(n.) The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinct muscles.
Example Sentences:
(1) These are related to the insertions and fascial investments of the iliopsoas, pyriformis, and obturator internus muscles and the ensheathed penetrations of the superior gluteal arteries.
(2) Iliopsoas abscess is a rare but serious complication of Crohn's disease.
(3) The effect of 2 Hz TENS of the right hand during forty-five minutes on skin temperature and plethysmography of the third digit of both hands and feet and on transcutaneous oxygen tension (TcpO2) of the right hand was compared with that of a control study using indifferent stimulation of the iliopsoas region in 8 patients with primary Raynaud's phenomenon.
(4) Posterior iliopsoas transfer will decrease hip deformities but complications such as weakness of hip flexion or abduction contracture are to be expected in some cases.
(5) The results of our iliopsoas lengthening procedure are presented here.
(6) In the pelvic region three major compartments (gluteus medius-minimus compartment, gluteus maximus compartment, and iliopsoas compartment) can be distinguished from the smaller compartment of the tensor fasciae latae muscle.
(7) A Sharrard posterior iliopsoas muscle-transfer procedure was done in forty-two hips of twenty-four children with myelodysplasia.
(8) We analyzed the results of transfers of the iliopsoas or external oblique muscles performed to augment the abductor power of the hips in 149 patients with flaccid paralysis of the hips.
(9) A one-stage, combined operative procedure for reduction of congenitally dislocated hips in older children consists of shortening of the femur; open reduction by an inferior approach to the joint; reconstruction of the acetabular roof; correction of anteversion of both the femoral neck and the neck-shaft angle; anterior transposition of the iliopsoas muscle.
(10) All 10 patients are known to have undergone iliopsoas release as part of adductor tenotomy.
(11) For patients who also had iliopsoas recession the success rate was 72 per cent.
(12) There was massive infiltration of the left iliopsoas and quadratus femoris muscles with amyloid, manifesting itself clinically as a progressive, painless limp.
(13) CBI treatment did not significantly decrease iliopsoas muscle Na+ concentration or water content.
(14) Ultrasound and computed tomography allowed the uncommon diagnosis of an enlarged bursa of the iliopsoas muscle with secondary compression of the iliac vein.
(15) Inflammation of the iliopsoas bursa is a common manifestation of a wide array of inflammatory, degenerative, and traumatic musculoskeletal conditions.
(16) The second stage is the "ampoxen" explant, which is sutured cranially to f. transversalis, medially to the fascia behind m. rectus abdominis, downward to the public or obturator fascia and laterally to the fascia over m. iliopsoas.
(17) Edrophonium testing was negative and electromyography revealed myopathic motor units in the iliopsoas muscle.
(18) The muscles of levator scapulae, trapezius, psoas major, iliopsoas, gluteus, and tibialis posterior tend to be preserved.
(19) Other conditions such as herniated intervertebral disc, acute hemorrhage, trauma, iliopsoas rupture, and acute stretching must be ruled out.
(20) Iliopsoas bursitis is the classical manifestation of synovial cysts of the hip.
Psoas
Definition:
(n.) An internal muscle arising from the lumbar vertebrae and inserted into the femur. In man there are usually two on each side, and the larger one, or great psoas, forms a part of the iliopsoas.
Example Sentences:
(1) Findings on plain X-ray of the abdomen, using the usual parameters of psoas and kidney shadows in the Nigerian, indicate that the two communities studied are similar but urinary calculi and urinary tract distortion are significantly more prominent in the community with the higher endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis.
(2) The inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is sometimes complicated by the development of a psoas abscess.
(3) Although the condition is common in the tropics, an acute pyogenic psoas abscess should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of pain in the hip region.
(4) Neurogenic muscular atrophy was massive in the tongue, less predominant in the diaphragm and psoas and were similar to lesions present in the peroneus brevis muscle.
(5) Successful reconstruction of a neoureter was performed easily with the Boari bladder flap coupled with nephropexy and a psoas hitch.
(6) CT scans obtained within two hours after TLA demonstrated: (a) thickening of the diaphragmatic crura, (b) enlargement of the left psoas muscle, and (c) obscuration of the aortic outline by soft-tissue density.
(7) Good postmortem DNA stability is found in brain cortex, lymph nodes and psoas muscle.
(8) Tension of glycerol-extracted muscle fibres from rabbit psoas muscle did not change significantly following T-jumps when the fibre was relaxed.
(9) Psoas abscess is rare in children and is exceptional in the neonatal period.
(10) Follow-up observations revealed the presence of VUR in 2 patients who underwent surgery by the initial form of Boari's method and in 1 patient who underwent surgery by the psoas-hitch method.
(11) Nine patients underwent adjunctive procedures in addition to bladder augmentation, including a Young-Dees-Leadbetter procedure in 4, an artificial urinary sphincter in 3, transureteroureterostomy and psoas hitch in 1, and a Mitrofanoff procedure and bladder neck closure in 1.
(12) Metastases were demonstrated in the psoas, iliac, and middle gluteal muscles.
(13) Many fast intermediate fibres in psoas and plantaris muscle label as strongly with anti-C as do fast white fibres but also label as strongly with anti-X as do fast and slow red fibres.
(14) The peptide pattern revealed that slow (I) and fast (IIA, IIB) myosin heavy chains are quite distinct, as are those from pure slow (conoidal bundle) and fast (psoas) rabbit skeletal muscles.
(15) The method is especially helpful for the diagnosis of psoas hematoma and retroperitoneal hematoma and allows the follow-up of hematomas of the cervical region and muscle hematomas.
(16) An unusual presentation with a psoas abscess is reported.
(17) Lumbar muscularity was expressed by two ratios; the ratio between the Acs of the right psoas and the Acs of the intervertebral disc (P:disc), and the ratio between the combined Acs values of the right erector spinae and quadratus lumborum and the Acs of the disc (ESQL:disc).
(18) In the prostate, testes and ileo-psoas muscle a similar reaction was seen.
(19) These rate constants are similar to those that may occur for undistorted cross-bridges within glycerinated rabbit psoas fibers (Bowater, R., Webb, M. R., and Ferenczi, M. A.
(20) In order to study the arrangement of the myosin and non-myosin components, A segments which are aggregations of thick filaments held together at the M line were prepared from glycerinated chicken pectoral and rabbit psoas muscles and examined by electron microscopy.