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Playing with the dead:transmedia narratives and the Walking Dead games [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This chapter discusses the theory and practice of transmedia narratives within the storyworld created by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard’s comics series The Walking Dead.
Austin, Hailey, Donald, Iain
core   +1 more source

Locomotor training using a wearable robot in patients with neurological disorders

open access: yesJournal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2014
Locomotor function is affected by neurological disorders such as stroke and spinal cord injury. Based on the results of animal studies, locomotor training with body weight unloading toward neuroplastic changes to improve walking function is conducted ...
Kiyotaka Kamibayashi
doaj   +1 more source

Treadmill training and body weight support for walking after stroke.

open access: yesCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017
BACKGROUND Treadmill training, with or without body weight support using a harness, is used in rehabilitation and might help to improve walking after stroke. This is an update of the Cochrane review first published in 2003 and updated in 2005 and 2014.
J. Mehrholz, Simone Thomas, B. Elsner
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Modelling and correcting for the impact of the gait cycle on touch screen typing accuracy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Walking and typing on a smartphone is an extremely common interaction. Previous research has shown that error rates are higher when walking than when stationary.
Murray-Smith, Roderick   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Geographic variation in walking activity in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

open access: yesPopulation Ecology, EarlyView.
This study examined whether there is geographic variation in field populations, focusing on the moving activity in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Results showed significant differences in moving activity among field populations but no correlation with latitude or meteorological factors.
Kentarou Matsumura
wiley   +1 more source

Relação entre o desempenho nos testes de esforço em esteira e de seis minutos de caminhada em pacientes com claudicação intermitente dos membros inferiores Relationship between the performance of 6 minutes walk test and treadmill test in patients with intermittent claudication of lower limbs

open access: yesJornal Vascular Brasileiro, 2012
CONTEXTO: O teste de caminhada de seis minutos e o teste de esforço em esteira têm sido frequentemente utilizados para quantificação da limitação funcional dos pacientes com doença arterial periférica.
Mariana Abreu França   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Randomized controlled trial of a home-based action observation intervention to improve walking in Parkinson disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Published in final edited form as: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2016 May ; 97(5): 665–673. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2015.12.029.OBJECTIVE: To examine the feasibility and efficacy of a home-based gait observation intervention for improving walking in Parkinson ...
Cronin-Golomb, Alice   +5 more
core   +1 more source

A large‐scale retrospective study in metastatic breast cancer patients using circulating tumour DNA and machine learning to predict treatment outcome and progression‐free survival

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
There is an unmet need in metastatic breast cancer patients to monitor therapy response in real time. In this study, we show how a noninvasive and affordable strategy based on sequencing of plasma samples with longitudinal tracking of tumour fraction paired with a statistical model provides valuable information on treatment response in advance of the ...
Emma J. Beddowes   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knee Load Distribution in Hip Osteoarthritis Patients After Total Hip Replacement

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020
Reduced external knee adduction moments in the second half of stance after total hip replacement have been reported in hip osteoarthritis patients. This reduction is thought to shift the load from the medial to the lateral knee compartment and as such ...
Stefan van Drongelen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Built environment correlates of walking: a review.

open access: yesMedicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2008
INTRODUCTION The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in empirical investigation into the relations between built environment and physical activity.
B. Saelens, S. Handy
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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