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Congresses as Topic , Focus Groups/methods , Hallucinations/rehabilitation , Internationality , Patient Participation/methods , Patient Participation/psychology , Denmark , Female , Hallucinations/psychology , Humans , Male , Patient Participation/statistics & numerical data , United Kingdom , United StatesABSTRACT
Postural stability is an important component of skilled athletic activity. However, the effects of foot orthoses on stability have not been adequately addressed. This study measured postural sway in 30 asymptomatic professional soccer players in three standing positions and four underfoot conditions. The results revealed that the underfoot condition had no significant effect on sway in the mediolateral or anteroposterior planes; however, there was a trend toward less mediolateral sway when subjects stood in a unipedal position with prefabricated orthoses. These results suggest that insoles and foot orthoses have no significant beneficial or detrimental effects on postural stability in asymptomatic subjects. Clinically, this suggests that no improvements in balance performance could be expected with prophylactic use of insoles or orthoses but that clinicians may prescribe insoles and foot orthoses without fear of impairing postural performance in elite athletes.
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Foot/physiology , Orthotic Devices/standards , Postural Balance , Shoes , Soccer/injuries , Adult , Athletic Injuries/physiopathology , Athletic Injuries/prevention & control , Australia , Humans , Male , Movement , Postural Balance/physiology , Posture/physiology , ResearchABSTRACT
Scanning electron microscopic evaluation of the resected plaques from 11 patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic lesions of the carotid artery bifurcation were carried out. The most common findings were mounds of atheromatous material, many of which appeared to be fractured and capped with fibrin-platelet exudates, projecting into the lumen of the vessels. Both small and large ulcer craters were identified, and attached bodies were present in three-fourths of the specimens studied. These consisted most commonly of platelet clumps and fibrin sheets and were intimately related to the atheroma.
