Validation of the Polish versions of the Lower Limb Task Questionnaire, Lower Limb Functional Index, and Lower Limb Functional Index-10.

Background: Physicians who treat patients with lower limb diseases should pay attention not only to the patients' clinical condition but also to their individual needs and expectations. For this purpose, many different questionnaires can be employed. This study aimed to validate the Lower Limb Task Questionnaire (LLTQ), Lower Limb Functional Index (LLFI), and Lower Limb Functional Index-10 (LLFI-10) for their use in Polish conditions and to perform a mutual comparison and analysis of differences in subjective assessments by patients who undergo hip or knee arthroplasty.

The Polish version of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire: Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, construct validity, and measurement error.

The aims of this study were to translate the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire into the Polish language and to test the measurement properties of its quality criteria. A total of 120 patients with hand complaints completed the Polish Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire and the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand questionnaire on the first assessment, along with the grip test, pinch test, and pain sore assessed using a visual analogue scale during activity. After 7 days, 76 patients completed the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire the second time.

Treatment of femoral shaft union disturbances with intramedullary nailing. Treatment failure.

Background: The paper contains an analysis of the treatment outcomes of intramedullary nailing for femoral shaft non-union.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-two patients were treated between 1999 and 2005 with locked intramedullary nailing for femoral shaft non-union. The average age was 38.

Incorrect osteosynthesis as a cause of bone union disturbances.

Background: Treatment of bone union disturbances is one of the most difficult therapeutic challenges in any orthopaedic and trauma department.

Material And Methods: An analysis of causes of bone union disturbances in a series of 136 patients treated between 1999 and 2005 at the Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department of Jagiellonian University's Collegium Medicum is presented with particular regard to the type of primary stabilisation.

Results: An inappropriate primary stabilisation technique was the cause of bone union disturbances in nearly all of the patients.

[The evolution of AO/ASIF views on fracture treatment].

The evolution of AO/ASIF views on fracture treatment, which has occured within last 50 years, is described in the present paper. In that time AO principles has been changed from mechanical approach to fracture care to methods considering first of all the biological aspects of injury. It has been manifested in invention of new implants of lower affect on bone tissue and emphasizing of soft tissue and atraumatic surgery technique importance.

[Monitoring of the early stages of bone healing process based on serum osteocalcin level changes].

The aim of this paper was assessment of utility of serum osteocalcin levels in monitoring early stages of bone healing and early detection of bone healing disorders. Serum osteocalcin level and alkaline phosphatase activity was assessed with acute long bone fractures and with delayed bone union and pseudoarthroses. 25 patients underwent the trial.