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Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic neurological disease with a prevalence of 5.4 – 26.2% per 100,000 people. It can be categorized into two subtypes, depending on the absence (CRPS I, previously known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy) or presence (CRPS II, previously...
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Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome characterized by cardiac symptoms (e.g., shortness of breath, leg swelling, and fatigue), which may be accompanied by signs (e.g., elevated jugular venous pressure, pulmonary crackles, and peripheral edema). HF occurs due to structural...
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The age of the population is increasing worldwide and is becoming an emerging problem in society. During the 50-year period between 1900 and 1950, the elderly population doubled in number in the United States of America (USA) – people over the age of 65 years comprised 4.1% of the...
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Balance is a fundamental component of human movement. The function of balance is maintained by specific physiological mechanisms that regulate postural stability through precise spatiotemporal regulation of the center of mass (COM) relative to the base of support [1]. This requires...
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Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is tendinopathy of the finger extensor muscles. This tendinopathy is most frequently found in tennis players. It was first described by Runge in 1873, and the term tennis elbow was first introduced into terminology by Major in 1883 [1,2]. He...
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Painful symphysis syndrome in athletes was, in detail, first described by Spinelli, in 1932, but literature also shows that, in the 1990s, Gilmore named this syndrome Gilmore’s groin. Other synonymous names for the condition, also found in literature, are as follows: symphysis...
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Holistically oriented medical rehabilitation rests on the foundations of teamwork because rehabilitating activity in patients with acute/chronic health problems and improving their quality of life is impossible to achieve through the work of only one profession [1]. Achieving...
