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A 38 old-man developed a DVT and was treated with lovenox. Over the next two days, he developed pain in his groin followed by numbness of the left anterior thigh with buckling of his knee. His ...

IN a previous article 1 brief reference was made to the results of preliminary investigations which revealed a high, positive correlation between the height and area of the myogram in a mechanically ...

The knee jerk reflex can be tested by tapping just below the knee causing the lower leg to suddenly jerk forward. You are working the patella tendon. This is the tendon that runs down from the ...

Objective: To identify preoperative predictive factors for knee function two years after reconstructive surgery of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The main hypothesis was that preoperative ...

Objective To determine the effectiveness of conservative treatment (CT) on pain and function in patients with patellar tendinopathy (PT) compared with minimal intervention (MI) or other invasive ...

Neurotrophins can directly modulate the function of diverse types of central nervous system synapses. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) might be released by nociceptors onto spinal neurons and ...

An 82 year-old woman on coumadin for atrial fibrillation slipped and fell in the bathroom. After the fall, she had difficulty walking, with pain and bruising in her buttocks and down the back of her ...