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Disinterments. Their value and associated problems

Eckert, William G.; Katchis, G. Steve; James, Stuart (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1990-03)

This article presents our experience with several cases of disinterment, including reasons for disinterment, the methodology involved, and the value of this activity in solving medicolegal problems.
Effects of a minimally supervised exercise program for mentally retarded adults

Pitetti, Kenneth H.; Tan, Daphne M. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1991-05)

Previous exercise studies that attempted to improve the cardiovascular fitness (CVF) of mentally retarded (MR) adults were flawed with methodological shortcomings that prevented conclusive results. At issue in these training ...
Investigation of cremations and severely burned bodies

Eckert, William G.; James, Stuart; Katchis, Steve (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1988-09)

Among the most difficult cases for law enforcement and medicolegal investigators to investigate are those in which victims have been deliberately burned to cover up a crime, or those in which cremation has resulted from ...
Isokinetic arm and leg strength of adults with Down syndrome: a comparative study

Pitetti, Kenneth H.; Climstein, Mike; Mays, M. J.; Barrett, Pamela J. (W.B. Saunders, 1992-09)

This study compared isokinetic arm (elbow flexion and extension) and leg (knee flexion and extension) strength of individuals with Down syndrome (DS), with mental retardation without DS (NDS), and sedentary young adults ...
The pathology and medicolegal aspects of sexual activity

Eckert, William G.; Katchis, Steve; Donovan, William (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1991-03)

The pathology of injury and its complications related to sexual activities has changed remarkably when compared with that of the past, which usually involved assaults or murders of female victims of varying ages, with ...
Physical fitness and adults with mental retardation. An overview of current research and future directions

Pitetti, Kenneth H.; Rimmer, James H.; Fernhall, Bo (Adis International, 1993-07)

The deinstitutionalization movement of the past 25 years has focused on the placement of people with mental retardation into community-based settings. There is a need for exercise- and health-related professionals to ...
The unusual accidental death of a pregnant woman by sexual foreplay

Eckert, William G.; Katchis, Steve; Dotson, Paul (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1991-09)

This is the case of a young pregnant black woman who died during foreplay when her male partner with his hands accidentally forced air from her vaginal cavity into her uterine cavity, causing air embolization in the veins ...