Orthopedics

Artificial intelligence on the identification of risk groups for osteoporosis, a general review.

INTRODUCTION: The goal of this paper is to present a critical review on the main systems that use artificial intelligence to identify groups at risk for osteoporosis or fractures. The systems considered for this study were those that fulfilled the following requirements: range of coverage in diagnosis, low cost and capability to identify more significant somatic factors.

IMU-to-Segment Assignment and Orientation Alignment for the Lower Body Using Deep Learning.

Human body motion analysis based on wearable inertial measurement units (IMUs) receives a lot of attention from both the research community and the and industrial community. This is due to the significant role in, for instance, mobile health systems, sports and human computer interaction. In sensor based activity recognition, one of the major issues for obtaining reliable results is the sensor pla...

Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Exhibit Both Cyclooxygenase- and Lipoxygenase-Mediated Apoptosis in Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells.

Nanoparticles (NPs) have been recognized as both useful tools and potentially toxic materials in various industrial and medicinal fields. Previously, ...

Machine learning algorithms based on signals from a single wearable inertial sensor can detect surface- and age-related differences in walking.

The aim of this study was to investigate if a machine learning algorithm utilizing triaxial accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer data from an in...

Fully automatic cervical vertebrae segmentation framework for X-ray images.

The cervical spine is a highly flexible anatomy and therefore vulnerable to injuries. Unfortunately, a large number of injuries in lateral cervical X-...

An optimal control strategy for hybrid actuator systems: Application to an artificial muscle with electric motor assist.

Humans use multiple muscles to generate such joint movements as an elbow motion. With multiple lightweight and compliant actuators, joint movements ca...

Automated Whole-Body Bone Lesion Detection for Multiple Myeloma on Ga-Pentixafor PET/CT Imaging Using Deep Learning Methods.

The identification of bone lesions is crucial in the diagnostic assessment of multiple myeloma (MM). Ga-Pentixafor PET/CT can capture the abnormal mol...

Integrative Approach to Facilitate Fracture Healing: Topical Chinese Herbal Paste with Oral Strontium Ranelate.

Strontium ranelate (SrR) is one of the pharmaceutical agents reported to be effective on the promotion of fracture healing. This study aimed to evalua...

Effect of Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment on the Thoracic Medial Branch for Managing Chronic Thoracic Facet Joint Pain Refractory to Medial Branch Block with Local Anesthetics.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) stimulation of the thoracic medial branch of the dorsal ramus in patients with chroni...

Effects of wear particles of polyether-ether-ketone and cobalt-chromium-molybdenum on CD4- and CD8-T-cell responses.

T-cells, second only to macrophages, are often considered as the potential cells involved in debris-related failure of arthroplasty. Here, we assessed...

Novel real-time tumor-contouring method using deep learning to prevent mistracking in X-ray fluoroscopy.

Robustness to obstacles is the most important factor necessary to achieve accurate tumor tracking without fiducial markers. Some high-density structur...

Investigation of nepetolide as a novel lead compound: Antioxidant, antimicrobial, cytotoxic, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, analgesic activities and molecular docking evaluation.

In the present study, we describe various pharmacological effects and computational analysis of nepetolide, a tricyclic clerodane-type diterpene, isol...

Effect of bone morphogenetic proteins 2 and 4 on survival and development of bovine secondary follicles cultured in vitro.

This study evaluated the effect of bone morphogenetic proteins 2 (BMP2) and 4 (BMP2) on follicle development and mRNA expression for GDF9, Cyclin B1, ...

Jobelyn attenuates inflammatory responses and neurobehavioural deficits associated with complete Freund-adjuvant-induced arthritis in mice.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the physical and psychosocial wellbeing of the patients and a major cause of ...

Changes in Synovial Fluid Biomarkers after Experimental Equine Osteoarthritis.

INTRODUCTION: The study aimed to clarify the changes in the concentration of inflammatory mediators, proteases, and cartilage degradation biomarkers i...

Ultrasound Characterization of Bone Demineralization Using a Support Vector Machine.

We propose an ultrasound-guided remote measurement technique, utilizing an acoustic radiation force beam as our excitation source and a receiving hydr...

[Advantages and Application Prospects of Deep Learning in Image Recognition and Bone Age Assessment].

Deep learning and neural network models have been new research directions and hot issues in the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence...

Dalbavancin in-vitro activity obtained against Gram-positive clinical isolates causing bone and joint infections in US and European hospitals (2011-2016).

BACKGROUND: Osteomyelitis is a difficult-to-treat infection that regularly involves prolonged use of systemic antibiotics. Dalbavancin has demonstrate...

HHV-8-associated haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a patient with advanced AIDS.

We present a patient with advanced AIDS admitted with recurrent shock of unclear aetiology, fevers, altered mental status and refractory cytopenias. H...

Emergency department management of patients with rib fracture based on a clinical practice guideline.

BACKGROUND: Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have the ability to increase efficiency and standardize care. A CPG based on forced vital capacity (FV...