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A five-bar mechanism to assist finger flexion-extension movement: system implementation [PDF]

Robotica, 2022, pp.1-19
The lack of specialized personnel and assistive technology to assist in rehabilitation therapies is one of the challenges facing the health sector today, and it is projected to increase. For researchers and engineers, it represents an opportunity to innovate and develop devices that improve and optimize rehabilitation services for the benefit of ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Spectrum of hand injuries and their management at a tertiary care hospital using the hand injury scoring system

, 2016
Background:  Hand injuries are a major health problem all around the world; both in developing as well as developed countries. There are various causes of hand injuries which include occupational injuries, leisure activities, road traffic accidents ...
V. Shrihari
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Early Language Impairment as an Integral Part of the Cognitive Phenotype in Huntington's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Huntington's disease (HD) speech/language disorders have typically been attributed to motor and executive impairment due to striatal dysfunction. In‐depth study of linguistic skills and the role of extrastriatal structures in HD is scarce.
Arnau Puig‐Davi, Carla Franch‐Marti, Iñigo Ruiz‐Barrio, Frederic Sampedro, Jesus Perez‐Perez, Jordi A. Matias‐Guiu, Fernando Cuetos, Gonzalo Olmedo‐Saura, Laura Perez‐Carasol, Andrea Horta‐Barba, Ignacio Aracil‐Bolaños, Javier Pagonabarraga, Jaime Kulisevsky, Saul Martinez‐Horta   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of the dominant hand and needle stick injuries for Healthcare Workers in Taiwan [PDF]

, 2012
BackgroundHealthcare workers face the risk of acquiring blood-borne infections from patients through needle stick injuries. Understanding the factors that are associated with increased risk, for example, the role of the dominant hand, is important so ...
Mbirimtengerenji, N, Muula, A, Schaio, J, YGuo, L   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Self-reported cold sensitivity in patients with traumatic hand injuries or hand-arm vibration syndrome - an eight year follow up

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2014
BackgroundCold sensitivity is a common complaint following hand injuries. Our aim was to investigate long-term self-reported cold sensitivity, and its predictors and the importance of sense of coherence (SOC), 8 years after a hand injury as well as in ...
I. Carlsson, L. Dahlin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Music Interventions in Hyperacute and Acute Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Feasibility Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Music interventions have been shown to have beneficial effects on hemodynamic parameters, pain, and anxiety in various medical settings. However, music interventions in the setting of acute stroke have not been studied. The objective of this trial was to perform a pilot feasibility study of music interventions in the setting of acute
Jeffrey J. Fletcher, Allison Edberg, Ronald Grifka, Joan Westendorp, Augusto Elias, Jacquie Knott, Elizabeth Martin, Fazeel Siddiqui   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

MR imaging of overuse injuries in the skeletally immature gymnast: spectrum of soft-tissue and osseous lesions in the hand and wrist [PDF]

, 2009
In the pediatric gymnast, stress-related physeal injuries have been well described with characteristic imaging findings. However, a spectrum of overuse injuries, some rarely reported in the literature, can be encountered in the gymnast’s hand and wrist ...
A Bjorkman, AK Palmer, AK Palmer, BE Earp, BG Webb, BN Weissman, BR Mandelbaum, C Shih, Christine B. Chung, CY Chang, D Caine, D Jaramillo, DL Ruggles, E Thienpont, EC McElfresh, Fabiano Cardoso, FW Ekenstam af, GT Gabel, JA Ogden, Jerry R. Dwek, JP DiFiori, K Ecklund, L Smet De, L Smet De, MS Liebling, R Hafner, RH Gelberman, TC Wright   +27 more
core   +3 more sources

Cerebello‐Prefrontal Connectivity Underlying Cognitive Dysfunction in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is a hereditary cerebellar degenerative disorder, with motor and cognitive symptoms. The constellation of cognitive symptoms due to cerebellar degeneration is named cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome (CCAS), which has increasingly been recognized to profoundly impact patients' quality of life;
Ami Kumar, Ruo‐Yah Lai, Zena Fadel, Yicheng Lin, Pia Parekh, Rachel Griep, Ming‐Kai Pan, Sheng‐Han Kuo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Is Associated With Higher R2 Relaxation Rate: An MRI and Pathology Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) involves β‐amyloid deposition in the walls of cortical and leptomeningeal small vessels. Transverse relaxation rate (R2) is a major source of contrast in MRI. This study tested the hypothesis that CAA is associated with R2, extracted the spatial pattern of CAA‐related R2 abnormalities, and evaluated ...
Md Tahmid Yasar, Arnold M. Evia, Mahir Tazwar, Sue E. Leurgans, David A. Bennett, Julie A. Schneider, Konstantinos Arfanakis   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Endoscopic Surgery for Delayed Wound Healing After Achilles Tendon Suture Repair: A Report of Three Cases

Orthopaedic Surgery, 2021
Background Delayed wound healing is a potention complication after Achilles tendon suture repair and occurs for various reasons. The conventional treatment for delayed wound healing is open surgery, but patients face long recovery times and postoperative
Yu‐ping Yang, Hong‐yu Chen, Guo‐qing Cui, Xiao‐lei Xiu, Xiao‐peng Liu, Hua An, Ying‐fang Ao   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source