Proprioceptive manipulations in orthograde posture modulate postural control in low back pain patients: a pilot study.

As we stand upright, perceptual afferences are crucial to successfully help generating postural motor commands. Non-Specific Low Back Pain patients frequently demonstrate a lack of proprioceptive acuity, often translating into postural control deficiencies. For the first time, to our knowledge, we studied the postural effects of proprioceptive manipulations in orthograde posture on Non-Specific Low Back Pain patients.

Unilateral winged scapula: Clinical and electrodiagnostic experience with 128 cases, with special attention to long thoracic nerve palsy.

Introduction: In this study we report a large series of patients with unilateral winged scapula (WS), with special attention to long thoracic nerve (LTN) palsy.

Methods: Clinical and electrodiagnostic data were collected from 128 patients over a 25-year period.

Results: Causes of unilateral WS were LTN palsy (n = 70), spinal accessory nerve (SAN) palsy (n = 39), both LTN and SAN palsy (n = 5), facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSH) (n = 5), orthopedic causes (n = 11), voluntary WS (n = 6), and no definite cause (n = 2).

[Neuromuscular dynamic scapular winging: Clinical, electromyographic and magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis].

Dyskinesia of the scapula is a clinical diagnosis and includes all disorders affecting scapula positioning and movement whatever its etiology. Scapular winging is a subtype of scapular dyskinesia due to a dynamic prominence of the medial border of the scapula (DSW) secondary to neuromuscular imbalance in the scapulothoracic stabilizer muscles. The two most common causes of DSW are microtraumatic or idiopathic lesions of the long thoracic nerve (that innerves the serratus anterior) or the accessory nerve (that innerves the trapezius).

Elbow arthroscopy: An alternative to anteromedial portals.

Background: Elbow arthroscopy is considered to be a difficult procedure with a high complication rate. These two disadvantages are due to the proximity of neurovascular structures.

Hypothesis: The aim of our study was to evaluate the efficacy and complication rate of a new elbow arthroscopy technique without anteromedial portals.