[pic] [pic] [pic] Working together as an interdisciplinary team‚ many highly trained health professionals besides medical practitioners are involved in the delivery of modern health care. Examples include: nurses‚ emergency medical technicians and paramedics‚ laboratory scientists‚ pharmacists‚ physician assistants‚ podiatrists physiotherapists‚ respiratory therapists
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth is not a dental problem. The name may sound funny‚ yet the disease is anything but. Although very few people have heard of it It’s the No. 1 inherited neuromuscular disease in America. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is an inherited neurological disease characterized by gradual degeneration of nerves‚ which starts in the hands and feet and results in numbness‚ muscle weakness and loss of function. Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease typically occurs
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Mechanomyogram for Muscle Function Assessment: A Review Md. Anamul Islam*‚ Kenneth Sundaraj‚ R. Badlishah Ahmad‚ Nizam Uddin Ahamed AI-Rehab Research Group‚ Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)‚ Kompleks Pauh Putra‚ Arau‚ Perlis‚ Malaysia Abstract Background: Mechanomyography (MMG) has been extensively applied in clinical and experimental practice to examine muscle characteristics including muscle function (MF)‚ prosthesis and/or switch control‚ signal processing‚ physiological exercise‚ and
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NAME OF TEST ANATOMIC‚ KINESIOLOIC‚ PHYSIOLOGIC STARTING POSITION PROCEDURE RESULTS & INTERPRETATION POSITIVE RESULTS & INTERPRETATION NEGATIVE Jerk Test ~ The shoulder joint has three bones: the shoulder blade (scapula)‚ the collarbone (clavicle)‚ and the upper arm bone (humerus). The head of the upper arm bone (humeral head) rests in a shallow socket in the shoulder blade called the glenoid. The head of the upper arm bone is usually much larger than the socket‚ and a soft fibrous tissue
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AJ Petto & RD Clare Case Studies in Human Anatomy and Physiology Case Resolution Template Instructions: 1. Make a copy of this document on your computer (it can be on your hard drive or on removable media‚ such as a thumb drive). 2. Save the document before you begin to answer the questions. 3. Save your document frequently as you move through the assignment. 4. Save your final document‚ and then close it and exit the word processing program. 5. Then open the D2L page for your laboratory
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also a tendency to sprain ankles and some difficulty in maintaining balance while standing. It is only necessary for one parent to carry the defective gene for the disease to be transmitted. Male and female children are equally affected. Both electromyography‚ which is a test measuring the electrical activity of muscle cells‚ and muscle biopsy tests help diagnosis this disease. There is no known cure for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. However‚ foot deformities can be treated with carefully fitted shoes
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------------------------------------------------- Case Report Female‚ Age 66 years‚ Cervical Dystonia / Torticollis This 66-year-old female was involved in an auto accident 15 years prior in which she was side-swiped at approximately 40kph. Two years after the accident‚ she started to notice slight involuntary movements in her neck. Her symptoms gradually worsened and she was diagnosed with cervical dystonia / spasmodic torticollis. She described that her neck would involuntarily pull in
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What is the origin of Pilates? Admittedly‚ the history of many ancient fitness activities is sometimes sketchy. Tai chi‚ swimming‚ yoga‚ and even running all started thousands of years ago‚ and although there is some documentation‚ the precise beginnings are unknown. Things are different with Pilates. The beginning is clear. It was created in the 1920s by the physical trainer Joseph Pilates (1880-1967) for the purpose of rehabilitation. Some of the first people treated by Pilates were soldiers returning
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Current Technologies‚ Research direction and design of Safety and Impact for Human-Machine Interface Chan Wei-How UTAR Complex‚ Jalan Genting Kelang‚ 53300 Setapak‚ Kuala Lumpur. ronaldcwh@1utar.my Abstract In this paper‚ I am going to discuss about the current trend of technologies used and the research direction‚ as well as the design safety and impact for the Human-Machine Interface (HMI) on 4 different topics which are touch based‚ optic based‚ acoustic based technology
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The Aga Khan University Hospital‚ Karachi Organization Accredited by Joint Commission International Fact Sheet Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) is the principal teaching site of Aga Khan University (AKU) in Karachi‚ the first private international university in Pakistan. The University is an academic centre of Aga Khan Development Network‚ a group of development agencies‚ institutions and programmes that work primarily in developing countries of Asia and Africa. AKUH started operations in
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