Objective Is it possible to substitute the isokinetic tests by isometric tests to determine back muscle deconditioning syndrome in CLBP patients? Patients and methods Thirty-five CLBP patients, of a 39.7…
Objective Isokinetic evaluation allows accurate and reproducible measurement of dynamic muscle strength. It has several application areas, especially in sports, it allows the evaluation, rehabilitation and re-entrainment. It is rarely…
Objective Jumper’s knee is extremely common among basketball players of high-level even in the youth categories, with adverse consequences for the continuation of the practice. To establish a preventive educational…
Objective The jumper-Knee is common among basketball player’s with adverse consequences on the practice. For the sake of prevention, it seems interesting to study its importance in the younger categories….
Opinion/Feedback Hamstring muscle injury is the main injury related to athletics, but also other sports including acceleration and sprints, with important consequences (time loss of sport and re-injury risk). In…
Opinion/Feedback Upper limbs birth defects are rare. There is an international classification of these malformations. The most frequent cause is the stop in the cross development of the forearm. The…
Opinion/Feedback Congenital agenesis and acquired amputations of upper limb in children are a great traumatic experience in affected families. Patients, families and caregivers are then exposed to many functional and…
Objective The femur aplasia is a congenital developmental defect of the femur often associated with malformations of the pelvis and lower limb. There are all intermediaries between the short femur…
Objective Fibula hemimelia is a congenital malformation of the lower limbs that is associated to aplasia or hypoplasia of the fibula. This condition is characterized by knee valgus which tends…
Objective Fibular hemimelia or longitudinal fibular deficiency is the most frequent congenital malformation of lower limbs. It causes sometimes major limbs shortening. Different treatments could be considered depending on the…
