Prevention

[Effects on physical performance and cognitive functioning of community-dwelling older adults following an exercise program with humanoid robots: A preliminary trial].

Artificial Neural Networks Help to Better Understand the Interplay Between Cognition, Mediterranean Diet, and Physical Performance: Clues from TRELONG Study.

BACKGROUND: Nutrition plays an important role in the aging process. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) has been shown to be associated with lower rates of diseases. Cognitive status seems to be strongly interrelated with physical well-being, so that one influences the other. Physical performance measures are not only associated with clinical and subclinical age-related modifications, bu...

Hepatoprotective and anti-obesity effects of Korean blue honeysuckle extracts in high fat diet-fed mice.

PURPOSE: This study aimed to study the protective effects and mechanism of Blue Honeysuckle (BH) extracts (Berries of Lonicera caerulea L.) on non-alc...

Effects of diet before endurance exercise on hepcidin response in young untrained females.

PURPOSE: We examined the effects of diet before endurance exercise on hepcidin response in young untrained females.

Machine Learning Outperforms ACC / AHA CVD Risk Calculator in MESA.

Background Studies have demonstrated that the current US guidelines based on American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Poole...

Exoskeleton and End-Effector Robots for Upper and Lower Limbs Rehabilitation: Narrative Review.

Recovery of upper and lower limbs function is essential to reach independence in daily activities in patients with upper motor neuron syndrome (UMNS)....

Neural Networks for Prognostication of Patients With Heart Failure.

Background Prognostication of heart failure patients from cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) currently involves simplification of complex time-serie...

A Biomedical Approach Via Telemedicine in the Treatment of a Child With Sensory Processing Disorder Using Diet and High-dose Biotin Intervention: A Case Report.

BACKGROUND: We present the case of a 6-y-old boy who was diagnosed with sensory processing disorder with developmental language and learning delay. He...

Flexo-glove: A 3D Printed Soft Exoskeleton Robotic Glove for Impaired Hand Rehabilitation and Assistance.

This paper presents a compact and streamlined design of a soft exoskeleton glove for assistance in activities of daily livings and also rehabilitation...

Machine Learning in Rehabilitation Assessment for Thermal and Heart Rate Data Processing.

Multimodal signal analysis based on sophisticated noninvasive sensors, efficient communication systems, and machine learning, have a rapidly increasin...

An Optimal Method of Training the Specific Lower Limb Muscle Group Using an Exoskeletal Robot.

This paper suggests a novel method of strengthening specific muscle groups in the lower limb during a functional movement. When the foot of an user we...

Machine Learning Analysis of Left Ventricular Function to Characterize Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.

BACKGROUND: Current diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is suboptimal. We tested the hypothesis that comprehensive mac...

Can We Train Machine Learning Methods to Outperform the High-dimensional Propensity Score Algorithm?

The use of retrospective health care claims datasets is frequently criticized for the lack of complete information on potential confounders. Utilizing...

Speech2Health: A Mobile Framework for Monitoring Dietary Composition From Spoken Data.

Diet and physical activity are known as important lifestyle factors in self-management and prevention of many chronic diseases. Mobile sensors such as...

Novel Wearable Seismocardiography and Machine Learning Algorithms Can Assess Clinical Status of Heart Failure Patients.

BACKGROUND: Remote monitoring of patients with heart failure (HF) using wearable devices can allow patient-specific adjustments to treatments and ther...

Robotic gaming prototype for upper limb exercise: Effects of age and embodiment on user preferences and movement.

BACKGROUND: Effective human-robot interactions in rehabilitation necessitates an understanding of how these should be tailored to the needs of the hum...

[Effects of Lactobacillus paracasei N1115 combined with fructooligosaccharides on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease induced by high-fat diet in mice].

To investigate the effects of Lactobacillus paracasei N1115 combined with fructooligosaccharides (FOS) on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) i...

Diet, Lung Function, and Asthma Exacerbations in Puerto Rican Children.

Changes in dietary patterns may partly explain the epidemic of asthma in industrialized countries. The objective of this study was to examine the rela...

Impact of acute versus repetitive moderate intensity endurance exercise on kidney injury markers.

Exercise may lead to kidney injury through several mechanisms. Urinary Kidney Injury Molecule-1 (uKIM1) and Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin...

Investigation of mechanisms involved in regulation of progesterone catabolism using an overfed versus underfed ewe-lamb model.

Alterations in progesterone (P4) catabolism due to high feed intake underlie some effects of nutrition on reproduction. Based on previous research, we...