Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Sep 25, 2024
In the last few decades, major progress has been made in the medical field; in particular, new treatments and advanced health technologies allow for considerable improvements in life expectancy and, more broadly, in quality of life. As a consequence,...
International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE
Sep 24, 2024
This study aimed to compare postural assessment and postural awareness using the artificial intelligence posture evaluation and correction system (APECS) in individuals receiving posture training. Participants' physical characteristics were recorde...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Sep 23, 2024
Wearable robots have promising characteristics for human augmentation; however, the the design and specification stage needs to consider biomechanical impact. In this work, musculoskeletal software is used to assess the biomechanical implications of ...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Sep 18, 2024
Recently, pressure-sensing mats have been widely used to capture static and dynamic pressure over sleep for posture recognition. Both a full-size mat with a low-density sensing array for figuring out the structure of the whole body and a miniature sc...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Sep 17, 2024
Advancements in machine learning offer promising avenues for the identification of ADHD symptoms in adults, an endeavour traditionally encumbered by the intricacies of human behavioural patterns. In this paper, we introduce three innovative dual-stre...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Sep 11, 2024
Recognizing sleep posture is crucial for the monitoring of people with sleeping disorders. Existing contact-based systems might interfere with sleeping, while camera-based systems may raise privacy concerns. In contrast, radar-based sensors offer a p...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Aug 28, 2024
Surface electromyography (sEMG), a human-machine interface for gesture recognition, has shown promising potential for decoding motor intentions, but a variety of nonideal factors restrict its practical application in assistive robots. In this paper, ...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Aug 22, 2024
Diagnosis of bruxism is challenging because not all contractions of the masticatory muscles can be classified as bruxism. Conventional methods for sleep bruxism detection vary in effectiveness. Some provide objective data through EMG, ECG, or EEG; ot...
IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics
Aug 6, 2024
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a mood disorder with different phases alternating between euthymia, manic or hypomanic episodes, and depressive episodes. While motor abnormalities are commonly seen during depressive or manic episodes, not much attention has...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Aug 2, 2024
Assessing sleep posture, a critical component in sleep tests, is crucial for understanding an individual's sleep quality and identifying potential sleep disorders. However, monitoring sleep posture has traditionally posed significant challenges due t...