Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review outlines how understanding bone's biology, hierarchical architecture, and mechanical anisotropy informs the design of lattice structures that replicate bone morphology and mechanical behavior. Additive manufacturing enables the fabrication of orthopedic implants that incorporate such structures using a range of engineering materials ...
Stylianos Kechagias +4 more
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The feasibility of using the Körperkoordinationstest fur Kinder (KTK) in a U.S. elementary physical education setting to assess gross motor skills specific to postural balance. [PDF]
Front Sports Act Living, 2023 Campbell-Pierre D, Rhea DJ.
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Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani +3 more
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Relationship Between Gross Motor Skills and Inhibitory Control in Preschool Children: A Pilot Study. [PDF]
Front Hum Neurosci, 2022 Liu J +10 more
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Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang +8 more
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The Impact of Gross Motor Skills on the Development of Emotion Understanding in Children Aged 3-6 Years: The Mediation Role of Executive Functions. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Li Q, Wang Q, Xin Z, Gu H.
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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 +2 more
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Improving gross motor skills of children through traditional games skills practiced along the contextual interference continuum. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2022 Hussain B, Cheong JPG.
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This study introduces a hybrid robot that integrates mechanical assistance by musculoskeletons (i.e., soft pneumatic muscle with rigid exoskeletal extensions), neuromuscular electrical stimulation, and vibrotactile feedback in a lightweight wearable mechatronic complex applicable to the paretic ankle–foot poststroke for gait restoration. The system can
Fuqiang Ye +16 more
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The Relationship between Executive Functions and Gross Motor Skills in Rural Children Aged 8-10 Years. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel), 2022 Fathirezaie Z +7 more
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