PROPHYLACTIC EVALUATION OF SHOULDER PROPRIOCEPTION IN ELITE SWIMMERS

It is suggested that poor shoulder proprioception contributes to shoulder pain in swimmers. However, there is a lack of studies describing the measurement method for shoulder proprioception. The purposes of this preliminary study was to investigate the scapular position depending on arm scaption as a first step in the development of a measurement method for three-dimensional shoulder proprioception. An asymptomatic young adults participated in this study. His scapular rotation were measured as a function of arm position during scaption in two consecutive days. The results showed that scapular rotations are not a reproducible function of humerus elevation. Those findings suggested that the assessement of shoulder proprioception should rely on the evaluation of both gleno-humeral and scapulo-thoracic joints to be valid

Fantasmes d'Orient, Berlioz/victor Hugo, Catalogue Exposition Musée La Côte Saint-André, 2004.

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Immunological and genetic analysis of factors controlling the development of Schistosoma japonicum's associated fibrosis in a population of Chinese fishermen

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Small mammal inventory in the Lama forest reserve (south Benin), with new cytogenetical data

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Terrestrial small mammal diversity and abundance in central Benin: Comparison between habitats, with conservation implications.

International audienceWe performed a terrestrial small mammal species inventory in the Agoua and Wari-Maro forest reserves (Benin). Four localities were sampled, and in each locality, three habitats were surveyed: dense forest, open forest or woodland savannah and shrub savannah. This is the first comprehensive inventory for small mammals in central Benin. We captured 794 small mammals representing twenty species (six shrew species, fourteen rodent species). Three new species that need to be described were recorded. We observed a mixture of both true forest species and of species adapted to a wider range of habitats ranging from savannah to forest clearings. Species with either Sudanian or Guinea–Congolian affinities were recorded, as well as a new species endemic to Togo and Benin. This rich biodiversity underlines the urgent need for an effective protection of these forests. The Sudanian species Crocidura cf. foxi was more abundant in Wari-Maro than in Agoua forest, while the Guineo–Congolian species Praomys misonnei and Hylomyscus sp were only captured in Agoua forest. These results are in agreement with the fact that these two forests belong to two distinct chorological zones

Tuning the Stability of Pd(IV) Intermediates Using a Redox Non-innocent Ligand Combined with an Organolanthanide Fragment

International audienceThe unique combination of a divalent organolanthanide fragment, Cp*2Yb, with bipyrimidine (bipym) and a palladium bis-alkyl fragment, PdMe2, allows the rapid formation and stabilization of a PdIV tris-alkyl moiety after oxidative addition with MeI. The crucial role of the organolanthanide fragment is demonstrated by the substitution of bipym by the 4,5,9,10-tetraazaphenanthrene ligand, which drastically modifies the electronic structure and tunes the stability of the PdIV species