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Sex Differences in Spatial Accuracy Relate to the Neural Activation of Antagonistic Muscles in Young Adults [PDF]

, 2017
Sex is an important physiological variable of behavior, but its effect on motor control remains poorly understood. Some evidence suggests that women exhibit greater variability during constant contractions and poorer accuracy during goal-directed tasks ...
Casamento-Moran, Agostina, Chen, Yen-Ting, Christou, Evangelos A., Fox, Emily J., Hunter, Sandra, Kwon, Min-Hyuk, Yacoubi, Basma   +6 more
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Smart Closed‐Loop Systems in Personalized Healthcare: Advances and Outlook

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A smart closed‐loop e‐textile integrates multimodal sensing, onboard processing, wireless communication, and wearable power to enable real‐time physiological/biochemical monitoring and feedback‐controlled therapy. ABSTRACT Smart textiles represent a revolutionary frontier in healthcare, seamlessly blending fabric and advanced technologies to create ...
Safoora Khosravi, Sang Won Lee, Mohammad Abrar Uddin, Sina Hassanpoor, Neha Suvindran, Katherine Le, Harun Arkaz, Harishkumar Narayana, Saeid Soltanian, Danial Khorsandi, Negar Hosseinzadeh Kouchehbaghi, Taeil Kim, Yangzhi Zhu   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Basic versus biofeedback-mediated intensive pelvic floor muscle training for women with urinary incontinence: the OPAL RCT

Health Technology Assessment, 2020
Background: Urinary incontinence affects one in three women worldwide. Pelvic floor muscle training is an effective treatment. Electromyography biofeedback (providing visual or auditory feedback of internal muscle movement) is an adjunct that may improve
Suzanne Hagen, Carol Bugge, Sarah G Dean, Andrew Elders, Jean Hay-Smith, Mary Kilonzo, Doreen McClurg, Mohamed Abdel-Fattah, Wael Agur, Federico Andreis, Joanne Booth, Maria Dimitrova, Nicola Gillespie, Cathryn Glazener, Aileen Grant, Karen L Guerrero, Lorna Henderson, Marija Kovandzic, Alison McDonald, John Norrie, Nicole Sergenson, Susan Stratton, Anne Taylor, Louise R Williams   +23 more
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Respiration monitoring by combining EMG and bioimpedance measurements

, 2018
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Kusche, Roman, Ryschka, Martin
core   +1 more source

Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz, Gökhan Ince, Ozgur Atalay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimation of compression load on L4/L5 based on electromyography technique in construction workers

Salāmat-i kār-i Īrān, 2020
Background and aims: Back pain among construction workers has a high prevalence compared to other jobs. Based on qualitative studies, numerous risk factors are involved in the development of back pain.
maryam noorollahi, davood afshari, Golamabas Shirali   +2 more
doaj  

Adaptive Carbon Nanotube Patches for Versatile Electronic Textiles and Wind‐Harvesting Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
An adhesion‐tunable electronic textile patch based on a carbon nanotube/paraffin composite is presented, enabling direct, adhesive‐free integration with fabrics. Pressure‐responsive bonding allows reversible or permanent attachment on demand.
Seokwon Joo, Yang‐Hu Park, Da‐Seul Kim, Ju‐Hyung Kim, Yoon‐Kyu Song   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Direct Laser Writing of Magnetic Micro Actuators With a Stimulus‐Responsive Compliant Hinge

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This study presents a versatile modular design strategy for adaptive 3D microactuators. Using two‐photon‐induced C,H insertion reactions within solid polymer layers, chemically distinct hinge and stimulus responsive materials are patterned in one step. The hinge's properties enable tunable motion, mechanical control, and reconfigurable actuation across
Eleonora Galli, Nicolas Geid, Yizheng Liu, Friederike Strahl, Jürgen Rühe   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deglutition dynamics of patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Fujita Medical Journal
Objectives: In the present study, we performed a detailed analysis of deglutitive dynamics during sleep in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) using a methodology developed by Sato et al.
Satoshi Ito, Yoichiro Aoyagi, Masatoshi Hirata, Miho Ohashi, Hitoshi Kagaya, Hiroya Inada, Ayami Kimura, Kazuki Shikano, Masamichi Kaneko, Takayuki Okano, Seiichi Nakata   +10 more
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Continuous Wavelet Transform Analysis of Surface Electromyography for Muscle Fatigue Assessment on the Elbow Joint Motion

Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2017
Studying muscle fatigue plays an important role in preventing the risks associated with musculoskeletal disorders. The effect of elbow-joint angle on time-frequency parameters during a repetitive motion provides valuable information in finding the most ...
Triwiyanto Triwiyanto, Oyas Wahyunggoro, Hanung Adi Nugroho, Herianto Herianto   +3 more
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