Muscle fiber properties exert a significant influence on pork quality, with cross-sectional area (CSA) being a crucial parameter closely associated with various meat quality indicators, such as shear force. Effectively identifying and segmenting musc...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Mar 21, 2024
Computational biomechanical analysis plays a pivotal role in understanding and improving human movements and physical functions. Although physics-based modeling methods can interpret the dynamic interaction between the neural drive to muscle dynamics...
OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a neural network to estimate hip contact forces (HCF), and lower body kinematics and kinetics during walking in individuals with hip osteoarthritis (OA) using synthesised anatomical key points and electromyography. ...
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation
Feb 29, 2024
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to evaluate how gait kinematics and muscle activity during robot-assisted gait training are affected by different combinations of parameter settings and a number of instruction types, ranging from no instructions to...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Feb 26, 2024
The reliable classification of motor unit action potentials (MUAPs) provides the possibility of tracking motor unit (MU) activities. However, the variation of MUAP profiles caused by multiple factors in realistic conditions challenges the accurate cl...
Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society
Feb 20, 2024
Osteoporosis and loss of muscle mass are secondary issues with spinal cord injury. Robotic gait training has provided evidence of increasing bone density and muscle mass, but its effect on bone strength is undetermined. The purpose of this study was ...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Jan 19, 2024
Although studies on terrain identification algorithms to control walking assistive devices have been conducted using sensor fusion, studies on transition classification using only electromyography (EMG) signals have yet to be conducted. Therefore, th...
BACKGROUND: Despite the prognostic relevance of cachexia in pancreatic cancer, individual body composition has not been routinely integrated into treatment planning. In this multicenter study, we investigated the prognostic value of sarcopenia and my...
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Dec 30, 2023
OBJECTIVES: Sarcopenia is characterized by the loss of muscle mass. Skeletal muscle can produce and secrete different molecules called myokines. Irisin and myostatin are antagonistic myokines, and to our knowledge, no studies of both myokines have be...
IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
Dec 22, 2023
UNLABELLED: Using wearable robotics to modulate step width in normal walking for enhanced mediolateral balance has not been demonstrated in the field. We designed a bilateral hip exoskeleton with admittance control to power hip abduction and adductio...