PURPOSE: Ropinirole is an antiparkinsonian drug and has recently been suggested to be effective in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. It is expected that ropinirole prescriptions will increase in the near future. However, the fatal concentration in bloo...
Emerging studies corroborate the importance of neuroimaging biomarkers and machine learning to improve diagnostic classification of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). While most studies focus on structural data, recent studies assessing functional ...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
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Brain visual dynamics encode rich functional and biological patterns of the neural system, and if decoded, are of great promise for many applications such as intention understanding, cognitive load quantization and neural disorder measurement. We her...
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
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OBJECTIVE: The Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL; CYBERDYNE, Inc., Japan) is a wearable robot device that provides effective gait assistance according to voluntary intention by detecting weak bioelectrical signals of neuromuscular activity on the surface of...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a highly complex and heterogeneous neurodegenerative disease that affects motor neurons. Since life expectancy is relatively low, it is essential to promptly understand the course of the disease to better target...
Despite promising results in the rehabilitation field, it remains unclear whether upper limb robotic wearables, e.g., for people with physical impairments resulting from neurodegenerative disease, can be made portable and suitable for everyday use. W...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
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Recent developments in soft wearable robots have shown promise for assistive and rehabilitative use-cases. For inflatable approaches, a major challenge in developing portable systems is finding a balance between portability, performance, and usabilit...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Timely identification of dysarthria progression in patients with bulbar-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is relevant to have a comprehensive assessment of the disease evolution. To this goal literature recognized t...
Coupling brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) and robotic systems in the future can enable seamless personal assistant systems in everyday life, with the requests that can be performed in a discrete manner, using one's brain activity only. These types of...
The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), including machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) have ushered in a new era of technological breakthroughs in healthcare. These technologies are revolutionizing the way we utilize medical ...