Experience with jumping mechanography in children with cerebral palsy.
OBJECTIVES: Jumping mechanography provides robust motor function indicators among healthy children. The aim of the study was to assess ...
Mechanical basis of bone strength: influence of bone material, bone structure and muscle action.
This review summarises current understanding of how bone is sculpted through adaptive processes, designed to meet the mechanical challe...
Alleviation of Motor Impairments in Patients with Cerebral Palsy: Acute Effects of Whole-body Vibration on Stretch Reflex Response, Voluntary Muscle Activation and Mobility.
INTRODUCTION: Individuals suffering from cerebral palsy (CP) often have involuntary, reflex-evoked muscle activity resulting in spastic...
Musculoskeletal system in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease: normal muscle force, decreased trabecular bone mineral density and low prevalence of vertebral fractures.
Low bone mineral density (BMD) and an increased fracture incidence are two extraintestinal complications associated with inflammatory b...
The Vietnam Osteoporosis Study: Rationale and design
Objectives: Osteoporosis and fracture impose a significant health care burden on the contemporary populations in developing countries. ...
Please Don’t Move-Evaluating Motion Artifact From Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography Scans Using Textural Features.
Most imaging methods, including peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT), are susceptible to motion artifacts particularly in...
Musculoskeletal health in newly diagnosed children with Crohn’s disease.
We evaluated the impact of Crohn's disease on muscle and bone strength, mass, density, and geometry in children with newly diagnosed CD...
Effects of whole-body vibration on postural control in elderly: An update of a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to offer an updated overview of the current studies on all types of whole-body ...
WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION EXERCISE IS WELL TOLERATED IN PATIENTS WITH DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Background:
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by a defective gene located on the X-chromosome, responsible for the production...
Muscle abnormalities in osteogenesis imperfecta.
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is mainly characterized by bone fragility but muscle abnormalities have been reported both in OI mouse mod...
