29 research outputs found
Conservative treatment in Scheuermann’s kyphosis: comparison between lateral curve and variation of the vertebral geometry
Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of multiple focal nodular hyperplasias of the liver with congenital absence of the portal vein in a Chinese girl: case report and review of the literature
HIF-2α promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition through regulating Twist2 binding to the promoter of E-cadherin in pancreatic cancer
Serum erythropoietin concentration in chronic renal failure: relationship to degree of anemia and excretory renal function
Effects of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation and kidney transplantation alone on the outcome of peripheral vascular diseases
Cifose torácica e músculos isquiotibiais: correlação estético-funcional Thoracic kyphosis and hamstrings: an aesthetic-functional correlation
OBJETIVO: Os autores discutem a correlação existente entre a cifose torácica aumentada, em pacientes portadores de Dorso Curvo Postural (DCP) ou Doença de Scheuermann (DS), e a contratura dos músculos isquiotibiais. Esta relação é pouco estudada na literatura. MÉTODOS: No perÃodo de junho a dezembro de 2003, foram analisados 38 pacientes. Dentre os pacientes, 26 (68,4 %) eram do sexo masculino e 12 (31,6%) do sexo feminino. A idade mÃnima foi de 10 anos e a máxima de 20 anos, com média de 15,36. Encontramos 20 (52,6%) pacientes portadores de Doença de Scheuermann e 18 (47,4%) com Dorso Curvo Postural. RESULTADOS: De todos os 38 pacientes estudados, 32 (84,2%) apresentaram contratura dos isquiotibiais, o que foi estatisticamente significante (p<0,001). Analisando apenas pacientes com DS encontramos 85% de contratura e 83,3% nos com DCP. CONCLUSÃO: Não houve diferença estatÃstica, da porcentagem de contratura dos isquiotibiais na DS em relação ao DCP (p=0,61).<br>OBJECTIVE: The authors discuss the existent correlation between augmented thoracic kyphosis in patients with juvenile Kyphosis or Scheuermann`s disease and hamstrings contraction. This correlation is marginally addressed by existing studies. METHODS: Between June and December 2003, 38 patients belonging to the Spine Group at the Department of Orthopaedics from Santa Casa de São Paulo, Brazil, were analyzed. Among them, 26 (68.4%) were males and 12 (81.6%) were females. The youngest age was 10 and the oldest one was 20 years, with an average of 15.36. Twenty (52.6%) patients presented with Scheuermann´s disease and 18 (47.4%) with juvenile Kyphosis. RESULTS: From all 38 patients under study, 32 (84.2%) presented hamstring contracture, which was statistically significant (p<0.001). 85% of patients presenting only Scheuermann`s disease and 83.3% of patients with only juvenile Kyphosis had contracture. Conclusion: There was no statistically significant difference between contraction percentage in Scheuermann`s disease patients versus juvenile Kyphosis patients (p=0.61)