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A Proof‐of‐Concept Assessment of a Novel Wearable Eyelid Muscle Device: A Pre‐Clinical Animal Cadaver Study for Eyelid Closure Restoration

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article introduces a soft wearable eyelid sling device incorporating a hydraulic soft artificial muscle (SAM) for achieving complete closure of an eyelid. The SAM is driven by a cam mechanism that provides a displacement profile closely matched with those of a healthy eyelid.
Patrick Pruscino, Phuoc Thien Phan, James Davies, Bibhu Sharma, Tianruo Guo, Chi Cong Nguyen, Nigel H. Lovell, Thanh Nho Do   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low vision in school-age children in Menoufia Governorate

Journal of the Egyptian Ophthalmological Society
Purpose To assess the causes and management of low vision in school-age children in Menoufia Governorate. Patients and methods This prospective study was made among 140 children with vision impairment aged from 6 to 18 years who came to the low-vision ...
Esraa S El Ghoubashy, Mohamed N Gad, Faried M Wagdy, Marwa A Zaki   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Upper body balance control strategy during continuous 3D postural perturbation in young adults [PDF]

, 2015
We explored how changes in vision and perturbation frequency impacted upright postural control in healthy adults exposed to continuous multiaxial support-surface perturbation.
CAPPA, Paolo, E. CASTELLI, F. PATANÈ, PETRARCA, MAURIZIO, V. AMORI   +4 more
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Low Vision Rehabilitation in the Glaucomas

International Journal of Ophthalmology & Eye Science, 2015
As seen elsewhere in this edition, the medical and surgical treatment of the glaucomas has advanced remarkably over recent years with enhanced diagnostic tools, greater variety of drug options and refined surgical procedures. Low vision rehabilitation has also seen advances with technology of adaptive devices, accessibility features on personal ...
McAllister B, Rebecca Kammer
openaire   +1 more source

A Review on Sensor Technologies, Control Approaches, and Emerging Challenges in Soft Robotics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides an introspective of sensors and controllers in soft robotics. Initially describing the current sensing methods, then moving on to the control methods utilized, and finally ending with challenges and future directions in soft robotics focusing on the material innovations, sensor fusion, and embedded intelligence for sensors and ...
Ean Lovett, Maxwell Hammond, Niloufar Seyfi, Amirreza Fahim Golestaneh, Venanzio Cichella, Caterina Lamuta   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vision rehabilitation workforce in Italy: a country-level analysis

BMC Health Services Research
Background Research and monitoring of human resources available for vision rehabilitation services has been a neglected area of work in the past. This study aims to offer an overview of the vision rehabilitation workforce available in Italy, in order to ...
Filippo Amore, Valeria Silvestri, Simona Turco, Stefania Fortini, Andrea Giudiceandrea, Filippo Cruciani, Silvio Paolo Mariotti, Debora Antonini, Stanislao Rizzo   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rehabilitation of the visually impaired: opinions and expectations regarding individual limitations and the "Waiting-Group"

Ocupación Humana, 2001
This study searches out limitations and expectations of visually impaired customers attended to in a university service (CEPRE) in Campinas, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 1994 to 1997, in order to get subsidies for improving the quality of the ...
Rita de Cassia letto Montilha, Maria Inés Rubo de Souza Nobre, José Newton Kara, Edméa Rita Temporini   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human-activity-centered measurement system:challenges from laboratory to the real environment in assistive gait wearable robotics [PDF]

, 2018
Assistive gait wearable robots (AGWR) have shown a great advancement in developing intelligent devices to assist human in their activities of daily living (ADLs).
Abouhossein, Alireza, Awad, Mohammed I., Bradley, David, Dehghani-Sanij, Abbas A., Martinez-Hernandez, Uriel   +4 more
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Degradable Magnetic Composites from Recycled NdFeB Magnets for Soft Actuation and Sensing

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a degradable soft magnetic composite made from recycled NdFeB particles embedded in a gelatin‐based organogel. The material is processed into magnetic sensors and soft robotic components, which can later be dissolved in a green solvent to recover NdFeB magnetic particles.
Muhammad Bilal Khan, Lin Guo, Kilian Schäfer, Eduardo Sergio Oliveros‐Mata, Xiaotao Wang, Florian Hofmann, Matthias Lutzi, Mark Suppelt, Proloy Taran Das, Jan Schmidtpeter, Imants Dirba, Stephan Rinderknecht, Mario Kupnik, Denys Makarov, Oliver Gutfleisch   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diabetic retinopathy and visual disabilities among patients in a rehabilitation program

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and to evaluate the management of patients with visual disabilities attending at the CEPRE Rehabilitation Program of University of Campinas.
Zelia Zilda Lourenço de Camargo Bittencourt, Rita de Cássia Letto Montilha, Maria Elisabete Rodrigues Freire Gasparetto, Edméa Rita Temporini, Keila Miriam Monteiro de Carvalho   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source