A waddling gait happens because of weakness in your hip girdle and upper thigh muscles. To make up for the weakness, you sway from side to side, and your hip drops with each step. It’s also called ...

Dr Lata BichileMK, a 42-year-old engineer, walked into my OPD along with his wife in August 2023. He had been experiencing swelling and stiffness in his right forearm for the past four months, with a ...

THIS report is concerned with the uncommon syndrome of isolated bilateral symmetrical ulnar-nerve palsy. After confronting such an entity in hospital practice, I became interested in this problem ...

Depth camera-based measurement has demonstrated efficacy in automated assessment of upper limb Fugl-Meyer Assessment for paralysis rehabilitation. However, there is a lack of adequately sized studies ...

Whereas repetitive facilitative exercise (RFE) affects primarily recovery of motor impairment after stroke, task-oriented training (TOT) focuses on facilitating daily use of the affected upper ...

A man in his late 40s with no known past medical history was unresponsive for an unknown period of time. Crushed pills and white residue were found on a nearby table. On presentation he was obtunded ...

Neuropathy can class as a disability if a person meets certain criteria that the Social Security Administration (SSA) sets, relating to symptoms that indicate disorganized motor functions or marked ...

Hoffman’s sign or reflex is a test that doctors use to examine the reflexes of the upper extremities. The sign takes its name from a German neurologist called Johann Hoffman. Other names for the sign ...

A 58-year-old man with a history of hyperlipidemia presents to his primary care provider with increased fatigue for the past 3 months. He works 10 or more hours a day as a truck driver but he recently ...

Learning to recognize the subtle warning signs of this serious pregnancy complication could save your baby’s life—and your own. One of the classic preeclampsia symptoms or preeclampsia signs is ...