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R Woodman

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PubMed1995

Fabricating a splint for deep friction massage.

Deep friction massage (DFM) is a therapeutic modality for tendinitis, muscle strains, ligamentous sprains, and capsulitis of the trapezio-first-metacarpal joint. Depending on the stage and site of the lesion, treatment sessions may be as brief as 5 minutes or as long as 20 minutes. Many therapists find DFM to be very effective but state that treatment is very fatiguing to administer. Therapists with hypermobile fingers find it particularly difficult to perform. In order to overcome these two problems, a number of splints have been designed to treat various lesions. This article describes how to fabricate one of these splints. This splint is useful for commonly seen lesions such as supraspinatus tendinitis and a sprained acromioclavicular ligament.

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PubMed1987

Relief of low back pain by epidural injection. A case report.

This report describes the use of epidural injection in the treatment of a patient with severe back pain whose medical history and physical examination suggest a diagnosis of a lumbar disk lesion. The patient's medical history included recurrent episodes of buttock and hip pain that previously responded well to lumbar manipulation. On this occasion, the pain had become so severe that the patient could not tolerate manipulation. The patient's pain was relieved by administering an epidural injection of 50 cc of 0.5% procaine through the sacral hiatus. This injection has two relevant implications for the physical therapy profession. First, it offers a nonsurgical treatment for a lumbar disk lesion when physical therapy has been ineffective or is impractical. Second, in an appropriate clinical setting, the epidural injection provides an opportunity to understand more clearly the causes of back pain.

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PubMed1985

Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the brain. A review.

We have reported 14 primary non-Hodgkin's lymphomas of the brain seen in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, between 1975 and 1983. Eleven patients had histiocytic lymphoma while the remaining 3 were lymphocytic. The clinical presentations were extremely variable, with increased intracranial pressure (60%) and focal neurological deficits (60%) being most common. The most frequent appearance on computed tomographic scan was a hyperdense lesion of the cerebrum (44%); four cases had multifocal lesions. All patients had subtotal resection of the tumor. Two patients had surgery only and their mean survival was 3.5 months. Ten patients received whole brain irradiation, with 2 patients receiving a boost to the primary tumor site as well. The mean survival was 24.7 months. Two patients received chemotherapy in addition to radiotherapy and their mean survival was 20.0 months. Three of the 14 patients have had an inordinately long disease-free survival of 64, 75, and 80 months from the time of diagnosis.

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