Concurrent validity and inter trial reliability of a single inertial measurement unit for spatial-temporal gait parameter analysis in patients with recent total hip or total knee arthroplasty.

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the main causes of disability and its frequent hip and knee joint localization requires surgical joint replacement treatment. Patients after total hip (THA) or knee (TKA) arthroplasty often show gait abnormalities, whose comprehension is crucial in order to plan an appropriate rehabilitative treatment. Wearable sensor devices can be a valid tool for gait assessment in clinical practice, being relatively inexpensive and easy to use.

Growth hormone deficiency in a patient with becker muscular dystrophy: a pediatric case report.

Objective. To describe a biochemical growth hormone (GH) deficiency and to evaluate therapeutic result in a six-year-old male with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). Methods.