Temporal bone

Orthosis for Radial Nerve Palsy Clients, who sustain damage to the radial nerve experience a significant loss in functional use of the hand. Radial nerve is the most commonly injured nerve of the upper extremity. Orthotic fabrication for an individual with radial nerve palsy requires a balance between protecting the skin while trying to provide increased function for the extremity. Radial nerve palsy depends a lot on where the nerve is damaged. Description of the radial nerve palsy…

Achondroplasia Achondroplasia, also known as dwarfism, is a condition that causes abnormal bone growth and development. The condition is present at birth, and most people with achondroplasia will not grow to an average adult height. Achondroplasia affects the skull, spine, and bones in the arms and legs. Soft parts of bone, called cartilage, that would normally develop into hard bone do not change. This causes bones to be short and poorly shaped. Achondroplasia affects boys and girls equally.…

Canadians sustain a bone fracture every year. The majority of these fractures heal well; however, about 5 to 10% of fractures develop delayed or incomplete healing requiring additional medical intervention. While we understand some of the mechanisms controlling bone healing, an improved and in-depth understanding of the precise molecular as well as cellular mechanisms involved in correct bone formation during fracture healing is of great importance. The processes that occur during bone healing…

Imagine waking up, tripping over a rug, and immediately breaking a hip bone or shoulder without any hesitation. With the right amount of calcium in your diet, this can reform immensely for the state of one’s bone health. The root “osteo” actually means bone; moreover, Osteoporosis is a disease in which the bone is tremendously brittle, which can be preventable with the right precautions. Bones are the formation of the skeletal system in which helps with mobility and structure. Unfortunately,…

Osteoporosis Osteoporosis can be defined as the weakening of bones in the body. This makes the bones so fragile, that something as simple as a cough or a sneeze can cause a fracture to the bone. The fractures occur most in the wrist, spine, or hip. Osteoporosis can disable a person from daily activities that they are used to doing without the troubles of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis can occur in any person, man or woman, of any race. There are no exceptions or exemptions. Osteoporosis has…

Bones fulfill a variety of functions, including the task of providing storage for nutrients, as well as support for the body as a whole (Bikle and Halloran 1999; Curry 2006; Pearson and Lieberman 2004; Swartz 1989). In order to accomplish those tasks, the skeletal system must have the capability to both withstand and successfully respond to internal and external pressure (Pearson and Lieberman 2004; Swartz 1989). Specifically, stature and weight, in relation to positional behavior, are…

Osteogenesis Imperfecta is a genetic disorder that causes extremely brittle bones. This disease can cause bones to break, people can have hundreds of fractures throughout their lifetime due to Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Most of Osteogenesis Imperfecta cases are caused by a dominant genetic mutation which would be types 1-4. Types 5 -8 are inherited by a recessive mutation. Although in some rare occasions is could be a new genetic mutation. The term “Osteogenesis Imperfecta” was originated by W.…

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, or Stone Man’s Disease, is a disorder in which muscle tissue and connective tissue, such as tendons and ligaments, are replaced by bone outside the skeleton when the tissue is wounded. When the extra bone grows over the necessary bone, precise movements are restrained, such as bending the elbow, and rotating the neck. FOP is an inherited disease that progresses over time, hence “Progressiva,” and never gets better. For this disease, there is no cure, only…

diagnostic medical sonography, diagnostic x-ray, and bone densitometry. Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disease affecting the quantity and structure of collagen that is normally found in connective tissues, bones, and the sclera, or white portion of eyes. It is estimated that this condition affects 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 20,000 births (Antoniazzi, Mottes, Fraschini, Brunelli, & Tato, 2000). The abnormalities of the collagen produce fragile bones that are susceptible to breaking, even with…

There are a number of sources of ankle pain: sprains (which themselves come in two varieties inversion and eversion, whether the foot is twisted inward or outward, respectively, resulting in the excessive stretching of the ligament opposite to the direction of the twist), tendonitis of the Achilles tendon, rupture of the Achilles tendon, osteoarthritis, gout, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, bursitis, broken ankle and stress fractures immediately come to mind. In the case of ankle…