Results 81 to 90 of about 1,858,166 (209)

Inflammatory Stress Effects on Health and Function After Spinal Cord Injury

, 2017
Injury to the spinal cord produces immediate, adaptive inflammatory responses that can exacerbate the initial injury and lead to secondary damage. Thus far, researchers and clinicians have focused on modulating acute inflammation to preserve sensorimotor
Nash, Mark S, Noller, Crystal M, Crystal M. Noller, Groah, Suzanne L, Mark S. Nash, Suzanne L. Groah   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Imaging of iatrogenic spinal infection

, 2021
: Spinal infection may occur due to iatrogenic causes. Its pathogenesis, clinical presentation, management, various imaging techniques, and its application in instrumented and noninstrumented spines are discussed.
Dierickx, Jesper, Bart Poffyn, Verstraete, Koenraad, Verstraete, Koenraad Luc, Koenraad Luc Verstraete, Filip Vanhoenacker, Jesper Dierickx, Johan Van Goethem, Vanhoenacker, Filip, Van Goethem, Johan, Poffyn, Bart   +10 more
core   +1 more source

An Epigenetic Fate Converter Based on Nuclei‐Targeting Lipid Nanoparticles Drives Neuronal Programming of Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Repair

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of LNP‐MPG nuclei‐targeting delivery of HMW‐FGF2 promoting histone acetylation to regulate the fate of DPSCs and treat spinal cord injury. LNPs components include pHMW‐FGF2 plasmid, DSPC, Dlin‐MC3‐DMA, cholesterol, and PEG2000, and are modified with MPG to form HMW‐FGF2@LNP‐MPG (HLM). HLM nuclei‐targets DPSCs to deliver HMW‐FGF2,
Heng Zhou, Qiang Qin, Xiqin Li, Hanyu Ding, Chun Xu, Yan He, Qingsong Ye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Robotics Training Algorithms for Optimizing Motor Learning in Spinal Cord Injured Subjects [PDF]

, 2007
The circuitries within the spinal cord are remarkably robust and plastic. Even in the absence of supraspinal control, such circuitries are capable of generating functional movements and changing their level of excitability based on a specific ...
Cai, Lance Lin-Lan
core   +1 more source

Intelligent Orthopedics: Machine Learning in Diagnosis of Bone Disease, Implants, and Bone Health Monitoring

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Efficient recovery from traumatic or degenerative diseases is a great challenge, even after all the advancements in bone and cartilage regeneration. Machine learning (ML) algorithms have presented opportunities to enhance these aspects by accurately analyzing imaging data.
Maryam Kamaei, Hesam Mohammadi, Shamim Golafshan, Mojtaba Alehosseini, Mahsa Mohammadzadeh, Atefeh Golshirazi, Nasim Golafshan, Tatiane Eufrásio‐da‐Silva, Alireza Dolatshahi‐Pirouz, Gorka Orive   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the feasibility and effectiveness of bacterial culture in negative pressure wound drainage fluid

Frontiers in Medicine
PurposeTo analyze the feasibility and effectiveness of bacterial culture in negative pressure wound drainage (NPWD) fluid in patients with Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis (PVO).MethodsA retrospective analysis was performed on 17 patients with PVO who ...
Junjie Wu, Zhengqi Chang
doaj   +1 more source

Advancing Human Skin Equivalents: The Crucial Role of Neurovascular Integration

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review discusses the importance of integrating vascular and peripheral nerve systems into human skin equivalents (HSEs) to better recapitulate native skin physiology. Recent advances in vascularized, innervated, and neurovascularized HSEs are highlighted, together with emerging bioengineering strategies, current challenges, and future ...
Hao Wu, Lorenzo Moroni, Nicolas Lebonvallet, Vincent Flacher, Paul Wieringa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Posterior cranial fossa and spinal local infections

, 2018
Object: The aim of this paper is to review the current knowledge on the management of local infections in posterior cranial fossa (PCF) and spinal surgery; the center of our paper will be the diagnosis and management of infections of the wound, the ...
Tamburrini, Gianpiero, Bianchi, Federico, Federico Bianchi, Gianpiero Tamburrini   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Spinal Infection with Rare Cervical Epidural Air Bubbles

BioMed
Spinal infections involving gas-forming pathogens are exceedingly rare, particularly in the cervical spine. We report the case of a 63-year-old male with a history of hypopharyngeal cancer who presented with neck pain and right upper limb weakness ...
Chen-Hao Liao, Tse-Hao Chen
doaj   +1 more source