Publications by authors named "W H Meek"
Grassland restoration is an important conservation intervention supporting declining insect pollinators in threatened calcareous grassland landscapes. While the success of restoration is often quantified using simple measures of diversity or similarity to target communities, these measures do not capture all fundamental aspects of community reconstruction. Here, we develop species-habitat networks that aim to define habitat-level foraging dependencies of pollinators across restored grassland landscapes and compare their value to these more conventional measures of community restoration.
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- Adhesive capsulitis of the hip (ACH) poses diagnostic and treatment challenges due to a lack of comprehensive literature, leading to difficulties for healthcare providers.
- * ACH is characterized by restricted hip motion and pain, similar to adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder, and is highlighted in a case study of a middle-aged man.
- * Initial treatment involves conservative measures like managing related health issues, medications, and physical therapy, while severe cases might require more invasive procedures like surgery or hip replacement.
Background: Arthroscopic treatment for labral tears includes debridement and repair. Long-term studies have failed to demonstrate a difference between these treatments in terms of conversion to total hip arthroplasty (THA).
Purpose: To investigate 2 different labral treatments, debridement and repair, using an adjusted analysis to evaluate long-term conversion to THA.
Objective: To analyze shoulder strength and function in patients presenting with possible supraspinatus pathology and to ascertain if these clinical findings are associated with severity of supraspinatus pathology on MRI.
Materials And Methods: In total, 171 patients with presumptive rotator cuff pathology and with preserved strength on standard rotator cuff examination were prospectively recruited. Patients were subjected to bilateral shoulder strength testing employing dynamometry; this included isometric strength testing at 90° of abduction, followed by eccentric assessment of isotonic strength from full abduction through the full range of motion until the arm rested at the patient's side.