Prevalence and factors associated with musculoskeletal complaints and disability in individuals with brachial plexus injury: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: (1) To determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints (MSCs) in the non-affected bodily structures in individuals with brachial plexus injury (BPI) and (2) to analyse factors associated with MSCs and disability.

Methods: Survey among individuals with BPI and a control group. Multivariable logistic and linear regression analyses were used to identify factors associated with MSCs or disability.

[Digital cephalometrics].

There are different methods to produce digital head films and all have advantages and disadvantages. With a digital head film and a computer programme for digital cephalometry an analysis can be performed easily. All existing computer programmes for digital cephalometry use reference values to compare with the patient's values.

The reproducibility of cephalometric measurements: a comparison of analogue and digital methods.

The aim of this study was to compare the reproducibility of longitudinal cephalometric measurements between analogue and digital methods using two different resolutions. Cephalometric radiographs of 20 patients were selected at the start (T1) and end (T2) of treatment: 24 cephalometric variables were calculated at T1 and T2, and their increments (T2 - T1) were also evaluated. All measurements were performed twice by two observers.

Prolonged inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis in severe septic shock: a clinical study.

Objectives: Inhibitors of nitric oxide synthesis have been suggested to be of value in the treatment of hypotension during sepsis. However, earlier clinical reports only describe the initial effects of these nitric oxide inhibitors. This study was designed to examine the effects of the prolonged inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis with N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) in patients with severe septic shock.

Vertebral dimensions: influence of X-ray technique and patient size on measurements.

In this study a new reference value, "corrected vertebral dimension," is presented for vertebral height measurements. Of 68 females (age 18-88 years; mean 44.2 years) and 40 males (age 16-81 years; mean 55 years) the projected vertebral dimensions (T4-L5) were measured on lateral radiographs.