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Can Vet J 2022 Aug;63(8):825-829

University of Wisconsin - Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (Krenzke, Cameron, Pritchard); Southeast Veterinary Neurology of Boynton Beach, Boynton Beach, Florida, USA (Webb); Comparative Neuromuscular Laboratory, University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA (Guo, Shelton).

A 9-year-old spayed female 18.8 kg mixed breed boxer dog was referred for evaluation of a 7-month history of difficulty swallowing and prehending food, regurgitation, hypersalivation, and an abnormal dorsiflexion of the tongue. Prior to referral, a barium study was performed, which revealed a mildly dilated esophagus. Read More

Neurophysiol Clin 2022 Jul 26. Epub 2022 Jul 26.

Virginia Commonwealth University, Biomedical Engineering, Rehabilitation Engineering to Advance Ability Lab (REALab), Biotech Eight, Room 421, 737 North 5th Street, Richmond, VA 23219, United States. Electronic address:

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of common transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) waveforms (monophasic and biphasic) on resting motor threshold (RMT), active motor threshold (AMT), and motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitudes in the biceps and first dorsal interosseous (FDI) because waveforms may affect motor targets differently. We also determined test-retest reliability.

Methods: Ten individuals participated in two sessions of TMS delivered to the motor cortex. Read More

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg 2022 19;9(1):173-178. Epub 2022 Jul 19.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Posterior interosseous nerve injury after distal biceps repair significantly impairs hand function. For treatment, we describe an anterior interosseous nerve to posterior interosseous nerve transfer. Our technique is useful when the injury is too distal for median nerve transfer or when the zone of injury is too long for nerve graft reconstruction. Read More

J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2022 Jul 21. Epub 2022 Jul 21.

Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Foundation for Orthopaedic Research, Care & Education (FORCE), Amphia Hospital, Breda, Netherlands.

Background: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of 3 weeks of Indomethacin, a non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), in comparison to 1 week of meloxicam as prophylaxis for heterotopic ossifications (HO) after distal biceps tendon repair.

Methods: A single-center retrospective study was performed on 78 patients undergoing distal biceps tendon repair between 2008 and 2019. From 2008 to 2016, patients received Meloxicam 15mg daily for the period of 1 week as usual care. Read More

BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2022 Jul 14;23(1):674. Epub 2022 Jul 14.

Dept. of Family Medicine, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Background: It is assumed that in patients with diabetic neuropathy, muscle denervation can result in shoulder disorders. Muscle denervation will lead to changes in muscle architecture, which can be assessed by quantitative muscle ultrasound (QMUS). The aim was to investigate whether increased muscle echogenicity, as a sign of neuropathy, is more often present in patients with shoulder pain who have type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) than in those without. Read More