Publications by authors named "G R Fournier"
Purpose: For the athlete, anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) rupture and its surgical management are often a turning point in their career. Success and time to return to sport are essential parameters for athletes and their support staff, so it is critical to understand the prognostic factors influencing return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). The aim of this study was to determine the influence of hamstring muscle composition on muscle power following ACLR with autogenous hamstring grafts.
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- The study aimed to examine how lumbar positions change in patients with low back pain (LBP) who have hypermobile joints, using weight-bearing MRI scans.
- Among the 257 LBP patients, 48 with hypermobility were mostly younger females and displayed greater lumbar lordosis angles compared to others, but showed no significant differences in degenerative findings like herniations or disc issues.
- Results suggest that while hypermobility is linked to certain demographic and postural traits, it doesn't correlate with heightened back pain or more severe spinal changes when comparing positions.
Objectives: Uric acid (UA) concentration is associated with increased risk of atrial fibrillation, but few studies have investigated this association after cardiac surgery. This study investigated the statistical association between postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) and preoperative UA concentration according to the type of cardiac surgery.
Methods: Consecutive patients undergoing cardiac surgery at a tertiary center from January to May 2019 were eligible.
Background: Prostate cancer ranks as the second most common cancer in men worldwide. Dose escalation to the tumor and/or the prostate improves biochemical recurrence-free survival. However, interobserver variability in lesion contouring poses a significant limitation to such therapeutic approaches.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAll extant life is descended from a common ancestor, which, despite being very ancient, appears to have been a complex cellular organism. A new study by Moody et al. shows that this ancestor was not only a complex cell, but also lived within a microbial ecology likely inhabited by other complex cells.
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