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JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol
January 2025
Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Background: Forearm, wrist, and hand impairments affect many individuals and impose a significant economic burden on health care systems. The FEPSim (flexion, extension, pronation, and supination) is designed for hand and wrist rehabilitation. It could become part of the standard care for upper extremity rehabilitation, aiming to improve range of motion, dexterity, and strength during therapeutic activities.
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February 2025
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical group (HMG), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Pronator syndrome is a compression neuropathy of the median nerve within the anatomical structures of the elbow and forearm. It presents with neuropathic pain, numbness, and weakness of the forearm and hand, which are often exacerbated by repetitive pronation-supination movements. Patient presentation may mimic the signs and symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.
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January 2025
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland.
Upper limb lymphedema is the most common complication after breast cancer therapy. Suddenly disturbed lymphatic transport in the affected arm causes tissue fluid accumulation in tissue spaces, limb enlargement, and secondary changes in tissue. Early compression therapy is necessary.
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December 2024
Department of Dental Research Cell, Dr D Y Patil Dental College and Hospital, Dr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Background: This systematic analysis of case reports aimed to compile available knowledge and identify trends in disorder onset, symptoms, treatment, and possible interventions across individual cases associated with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (LNS) oral self-injury.
Materials And Methods: "Lesch-Nyhan syndrome" and "oral self-mutilation" were entered as keywords in four search engines. All cases reporting the patients' demographics and documented episodes of self-mutilation, with details on treatment and management, were included.
J Med Case Rep
January 2025
Bone and Joint Diseases Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Background: Management of the extensive soft tissue injuries remains a significant challenge in orthopedic and plastic reconstructive surgery. Since the thumb is responsible for 40% of the functions of the hand, saving and reconstructing a mangled thumb is essential for the patient's future.
Case Presentation: This case report describes the management of a severe occupational thumb injury in a 25-year-old white Persian male who sustained an occupational injury to his left thumb, resulting in extensive burn, crush injury to the distal and proximal phalanx, and severe soft tissue damage to the first metacarpal, thenar, and palmar areas.
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