignment angle on the contact stress of knee prosthesis components, using finite element method.

In this paper, the complex 3D virtual model of the prosthetic knee is obtained using embedded applications: DesignModeler and SpaceClaim under ANSYS Workbench 14.5 software package. A number of six cases of prosthetic knee joint assembly, depending on the malalignment angle, are developed.

New technical procedure involving Achilles tendon rupture treatment through transcutaneous suture.

The Achilles tendon is the widest tendon of the human body. Achilles tendon belongs to the extrasynovial tendons group and this allows it a faster recovery, thanks to local hematoma from the peritenon, necessary for the scarification. We concluded that in Achilles tendon rupture treatment it is essential to maintain the tendon covering skin integrity, the peritendinous integrity, to maintain the local hematoma formed during and after tendon rupture, reattaching the ruptured tendon heads and maintain them in this position by suturing them and by relaxing the sural triceps muscle.

Experimental measurement of flexion-extension movement in normal and corpse prosthetic elbow joint.

This paper presents a comparative experimental study of flexion-extension movement in healthy elbow and in the prosthetic elbow joint fixed on an original experimental bench. Measurements were carried out in order to validate the functional morphology and a new elbow prosthesis type ball head. The three-dimensional (3D) model and the physical prototype of our experimental bench used to test elbow endoprosthesis at flexion-extension and pronation-supination movements is presented.

Analysis of neuromuscular parameters in patients with multiple sclerosis and gait disorders.

Unlabelled: Gait is a motor activity that requires understanding the dynamics and functional anatomical elements that make possible its cyclical conduct. Patients with multiple sclerosis record impaired balance and gait due to the process of demyelination, disorders that can be estimated by quantifying neuromuscular and cortical parameters. The aim of this paper is to present both an analysis of these parameters in the thigh muscles and an evaluation of cortical parameters obtained by visual evoked potentials (VEP).

Collision tumor of recto-sigmoidian junction - case presentation.

Collision tumors of the colon are rare. A 64-year-old man was referred on Emergency County Hospital, Craiova, Romania for the evaluation of intestinal obstruction. Colonoscopy demonstrates the presence of about 9/5 cm sized mass in the rectosigmoid junction.

The chick chorioallantoic membrane: a model of short-term study of Dupuytren's disease.

Dupuytren's disease is a progressive fibroproliferative disorder that impairs hand function by altering the normal structures of the palmar fascial bands. Nodules composed almost entirely of myofibroblasts and cords are pathognomonic of Dupuytren's disease. The myofibroblasts express alpha-smooth muscle actin that is especially involved in development of the disease.