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Twenty-four male patients aged 20-34 years, with quadriceps femoris muscle [QFM] weakness, Grade 2, following open meniscectomy operation, have undergone physical therapy, one session/day for 6 days/week. Physiotherapy included infrared therapy followed by static QFM exercises. Twelve patients received in addition continuous faradic stimulation to the QFM. The QFM power was recorded every five days in all patients. Therapy was given until a given QFM torque was attained. Data analysis revealed that faradic stimulation had significantly enhanced the recovery of the QFM strength
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Peripheral nerve injuries are known complications of shoulder dislocation. The incidence, clinical features, and prognosis of nerve injuries were studied in 17 male patients with acute anterior shoulder dislocation. Electromyographic [EMG] and clinical examination revealed partial axillary nerve injury in 9 patients and complete injury in 8 patients. There was, however, no evidence of any other nerve injury. Furthermore, EMG examination, within 14 weeks after the day of dislocation, showed that spontaneous reinnervation was the rule in all patients. This EMG finding was associated with improvement in the deltoid muscle power. Thus, this would suggest a good prognosis