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Assistive Care Robots and Older Adults: Employing a Care Ethics Lens

Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2021
To date, ethical critiques of the use of assistive healthcare robotics have not closely examined the purported care relationship between such robots and their users.
Rachel Hewitt
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A rise-assisting robot extends life space and improves facial expressions of nursing home residents

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background The introduction of nursing care-support devices using robotic technology is expected to reduce the task burden in long-term care facilities. Objective To investigate the use of the rise-assisting robot, Resyone, in extending and improving the
Kenji Kato, Tatsuya Yoshimi, Keita Aimoto, Kenji Sato, Naoki Itoh, Izumi Kondo   +5 more
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EMG-controlled knee orthosis lowers effort in sit-to-stand

Frontiers in Robotics and AI
ObjectivePilot study with ten healthy adults, testing whether a lightweight, low-cost knee orthosis equipped with EMG-driven impedance control reduces quadriceps muscle effort during the sit-to-stand (STS) transition.MethodsTen able-bodied adults ...
Marc-Anton Scheidl, Kristin Schuh, Marek Sierotowicz, Marcel Betsch, Claudio Castellini, Claudio Castellini   +5 more
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A soft, synergy-based robotic glove for grasping assistance

Wearable Technologies, 2021
This paper presents a soft, tendon-driven, robotic glove designed to augment grasp capability and provide rehabilitation assistance for postspinal cord injury patients. The basis of the design is an underactuation approach utilizing postural synergies of
Ryan Alicea, Michele Xiloyannis, Domenico Chiaradia, Michele Barsotti, Antonio Frisoli, Lorenzo Masia   +5 more
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Guidelines for Pediatric Radiotherapy Simulation: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Radiation Oncology Discipline

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric radiation therapy presents unique challenges compared to adult treatments, including those of immobilization, potential need for sedation, and the critical importance of accurate, reproducible positioning. Additionally, heightened attention to imaging doses is necessary to minimize long‐term toxicity in survivors.
Parham Alaei, Stephen Mihalcik, Sujith Baliga, Young Kwok, Dana Casey, Eric Ehler, Christiane Burton, John C. Breneman, Daphne A. Haas‐Kogan, Suzanne L. Wolden, Arnold C. Paulino, Nadia N. Laack, Natia Esiashvili, Sarah Milgrom, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, John A. Kalapurakal, Chia‐Ho Hua   +17 more
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Robotic Assessment of Wrist Proprioception During Kinaesthetic Perturbations: A Neuroergonomic Approach

Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2021
Position sense refers to an aspect of proprioception crucial for motor control and learning. The onset of neurological diseases can damage such sensory afference, with consequent motor disorders dramatically reducing the associated recovery process.
Erika D'Antonio, Elisa Galofaro, Elisa Galofaro, Jacopo Zenzeri, Fabrizio Patané, Jürgen Konczak, Maura Casadio, Lorenzo Masia, Lorenzo Masia   +8 more
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Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents: Expert Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPN) is a rare low‐grade malignant exocrine pancreatic tumor, mostly discovered during the second decade of life in females, with a very good prognosis, provided microscopically complete surgical excision is achieved.
Sabine Irtan, Michael Abele, Calogero Virgone, Michaela Kuhlen, Ricardo Lopez‐Almarez, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Maja Cesen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Andrea Ferrari, Gianni Bisogno, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Louise Galmiche, Jorg Fuchs, Sarah Braungart, Bilgehan Yalcin, Ines B. Brecht, Daniel Orbach   +18 more
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Experience With Performing Rheocarna Therapy via the Single‐Needle Method for Treatment of Chronic Limb‐Threatening Ischemia

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This study investigated the safety and efficacy of single‐needle Rheocarna therapy for chronic limb‐threatening ischemia (CLTI) with wounds. Methods Six patients with CLTI involving ulcers unresponsive to revascularization underwent single‐needle Rheocarna treatment.
Yasutaka Yamauchi, Rie Tanaka, Reona Kawahira, Shingo Nabeta, Kouhei Naoi, Kazuhito Kitajima, Akira Wada, Tomonari Takagi, Norihiko Ohura, Akira Miyamoto   +9 more
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Special Issue on “Assistive Robotics”

Technologies, 2018
The technology behind robotics has rapidly advanced to a level enabling humans and robots to interact in everyday aspects of life. [...]
Ramviyas Parasuraman, Byung-Cheol Min
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Forecasting the Dialysis Burden in Japan: Validation‐Based Projections of Prevalence and Incidence Through 2050

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Japan has one of the highest dialysis prevalence rates worldwide and a shrinking, aging population. Whether dialysis burden has entered a sustained post‐peak phase or whether recent declines partly reflect pandemic‐related disruptions remains uncertain.
Hatice Şahin, Berrak Itır Aylı, Nüket Paksoy   +2 more
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