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Validation of the Pediatric Arthritis Ultrasound Scoring System for the Elbow, Wrist, and Finger Joints in Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to validate the Pediatric Arthritis Ultrasound Scoring System (PAUSS) for upper extremity joints in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Methods Children with JIA were evaluated for elbow, wrist, or finger arthritis by clinical examination (CE) and musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) with images scored according to the ...
Patricia Vega‐Fernandez, Pinar Ozge Avar‐Aydin, Kelly Rogers, Daniel J. Lovell, Jennifer Huggins, Alexei Grom, Hermine I. Brunner, Grant S. Schulert, Sheila T. Angeles‐Han, Mekibib Altaye, Amy Cassedy, Arthur B. Meyers, Tracy V. Ting   +12 more
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Feedback linearization and simultaneous stiffness-position control of robots with antagonistic actuated joints.

, 2007
In this paper, the dynamic model of a robot with antagonistic actuated joints is presented, and the problem of full linearization via static state feedback is analyzed. The use of transmission elements with nonlinear relation between the displacement and
Hirzinger, Gerd, C. Melchiorri, M. Grebenstein, T. Wimbock, Palli, G., Grebenstein, Markus, MELCHIORRI, CLAUDIO, T. Wimboeck, Melchiorri, C., Wimböck, Thomas, G. Hirzinger, G. Palli, PALLI, GIANLUCA   +12 more
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Design and analysis of a novel variable stiffness joints with robots

Advances in Mechanical Engineering
This paper presents the design of a symmetric variable stiffness joint that employs worm gear and sliding helical transmissions to adjust the effective length of the leaf springs.
Feng Wei, Lixiang Zhang, Yeming Zhang, Shuping Li, Ke Yao, Cunjian Li   +5 more
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Clinical Practice Guideline for Evaluation and Management of Peripheral Nervous System Manifestations in Sjögren's Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Sjögren's disease is an autoimmune disorder that can impact multiple organ systems, including the peripheral nervous system (PNS). PNS manifestations, which can exist concurrently, include mononeuropathies, polyneuropathies, and autonomic nervous system neuropathies.
Anahita Deboo, Robert Fox, Katherine M. Hammitt, Julie Frantsve‐Hawley, Matthew C. Baker, Stamatina Danielides, Eduardo De Sousa, Brent P. Goodman, Jennifer K. King, Steven Mandel, Ghaith Noaiseh, Pantelis P. Pavlakis, George Sarka, R. Hal Scofield, Arun Varadhachary, Daniel J. Wallace, Matt Makara, Nancy Carteron, Steven Carsons, in collaboration with the Consensus Expert Panel (CEP) members, G. Alden Adkins, Brittany Adler, Hossein Ansari, Senada Arabelovic, Alan Baer, Denis Balaban, Shamik Bhattacharyya, Evelyn Bromet, Krishna Chaganti, Kamal Chemali, Melissa Cortez, Schartess Culpepper, Paul Dellaripa, Dana Direnzo, Daniel El Bogdadi, Robert Fearon, Mehrnez Fischbach, Judi Furlong, Christopher Gibbons, Rachael Gordon, Thomas Grader Beck, Syed Haider, Larry Hollenbeck, Chadwick R. Johr, Stuart S. Kassan, Brian King, Octavia Kincaid, Eugene Kissin, Vasileios Kyttaris, Lindsay Lally, Brandon M. Law, Janet Lewis, Scott M. Lieberman, Amanda Lusa, Joseph Lutt, Rashmi Maganti, Arthur M. Mandelin, Sara McCoy, Kerry Neall, Timothy Niewold, Anne Louise Oaklander, Ruben A. Peredo‐Wende, Lynn Petruzzi, Mark A. Porter, Guada Respicio Duque, Tania Reyna, Nathaniel M. Robbins, Elliot D. Rosenstein, Laura Rosow, Breanna Ruthrauff, Amit Sachdev, Nora Sandorfi, Sarah Schafer, Elena Schiopu, Chokkalingam Siva, Daniel Small, Sara M. Stern, Lauren Stiles, Susan Stoddard, Jinny Tavee, Donald Thomas, Edward L. Treadwell, Nagagopal Venna, Steven Vernino, Frederick B. Vivino, Brittany Weber, Sepideh Yadollahi, Huiying Yu, Scott Zashin   +88 more
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Analysis on variable stiffness of a cable-driven parallel–series hybrid joint toward wheelchair-mounted robotic manipulator

Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2019
The design of variable stiffness mechanism is of great importance to wheelchair-mounted robotic manipulators. In this article, the authors propose a cable-driven parallel–series hybrid joint toward wheelchair-mounted robotic manipulators with adjusting ...
Shan Zhang, Dongxing Cao, Bin Hou, Shuai Li, Hong Min, Xinglei Zhang   +5 more
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Development of a Rigidity Tunable Flexible Joint Using Magneto-Rheological Compounds—Toward a Multijoint Manipulator for Laparoscopic Surgery

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020
Laparoscopic surgery is a representative operative method of minimally invasive surgery. However, most laparoscopic hand instruments consist of rigid and straight structures, which have serious limitations such as interference by the instruments and ...
Sousaku Kitano, Toshihiko Komatsuzaki, Ikuto Suzuki, Masamichi Nogawa, Hisashi Naito, Shinobu Tanaka   +5 more
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Association Between Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis and Target Glycemic Control in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Knee osteoarthritis (OA) commonly affects individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and is associated with increased risk of diabetes‐related complications. To better understand potential mechanisms, we examined the association between symptomatic knee OA and glycemic control in individuals with T2DM.
Lauren K. King, Alanna Weisman, Baiju R. Shah, Robert Goldberg, Amish Parikh, Ian Stanaitis, Vivian Hung, Rosane Nisenbaum, Abdalmohsen Almodahka, Lorraine Lipscombe, Gillian A. Hawker   +10 more
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Design of a Flexure-based Variable Stiffness Device for Cable-driven Joint Modules

, 2015
Robots with variable stiffness can achieve intrinsically safe motions, which are essential for human-robot interactions. This paper aims to design a variable stiffness device (VSD) for cable-driven robots.
Yang, GL, Jun Wang, Guilin Yang, Kaisheng Yang, Yang, Kaisheng, Chen, Chin-Yin, Chin-Yin Chen, Wang, Jun, Yang, Guilin   +8 more
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A novel design of shape-memory alloy-based soft robotic gripper with variable stiffness

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2020
Soft robotic grippers with compliance have great superiority in grabbing objects with irregular shape or fragility compared with traditional rigid grippers.
Mingfang Liu, Lina Hao, Wei Zhang, Zhirui Zhao   +3 more
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Performance Optimization for Bionic Robotic Dolphin with Active Variable Stiffness Control

Biomimetics, 2023
Aquatic animals such as fish and cetaceans can actively modulate their body stiffness with muscle to achieve excellent swimming performance under different situations.
Di Chen, Yan Xiong, Bo Wang, Ru Tong, Yan Meng, Junzhi Yu   +5 more
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