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Measuring the quality of exercises.

This work explores the problem of exercise quality measurement since it is essential for effective management of diseases like cerebral palsy (CP). This work examines the assessment of quality of large amplitude movement (LAM) exercises designed to treat CP in an automated fashion. Exercise data was collected by trained participants to generate ideal examples to use as a positive samples for machi...

Aug 1 2016 28268775

Employing the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework to capture user feedback in the design and testing stage of development of home-based arm rehabilitation technology.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a framework to ensure that key aspects of user feedback are identified in the design and testing stages of development of a home-based upper limb rehabilitation system. Seventeen stroke survivors with residual upper limb weakness, and seven healthcare professionals with experti...

Jan 1 2016 26852630
Analysis of reaching movements of upper arm in robot assisted exercises. Kinematic assessment of robot assisted upper arm reaching single-joint movements.

Robot-mediated therapy (RMT) has been a very dynamic area of research in recent years. Robotics devices are in fact capable to quantify the performanc...

Jan 1 2016 27459844
INSIGHTS FROM MACHINE-LEARNED DIET SUCCESS PREDICTION.

To support people trying to lose weight and stay healthy, more and more fitness apps have sprung up including the ability to track both calories intak...

Jan 1 2016 26776216
Assessment of Haptic Interaction for Home-Based Physical Tele-Therapy using Wearable Devices and Depth Sensors.

In this paper a prototype system is presented for home-based physical tele-therapy using a wearable device for haptic feedback. The haptic feedback is...

Jan 1 2016 27046550
Dementia and Robotics: People with Advancing Dementia and Their Carers Driving an Exploration into an Engineering Solution to Maintaining Safe Exercise Regimes.

The merging of the human world and the information technology world is advancing at a pace, even for those with dementia there are many useful smart '...

Jan 1 2016 27332260
A Computational Index to Describe Slacking During Robot Therapy.

Movement facilitation has a fundamental role in the rehabilitation treatment of stroke survivors. However, its action mechanisms are still poorly unde...

Jan 1 2016 28035575
Investigation of the Tiger Milk Medicinal Mushroom, Lignosus rhinocerotis (Agaricomycetes), as an Antiulcer Agent.

The aim of this study was to determine the antiulcer activity of Lignosus rhinocerotis in rats. A total of 48 Sprague-Dawley rats were used in ethanol...

Jan 1 2016 28094747
Effects of dietary supplementation of mannan-oligosaccharide on virus shedding in avian influenza (HN) challenged broilers.

Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious disease causing significant economic losses worldwide. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of ...

Jan 1 2016 28224012
Sweat rate and fluid intake in young elite basketball players on the FIBA Europe U20 Championship.

BACKGROUND/AIM: Previous investigations in many sports indicated that continued exercise, especially in hot environments, can cause high sweat rate an...

Dec 1 2015 26898028
A Testa Extract of Black Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) suppresses Adipogenic Activity of Adipose-derived Stem Cells.

Black soybean teata is helpful to preventing obesity through enhancing energy expenditure and suppressing accumulation in mesenteric adipose tissue. T...

Dec 1 2015 26973975
Simon and the Sirens: A Commentary.

Even in its extended usage, the concept of bounded rationality bears the birthmark of its origins in economics. First and most obviously, it is about ...

Sep 1 2015 26685525
Efficacy of Feedback-Controlled Robotics-Assisted Treadmill Exercise to Improve Cardiovascular Fitness Early After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cardiovascular fitness is greatly reduced after stroke. Although individuals with mild to moderate impairments benefit from co...

Jul 1 2015 26050073
A proposal for patient-tailored supervision of movement performance during end-effector-based robot-assisted rehabilitation of the upper extremities.

Millions of people worldwide suffer from stroke each year. One way to assist patients cost-effectively during their rehabilitation process is using en...

Jun 1 2015 25460278
Improving Quality of Life and Depression After Stroke Through Telerehabilitation.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the effects of home-based robot-assisted rehabilitation coupled with a home exercise program compare...

Jan 1 2015 26122686
Harmonizing SNOMED CT with BioTopLite: An Exercise in Principled Ontology Alignment.

The integration of heterogeneous ontologies is often hampered by different upper level categories and relations. We report on an on-going effort to al...

Jan 1 2015 26262168
Development of an Ontology to Recommend Exercises from Conceptual Maps.

The recommendation of exercise plans requires several variables to be considered (e.g., patient's conditions and preferences) and are normally complex...

Jan 1 2015 26262394
Intelligent scheduling of execution for customized physical fitness and healthcare system.

Physical fitness and health of white collar business person is getting worse and worse in recent years. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a system...

Jan 1 2015 26444822
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