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Back ground: Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is disease present in 2- 3% of the general population. Mitral valve prolapse may be found with mitral regurgitation, bacterial endocarditis, congestive heart failure, and even sudden death.
Ali Yahya Abdullah Al- Salami
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Measurement of palpation motion using prostate examination simulator and motion capture system
In this paper, palpation motions for prostate gland were measured using a prostate examination simulator and motion capture system in order to clarify effective motions for accurate diagnosis. It is difficult for students to learn how to make a palpation
Takeshi OKUYAMA+3 more
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Inter-examinerreliability study of physical examination procedures to assess the cervical spine
Objective The objective of this study was to establish the level of inter-examiner reliability for six common cervical manual and physical examination procedures used to assess the cervical spine.
Karthik V. Hariharan+4 more
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We herein propose a liquid encapsulation method for a submillimeter-size polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membrane. We selected a magnetorheological (MR) fluid as the liquid to be encapsulated in the membrane, the stiffness of which is tuned by an external ...
Hiroki ISHIZUKA, Norihisa MIKI
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Usefulness of intraoperative determination of central lymph node metastasis by palpation in papillary thyroid cancer [PDF]
Background This study evaluated the usefulness of judgment of central lymph node (LN) metastasis by surgeon’s palpation in papillary thyroid cancer.
Wan Wook Kim+7 more
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Tactile sensors are important bionic microelectromechanical systems that are used to implement an artificial sense of touch for medical electronics.
Chang Ge, Edmond Cretu
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Vocal pain expression augmentation for a robopatient
Abdominal palpation is one of the basic but important physical examination methods used by physicians. Visual, auditory, and haptic feedback from the patients are known to be the main sources of feedback they use in the diagnosis.
Namnueng Protpagorn+4 more
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Analysing the Influence of Selected Eye Dysfunctions on Palpation Abilities of Massage Therapists [PDF]
Introduction: Palpation arises controversy in the field of physiotherapy. On the one hand, this method provides a lot of valuable information. On the other, issues related to its reliability still exist.
Marcin Piwecki, Renata Woźniacka
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Palpation is the most popular method of measuring keel bone damage on live birds, although it has been criticized for being subjective and inaccurate. The goals of this study were to examine intra- and inter-rater reliability when trained with feedback ...
Linnea M. Tracy+5 more
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Tactile display for presenting stiffness distribution using magnetorheological fluid
This paper describes a tactile display for reproducing stiffness distributions based on magnetorheological (MR) fluid. This display can represent stiffness distribution by controlling the applied magnetic field locally.
Hiroki ISHIZUKA+2 more
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