Evaluation of the growth rates and related prognostic factors in radiation-induced meningiomas.

Purpose: Literature dedicated to growth patterns and growth rate influencing factors of radiation-induced meningiomas (RIMs) is limited. To deliver new insights into the topic, a volumetric growth analysis of RIMs was performed.

Methods: This single-center, retrospective cohort study included patients diagnosed with intracranial meningioma who received radiation treatment at least > 5 years before the RIM diagnosis.

Effect of High-Induction Magnetic Stimulation on Elasticity of the Patellar Tendon.

Nowadays, a high-induction magnetic stimulation is starting to be increasingly applied as a biophysical stimulation in the conservative treatment of the degenerative locomotor system diseases. These are mainly in correlation with the changes in soft tissue elasticity, which should be positively influenced by the flow-induced electrical currents of high current density during high-induction magnetic stimulation. This assumption was verified within the interventional and prospective study using the ultrasound elastography.