Vertical Heterophoria and Postural Control in Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain

The purpose of this study was to test postural control during quiet standing in nonspecific chronic low back pain (LBP) subjects with vertical heterophoria (VH) before and after cancellation of VH; also to compare with healthy subjects with, and without VH. Fourteen subjects with LBP took part in this study. The postural performance was measured through the center of pressure displacements with a force platform while the subjects fixated on a target placed at either 40 or 200 cm, before and after VH cancellation with an appropriate prism. Their postural performance was compared to that of 14 healthy subjects with VH and 12 without VH (i.e. vertical orthophoria) studied previously in similar conditions. For LBP subjects, cancellation of VH with a prism improved postural performance. With respect to control subjects (with or without VH), the variance of speed of the center of pressure was higher, suggesting more energy was needed to stabilize their posture in quiet upright stance. Similarly to controls, LBP subjects showed higher postural sway when they were looking at a target at a far distance than at a close distance. The most important finding is that LBP subjects with VH can improve their performance after prism-cancellation of their VH. We suggest that VH reflects mild conflict between sensory and motor inputs involved in postural control i.e. a non optimal integration of the various signals. This could affect the performance of postural control and perhaps lead to pain. Nonspecific chronic back pain may results from such prolonged conflict

Lake Geneva and its literary landmarks,

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Brompton Oratory

View looking up the front elevation; The London Oratory is a Catholic oratory, a community of lay-brothers and the name given to the London Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri. It is housed in an Oratory House, next to the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the Brompton Road. The Oratory was founded in 1849, the year after John Henry, Cardinal Newman had established the Birmingham Oratory. Pope Pius IX commissioned Newman to introduce the Oratorian Order to England. Together with their Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary the community of the Oratorian Fathers is often popularly, though incorrectly, referred to as the 'Brompton Oratory'. The London Oratory is famous in particular for the solemn celebration of the Roman liturgy, especially in Latin, and for its preservation of the traditional place of music in the liturgy, which is currently served by three choirs. It is semi-private. The Italianate taste of the Oratorians found its fullest expression in the Brompton Oratory, London (1880-1884), designed by Herbert Augustine Gribble (1847-1894), the façade of which supports a monumental statue of Newman by Léon Joseph Chavalliaud (1850-1911). Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 6/15/2009

George Sand and her lovers,

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Brompton Oratory

Front elevation, side view of the portico; The London Oratory is a Catholic oratory, a community of lay-brothers and the name given to the London Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri. It is housed in an Oratory House, next to the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the Brompton Road. The Oratory was founded in 1849, the year after John Henry, Cardinal Newman had established the Birmingham Oratory. Pope Pius IX commissioned Newman to introduce the Oratorian Order to England. Together with their Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary the community of the Oratorian Fathers is often popularly, though incorrectly, referred to as the 'Brompton Oratory'. The London Oratory is famous in particular for the solemn celebration of the Roman liturgy, especially in Latin, and for its preservation of the traditional place of music in the liturgy, which is currently served by three choirs. It is semi-private. The Italianate taste of the Oratorians found its fullest expression in the Brompton Oratory, London (1880-1884), designed by Herbert Augustine Gribble (1847-1894), the façade of which supports a monumental statue of Newman by Léon Joseph Chavalliaud (1850-1911). Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 6/15/2009

The passions of the French romantics,

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Brompton Oratory

General view; The London Oratory is a Catholic oratory, a community of lay-brothers and the name given to the London Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri. It is housed in an Oratory House, next to the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the Brompton Road. The Oratory was founded in 1849, the year after John Henry, Cardinal Newman had established the Birmingham Oratory. Pope Pius IX commissioned Newman to introduce the Oratorian Order to England. Together with their Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary the community of the Oratorian Fathers is often popularly, though incorrectly, referred to as the 'Brompton Oratory'. The London Oratory is famous in particular for the solemn celebration of the Roman liturgy, especially in Latin, and for its preservation of the traditional place of music in the liturgy, which is currently served by three choirs. It is semi-private. The Italianate taste of the Oratorians found its fullest expression in the Brompton Oratory, London (1880-1884), designed by Herbert Augustine Gribble (1847-1894), the façade of which supports a monumental statue of Newman by Léon Joseph Chavalliaud (1850-1911). Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 6/15/2009

Pecan trees : price list /

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