Assessment of the quality of life in patients with varying degrees of equalization of lower limb length discrepancy treated with Ilizarov method.

Background: Inequalities in leg length result in functional disorders, as they impair the biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system, significantly reducing the quality of life (QoL). This study used the WHOQoL-BREF questionnaire in patients with varying degrees of lower leg shortness who had undergone treatment by the Ilizarov method, compared to a healthy control group.

Methods: Fifty-eight patients treated with the Ilizarov method for discrepancies in lower limb length were grouped by degree of limb equalization (group 1, 37 treated individuals with limb length discrepancy < 1 cm; group 2, 21 individuals with discrepancy ≥ 1 cm but not more than 4 cm).

Myoelectrical activity of muscles stabilizing the sacroiliac joints before and after the use of elastic tapes in women suffering from Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain.

Objectives: The aim of this study was the analysis of activity of selected muscles stabilizing the sacroiliac joints in pregnant women suffering from pelvic pain and changes in the pattern in response to the implementation of Kinesio Taping (elastic tape).

Material And Methods: Seventeen women with Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain and 20 pregnant women without pain in the lumbar-pelvic complex were enrolled into the study. In patients with pelvic pain, the parameters describing the action of the muscles were assessed: before the tape was applied, immediately after application, 3 days into application and 5 days after the cessation of taping.

Impact of Kinesio Taping application on pregnant women suffering from pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain - preliminary study.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the impact of pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain on every day functioning and evaluate how effective Kinesio Taping is in reducing pain for pregnant women.

Material And Methods: 24 women filled the author's questionnaire, Oswestry Disability Index Questionnaire and Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire before starting the therapy. Elastic tape was applied onto the lumbosacral area for 5 days and was evaluated 1st day of the test immediately before application, day 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 day of the examination.

Lower extremity muscles activity in standing and sitting position with use of sEMG in patients suffering from Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome.

There is very limited, evidenced data about movement possibilities in patients with high level of lower limb muscles atrophy and fatigue in patients suffering from Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome. Patient (age 46) suffering from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease for 30 years with multiple movement restrictions and muscles atrophy above knees took part into the study. Tests were performed for 8 muscles of the lower limb and pelvis.

Pedobarographic analysis of body weight distribution on the lower limbs and balance after Ilizarov corticotomies.

Background: Symmetrical distribution of the load of the lower limbs and balance are among the determinants of proper biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system. So far, it has not been elucidated whether the correction of the axis and the equalization of the length of the lower limbs allow for achieving proper balance and load distribution. The aim of the present study was to compare load distribution and balance of patients who underwent Ilizarov method corticotomies with healthy controls.

Results and biomechanical consideration of treatment of congenital lower limb shortening and deformity using the Ilizarov method.

One of the applications of the Ilizarov apparatus is the correction of congenital shortening and deformities. Ilizarov external fixator produces biomechanical structure with surrounding tissue, which is the reason why very important is correct stability of fixator. Large distraction in the case of high value of lengthening, and large deformity corection result in shear stresses that occur additionally in the regenerate, which can potentially lead to damage of the regenerating nutritive microcirculation of bone tissue and bone fragment displacements.

Estimation of patient knowledge on rheumatoid arthritis in the range of their own disease--preliminary study.

Background: Knowledge is an essential element of treatment which allows patients to take care of themselves, to undertake every day activities and to make decisions essential from the point of view of health. A patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis needs support, assistance from his family and from medical staff. It depends on him how much the disease will change his life and how he will cope with all the problems related to the psychological, physical and social aspects of life.

[The usefulness of the latest diagnostic and therapeutic criteria ACR/EULAR in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis].

In Poland nearly 400 thousand people are treated for rheumatoid arthritis and each year there are about 8 to 16 thousand new patients with this disease. Rheumatoid diseases constitute and enormous health problem which statistically encounters every the third person of the population. The condition for effective treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is early diagnosis and aggressive treatment of disease.

Assessment of functional abilities of patients with contraindications to operative treatment of femoral neck fractures.

Background: Major obstacles to operative treatment of elderly patients with femoral neck fractures frequently encountered in clinical practice include poor overall health, lack of consent to have an operation, and general medical or anaesthesiological contraindications. In such cases, conservative treatment is the only possibility. This aims at maximally improving the patient's functional status, an approach best termed "movement-oriented patient management".

Our experiences in the reconstruction of bone stock deficiency with allogenous lyophilized bone graft after surgical resection of the giant-cell tumour.

Introduction. The aim of this work is to evaluate lyophilized bone graft addressed in deficiency of bone stock after surgical resection of the giant-cell tumour. The adaptive remodeling of the graft in a function of time was screened as well.

Problems in the rehabilitation of patients treated with the Ilizarov method.

The implementation of the Ilizarov method in the treatment of diseases and post-traumatic injuries to the locomotor system has opened up new possibilities for the management of unequal limb length and limb deformity. The final treatment outcome depends on many factors, one of the most important of which is proper and systematic rehabilitation. Among the essential problems entailed in this process are spastic contractures, limitations in the range of mobility in joints adjacent to the lengthened segment, and the lack of patient cooperation.