Experiences With Surgical Treatment of Chronic Lower Limb Ulcers at a Tertiary Hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: A Prospective Review of 300 Cases. [PDF]
, 2012 Chronic lower limb ulcers constitute a major public health problem of great important all over the world and contribute significantly to high morbidity and long-term disabilities. There is paucity of information regarding chronic lower limb ulcers in our
Chalya, Phillipo L +6 more
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Analysis of lower limb internal kinetics and electromyography in elite race walking. [PDF]
, 2013 The aim of this study was to analyse lower limb joint moments, powers and electromyography patterns in elite race walking. Twenty international male and female race walkers performed at their competitive pace in a laboratory setting.
Alkjaer T. +23 more
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Performance Evaluation of Lower Limb Exoskeletons: A Systematic Review
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering, 2020 Benchmarks have long been used to verify and compare the readiness level of different technologies in many application domains. In the field of wearable robots, the lack of a recognized benchmarking methodology is one important impediment that may hamper
D. Pinto-Fernández +8 more
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Manipulation under anaesthetic following total knee arthroplasty: Predicting stiffness and outcome
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2018 Purpose: A stiff total knee replacement can severely limit a patient’s post-operative function, but there remain few prospective trials identifying those patients at risk, nor the efficacy of manipulation. We analysed our prospectively collected database
Matthew Cartwright-Terry +4 more
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2022 Background It is unclear whether the toe grip force (TGF) of the dominant foot (DF) and the lower limb function asymmetry (LLFA) in older adults are associated with fall risk. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of lower limb properties
Satoshi Matsuno +7 more
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What does the vibration therapy add?: a quasi-experimental, pilot study on the short term effects of whole-body vibration as mode of exercise for nursing home residents aged 80+ [PDF]
, 2018 Aims: To compare the responses of nursing home residents aged 80+ to an 8 weeks exercise program performed on a vibratory device and to the same exercise program preformed without vibration on lower limb performance, functional dependence and quality ...
Alfonso Rosa, Rosa Mª +3 more
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Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, 2023 Background Bilirubin has been found to protect against overt atherosclerotic diseases, but to date, few studies have investigated the effects of bilirubin especially within the normal range on lower limb atherosclerosis. Therefore, we aimed to assess the
Cui-Chun Zhao +5 more
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Full gait cycle analysis of lower limb and trunk kinematics and muscle activations during walking in participants with and without ankle instability [PDF]
, 2018 This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: Lynsey Northeast, Charlotte N. Gautrey, Lindsay Bottoms, Gerwyn Hughes, Andrew C. S.
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A Review of Gait Phase Detection Algorithms for Lower Limb Prostheses
Italian National Conference on Sensors, 2020 Fast and accurate gait phase detection is essential to achieve effective powered lower-limb prostheses and exoskeletons. As the versatility but also the complexity of these robotic devices increases, the research on how to make gait detection algorithms ...
H. Vu +6 more
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Management of lower limb vascular injuries in a tertiary care centre: An Indian scenario
Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2021 Context: Lower limb vascular trauma accounts for majority of peripheral vascular injuries. Delay in diagnosis and referral to higher centers in developing countries like India poses a major challenge with regard to optimum management of these vascular ...
Ramneesh Garg +3 more
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