Jul 26, 2021

Heterotopic ossification (HO) is abnormal growth of ectopic bone and negatively affects the outcomes after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to cha...

Jul 22, 2021

To characterize surgical treatment and outcomes of C1 fractures in a population-based setup.Consecutive C1 fracture patients treated at Kuopio University Hospital (KUH) Neurosurgery were retrospective...

Jul 22, 2021

While it is known that the degenerated intervertebral disc (IVD) is one of the primary reasons for low-back pain and subsequent need for medical care, there are currently no established effective meth...

Jul 22, 2021

The Low Energy Availability in Females Questionnaire (LEAF-Q) was validated to identify risk of the female athlete triad (triad) in female endurance athletes. This study explored the ability of the LE...

Jul 22, 2021

Elevated fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) levels are markers and potential mediators, of adverse outcomes in acute kidney injury (AKI). We recently identified glycerol-3-phosphate (G-3-P), a glycol...

Jul 19, 2021

Despite the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) in society, the pathomechanism of LBP continues to elude researchers. LBP patients have demonstrated morphological and material property changes to their ...

Jul 19, 2021

Ternary nanocomposites, including graphene oxide (GO), hydroxyapatite (HAP), and cadmium selenite (CdSe) have been encapsulated into nanofibrous scaffolds of polylactic acid. These compositions were i...

Jul 19, 2021

Peritoneal loose bodies are rare, often asymptomatic lesions that can be found during radiologic examinations or abdominal surgery. They don't require specific treatment unless they are complicated.We...

Jul 19, 2021

Studies in animal science assessing nutrient and energy efficiency or determining nutrient requirements benefit from gathering exact measurements of body composition or body nutrient contents. Those a...

Jul 19, 2021

Osteoradionecrosis of the jaw (ORNJ) is one of the most common and serious complications after radiotherapy of head and neck malignancies due to the high incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer in Southern...

Jul 12, 2021

The aim of the present laboratory study was to mechanically characterize the interface between two dental resin-based composite (RBC) increments, and to investigate if elevated temperatures have an in...

Jul 12, 2021

Active treatments focused on improvement in motor function are postulated in chronic low back patients (CLBP).to establish the acute effects of PNF exercise on the postural control strategy.The sway o...

Jul 12, 2021

Minimally invasive methods, such as balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) and percutaneous sacroplasty (PS), which are now widely used for the surgical treatment of compression fractures, involve injection of a b...

Jul 12, 2021

Musculoskeletal (MSK) models based on literature data are meant to represent a generic anatomy and are a popular tool employed by biomechanists to estimate the internal loads occurring in the lower li...

Jul 08, 2021

Musculoskeletal (MSK) health is central to health, well-being, physical functioning and healthy ageing. It is a public health priority to help maintain and improve the MSK health of the population acr...

Jul 08, 2021

Therapeutic strategies used to attenuate inflammation and to increase recovery of neurons after a stroke include microglia anti-inflammatory (M2) polarization and repression of proinflammatory (M1). E...

Jul 08, 2021

The athlete's goal is to optimize their performance. Towards this end, nutrition has been used to improve the health of athletes' brains, bones, muscles, and cardiovascular system. However, recent res...

Jul 08, 2021

Implantable self-powered generators (ISPGs) have been extensively explored as energy supplies for driving electronics and electrically stimulated therapeutics in vivo. However, some drawbacks arise, s...

Jul 05, 2021

The first patient-specific biomechanical model for planning the surgical reduction of acetabular fractures was developed in our institution and validated retrospectively. There are no prior studies sh...

Jul 05, 2021

Primary adult degenerative scoliosis is one of the adult scoliosis group that presents in adult patient without history of scoliosis during childhood or adolescence. This condition may be asymptomatic...