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T Bjönness
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[Shoes prescribed by an orthopedist].
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[Reconstruction of the destroyed knee joint with a total prosthesis].
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A comparison of the content of iron in normal and rheumatoid striated muscle.
An investigation has been carried out on the presence of iron in striated muscle from normal individuals and from patients with rheumatoid disease. The methods used for the estimation of iron required a neutron activation analysis of total iron and extraction of hemoglobin in cyanide buffer. The results disclosed that there was a higher deposition of iron in rheumatoid muscle as compared with normals. Iron has a destructive effect on lysosomes and mast cells, the effect of which is an inflammatory reaction which may in part cause "metabolic myopathy" in rheumatoid disease. It is tentatively suggested that this "metabolic myopathy" may cause muscular pain and weakness in rheumatoid disease.
Congenital clubfoot. A follow-up of 95 persons treated in Sweden from 1940-1945 with special reference to their social adaption and subjective symptoms from the foot.
A follow-up, with special reference to social adaptation and subjective symptoms, was done on 95 persons with congenital club feet treated in Sweden 1940-1945. At an age of 27-33 years the individuals managed themselves well and in spite of physical as well as psychological handicap they deviated relatively only a little from the normal population as regards work, sports and other social adaptibility.
Low back pain in persons with congenital club foot.
Ninety-three persons with congenital talipes equinovarus were investigated in order to analyse the frequency of LBP and to relate these findings to the deformity of the foot. Eight-eight per cent of the feet had some residual deformity. One third of the individuals had a difference in the length of the lower extremities and one fifth did walk with a limp. The frequency of LBP and LBP resulting in sick compensation was not increased in this group in comparison with the whole population in the same age group. There was no over-representation of LBP in the groups with residual deformity, with limping or with leg length discrepancy.