Nov. 27, 2002 — Abnormal gait is an early marker of vascular dementia, according to the results of a prospective study published in the Nov. 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. "Because ...

One common problem in cerebral palsy of the spastic hemiplegia type is varus deformity of the hind foot. Intramuscular (fine-wire) EMG helps determine the possible role of the tibialis posterior ...

1 Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK 2 Medical Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK Background Spastic cerebral palsy (SCP) is a ...

Nearly one in three pugs has an abnormal gait, which in turn is linked to other health issues, finds a Swedish study of owners of the breed. Nearly one in three pugs has an abnormal gait, which in ...

A team dedicated to designing energy conversion devices, led by Weilin Chen from Northeast Normal University in Changchun, recently designed a triboelectric nanogenerator based on changing the ...

The aim of this survey is to describe the disability profile in a group of tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I-associated myelopathy patients, identifying the ...

We report on seven new patients from two different families with confirmed novel C12orf65 mutations and further expand and delineate the clinical spectrum of C12orf65 defects. Four males and three ...

A 67 year-old man presented with a life long history of bladder urgency and a 5 year history of progressive weakness and numbness of the lower extremities, worse on the left. His gait had become ...

DEHYDRATION is commonly seen in patients with impaired consciousness whose thirst mechanism is undamaged, but who are unable to ask for water. 1 A few cases have been described, however, in conscious ...

Procedure Can Treat Stiff-Knee Gait in Spastic Cerebral Palsy For individuals with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy and stiff-knee gait with decreased peak knee flexion in the swing phase, distal ...

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurological condition caused by brain damage during or shortly after birth, impacting movement, ...

Nearly one in three pugs has an abnormal gait, which in turn is linked to other health issues, finds a Swedish study of owners of the breed, and published online in Vet Record. The findings suggest ...