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Exploration of Two Training Paradigms Using Forced Induced Weight Shifting With the Tethered Pelvic Assist Device to Reduce Asymmetry in Individuals After Stroke: Case Reports.

Many robotic devices in rehabilitation incorporate an assist-as-needed haptic guidance paradigm to promote training. This error reduction model, while beneficial for skill acquisition, could be detrimental for long-term retention. Error augmentation (EA) models have been explored as alternatives. A robotic Tethered Pelvic Assist Device has been developed to study force application to the pelvis on...

Robotic Hand-Assisted Training for Spinal Cord Injury Driven by Myoelectric Pattern Recognition: A Case Report.

A 51-year-old man with an incomplete C6 spinal cord injury sustained 26 yrs ago attended twenty 2-hr visits over 10 wks for robot-assisted hand training driven by myoelectric pattern recognition. In each visit, his right hand was assisted to perform motions by an exoskeleton robot, while the robot was triggered by his own motion intentions. The hand robot was designed for this study, which can per...

Impact of Clinical Parameters in the Intrahost Evolution of HIV-1 Subtype B in Pediatric Patients: A Machine Learning Approach.

Determining the factors modulating the genetic diversity of HIV-1 populations is essential to understand viral evolution. This study analyzes the rela...

Research of the BWS system for lower extremity rehabilitation robot.

Body weight support (BWS) system is increasingly used in conjunction with treadmills to assist the patients with neurological impairments. Owing to lo...

Addition of forelimb training reduces gains from robotic gait training in a rat model of spinal cord injury.

To restore locomotor function following spinal cord injury the disrupted descending supraspinal drive needs to be re-connected to regions caudal to th...

Rehabilitation for hemiplegia using an upper limb training system based on a force direction.

Hemiplegia patients have complete paralysis of half their body, and encounter many challenges in living an independent life. Rehabilitation of the low...

Robotic set-up to quantify hand-eye behavior in motor execution and learning of children with autism spectrum disorder.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a multifaceted neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a persistence of social and communication impairment, an...

Feature selection using a one dimensional naïve Bayes' classifier increases the accuracy of support vector machine classification of CDR3 repertoires.

MOTIVATION: Somatic DNA recombination, the hallmark of vertebrate adaptive immunity, has the potential to generate a vast diversity of antigen recepto...

Muscle co-contraction patterns in robot-mediated force field learning to guide specific muscle group training.

BACKGROUND: Muscle co-contraction is a strategy of increasing movement accuracy and stability employed in dealing with force perturbation of movement....

Development of a Risk Assessment Assistance Tool for Robotic Care Devices.

Aiming to eliminate a labor shortage caused by the aging of society, many kinds of service robots are under development. Nursing care for the elderly ...

Lip muscle training improves obstructive sleep apnea and objective sleep: a case report.

The present study assessed the potential of lip muscle training for improving sleep. A patient with heavy snoring, daytime sleepiness and dry mouth un...

Living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma in Seoul National University.

BACKGROUND: Liver transplantation is an effective treatment modality for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Due to deceased organ shortage, living donor ...

Robot-assistant for MRI-guided liver ablation: A pilot study.

PURPOSE: Percutaneous ablation under MRI-guidance allows treating otherwise inoperable liver tumors locally using a catheter probe. However, manually ...

Telehomecare telecommunication framework - from remote patient monitoring to video visits and robot telepresence.

Over the last few years, the number of remote patient monitoring (RPM) products and of videoconferencing systems has exploded. There is also a signifi...

Evaluation of a mixed controller that amplifies spatial errors while reducing timing errors.

Previous results suggest that haptic guidance enhances learning of the timing components of motor tasks, whereas error amplification is better for lea...

The power of data mining in diagnosis of childhood pneumonia.

Childhood pneumonia is the leading cause of death of children under the age of 5 years globally. Diagnostic information on the presence of infection, ...

Alignment-Free Methods for the Detection and Specificity Prediction of Adenylation Domains.

Identifying adenylation domains (A-domains) and their substrate specificity can aid the detection of nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) at genome...

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...

Surgical Residents are Excluded From Robot-assisted Surgery.

PURPOSE: Implementation of a robotic system may influence surgical training. The aim was to report the charge of the operating surgeon and the bedside...

An intelligent control framework for robot-aided resistance training using hybrid system modeling and impedance estimation.

This study presents a novel therapy control method for robot-assisted resistance training using the hybrid system modeling technology and the estimate...