Introduction: Prompt diagnosis and management of septic arthritis are pivotal for early infection eradication, joint preservation, and prevention of quality-of-life impact consequences. Total hip arthroplasty has been introduced for the management of severe destructive septic arthritis with the aims to eradicate infection while preserving hip function. Few case studies have been done on two-stage exchange total hip arthroplasty for treatment of native hip septic arthritis using prosthesis with antibiotic-loaded acrylic cement articulating spacer with generally good outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatients with tauopathies present with profoundly different clinical symptoms , even within the same disorder . A central hypothesis in the field, well-supported by biomarker studies and post-mortem pathology , is that clinical heterogeneity reflects differential degeneration of vulnerable neuronal populations responsible for specific neurological functions. Recent work has revealed mechanisms underlying susceptibility of particular cell types , but relating tau load to disrupted behavior - es- pecially before cell death - requires a targeted circuit-level approach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhile back-support exoskeletons are increasing in popularity as an ergonomic intervention for manual material handling, they may cause alterations to neuromuscular control required for maintaining spinal stability. This study evaluated the effects of soft and rigid passive exoskeletons on trunk local dynamic stability and trunk-pelvis coordination. Thiry-two young (18-30 years) and old (45-60 years) men and women completed repetitive lifting and lowering tasks using two different exoskeletons and in a control condition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Putative microglia were recently detected using adaptive optics ophthalmoscopy in healthy eyes. Here we evaluate the use of nonconfocal adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) for quantifying the morphology and motility of presumed microglia and other immune cells in eyes with retinal inflammation from uveitis and healthy eyes.
Design: Observational exploratory study.