Background Thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) osteoarthritis (OA), a degenerative condition
affecting hand use, is typically evaluated through radiographs and clinical examination. …

Objective To quantitatively assess changes in muscle stiffness following intramuscular saline
injection using shear wave elastography (SWE). Materials and methods Thirty muscles (…

Background: The high soft-tissue contrast of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) makes it
useful for evaluation of hand injuries, but its limitations include cost, imaging artifacts, and …

Background Although interspinous and supraspinous ligaments of the lumbar spine are
thought to contribute to spinal stability, little is known about their dynamic biomechanics. We …

Objective To aid emergent diagnosis of postoperative retropharyngeal hematoma in anterior
cervical spine surgery patients, this study investigates ultrasonography’s potential role by …

… Focusing on female golf phenomenon Lydia Ko, the analysis … Several intersecting factors
influenced Ko’s celebrity and … Ko’s own public proclamations regarding her national identity. …

Tumor DNA sequencing data can be interpreted by computational methods that analyze
genomic heterogeneity to infer evolutionary dynamics. A growing number of studies have used …

The location of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) makes it susceptible to injury
with trauma, external compression, and iatrogenic injury. The objectives of this study were to …

The levels of E-selectin mRNA and protein were analyzed in bovine capillary cells treated
with or without the angiogenesis inhibitor AGM-1470 (also known as TNP-470). Cells treated …

Accurate localization and characterization of peripheral nerve injuries adjacent to metallic
hardware is difficult with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) due to susceptibility artifact. This …