Analyses of human patterns of movement have shown that a large number of daily activities require movement of the head and trunk as a basic component. The control of postvertebral muscles is obviously of importance in ...

Studies of the mechanics of the trunk have reported that during the initial phase of lifting in the stooped position the body uses additional support of intratruncal pressure to limit the work done by the erector spinae ...

The objective of this study was to determine the rate of ossification of the medial epiphysis of the clavicle and some of the different factors that may influence the rate of ossification in the Ghanaian population. The ...

Problem-based learning (PBL) is arguably one of the most important innovations in medical education in the last century. The evident benefits of PBL and the changing face of medicine and medical education have led ...

Reaching vulnerable populations in low-resource settings with effective business solutions is critical, given the global nature of food and nutrition security. Over a third of deaths of children under 5 years of age are ...

Objective.The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the location of theMTSS pain (posteromedial border of tibia) and the muscles that originate from that site. Method. The study was conducted in ...

The intervertebral foramina, aptly described by Hadley (1949) as being at the crossroads between the peripheral nervous system and the movable skeletal support, transmit the spinal nerves, spinal arteries and veins, the ...

Objective: The study aimed at finding the level of physical activity and the evidence of overweight and obesity and associated its sociodemographic factors in some rural communities in the central region of Ghana. Subjects: ...

Study aim: This study assessed the level of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes of tertiary student athletes on doping issues. Emphasis was placed on the knowledge of substances found on the prohibited list of the World ...

The horizontal and vertical diameters of the pedicles of the lumbar vertebrae were measured from plain anteroposterior radiographs of the lumbar spines of male and female subjects aged from 10 to 65 y. The results showed ...