Elbow ROM Following Humeral Fractures
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Your Therapy SourcePosted
Sat 10 Apr 2010 3:15am
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery published research on the longitudinal evaluation of elbow range of motion following pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures. Three hundred seventy three patients who had a diagnosis of supracondylar humeral fractures were either treated with casting or surgery. Follow up revealed that elbow flexion
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Measuring Humeral Retroversion
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Mike ReinoldPosted
Mon 15 Mar 2010 2:10amHumeral retroversion is a well know entity in overhead athletes. Several authors have done a great job exposing this phenomenon to us all. If you... measure humeral retroversion?
While measuring retroversion is most accurately measured with diagnostic tools such as CT and MRI, I very frequently get asked the question about
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A few Humerous Snippets from Today (and a Picture or two)
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maeflyePosted
Sun 10 Jan 2010 12:00am
This morning I gave an announcement in church and Warren, my elderly friend (he's not really elderly but I had to put that in here in case he hears that I am giving him a hard time in my blog), had to give me grief. In fact, he gave me grief all during sunday school. I was telling Jimmy about how he always teases me and Jimmy says, ...
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massively humerus
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Carla U.Posted
Tue 04 May 2010 9:13pm
for a frozen shoulder to cry on, you'll have to look somewhere else. i have a mass on my arm. The humerus, to be exact. The funny bone. the one that runs from your elbow to your.... where's my *&^* lollipop?
My theory is that it's arthritis caused by guitar playing. Or too many wise cracks, trying too hard to be massively humerus.
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Spanish policeman fractures the right humerus of a multiple myeloma patient on a Barcelona-Rome Ryanair flight…
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MargaretPosted
Thu 13 May 2010 12:00am
in Rome, Mr. Pietrolucci was taken by ambulance to a hospital…an X-ray showed that his humerus (right shoulder) was fractured.
Okay, in all fairness, I also read the statement...…
The airline also denies that any physical contact occurred between the patient and the police or any Ryanair employee. Uhm…right…Mr. Pietrolucci must have fractured his humerus on his
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Posterior Capsule Tightness: Subscapularis Dysfunction
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Eric C.Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:30pm
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The subscapularis, infraspinatus, and teres minor work together to depress the humeral head during dynamic shoulder activities.
The subscapularis posteriorly pulls the humeral head....
If subscapularis shuts down, infraspinatus and teres minor fire overtime as depressors - but you don't get subscapularis’ posterior humeral head pull. Tightness kicks in with the posterior
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Roche CEO to Step Down
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Ulysee W.Posted
Tue 28 Oct 2008 9:56pm
Last week, Roche announced that its CEO, Franz Humer, will be stepping down at its annual meeting in March. At least in the U.S., the announcement came as a major surprise. Imagine a CEO stepping aside for reasons other than shareholder revolt, failed R&D projects or major investigations.
Humer will be replaced by the former head of Roche
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The Importance of the Rotator Cuff Muscles
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Movements AfootPosted
Tue 04 Aug 2009 5:36pm
rhythm.
The scapula humeral rhythm is the optimal combination of the rotation of the shoulder blade and the humerus bone in the glenoid fossa, the shoulder socket. The port de...
by Lesley Powell
The rotator cuff muscles assist in centering the humeral head in the shoulder socket during the range of motion of the arm. This graded rotation allows
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Fixing the Flaws: Weak Rotator Cuff / Scapular Stabilizers
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Eric C.Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:30pm
cuff contributes to humeral motion, their primary function is stabilization of the humeral head in the glenoid fossa of the scapula during this humeral motion. Ligaments provide... that stabilize the scapula. After all, how can the rotator cuff be effective at stabilizing the humeral head when its foundation (the scapula) isn't stable itself? Therefore, if you're
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