AIM: To investigate the effects of interacting with the companion robot, Paro, on blood pressure and heart rate of older people in a residential care facility.
Journal of diabetes science and technology
Jan 1, 2011
BACKGROUND: As America's baby boom generation reaches retirement, the number of elders, and, in turn, the number of lay individuals who support them, will continue to increase. With the important services caregivers provide, it is critical that we re...
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Dec 15, 2025
Cryptogenic stroke represents 25%-40% of ischemic strokes, with many cases harboring unrecognized large artery atherosclerosis (LAA) requiring specific secondary prevention. In this multicenter pilot study, we developed a metabolomics-based machine l...
Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association
Dec 4, 2025
Traditional academic impact frameworks and metrics have been criticised, because they fail to assess the 'real-world' value of research. The Research Impact Assessment Framework was developed to complement and extend existing impact assessment framew...
Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare
Dec 1, 2025
INTRODUCTION: Facilitating debriefings in simulation is a complex task with high task load. The increasing availability of generative artificial intelligence (AI) offers an opportunity to support facilitators. We explored simulation facilitation and ...
Clinical and experimental dermatology
Nov 25, 2025
BACKGROUND: In medical practice, clinic letters are essential for accurately documenting patient discussions, diagnoses and management plans. Traditionally, this involves a clinician dictating a summary after a consultation, which is transcribed by a...
IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
Nov 1, 2025
OBJECTIVE: Robotic gloves show promise in hand assistance due to their wearability and home-based potential, yet empirical research remains limited. This pilot study presents a fabric-based pneumatic soft glove, aiming to identify its potential and c...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Sep 3, 2025
INTRODUCTION: In 2024, the GeMTeX project launched the largest ever de-identification campaign for German-language clinical reports, and, as a pilot study, published GraSCCoPHI, the first de-identified German-language gold standard corpus of syntheti...
Pickleball has gained popularity across diverse age groups. This sport has particular balls that require different hitting styles, like hitting dinks. This study focuses on introducing pickleball players' kinematic analysis through a MediaPipe-based ...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Aug 7, 2025
Managing chronic diabetes in rural Taiwan remains challenging due to limited medical access and low health literacy. This pilot study evaluated a two-month, two-phase intervention using Bluetooth-enabled glucometers, smart wristbands, and a gamified ...
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