Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2022
BACKGROUND: Upper-limb rehabilitation robots have become an important piece of equipment in stroke rehabilitation. The design of exoskeleton mechanisms plays a key role to improve human-robot interface in the upper-limb movements under passive and ac...
Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing
Jan 1, 2022
The use of humanoid robot technologies within global healthcare settings is rapidly evolving; however, the potential of robots in health promotion and health education is not established. The aim of this study was to explore the impact of a social hu...
International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
Jan 1, 2022
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether criteria exist to guide election between the use the three- or four-arm technique in robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) instead of just the surgeon's preference.
BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) was initially developed based on the passive controlled (PC) mode, where the target or ideal locomotor kinematic trajectory is predefined and a patient basically 'rides' the robot instead of actively pa...
Assuming robots of the future will be far more advanced than their present-day forebears, it is not premature to ask what they will have to be like in order to have moral status. This article first examines criteria for moral status, criticizing seve...
JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Jan 1, 2022
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Robot-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy is a safe and feasible approach in patients with higher body mass index (BMI). Slightly longer operating time in patients with high BMI did not result in higher complication or conve...
Persistence of urinary incontinence (UI) after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is a bothersome problem because of its negative effect on the patient's quality of life (QOL). This study aimed to evaluate the effect of transperineal ultraso...
Theaim of this study was to determine the effect formedby pelvic diameters preoperatively measured throughmultiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mp-MRI) and different surgical positions on anesthesiaparameters used during perineal robot-assisted...
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