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Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 2023 Background Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) is commonly used to treat musculoskeletal conditions, including thoracic spine pain. Applying patient-specific force-time characteristics are believed to be important to improve SMT’s effectiveness ...
Grand Choi +6 more
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The role of chiropractic care in older adults [PDF]
, 2012 There are a rising number of older adults; in the US alone nearly 20% of the population will be 65 or older by 2030. Chiropractic is one of the most frequently utilized types of complementary and alternative care by older adults, used by an estimated 5 ...
Paul E Dougherty +5 more
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz +2 more
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Spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low-back pain
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2009 Many therapies exist for the treatment of low-back pain including spinal manipulative therapy (SMT), which is a worldwide, extensively practiced intervention.To assess the effects of SMT for chronic low-back pain.An updated search was conducted by an experienced librarian to June 2009 for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in CENTRAL (The Cochrane ...
Rubinstein, S.M. +4 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review presents recent progress in vision‐augmented wearable interfaces that combine artificial vision, soft wearable sensors, and exoskeletal robots. Inspired by biological visual systems, these technologies enable multimodal perception and intelligent human–machine interaction.
Jihun Lee +4 more
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Tapentadol extended release for the management of chronic neck pain [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: The role of opioids in the management of chronic neck pain is still poorly investigated. No data are available on tapentadol extended release (ER).
Coluzzi, Flaminia
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Spinal Tissue Loading Created by Different Methods of Spinal Manipulative Therapy Application [PDF]
Spine, 2017 Study Design. Comparative study using robotic replication of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) vertebral kinematics together with serial dissection. Objective. The aim of this study was to quantify loads created in cadaveric spinal tissues arising from three different forms of SMT ...
Funabashi, Martha +4 more
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Toward Wireless Implantable Robotic Systems Driven by Magnetic Field for Personalized Therapy
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Robotic materials are playing an increasingly vital role in enabling sensing and actuation at small scales. This perspective highlights recent advances in magnetic materials and magnetically actuated devices for wireless sensing, actuation, and energy harvesting toward implantable robotic systems for closed‐loop therapy.
Yusheng Wang, Ruijian Ge, Xiaoguang Dong
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Spinal cord stimulation for predominant low back pain in failed back surgery syndrome: study protocol for an international multicenter randomized controlled trial (PROMISE study) [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Although results of case series support the use of spinal cord stimulation in failed back surgery syndrome patients with predominant low back pain, no confirmatory randomized controlled trial has been undertaken in this patient group to date.
Annemans, Lieven +9 more
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Strategic Design of Soft Actuators in Translational Medical Robotics for Human‐Centered Healthcare
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Soft robotics enables biocompatible, compliant medical devices, but clinical translation requires design‐driven engineering beyond materials. This perspective reviews implantable, surgical, and wearable systems by actuation mechanism, highlighting how optimized architectures and integration improve mechanical interfacing, adaptability, and durability ...
Ho Jun Jin +3 more
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