Restorative neurology and neuroscience
Jan 1, 2019
BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) is widely used in children with cerebral palsy (CP), but information about optimal intervention frequency and duration is still lacking and the current evidence about effect of RAGT on motor endurance a...
BACKGROUND: Memory dysfunction is characteristic of aging and often attributed to Alzheimer's disease (AD). An easily administered tool for preliminary assessment of memory function and early AD detection would be integral in improving patient manage...
This article provides a tutorial for analyzing pupillometric data. Pupil dilation has become increasingly popular in psychological and psycholinguistic research as a measure to trace language processing. However, there is no general consensus about p...
The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease
Jan 1, 2019
BACKGROUND: Recruiting patients for clinical trials of potential therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains a major challenge, with demand for trial participants at an all-time high. The AD treatment R and D pipeline includes around 112 agents. I...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2019
In 2005, global cardiovascular diseases caused 30% of deaths in Europe, which is 46% of total deaths for all death groups. Today, according to the International Adult Diabetes Federation, 20% to 25% of the adult population in the world has Metabolic ...
BACKGROUNDROBiGAME project aims to implement serious games on robots to rehabilitate upper limb (UL) in stroke patients. The serious game characteristics (target position, level of assistance/resistance, level of force) are adapted based on the patie...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2019
Prevailing technological solutions that address the problems that are experienced by the infirm and elderly people in terms of locomotion needs, offer limited options when it comes to control mechanism and customization. For more than a decade, joyst...
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing
Jan 1, 2019
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heritable neurodevelopmental disorder affecting 1 in 59 children. While noncoding genetic variation has been shown to play a major role in many complex disorders, the contribution of these regions to ASD susceptibi...
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing
Jan 1, 2019
BACKGROUND: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNA that regulate gene expression through post-transcriptional silencing. Differential expression observed in miRNAs, combined with advancements in deep learning (DL), have the potential to improve...
Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society
Jan 1, 2019
PURPOSE: The purpose of this descriptive study was to evaluate use of a previously validated, online, interactive wound assessment and wound care clinical pathway in a group of RNs. Specific aims were to (a) evaluate the proportions of correct, parti...
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