Muscle Cramps

Nov 7, 2020 by in SPORT MEDICINE Comments Off on Muscle Cramps

Fig. 6.1 Altered neuromuscular control theory for the pathogenesis of exercise-associated muscle cramps (dashed arrow used for the sole purpose of improving clarity of the “hot and/or humid environmental conditions”…

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Heat Illnesses

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Characteristics of condition Differential diagnoses  Heat syncope Cardiac arrest Exertional heat stroke Heat exhaustion Exercise-associated collapse Definition/pathophysiology Orthostatic dizziness after standing in one place for prolonged time in the heat…

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Epidemiology in Rheumatology

Oct 24, 2020 by in RHEUMATOLOGY Comments Off on Epidemiology in Rheumatology

Fig. 2.1 Types of variables Continuous variables can exhibit infinite values between the minimum and maximum. For example, WOMAC can take any score from 0 to 2400 mm as in…

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Arthritis

Oct 24, 2020 by in RHEUMATOLOGY Comments Off on Arthritis

Clinical patterns Important clinical features Prevalence Asymmetric oligoarthritis ≤4 joints involved Asymmetric in distribution Most common ~20–55% [5] Symmetric polyarthritis ≥5 joints involved Symmetric in distribution Similar to rheumatoid arthritis…

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Manifestations of Systemic Diseases

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Fig. 18.1 Avascular necrosis of the left hip in a patient with sickle cell disease (Reprinted with permission from Springer [2]) Acromegaly is characterized by hypersecretion of growth hormone (GH) and…

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Syndrome

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Fig. 10.1 A model of potential contribution of different factors in SS pathogenesis Table 10.1 Association of non-MHC class genes with SS susceptibility according to distinct pathogenetic pathways   Type I…

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Arthritis

Oct 24, 2020 by in RHEUMATOLOGY Comments Off on Arthritis

2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for RA Joint involvement 1 medium/large joint 2–10 medium joints 1–3 small joints 4–10 small joints >10 joints 0–5 points 0 1 2 3 5 Serology…

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