Immediate Effects of Stabilization Exercises on Trunk Muscle Activity during Jump Header Shooting: A Pilot Study.

This study aimed to clarify trunk muscle activity during jump header shooting and examine the immediate effects of trunk stabilization exercises on trunk muscle activity. Nineteen males who had played soccer for over 5 years were assigned to either the trunk stabilization exercise group or the control group. Muscle activity during jump header shooting was measured before and after intervention.

Laparoscopic repair of a ureteric sciatic hernia: report of a case.

Ureteric sciatic hernias are extremely rare. Here we report a case of a 78-year-old woman presented with colicky left abdominal pain. Computed tomography revealed a ureteric sciatic hernia, and drip infusion pyelography revealed dilated left ureter with herniation of the ureter into the sciatic foramen.

Significance of interstitial lesions as the early indicator for acute vascular rejection in human renal allografts.

To evaluate the relevance between interstitial lesions and acute vascular rejection of renal allograft, we examined 129 renal allograft biopsy samples obtained from 60 transplant patients within 90 d post-transplantation. Plasma cells, eosinophils and polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) in the cortical interstitium were counted, respectively, and the number of each cells per 10 fields at a magnification of 200x was calculated. Then, the existence of interstitial edema was judged.

Unilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy followed by contralateral retroperitoneoscopic partial adrenalectomy in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2a syndrome.

We report the first patient who had bilateral pheochromocytoma associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2a syndrome (MEN 2a) and underwent unilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy followed by contralateral retroperitoneoscopic partial adrenalectomy 2 years later. The postoperative course was uneventful both times, and the patient was cured of hypertension without any need for steroid replacement. Endoscopic partial adrenalectomy is a minimally invasive procedure for pheochromocytoma with mild symptoms.