The transversus abdominis muscle helps support your spine and organs. Strengthening the transversus abdominis can improve back health. Pilates exercises focus on using the transversus abdominis to ...

Objective: To examine the relationship that the types and locations of fractures of the sternum have with mortality and morbidity. Materials and Methods: We analyzed the records of 115 patients ...

Rib cage pain can be caused by an injury, inflammation, or autoimmune condition. Rib fractures or bruises from injury can cause intense pain, and swelling may occur. Costochondritis is a common ...

The aim of this study was to describe the axial skeleton of a wild Brazilian carnivorous, the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous). Five specimens of crab-eating fox were previously unfrozen for ...

Abstract: A wearable oximeter is needed to help people safely perform missions in environmental extremes. Key initial needs are to monitor for hypoxemia at high altitudes, and to monitor for shock in ...

Abstract: Multimodal cardiac monitoring systems require multiple sensors. This complexity renders them impractical in scenarios requiring continuous monitoring in everyday life. To overcome this ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Twin brothers who were born conjoined, sharing part of their sternum, diaphragm, abdominal wall and liver, recently celebrated their first birthday after undergoing successful ...

Surgeons at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia are celebrating after successfully separating conjoined twins. The twins, Amari and Javar Ruffin, were born in CHOP's Garbose Family Special Delivery ...

MANY patients complain of pains in the chest, upper abdomen and shoulders that are not characteristic of any familiar disease. In the past seven years 24 patients have been observed in whom gentle ...

Supraglottic airway devices (SADs) are utilized for airway maintenance during anesthesia procedures. Recent study aimed to investigate the impact of operating table height on supraglottic airway ...