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  The Syndrome of Contractures and Deformities (SofCD) is thought to be the result of abnormalities in the locomotor system in children, as well as inadequacy and pain in adults. Prof. Hans Mau claims that there is a list of symptoms that can be seen in neonates and babies. He refers to this condition as the "Seven Contracture Syndrome" (or "Siebenersyndrom" in German). The authors describe the eighth abnormality, namely the varus deformity of shanks, in this publication from 2006. The Syndrome of Contractures and Deformities, as the primary cause of wry neck (torticollis) and one of the four causes of Blount disease, is thoroughly discussed in this article, as well as its impact on the development of hip dysplasia. In addition, the biomechanical origin of so-called idiopathic scoliosis is explained. Author(S) Details Karski Tomasz Vincent Pol University in Lublin, Poland. Karski Jacek Medical University in Lublin, Poland. Pyrc Jaroslaw Department of Traum...

A preliminary analysis of immunoprecipitation followed by Western Blotting (WB) shows corin and TLP precipitate at the same level (approximately 50 KDa) and are recognized by the same antibodies. In parallel the tests of immunoprecipitation were improved by the use of cell extracts derived from lung cancer cells A549 and NCI-H23 with the aim of obtaining a precipitate containing only the TLP. In fact the partial amino acid sequence of TLP shows a high homology with the sequence of human corin (only one amino acid is different) and is present in lung cancer under different isoforms. It is known that human corin is expressed mostly outside the cells and the protein extract derived from the extracellular medium and from the cells transfected with the plasmid, which over expresses corin, shows several bands analysed on SDS-PAGE that are equivalent to the bands (about 50-100 KDa) observed in the WB analysed by anti-TLP. Author (s) Details Giulio Tarro Beaumont Bonelli Foundation for ...

This study aims to review recently published clinical presentation on the effectiveness and impact of current therapy for low back pain (LBP) during pregnancy. This would help to build an information background and determine the necessity for future research on the development of an effective means for reducing pregnant low back pain. Author(s) Details M. Y. Li Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. C. W. Kan Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. A. S. W. Wong Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. Y. L. Kwok Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. J. Yip Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. ...