were placed in abductor pollicis brevis, opponens digiti minimi, extensor carpi ulnaris, and flexor pollicis longus. For the muscles mediating proximal forelimb movements, injections were placed in shoulder

Soft tissue tumours of the foot are rare and often present a difficult clinical and diagnostic situation. We report of a 15-year-old male with a painless swelling at the lateral margin of the left foot. After X-ray and MRI an excisional biopsy was performed. Histology revealed true muscle hypertrophy without myopathic or degenerative changes, consistent with the diagnosis of congenital hypertrophy ...

Compression syndromes of the ulnar nerve are more often located proximally in the cubital tunnel than distally in Guyon's canal. In many cases anatomic structures can be found that induce compression. These may be ganglia, tumours, vascular abnormalities, crossing fibrous bands or accessory muscles. The ulnar nerve has therefore to be revised all along its passage through Guyon's canal. When other ...

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, progressive disease characterized by destructive synovitis commonly involving the hand. Ulnar drift deformity has been reported in up to 30% of these patients. Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint arthroplasty with soft-tissue reconstruction was described to correct this deformity, but recurrence is a common problem. This is a retrospective study of 18 patients who ...

The aim of this study was to compare the decomposition results obtained from high-density surface electromyography (EMG) and concurrently recorded intramuscular EMG. Surface EMG signals were recorded with electrode grids from the tibialis anterior, biceps brachii, and abductor digiti minimi muscles of twelve healthy men during ...

The foot has a unique anatomic composition and a perfect architecture which is necessary for mobilization. However, this complex structure is also responsible for healing problems in foot reconstruction. After 25 years of experience in diabetic foot surgery practice, we observed that some hindfoot ulcers are like an iceberg meaning they have much more involvement in plantar fat pad than skin and ...

A 74-year-old male attorney developed rapidly progressive weakness of the fourth and fifth digits of the right hand with impairment of his grip and ability to perform cursive writing. Lancinating pain occurred spontaneously and was triggered by pressure along the ulnar border of the forearm about 5 cm proximal to the wrist crease. Nerve conduction studies revealed a complete electrical block to ...

Persistent developmental stuttering (PDS) shares clinical features with task-specific dystonias. In these dystonias, intracortical inhibition is abnormally weak. We therefore sought to determine intracortical inhibition and intracortical facilitation in PDS. In 18 subjects with PDS since childhood (mean age, 39.4 [SD 13.0] years) and 18 speech-fluent controls (43.6 [14.3] years), we investigated ...

A boy was born with a right duplicated thumb (Wassel type 6) and a left radial club hand (type 3) associated with a hypoplastic thumb (type 3B). He underwent surgical centralization of the left wrist when he was 13 months old. At age 38 months, he underwent reconstruction of the carpometacarpal joint of the hypoplastic left thumb. This procedure involved transplantation of the radial ray of the ...

A chronic alcoholic who had also been submitted to partial gastrectomy developed a syndrome of continuous motor unit activity responsive to phenytoin therapy. There were signs of minimal distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy. Symptoms of the syndrome of continuous motor unit activity were fasciculation, muscle stiffness, myokymia, impaired muscular relaxation and percussion myotonia. Electromyography ...

Highly selective activation of the desired muscles for each movement and inhibition of adjacent muscles is attributed to surround inhibition (SI) which differentially modulates corticospinal excitability in active and surrounding muscles. Cerebellar brain inhibition (CBI) is another inhibitory neuronal network which is known to be active at rest and during tonic muscle contraction. The way in ...

The hypothenar eminence is of great surgical interest yet its complex anatomy is yet to be fully discovered. This review focuses on: the osteoligamentous floor and topography of the Guyon's canal and the carpal ulnar neurovascular space. The canal under the Pisohamate ligament must be individualized. It corresponds to the zone 2 of Shea and McClain where the deep branch of the ulnar nerve is ...

The process of deterioration of peripheral nerve function in familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) with amyloidogenic transthyretin (ATTR) Val30Met has not been systematically evaluated hitherto. We performed nerve conduction studies in 69 patients with FAP with ATTR Val30Met from one of the endemic areas in Japan. Sensory conduction velocity (SCV), motor conduction velocity (MCV), the size of the ...

Objective:To investigate transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) measures as clinical correlates and longitudinal markers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).Methods:We prospectively studied 60 patients with ALS subtypes (sporadic ALS, familial ALS, progressive muscular atrophy, and primary lateral sclerosis) using single pulse TMS, recording from abductor ...

Between November 2001�and January 2008, 56�patients (68�hands) out of 110�patients operated for spastic hand deformities, presented with spasticity of the intrinsic muscles of the long fingers (interosseii and the abductor pollicis brevis). All patients were adults (mean age 42.1�years). The surgical indication was discussed during multidisciplinary consultations ...

Neuronal plasticity is to be kept within operational limits to serve its purpose as a safe memory system that shapes and focuses sensory and motor representations. Temporal and spatial properties of motor cortical plasticity were assessed in patients with writer's cramp using a model of long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) of synaptic efficacy. Paired associative stimulation ...

In normal subjects short interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) is topographically modulated by cutaneous input, which may be important for focusing muscle activation during tasks. In patients with writer's cramp, a task-specific focal dystonia characterized by inappropriate and excessive muscle activation of the upper limb during certain motor tasks, intracortical inhibition is reduced at rest ...

The systemic injection of L-Acetylcarnitine (L-Ac) induces a reversible increase in recurrent inhibition. In addition, L-Ac potentiation of recurrent inhibition has been found to increase the synchronous activity of single motor units, as detected by traditional linear analysis in the time domain. This result has been recently confirmed using a nonlinear method based on the analysis of embedded ...

Torque motor produced stretch of upper limb muscles results in two distinct reflex peaks in the EMG activity. While the short latency reflex (SLR) response is mediated largely by the spinal monosynaptic reflex pathway, the longer latency reflex (LLR) is suggested to involve a transcortical loop. For the SLRs, patterns of heteronymous monosynaptic Ia connections have been well studied for a large ...

Aim: Dystonia in childhood has many causes. Imaging may suggest corticospinal tract dysfunction with or without coexistent basal ganglia damage. There are very few published neurophysiological studies on children with dystonia; one previous study has focused on primary dystonia. We investigated central motor conduction in 62 children (34 males, 28 females; age range 3-19y, mean age 10y 8mo, SD 4y ...

OBJECTIVE: Threshold tracking allows the non-invasive assessment of axonal excitability. This study aimed to determine whether axonal excitability of the motor axons of the median nerve (to APB) and ulnar nerve (to ADM) to the small muscles of the hands is sufficiently similar to be interchangeable; confirm the feasibility and reproducibility of ulnar studies and obtain control data for a young ...

We examined the relationship between the CMCT and features of spinal cord evoked potentials (SCEPs) among 25 patients with compressive cervical myelopathy to elucidate the mechanism underlying the prolonged central motor conduction time (CMCT) in patients with compressive cervical myelopathy. CMCT values were calculated by measuring motor evoked potentials from the abductor ...

Motor evoked potentials (MEPs) study using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) may give a functional assessment of corticospinal conduction. But there are no large studies on MEPs using TMS in myelopathy patients. The purpose of this study is to confirm the usefulness of MEPs for the assessment of the myelopathy and to investigate the use of MEPs using TMS as a screening tool for myelopathy. ...

In focal hand dystonia, long-term potentiation (LTP) and depression (LTD)-like neuronal plasticity, as assessed by paired associative stimulation (PAS) targeting the hand-associated motor cortex, is enhanced and the topographic organization of plasticity is lost. However, if any of these abnormalities alone is sufficient to cause focal dystonia (FD) remains unknown. Ten patients with cervical ...

Background and PurposeCervical radiculopathy is a pathological process involving a nerve root of the cervical spine. The most common causes of radiculopathy are cervical disc herniation followed by cervical spondylosis. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of dropped shoulder as a cause of lower cervical radiculopathy.MethodsIn total, 132 patients, comprising 105 women (79.5%) and 27 ...

Aim? Dystonia in childhood has many causes. Imaging may suggest corticospinal tract dysfunction with or without coexistent basal ganglia damage. There are very few published neurophysiological studies on children with dystonia; one previous study has focused on primary dystonia. We investigated central motor conduction in 62 children (34 males, 28 females; age range 3-19y, mean age 10y 8mo, SD 4y ...

superficialis; EDC, extensor digitorum communis; E45, extensor digiti 4,5; AbPL, abductor pollicis longus; Ad communis and quarti et quinti proprius (EDC, E45); abductor pollicis longus (AbPL); adductor pollicis (Ad, triceps; Bic, biceps; Pro, pronator teres; Brd, brachioradialis; FCR, flexor carpi radialis; FCU, flexor

BackgroundThis study aimed to explore the value of extended motor nerve conduction studies in patients with ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow (UNE) in order to find the most sensitive and least time-consuming method. We wanted to evaluate the utility of examining both the sensory branch from the fifth finger and the dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve. Further we intended to study the clinical ...

Conventionally recorded surface F waves over the abductor digiti minimi muscle sampled a wide range of conduction velocities (CVs). Single motor unit (MU) F responses to threshold stimulation of the ulnar nerve were recorded with bipolar needle electrodes (BNE); the mean latencies of their fastest associated surface single unit M and F ...

Our objective was to evaluate the neurophysiological index (NI) as a biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and to assess the validity of linear mixed effects models for describing longitudinal changes. Functional assessment and nerve conduction studies were undertaken in 58 ALS patients. Neurophysiological data were collected on four occasions over 12 weeks (baseline, weeks 4, 8 and ...

In the motor system, one specific movement is generated, and, simultaneously, other possible movements are suppressed; a process called surround inhibition. Focal hand dystonia (FHD) is a movement disorder characterized by a loss of surround inhibition. In order to explain the deficit in surround inhibition induced by volitional movement in FHD patients, we examined the inhibitory circuit ...

In the motor system, one specific movement is generated, and, simultaneously, other possible movements are suppressed; a process called surround inhibition. Focal hand dystonia (FHD) is a movement disorder characterized by a loss of surround inhibition. In order to explain the deficit in surround inhibition induced by volitional movement in FHD patients, we examined the inhibitory circuit ...

We sought to determine the activity of inhibiting and facilitating cortical circuits in areas surrounding a hand muscle motor representation in focal dystonia and in controls. In 15 patients with hand dystonia, 16 patients with blepharospasm, and age-matched controls, we applied suprathreshold transcranial magnetic stimuli with a figure-eight coil over the optimal representation of the relaxed ...

1. In seven normal subjects, subthreshold transcranial magnetic conditioning stimuli (using a figure-of-eight coil) were applied over the motor cortex in order to evoke activity in intracortical neuronal circuits. The net effect on cortical excitability was evaluated by measuring the effect on the size of EMG responses elicited in the abductor digiti ...

In this experiment, the changes in excitability of motor axons produced after natural activity were measured in nine healthy subjects using 1 min of maximal voluntary contractions (MVC) of the abductor digiti minimi (ADM) by studying the relationship between stimulus intensity applied to the ulnar nerve and the size of the ADM compound ...

Static changes of the shoulder joint from 30 degrees adduction (ANT) to 30 degrees abduction (POST) in the horizontal plane reduce the gain of the input--output relationship of the corticospinal pathway to the abductor digiti minimi (ADM) muscle [F. Ginanneschi et al. (2005)Exp. Brain Res., 161, 374--382]. The present study examined ...

During a sustained maximal effort a progressive decline in the ability to drive motoneurones (MNs) develops. We used the recently developed triple stimulation technique (TST) to study corticospinal conduction after fatiguing exercise in healthy subjects. This method employs a collision technique to estimate the proportion of motor units activated by a transcranial magnetic stimulus. Following a ...

The mechanisms by which voluntary forces of different strengths are produced in human muscles are not clear. We studied the relation between force and surface electromyography (sEMG) variables over a wide range of voluntary contraction strengths of biceps brachii (BIC) and abductor digiti minimi (ADM). The relation between force and ...

Experience with the use of the Universal Subcutaneous Endoscope (USE) system in surgical treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome in 35 patients is reported. Patients included in the study had pre- and postoperative clinical and electrophysiological data, and had undergone a minimum follow-up period of 13 months. Mean patient age was 59.5 years and the mean follow-up period was 25.9 months. The ...

BackgroundSevere cases of cubital tunnel syndrome do not always result in functional recovery after surgical decompression of the ulnar nerve. A combined operation of tendon transfer to restore index finger abduction and decompression of the ulnar nerve was performed for patients with severe cubital tunnel syndrome who required powerful pinch strength and whose preoperative compound muscle action ...

Changes in shoulder position influence motor cortical outflow to Abductor Digiti Minimi (ADM) muscle in healthy humans. We examined whether these changes may affect finger tremor of central origin. Subjects had their shoulder positioned in two different configurations: 30 degrees horizontal adduction (ANT) and 30 degrees horizontal ...

Motor imagery can be defined as the covert rehearsal of movement. Previous research with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has demonstrated that motor imagery increases the corticospinal excitability of the primary motor cortex in the area corresponding to the representation of the muscle involved in the imagined movement. This research, however, has been limited to imagery of oneself in ...

In the voluntary contractions, output force can be maintained constant although the inhibitory influences exerted by pain on muscle activity. We investigated changes in the spontaneous and evoked activity of the abductor digiti minimi muscle (ADM) and the biceps brachii muscle (BIC) in healthy volunteers during constant force noxious ...

In the present report, we extend our previous observations on corticomotor facilitation associated with covert (action observed or imagined) and overt (action imitated) action execution in old adults (Leonard and Tremblay in Exp Brain Res 117:167-175, 2007) to investigate the impact of Parkinson's disease (PD). Participants consisted of 22 older adults (age range 58-76 years) of whom 11 were ...

Previous transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies showed functional connections between the parietal cortex (PC) and the primary motor cortex (M1) during tasks of different reaching-to-grasp movements. Here, we tested whether the same network is involved in cognitive processes such as imagined or observed actions. Single pulse TMS of the right and left M1 during rest and during a motor ...

Impaired surround inhibition could account for the abnormal motor control seen in patients with focal hand dystonia, but the neural mechanisms underlying surround inhibition in the motor system are not known. We sought to determine whether an abnormality of the influence of sensory input at short latency could contribute to the deficit of surround inhibition in patients with focal hand dystonia ...

During the gross anatomy dissection of a 50-year-old male cadaver, we observed persistent median artery piercing median nerve (Figure 1). The median artery was long and slender. It arose from the ulnar artery, just above the origin of the common interosseous artery. Immediately after its origin, it pierced the median nerve and terminated before reaching the wrist. The cadaver also showed an ...

Paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was used to assess the effectiveness of intracortical inhibition (ICI) acting on corticospinal neurons controlling three intrinsic hand muscles in humans. We hypothesised that the suppression of ICI with selective activation of a muscle would be restricted to corticospinal neurons controlling the muscle targeted for activation. Surface EMG was ...

brevus posterior (flexors, plantar flexors) superficial gastrocnemius (medial and lateral heads digitorum brevis extensor hallicis brevis deep dorsal interossei plantar (superficial to deep; lateral to medial) superficial plantar aponeurosis (most superficial) abductor digiti V flexor digitorum brevis

1. The stretch reflexes of the human abductor digiti minimi (ADM) and biceps brachii muscles were compared using small-amplitude sinusoidal stretching at 10-50 Hz and recording the surface EMG. The stimulus was applied either to the relevant proximal phalanx or to the biceps tendon while the muscle studied was contracting; the same ...

Evidence exists that shoulder joint geometry influences recruitment efficiency and force-generating capacity of hand muscles [Ginanneschi, F., Del Santo, F., Dominici, F., Gelli, F., Mazzocchio, R., Rossi, A., 2005. Changes in corticomotor excitability of hand muscles in relation to static shoulder positions. Exp. Brain Res. 161 (3), 374-382; Dominici, F., Popa, T., Ginanneschi, F., Mazzocchio, ...

The aim of the study was to investigate the relation between linear transformations of motor unit discharge rates and muscle force. Intramuscular (wire electrodes) and high-density surface EMG (13 � 5 electrode grid) were recorded from the abductor digiti minimi muscle of eight healthy men during 60 s contractions at 5%, 7.5% and 10% ...

In the present report, we extent our previous findings (Clark et al. in Neuropsychologia 42:105-122, 2004) on corticomotor facilitation associated with covert (observation and imagery) and overt execution (action imitation) of hand actions to better delineate the selectivity of the effect in the context of an object-oriented action. A second aim was to examine whether the pattern of facilitation ...

1. We have investigated the origin of post-ischaemic ectopic discharges in human nerve by recording changes in electrical excitability following periods of ischaemia (15-20 min) sufficient to induce spontaneous motor fasciculations. The ulnar nerve was stimulated beneath a pressure cuff on the upper arm, and compound motor action potentials recorded from abductor ...

1. The mechanism of post-ischaemic ectopic impulse generation in nerve is not known, and previous measurements of excitability changes in human motor axons have appeared to conflict. We have used automatic threshold tracking and different stimulus-response combinations to follow the effects on excitability of brief (5-10 min) periods of ischaemia, too short to induce motor fasciculations. ...

We examined whether the recruitment properties of the corticospinal pathway to intrinsic hand muscles are influenced by variations of the shoulder joint angle. Abductor digiti minimi (ADM) motor evoked potentials (MEPs) in response to transcranial magnetic stimulation were examined during different static positions of the shoulder ...

Adductor hallucis (AH) is frequently employed in transposition onto the first metatarsal head to alleviate symptoms of hallux valgus. Although tis muscle receives sufficient anatomical description, it is often disregarded in clinical practice. The rare anomalies associated with AH, merit a detailed study owing to its contribution to the treatment of hallux valgus. Additionally, the AH may be ...

Striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) were inoculated into the denervated abductor digiti quinti muscle with street rabies virus. They were killed at various times after inoculation and several tissues were examined by immunofluorescence and light microscopy. Muscle at the inoculation site was examined electron microscopically. Rabies antigen was detected in ...

Within the order Carnivora, the phylogeny of the red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is contentious, with morphological and molecular studies supporting a wide range of possible relationships, including close ties to procyonids, ursids, mustelids and mephitids. This study provides additional morphological data, including muscle maps, for the forelimb of Ailurus, based on the dissection of four cadavers ...

The evidence for two functional roles of M. accessorius interosseus can be adduced as follows: (1) abduction of the whole finger is clearly required to resist the force of the thumb against the index during pinch grasp (Fig. 4) and when greater resistance is applied to the food, activity increases in the muscle. (2) The muscle also flexes the metacarpophalangeal joint at the onset of grasp on the ...

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IntroductionKienb�ck's disease is a condition of osteonecrosis of the lunate bone in the hand, and most patients present with a painful and sometimes swollen wrist with a limited range of motion in the affected wrist. Vaughan-Jackson syndrome is characterized by the disruption of the digital extensor tendons, beginning on the ulnar side with the extensor digiti ...

Although it has long been known that practicing a motor task with one limb can improve performance with the limb opposite, the mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here we tested the hypothesis that improved performance with the untrained limb on a fastest possible (i.e. ballistic) movement task depends partly on cortical circuits located ipsilateral to the trained limb. The idea that crossed ...

The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is an endangered carnivore living in the temperate forests of the Himalayas and southern China. The phylogeny of the red panda has been the subject of much debate. Morphological and molecular studies have supported a wide range of possible relationships, including close ties to procyonids, ursids, mustelids, and mephitids. This study provides additional ...

The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is an endangered carnivore living in the temperate forests of the Himalayas and southern China. The phylogeny of the red panda has been the subject of much debate. Morphological and molecular studies have supported a wide range of possible relationships, including close ties to procyonids, ursids, mustelids, and mephitids. This study provides additional ...

Background and PurposeAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients display easy fatigability and abnormal decrements on repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) test of clinically involved limb muscles, which can result in ALS being misdiagnosed as myasthenia gravis. We retrospectively analyzed the RNS tests of ten ALS patients with only or predominant oropharyngeal symptoms without ocular or facial ...

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Digital images can be an effective tools for science students in the lab. Check this Web site for lesson ideas that combine digitial cameras and science.

An 18-year-old male was involved in a single car motor vehicle accident in which the driver's side airbag was deployed. He presented to the trauma center with complex injuries to the left hand, lacerations to the scalp, and a full-thickness burn to the ulnar aspect of the right hand that included the hypothenar area and the fifth digit. The patient was admitted to the trauma center and received ...

1. The possibility of eliciting H reflexes in relaxed hand muscles using a collision between the orthodromic impulses generated by magnetic cortical stimulation and the antidromic motor volley due to a supramaximal (SM) peripheral nerve stimulus was investigated in seven subjects. 2. Magnetic stimuli, applied through a circular coil (outer diameter, 13 cm) centred at the vertex, evoking EMG ...

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This study attempts to determine the existence of a 'de facto de minimis' threshold as it is revealed by examining government activity with respect to low-level risks that are clearly visible and accurately measured. The study was restricted to the examin...

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A de minimis dose or dose rate as used in this report represents a level of risk which is generally accepted as being of no significance to an individual, or in the case of a population, of no significance to society. The report describes the risk of biological effects from radiation; radiation from natural and man-made sources; normal incidences of cancer and genetic defects; ...

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Scarring or detachment of the hip abductors, particularly of the gluteus medius, from their insertion may lead to severe abductor weakness, recurrent dislocations, pain, and diminished quality of life. We performed a retrospective study to evaluate whether vastus lateralis shift is associated with satisfactory results and low rate of complications. Eleven ...

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This paper reports that for practical cost-benefit applications, the monetary equivalent for a person-rem is generally taken to be constant; however, in actuality it increases as a regulatory or administrative limit is reached. Similarly, the monetary cost of a person-rem tends to zero as the dose equivalent falls below some lower level of concern, reaching a point that is a pragmatic de ...

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Digital gryposis syndrome is an acquired abnormal curvature of the digits due to an unknown etiology. Past medical therapeutic efforts have had limited success, with occasional reports of spontaneous recoveries. Unilateral digital flexor tendon hypertension was identified as the cause of the presenting signs in the goshawk reported in this paper. Tenectomy was performed on the flexor perforatus ...

Abductor insufficiency after hip arthroplasty is a difficult and challenging problem whereby conservative therapy is often insufficient and surgical therapy is known to have failures with re-ruptures. Alternative approaches and arthroscopic surgery are proposed but in many cases they do not fulfill the expectations of patients.Our experience with temporary explantation of ...

BackgroundShortening of the iliotibial band (ITB) has been considered to be associated with low back pain (LBP). It is theorized that ITB tightness in individuals with LBP is a compensatory mechanism following hip abductor muscle weakness. However, no study has clinically examined this theory. The purpose of this study was to investigate the muscle imbalance of hip ...

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Act 42 U.S.C. 5771 Requires law enforcement to enter complete descriptions of missing children into NCIC, even if the abductor has not been charged with a crime National Child...

A brother and two sisters of remotely consanguineous parents had congenital laryngeal abductor paralysis and moderate mental retardation. In the two older sibs, mental deficiency could have resulted from birth asphyxia, but the youngest girl was already microcephalic at birth and had no apparent asphyxia. The mother, who was healthy and of normal intelligence, was found on ...

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The Fact Sheet summarizes when landowners may be eligible for a release from liability and when a landowner may be eligible for a de minimis settlement. It also describes the agency's policy on prospective purchasers of contaminated property.

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targeted to obtain the activities of the Extensor Digitorium (ED), Abductor Pollicis Longus (APL), Flexor, the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS), an extrinsic flexor muscle, is normally connected to the MCP joints Digitorum Superficialis (FDS), Dorsal Interosseous (DI), Abductor Pollicis Brevis (APB), Extensor Pollicis

Spasmodic dysphonia (SD) is a focal dystonia of the larynx. Adductor spasmodic dysphonia (ADSD) involves the laryngeal adductor muscles, and symptoms of vocal roughness, staccato-like sounds, and stops in phonation. Abductor spasmodic dysphonia (ABSD) affects the laryngeal abductor muscles, resulting in a breathy or whispered voice quality and voice ...

muscles during the pinch force generation. Extensor Digitorium (ED), Abductor Pollicis Longus (APL), Flexor Digitorum Superficialis (FDS), Dorsal Interosseous (DI), Abductor Pollicis Brevis (APB), Flexor Pollicis Brevis (FPB), and Adductor Pollicis (AP). To obtain the seven target muscles' activities, seven

Purpose:The purposes of this study were to quantitatively examine hip abductor strength in patients presenting with iliotibial band friction syndrome (ITBFS) and to determine whether a multi-modal physiotherapy approach, including hip abductor strengthening, might play a role in recovery.Method:Our observational, pretest�posttest study is one of the ...

), the extensor carpi radialis (ECR), the extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU), and the abductor pollicis longus (APL), the extensor carpi radialis (ECR), the extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU), and the abductor pollicis longus (APL related to the production of the wrist movements above were selected: the flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU

surface were inserted into flexors pollicis longus (FPL) and brevis (FPB), extensors pollicis longus (EPL) and brevis (EPB), abductors pollicis longus (APL) and brevis (APB), opponens pollicis (OPP), adductor that the highest magnitudes of force can be accurately directed. Abductor pollicis brevis and extensor pollicis

We conducted this study to establish reliability and normative values for abductor pollicis brevis strength. A portable microprocessor-controlled hand-held device was used for testing. Twelve healthy subjects were used for intrarater and interrater reliability testing. Intraclass correlation coefficients were 0.92 for intrarater testing and 0.89 for interrater reliability. ...

The abductor release sometimes does not heal after a transgluteal approach for hip arthroplasty. Factors influencing the success of subsequent repair are unclear. We used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to compare the condition of the gluteus medius with clinical outcome after late repair of abductor dehiscence in 12 total hip patients. Evaluation ...

The evaluation of hip abductor strength is useful in assessing of the outcome of hip surgery. Hand-held dynamometers are available, but they are less reliable in assessing hip abductor strength than some other muscle groups. We describe a new device designed to measure hip abductor strength, which is practical in a clinical setting. A ...

BACKGROUND: Loss of the abductor portions of the gluteus medius and gluteus minimus muscles due to THA causes severe limp and often instability. DESCRIPTION OF TECHNIQUE: To minimize the symptoms of limp and instability, the anterior � of the gluteus maximus was transferred to the greater trochanter and sutured under the vastus lateralis. A separate posterior flap was ...

IntroductionTotal hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most frequently performed procedures in orthopaedics and weakness of external rotators is often recognized thereafter. However, the etiology of lateral hip pain is multifaceted. For the diagnosis of abductor tendon rupture, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard. As not every patient can be subjected to MRI, ...

validation with the benefits of deterministic global optimization for cost minimi- zation. We show epidural anes- thesia. Then Flexi-guide catheters Best Industries, Inc., Flexi-needles, 283-25 FL153-15NG

The proposed revision of 10CFR20 is discussed from a personal perspective. A brief historical review of the development of radiation standards is presented, and arguments against the proposed de minimis level elaborated upon. (ACR)

The report provides a technical basis for assessing the transport of fluids through polymeric liners used to confine pollutants in landfills and impoundments. When a mixture of organic fluids, water, salts, and other substances are confined by an intact liner, first the organic f...

The videotape covers the fundamentals of RD/RA negotiations, including settlement tools, de minimis settlements, mixed funding, and unilateral orders.

The videotape covers the fundamentals of RD/RA negotiations, including settlement tools, de minimis settlements, mixed funding, and unilateral orders.

An extensive structure-function study of the aminothiols with the goal of obtaining information on basic radiation injury process is described. Structural analogues of MEA are being synthesized, purified, and tested under biological conditions that minimi...

The Environmental Assessment (EA) addresses the potential environmental effects of restoring 0.875 mile of San Antonio Creek by remediating extensive damage to the banks and stream channel, restoring hydrologic function, enhancing stream stability, minimi...

The document is composed of redelegations and consultation on judicial settlements and de minimis settlements to Director of the Office of Waste Programs, from AA/OSWER.

This is a memo containing information on PSD Monitoring. It includes tables showing PSD monitoring methods and averaging times for the regulated criteria and non-criteria pollutants. The Rationale for the PSD Monitoring De Minimis Concentrations is also given.

A thermal and mechanical optimization of a thermally conducting joint and an attached heat pipe radiator was performed. A thermal node model was established to calculate different design configurations. The sealing-bearing concept was redesigned to minimi...

Minimum Distance estimation was used to calculate estimates of the mixing proportion of the mixture of two normal distributions and the mixture of two exponential distributions. The estimation was carried out by using the Golden Search technique to minimi...

A laboratory study was conducted to determine the effects of sonic boom signature shaping on subjective loudness and acceptability. The study utilized the sonic boom simulator at the Langley Research Center. A wide range of symmetrical, front-shock-minimi...

Traditional nitrogen (N) management schemes for corn production in the USA have resulted in low N use efficiency (NUE), environmental contamination, and considerable public debate regarding use of N fertilizers in crop production. Hence, development of alternative schemes that improve NUE and minimi...

The purpose of the directive is to provide general guidance on landowner liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Pub.L. No.99-499 (SARA), 42 U.S.C. S9601 et seq., and to provide specific guidance on which landowners qualify for de minimis ...

This document supersedes EPA's policy on agreements with prospective purchasers of contaminated property as set forth in the June 6, 1989, policy document entitled 'Guidance on Landowner Liability under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, De Minimis Settlements und...

...at least 130 square kilometers (50 square miles). Area within contract SAB extensions counts toward the minimum coverage requirement. However, area within de minimis SAB extensions does not count toward the minimum coverage requirement....

...commercial sale in commerce or other off-site distribution, except in a de minimis manner. Total fluorides means elemental fluorine and all fluoride compounds, including the HAP hydrogen fluoride, as measured by reference methods specified in 40 CFR...

...liability for de minimis amounts, liability for 20-year-limitation amounts, and reallocation liability. Mass withdrawal valuation...amounts and the employer's liability for 20-year-limitation amounts. Unfunded...

... Si l'installation ultérieure procède à l'étiquetage ou autre activité semblable de nature de minimis, alors les deux installations étrangères doivent s ...

...vehicle transportation that is specially designed for security (for example, the vehicle is equipped with bulletproof glass and armor plating), and the conditions of § 1.132-5(m) are satisfied, the value of the special security design is...

...demolished unit must be used for meeting the service or other needs of public housing residents (use of space to construct a laundry facility, community center, child care facility, office space for a general provider; or for use as open space or...

...2) Exception for goods containing elastomeric yarns. A textile or apparel good containing elastomeric yarns (excluding latex) in the component of the good that determines the tariff classification of the good will be considered an originating good...

...being denied; notification by BIS of the results of a commodity...encryption review request conducted by BIS; and, (11) Other records...de minimis calculation (method). (c) Special recordkeeping...requiring further authorization from BIS, or returned to the...

...Lucia St. Vincent & Grenadines Slovenia Suriname Swaziland Thailand Tunisia Trinidad & Tobago Uruguay Venezuela De Minimis=1%; Negligible Imports=3%: Australia Austria Belgium Brunei Canada Cyprus Denmark...