Orthopedics

Part 1. Statistical Learning Methods for the Effects of Multiple Air Pollution Constituents.

INTRODUCTION: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA*) currently regulates indi...

Computer Navigation and Robotics for Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Fusion analysis of functional MRI data for classification of individuals based on patterns of activation.

Classification of individuals based on patterns of brain activity observed in functional MRI contras...

Monitoring the quality of robot-assisted pedicle screw fixation in the lumbar spine by using a cumulative summation test.

STUDY DESIGN: Prospective randomized controlled trial.

Effect of hyaluronic acid on chondrocyte apoptosis.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the percentage of apoptotic cells in a contusion model of osteoarthritis (OA...

BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN CHILDREN WITH IDIOPATHIC HYPERCALCIURIA.

UNLABELLED: The aim of the study was to evaluate bone mineral density (BMD) in the lumbar spine in c...

Management of bone loss in postmenopausal breast cancer patients treated with aromatase inhibitors.

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women, but despite survival rates improvem...

Longtime soaking of high concentration tranexamic acid in total hip arthroplasty: A prospective randomized controlled trial in 224 patients.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intra-articular Soaking of high concentration Tra...

Is Gelsolin a Biomarker for Aseptic Loosening After Total Knee Arthroplasty?

Gelsolin (GSN) has been implicated in inflammatory reactions in asthmatic patients and may be a mark...

A Vitamin D-Calcium-Fortified Yogurt Drink Decreased Serum PTH but did not Affect Osteocalcin in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes.

INTRODUCTION: There is sparse evidence of the effect of vitamin D on bone biomarkers in diabetic pat...

The effect of tramadol and tramadol + gabapentin combination in patients with lumbar disc herniation after epidural steroid injection.

BACKGROUND/AIM: To compare the effects of tramadol-only treatment and tramadol + gabapentin treatmen...

Novel method to form adaptive internal impedance profiles in walkers.

This paper proposes a novel approach to improve walking in prosthetics, orthotics and robotics witho...

Multiple ocular diseases detection based on joint sparse multi-task learning.

In this paper, we present a multiple ocular diseases detection scheme based on joint sparse multi-ta...

Comparison between the therapeutic effects of robotic-assisted locomotor training and an anti-spastic medication on spasticity.

We studied the effects of robotic-assisted locomotor (LOKOMAT) training or an anti-spastic medicatio...

Fuzzy-logic-based hybrid locomotion mode classification for an active pelvis orthosis: Preliminary results.

In this paper, we present a fuzzy-logic-based hybrid locomotion mode classification method for an ac...

Modeling and design of a tendon actuated soft robotic exoskeleton for hemiparetic upper limb rehabilitation.

Robotic technology has recently been explored as a means to rehabilitate and assist individuals suff...

Design of a biped robot actuated by pneumatic artificial muscles.

High compliant legs are essential for the efficient versatile locomotion and shock absorbency of hum...

Experiments and kinematics analysis of a hand rehabilitation exoskeleton with circuitous joints.

Aiming at the hand rehabilitation of stroke patients, a wearable hand exoskeleton with circuitous jo...

Design of a quasi-passive 3 DOFs ankle-foot wearable rehabilitation orthosis.

Muscular rigidity and atrophy caused by long-term underactivity usually lead to foot drop, strepheno...

Improved walking ability with wearable robot-assisted training in patients suffering chronic stroke.

Wearable robotic devices provide safe and intensive rehabilitation, enabling repeated motions for mo...

A Comparative Study of Bayes Net, Naive Bayes and Averaged One-Dependence Estimators for Osteoporosis Analysis.

This paper presents an evaluation of the accuracy of the Bayesian classifiers: Bayes Net, Naive Baye...