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Olavi Airaksinen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Effect of cervical spine Position on upper limb myoelectric activity during pre-manipulative stretch for Mills manipulation: A new model, relations to peripheral nerve biomechanics and specificity of Mills manipulation
Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 2012Co-Authors: Marinko Rade, Michael Shacklock, Stanislav Peharec, Petar Bačić, Corrado Candian, Markku Kankaanpää, Olavi AiraksinenAbstract:Abstract Objectives (A) Describe a new method of investigation of the possible muscular effects of the commonly practiced Mills manipulation for lateral elbow pain (epicondylalgia), (B) ascertain if myoelectric activity is influenced during the pre-manipulative stretch for Mills manipulation, (C) establish whether muscle responses are influenced by ipsilateral lateral flexion of the cervical spine which reduces mechanical tension in the peripheral nerves of the upper limb. Sample Eight asymptomatic subjects were tested bilaterally ( N =16). Methods Myoelectric measurements – EMG signals were recorded with a 16 channel pocket EMG patient unit and processed off-line. Measurement of joint Positions-three CCD adjustable cameras sensitive to 10mm reflective passive markers applied at specific locations on the subjects' bodies were used to reconstruct and verify accuracy of body movements and were correlated with EMG recordings. Results Compared with the Standard (Anatomical) Position of the cervical spine in which Mills manipulation is typically performed, cervical spine ipsilateral lateral flexion produced significantly reduced activity in muscles that restrain the manipulation movement (elbow extension), namely biceps brachii ( P =0.018) and brachioradialis ( P =0.000). The affected muscles may therefore produce protective effects during the manipulation. Conclusions Changes in myoelectric activity were in a pattern that suggests that muscle and neural mechanisms may be an integral part of the Mills manipulation. Cervical spine ipsilateral lateral flexion may be used to reduce mechanical stresses in the peripheral nerves and extraneous muscle activity, making Mills' manipulation potentially safer and more specific.
Marinko Rade - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Effect of cervical spine Position on upper limb myoelectric activity during pre-manipulative stretch for Mills manipulation: A new model, relations to peripheral nerve biomechanics and specificity of Mills manipulation
Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 2012Co-Authors: Marinko Rade, Michael Shacklock, Stanislav Peharec, Petar Bačić, Corrado Candian, Markku Kankaanpää, Olavi AiraksinenAbstract:Abstract Objectives (A) Describe a new method of investigation of the possible muscular effects of the commonly practiced Mills manipulation for lateral elbow pain (epicondylalgia), (B) ascertain if myoelectric activity is influenced during the pre-manipulative stretch for Mills manipulation, (C) establish whether muscle responses are influenced by ipsilateral lateral flexion of the cervical spine which reduces mechanical tension in the peripheral nerves of the upper limb. Sample Eight asymptomatic subjects were tested bilaterally ( N =16). Methods Myoelectric measurements – EMG signals were recorded with a 16 channel pocket EMG patient unit and processed off-line. Measurement of joint Positions-three CCD adjustable cameras sensitive to 10mm reflective passive markers applied at specific locations on the subjects' bodies were used to reconstruct and verify accuracy of body movements and were correlated with EMG recordings. Results Compared with the Standard (Anatomical) Position of the cervical spine in which Mills manipulation is typically performed, cervical spine ipsilateral lateral flexion produced significantly reduced activity in muscles that restrain the manipulation movement (elbow extension), namely biceps brachii ( P =0.018) and brachioradialis ( P =0.000). The affected muscles may therefore produce protective effects during the manipulation. Conclusions Changes in myoelectric activity were in a pattern that suggests that muscle and neural mechanisms may be an integral part of the Mills manipulation. Cervical spine ipsilateral lateral flexion may be used to reduce mechanical stresses in the peripheral nerves and extraneous muscle activity, making Mills' manipulation potentially safer and more specific.
Julia Molnar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Links between Evolution, Development, Human Anatomy, Pathology, and Medicine, with A ProPosition of A Re-defined Anatomical Position and Notes on Constraints and Morphological "Imperfections".
Journal of Experimental Zoology, 2016Co-Authors: Rui Diogo, Julia MolnarAbstract:Surprisingly the oldest formal discipline in medicine (anatomy) has not yet felt the full impact of evolutionary developmental biology. In medical anatomy courses and textbooks, the human body is still too often described as though it is a "perfect machine." In fact, the study of human anatomy predates evolutionary theory; therefore, many of its conventions continue to be outdated, making it difficult to study, understand, and treat the human body, and to compare it with that of other, nonbipedal animals, including other primates. Moreover, such an erroneous view of our anatomy as "perfect" can be used to fuel nonevolutionary ideologies such as intelligent design. In the section An Evolutionary and Developmental Approach to Human Anatomical Position of this paper, we propose the redefinition of the "human Standard Anatomical Position" used in textbooks to be consistent with human evolutionary and developmental history. This redefined Position also simplifies, for students and practitioners of the health professions, the study and learning of embryonic muscle groups (each group including muscles derived from the same/ontogenetically closely related primordium/primordia) and joint movements and highlights the topological correspondence between the upper and lower limbs. Section Evolutionary and Developmental Constraints, "Imperfections" and Sports Pathologies continues the theme by describing examples of apparently "illogical" characteristics of the human body that only make sense when one understands the developmental and evolutionary constraints that have accumulated over millions of years. We focus, in particular, on musculoskeletal functional problems and sports pathologies to emphasize the links with pathology and medicine. These examples demonstrate how incorporating evolutionary theory into anatomy education can be helpful for medical students, teachers, researchers, and physicians, as well as for anatomists, functional morphologists, and evolutionary and developmental biologists.
Markku Kankaanpää - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Effect of cervical spine Position on upper limb myoelectric activity during pre-manipulative stretch for Mills manipulation: A new model, relations to peripheral nerve biomechanics and specificity of Mills manipulation
Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 2012Co-Authors: Marinko Rade, Michael Shacklock, Stanislav Peharec, Petar Bačić, Corrado Candian, Markku Kankaanpää, Olavi AiraksinenAbstract:Abstract Objectives (A) Describe a new method of investigation of the possible muscular effects of the commonly practiced Mills manipulation for lateral elbow pain (epicondylalgia), (B) ascertain if myoelectric activity is influenced during the pre-manipulative stretch for Mills manipulation, (C) establish whether muscle responses are influenced by ipsilateral lateral flexion of the cervical spine which reduces mechanical tension in the peripheral nerves of the upper limb. Sample Eight asymptomatic subjects were tested bilaterally ( N =16). Methods Myoelectric measurements – EMG signals were recorded with a 16 channel pocket EMG patient unit and processed off-line. Measurement of joint Positions-three CCD adjustable cameras sensitive to 10mm reflective passive markers applied at specific locations on the subjects' bodies were used to reconstruct and verify accuracy of body movements and were correlated with EMG recordings. Results Compared with the Standard (Anatomical) Position of the cervical spine in which Mills manipulation is typically performed, cervical spine ipsilateral lateral flexion produced significantly reduced activity in muscles that restrain the manipulation movement (elbow extension), namely biceps brachii ( P =0.018) and brachioradialis ( P =0.000). The affected muscles may therefore produce protective effects during the manipulation. Conclusions Changes in myoelectric activity were in a pattern that suggests that muscle and neural mechanisms may be an integral part of the Mills manipulation. Cervical spine ipsilateral lateral flexion may be used to reduce mechanical stresses in the peripheral nerves and extraneous muscle activity, making Mills' manipulation potentially safer and more specific.
Corrado Candian - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Effect of cervical spine Position on upper limb myoelectric activity during pre-manipulative stretch for Mills manipulation: A new model, relations to peripheral nerve biomechanics and specificity of Mills manipulation
Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 2012Co-Authors: Marinko Rade, Michael Shacklock, Stanislav Peharec, Petar Bačić, Corrado Candian, Markku Kankaanpää, Olavi AiraksinenAbstract:Abstract Objectives (A) Describe a new method of investigation of the possible muscular effects of the commonly practiced Mills manipulation for lateral elbow pain (epicondylalgia), (B) ascertain if myoelectric activity is influenced during the pre-manipulative stretch for Mills manipulation, (C) establish whether muscle responses are influenced by ipsilateral lateral flexion of the cervical spine which reduces mechanical tension in the peripheral nerves of the upper limb. Sample Eight asymptomatic subjects were tested bilaterally ( N =16). Methods Myoelectric measurements – EMG signals were recorded with a 16 channel pocket EMG patient unit and processed off-line. Measurement of joint Positions-three CCD adjustable cameras sensitive to 10mm reflective passive markers applied at specific locations on the subjects' bodies were used to reconstruct and verify accuracy of body movements and were correlated with EMG recordings. Results Compared with the Standard (Anatomical) Position of the cervical spine in which Mills manipulation is typically performed, cervical spine ipsilateral lateral flexion produced significantly reduced activity in muscles that restrain the manipulation movement (elbow extension), namely biceps brachii ( P =0.018) and brachioradialis ( P =0.000). The affected muscles may therefore produce protective effects during the manipulation. Conclusions Changes in myoelectric activity were in a pattern that suggests that muscle and neural mechanisms may be an integral part of the Mills manipulation. Cervical spine ipsilateral lateral flexion may be used to reduce mechanical stresses in the peripheral nerves and extraneous muscle activity, making Mills' manipulation potentially safer and more specific.