AIM: To describe home care professionals' individual experiences of the implementation, use and competence needs of a robot for medication management in older people's home care.
International journal of pharmaceutics
Nov 6, 2022
Soft robotics could help providing a better understanding of the mechanisms underpinning the swallowability of solid oral dosage forms (SODF), especially by vulnerable populations such as the elderly or children. In this study a novel soft robotic in...
BACKGROUND: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, irreversible, and usually fatal lung disease of unknown reasons, generally affecting the elderly population. Early diagnosis of IPF is crucial for triaging patients' treatment planning...
BACKGROUND: Ambient assisted living (AAL) is a common name for various artificial intelligence (AI)-infused applications and platforms that support their users in need in multiple activities, from health to daily living. These systems use different a...
Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
Nov 3, 2022
Using a mixed-method study design, we examined the effects of a socially assistive humanoid robot (SAHR), called Hyodol, on depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of low-income, socially isolated older adults ( = 180). Quantit...
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Nov 3, 2022
BACKGROUND: Service robots are defined as reprogrammable, sensor-based mechatronic devices that perform useful services in an autonomous or semi-autonomous way to human activities in an everyday environment. As the number of elderly people grows, ser...
Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery
Oct 29, 2022
BACKGROUND: The role of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) for glenohumeral osteoarthritis (GHOA) with an intact rotator cuff remains unclear with prior investigations demonstrating similar patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to anatomi...
OBJECTIVES: Time-resolved, 2D-phase-contrast MRI (2D-CINE-PC-MRI) enables in vivo blood flow analysis. However, accurate vessel contour delineation (VCD) is required to achieve reliable results. We sought to evaluate manual analysis (MA) compared to ...
International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology
Oct 27, 2022
Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive cognitive decline, is generally prevalent in elderly people with significant disability and mortality. There is no effective treatment for AD currently, but the early...
Elderly gait is a source of rich information about their physical and mental health condition. As an alternative to the multiple sensors on the lower body parts, a single sensor on the pelvis has a positional advantage and an abundance of information...
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