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Training with a balance exercise assist robot is more effective than conventional training for frail older adults.

AIM: To examine the efficacy of postural strategy training using a balance exercise assist robot (BEAR) as compared with conventional balance training for frail older adults.

A comparison of the efficacy of weight-shift vs. joystick control of a robotic mobility device by infants ages 5 to 10 months.

The onset of crawling in infants contributes to cognitive, perceptual, social, and emotional development. Conversely, infants with motor impairment that delays or prevents autonomous mobility often have associated developmental delays. Evidence suggests that providing mobility may have positive developmental outcomes, however powered wheelchairs may not be recommended for very young children, due ...

Robotic-assisted gait training improves walking abilities in diplegic children with cerebral palsy.

The robotic-assisted gait training therapy (RAGT), based on intensity and repetition of movement, presents beneficial effects on recovery and improvem...

Bio-inspired vision based robot control using featureless estimations of time-to-contact.

Marvelous vision based dynamic behaviors of insects and birds such as perching, landing, and obstacle avoidance have inspired scientists to propose th...

Use of bladder volume measurement assessed with ultrasound to predict postoperative urinary retention.

OBJECTIVE: Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) is a common complication after spinal anesthesia. Ultrasound (US) is a simple, non-invasive method t...

Comparison of the effects on dynamic balance and aerobic capacity between objective and subjective methods of high-intensity robot-assisted gait training in chronic stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) is effective for improving dynamic balance and aerobic capacity, but previous RAGT method does not set...

Analysis of the Importance of Oxides and Clays in Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn Adsorption and Retention with Regression Trees.

This study determines the influence of the different soil components and of the cation-exchange capacity on the adsorption and retention of different ...

Risk Factors for Urinary Retention Following Surgical Repair of Hip Fracture in Female Patients.

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) is a common event following surgical procedures. An increase in the number of elderly in...

Estimation of biogas and methane yields in an UASB treating potato starch processing wastewater with backpropagation artificial neural network.

Three-layered feedforward backpropagation (BP) artificial neural networks (ANN) and multiple nonlinear regression (MnLR) models were developed to esti...

Robot-guided ankle sensorimotor rehabilitation of patients with multiple sclerosis.

BACKGROUND: People with multiple sclerosis (MS) often develop symptoms including muscle weakness, spasticity, imbalance, and sensory loss in the lower...

Biofeedback Signals for Robotic Rehabilitation: Assessment of Wrist Muscle Activation Patterns in Healthy Humans.

Electrophysiological recordings from human muscles can serve as control signals for robotic rehabilitation devices. Given that many diseases affecting...

Training the Unimpaired Arm Improves the Motion of the Impaired Arm and the Sitting Balance in Chronic Stroke Survivors.

Robot-assisted rehabilitation of stroke survivors mainly focuses on the impaired side of the body while the role of the unimpaired side in the recover...

An ecofriendly green liquid chromatographic method for simultaneous determination of nicotinamide and clindamycin phosphate in pharmaceutical gel for acne treatment.

A new green micellar liquid chromatographic method was developed and validated for the quantitative estimation of nicotinamide (NICO) and clindamycin ...

Quantitative structure-retention relationship model for the determination of naratriptan hydrochloride and its impurities based on artificial neural networks coupled with genetic algorithm.

Mathematical modeling of Quantitative Structure - Property Relationships met great interest in fields of in silico drug design and more recently, phar...

Improving actuation efficiency through variable recruitment hydraulic McKibben muscles: modeling, orderly recruitment control, and experiments.

Hydraulic control systems have become increasingly popular as the means of actuation for human-scale legged robots and assistive devices. One of the b...

Role of Soft Computing Approaches in HealthCare Domain: A Mini Review.

In the present era, soft computing approaches play a vital role in solving the different kinds of problems and provide promising solutions. Due to pop...

Analysis of isoquinoline alkaloids from and roots using UHPLC-Orbitrap-MS and UHPLC-QqQ-MS/MS.

() and () are less known and unexplored medicinal plants of the family Berberidaceae. They are used by the Todas of Nilgiris in their religious and ...

Individual prediction of long-term outcome in adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis: Applying machine learning techniques to brain imaging data.

An important focus of studies of individuals at ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis has been to identify biomarkers to predict which individuals will ...

Variable recruitment in bundles of miniature pneumatic artificial muscles.

The natural compliance and force generation properties of pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) allow them to operate like human muscles in anthropomorp...

A design concept of parallel elasticity extracted from biological muscles for engineered actuators.

Series elastic actuation that takes inspiration from biological muscle-tendon units has been extensively studied and used to address the challenges (e...