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Background We assessed the morphological differences in the knee joint related to knee rotation angle in patients with hip dysplasia. These results may explain the anatomy of the knee in patients with hip dysplasia and aid in planning knee surgery. Methods We enrolled 73 women (146 legs, 35.6 ± 9.0 years) with bilateral hip dysplasia and 45 healthy women (90 legs, 49.0 ± 18.9 years) without lumbago, knee symptoms, or osteoarthritic findings of the knee or spine on plain radiographs. We examined the parameters affecting knee rotation angle, such as the condylar twist angle and femoral condyle measurements with a three-dimensional bone model using the correlation coefficients of each parameter. Results The condylar twist angle and the length of the posterior part of the lateral femoral condyle were statistically positively correlated with knee rotation angle in both the normal (condylar twist angle: r = 0.286, p = 0.007, posterolateral: r = 0.429, p

Phosphor thermometry is a method used to measure temperature based on the temperature-dependent phosphorescence of phosphors and elucidate heat transfer phenomena, such as high-temperature gas flow. Although various rare earth-doped thermographic phosphors are in use, the effect of oxygen concentration on their phosphorescence has not been sufficiently explored. We explore herein the applicability of Dy-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG:Dy), a well-known rare earth-doped phosphor with temperature sensitivity above 1000 K, in phosphor thermometry at different oxygen concentrations. A third-harmonic Nd: YAG laser excited the sample. Phosphorescence was measured using a photomultiplier tube for lifetime detection. A spectrometer was used to detect the intensity ratio between two emission lines. The chamber was filled with a nitrogen–oxygen mixture with a controlled concentration. The phosphorescence intensity ratio depended on temperature over a wide temperature range and varied with the oxygen concentration, especially above 1000 K. The YAG:Dy lifetimes could be detected over the entire temperature range and remained constant up to 1000 K. In addition, the lifetimes decreased with the increasing oxygen concentration, especially above 1000 K, confirming the oxygen quenching effect. Consequently, YAG:Dy is confirmed to be sensitive to oxygen concentration for determining the intensity ratio and lifetime, especially above 1000 K.

Introduction: A major challenge in anthropology is the estimation of human stature based on human bones since the stature of cadavers is slightly different from that of living humans. This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of estimating living stature in Japanese subjects based on sacral and coccygeal lengths as measured on three-dimensional (3D) models of the femur and pelvis reconstructed from cross-sectional computed tomography (CT) images. Subjects and methods: For this cross-sectional study, 106 healthy Japanese subjects (54 men and 52 women) were recruited. We measured the distances from the anterosuperior iliac spine (ASIS) to the most posterior point of the ischial spine (IS) (ASIS-IS), and from the ASIS to the most inferior point of the ischial tuberosity (IT) (ASIS-IT) on 3D bone models reconstructed from multi-slice CT images. Correlations of living stature with ASIS-IS and/or ASIS-IT on the left and right sides of the pelvis were evaluated. Multiple regression equations were derived and used as formulas for living stature estimation. Results: In men, living stature had strong correlations with ASIS-IS + ASIS-IT on both the left and right sides; Pearson's correlation coefficients were 0.717 and 0.706, respectively. In contrast, in women, living stature showed stronger correlations with all of the studied parameters; Pearson's correlation coefficients were highest for ASIS-IS + ASIS-IT on both the left and right sides (r = 0.753 and 0.744, respectively) compared with those in men. Formulas based on ASIS-IS + ASIS-IT provided the best estimation in both men and women, while ASIS-IS alone demonstrated a better estimation than ASIS-IT on both the left and right sides. Conclusions: This study revealed that ASIS-IS and ASIS-IT measured from CT images were reliable predictors of living stature in the Japanese population. Our estimation formulas were derived from measurements of living stature that were not affected by the physiological changes observed in cadavers. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to derive estimation formulas based on living stature. Our method may be useful in the identification of disaster victims, wherein long bones are usually not found intact but pelvic bones are. Furthermore, the findings could be relevant to the field of anthropology for estimating living stature.

Background The purpose of this study is to measure pelvic morphology with respect to the pelvic incidence, pelvic tilt, and sacral slope using 3-dimensional measurement and to compare the pelvic morphology between the normal population and women with developmental dysplasia of the hip (center-edge angle, Methods We evaluated 61 healthy women without low back or knee pain and 71 patients with developmental dysplasia of the hip. We used the 3-dimensional pelvis model adjusted to the anterior pelvic plane and measured the pelvic parameters. To determine correlation, we used Pearson's coefficients. To evaluate variation, we used intraclass correlation coefficients. Results Pelvic incidence and anatomical pelvic tilt were significantly greater by 4° in the group with developmental dysplasia of the hip than in the normal group (p = 0.026 and 0.88. Conclusion Pelvic incidence and anatomical-pelvic tilt were significantly greater in patients with developmental dysplasia of the hip. We found a strong correlation between the pelvic incidence and anatomical sacral slope in both groups. Therefore, anatomical-sacral slope may be useful for estimating pelvic incidence because it is not easily measured, especially in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip joint.

柿蔕のヘキサン、メタノール、50 % アセトン抽出物の、組み替えhepatitis C virus (HCV)の NS3/4A 蛋白質分解酵素に対する阻害活性を検討した。50 % アセトン抽出物が最も阻害活性が強く、この抽出物をSephadex LH20カラムで分画を行なった。得た各画分のうち阻害活性の強かった70 %メタノール画分を、さらにシリカゲルカラム／薄層クロマトグラフィーで分画し、トリテルペンのベルリン酸、オレアノール酸、ウルソール酸を分離した。これらのトリテルペンはpolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) HPLCH-NMRスペクトルで同定した。これらトリテルペンは柿蔕の50 %アセトン抽出物の主たる阻害物質と考えられる。, We tested hexane, methanol and 50% aqueous acetone extracts of kaki calyx for their inhibitoryactivity on recombinant hepatitis C virus NS3/4A protease. The 50 % aqueous acetone extract had thehighest inhibitory activity, and was fractioned by Sephadex LH20 column chromatography. The 70 %methanol fraction of the column chromatography was further fractioned by silica gel column/thin layerchromatography, and triterpenes, betulinic acid, oleanolic acid, and ursolic acid, were isolated. They wereidentified by analyses using HPLC equipped with a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) column and1H-NMR spectroscopy. The triterpenes were thought to be the main inhibitory compounds in the 50 %aqueous acetone extract of kaki calyx, but there may be inhibitory compounds other than thetriterpenes.

Background Sagittal spinal balance and standing posture are affected by pelvic morphology, especially pelvic incidence (PI). However, it is not difficult to identify the hip center because of overlap of the pelvis, image contrast, and soft tissue artifacts. Measurements of PI are not always suitable in all patients, especially those with osteoarthritis of the hip joint whose femoral head is nonspherical, subluxed, or dislocated. We measured PI, pelvic tilt (PT), and sacral slope (SS) as anatomical parameters using a novel three-dimensional measurement in order to compare the pelvic morphology between normal, healthy men and women. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated 108 Japanese subjects (55 men, 53 women) without low back or knee pain. We used the three-dimensional pelvis model adjusted to the anterior pelvic plane and measured the pelvic parameters. The subjects were stratified by age ( 0.87. Conclusions We found a strong correlation between PI and anatomical-SS in men and women. This novel measurement concept may be useful to estimate PI from anatomical-SS because the measurements of PI are not always suitable in all patients, especially those with osteoarthritis of the hip joint whose femoral head is not spherical or whose femoral head is subluxed or dislocated. This is the first report to describe the relationship between PI, anatomical-PT, and anatomical-SS as morphologic parameters with a high interclass correlation coefficient for intraobserver and interobserver reliabilities.

In obese patients, malpositioning of the acetabular cup increases the risk of dislocation in total hip arthroplasty (THA). The aim of this study was to determine whether obesity affects the accuracy of acetabular cup positioning using a computed tomography (CT)-based navigation system.We retrospectively evaluated 226 consecutive patients who underwent cementless primary THAs assisted by the CT-based hip navigation system. We divided the patients into three groups according to body mass index (BMI) and examined the difference between preoperative planning and postoperative implantation angles from CT data.There was no significant correlation between BMI and both inclination and anteversion differences (R = 0.028 and R = 0.045, respectively). There were no significant differences among the BMI 25, 25 ≦ BMI 30, and BMI ≧ 30 groups (p value: 0.725, 0.934, respectively); between the BMI 25 and BMI ≧ 25 groups (p value: 0.542, 0.697, respectively); and between the BMI 30 and BMI ≧ 30 groups with regard to inclination and anteversion (p value: 0.859, 0.456, respectively). Moreover, similar findings were observed with regard to the distance between the preoperative planning and postoperative cup positioning for the transverse, anteroposterior, and craniocaudal axes of the pelvis.We found that the accuracy of acetabular cup placement using CT based-navigation in THA was not affected in obese patients. Therefore, THAs with a CT-based navigation system are considered useful in obese patients.

Background We previously described that the anteroposterior (AP) axis of the tibia is approximately perpendicular to the transverse axis of the anterior pelvic plane (APP) in the standing position in healthy subjects. The purpose of this study was to investigate the rotational alignment between the APP and clinical epicondylar axis and the AP axis of the tibia relative to pelvic coordination in the standing position in normal subjects and in women with developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) to aid decision making for surgeons in the alignment of implants in total hip or knee arthroplasty. Methods This study included 77 Japanese women. Twenty-nine in the DDH group underwent curved periacetabular osteotomy; 48 women without lumbago and knee pain were included in the normal group. Femoral neck anteversion (FNA), condylar twist angle, and knee rotation angle were measured in femoral coordination. The angle between the femoral neck axis and clinical epicondylar axis (CEA) was measured, the transverse axis of the APP was also measured, and the angle between the AP axis of the tibia and transverse axis of the APP was calculated. Results There was a moderate negative correlation between FNA and CEA relative to the APP. This finding indicated a trend towards greater FNA leading to more internal rotation. Knee rotation angle (KRA) relative to the APP was 1.65° ± 5.58° in the normal group and − 2.65° ± 7.57° in the DDH group. This finding indicated that the tibia AP axis was approximately perpendicular to the APP in the standing position both in the normal and DDH groups. Conclusion We found that the tibia AP axis was at approximately a right angle to the transverse axis of the APP in the standing position in both the normal and DDH groups, while the KRA was different in the normal and DDH groups. These findings may prove helpful for positional alignment investigations needed for implantation in total hip or knee arthroplasty and gait analysis.