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At present, most vascular intervention surgical robots (VISRs) cannot achieve effective force feedback and lack regulation of the clamping force of the guidewire. In this paper, a VISR based on force feedback and clamping force regulation is proposed...

Background: This study evaluated the effectiveness of an online intervention designed to improve parent–child interactions and address disordered eating behaviors in children. Using remote video-feedback sessions based on observations of mother...

Background/Objectives: Early motherhood is a risk factor for the mother-child relationship during the perinatal period, implying that intrusive or withdrawn maternal behavior and possibly abusive behavior can have short- and long-term consequences fo...

Evidence for the utility of pharmacist-driven antimicrobial stewardship programs remains limited. This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of our institutional pharmacist-driven prospective audit with intervention and feedback (PAF) on the treatme...

The postnatal period involves significant emotional and relational shifts that can challenge early mother–infant interactions, particularly under conditions of psychosocial vulnerability (e.g., maternal anxiety/depression) or infant-related ris...

In the field of autism intervention, a large amount of evidence has demonstrated that parent-mediated interventions are effective in promoting a child’s learning and parent caring skills. Furthermore, remote delivery treatments are feasible and...

Assessing levels of physical activity (PA) and providing feedback about these levels might have an effect on participant’s PA behavior. This study discusses the effect of different levels of feedback—from minimal to use of a feedback display and coac...

Physicians and other health sciences professionals need continuous training, not only in technical aspects of their activity but also in nontechnical, transversal competencies with a cost-efficient impact on the proper functioning of healthcare. The...

This paper examines preservice teachers’ perspectives on assessment feedback developed in a teacher education course during the first lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As initially negotiated with students, feedback was learner-centred and invol...

Dietary modifications can improve serum lipids and reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However, attendance at multiple dietary consultations can be a barrier to achieving behaviour change. This study investigated the effectiveness of a brief di...

We investigated the intervention effect of training using a feedback-type tactile discrimination system on sensorimotor dysfunction of the hand after a stroke. A human male subject with sensorimotor dysfunction in his left hand after a stroke was ask...

An interrupted time-series study design was implemented to evaluate the impact of antibiotic stewardship interventions on antibiotic prescribing among veterinarians. A total of 41 veterinarians were enrolled in Canada and Israel and their prescribing...

Background: The risk of developing chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) in youth is related to psychological factors, including preoperative anxiety, depression, patient/caregiver pain catastrophizing, and poor self-efficacy in managing pain. While inter...

MOOCs offer great learning opportunities, but they also present several challenges for learners that hinder them from successfully completing MOOCs. To address these challenges, edX-LIMS (System for Learning Intervention and its Monitoring for edX MO...

Objectives: Severe hypoglycemia is more common among young children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) than older youth, and parents report significant hypoglycemia fear (HF). Parents experiencing HF describe constant and extreme worry about the oc...

Hand hygiene (HH) in school settings can reduce the spread of infectious diseases and student absenteeism due to illness. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization recommended HH as a public health measure to prevent disease transmi...

Dysfunctional breathing patterns (DBP) can have an impact on an individual’s quality of life and/or exercise performance. Breathing retraining is considered to be the first line of treatment to correct breathing pattern, for example, reducing ribcage...

Background/Objectives: Incorporating parent training into cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxious youth has not been shown to significantly improve outcomes perhaps because these interventions have not addressed potential interfering psychological b...

The EASY-NET network program (NET-2016-02364191)—effectiveness of audit and feedback (A&F) strategies to improve health practice and equity in various clinical and organizational settings), piloted a novel and more structured A&F strate...

Recent studies have analyzed the writing metrics of children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) using computerized systems. To date, the use of computerized visual feedback to improve handwriting has not been investigated. This study aime...

Within the EASY-NET network program (NET-2016-02364191), Work Package 1 Lazio evaluates the effectiveness of a structured audit and feedback (A&F) intervention compared with the web-based regional periodic publication of indicators in improving t...

Reflective writing is a core component of teacher education, especially during practical internships. However, providing high-quality feedback on reflections is resource-intensive. This study examines descriptively observable associations between an...

Interventional surgical robots are widely used in neurosurgery to improve surgeons’ working environment and surgical safety. Based on the actual operational needs of surgeons’ feedback during preliminary in vivo experiments, this paper pr...

Physical water scarcity is a growing threat to people’s lives around the world. Non-pecuniary interventions that encourage water conservation amongst households are an effective tool to promote sustainable consumption. In a randomised field experimen...

New wearable technology opens new possibilities for low-cost, easily accessible home-based interventions as a supplement to typical clinical rehabilitation therapy. In this pilot study, we tested a new interactive adjustable Feedback training system...

Assessing the implementation of nutrition interventions is important to identify characteristics and dietary patterns of individuals who benefit most. The aim was to report on young adults’ experiences of receiving dietary feedback text messaging int...

Background/Objectives: This study aimed to assess the impact of a physio-feedback exercise program (PEER) on the static balance of community-dwelling older adults. Methods: A clustered randomized controlled trial involving community-dwelling older ad...

Background: There is a high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among personnel working in the healthcare sector, mainly among nursing assistants and orderlies. Objective: The objective is to analyze the effectiveness of a multi-component interve...

Young and novice drivers have the highest representation of driver injuries and fatalities. While driver education provides in-class and in-car exposure to the driving environment, the use of driving simulators can further expose challenging driving...

VID-KIDS (Video-Feedback Interaction Guidance for Depressed Mothers and their Infants) is a positive parenting programme comprising three brief nurse-guided video-feedback sessions (offered in-person or virtually via Zoom) that promote “serve a...

Interventional therapy is one of the most effective methods for diagnosing and treating vascular-related diseases at present. It relies on achieving precise and safe navigation of intravascular tools within a patient’s vasculature. Vascular Intervent...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by persistent inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. These symptoms can significantly impact academic performance, social interactions, and da...

Remote, self-managed neuroempowerment protocols are emerging as promising tools for promoting psychophysical well-being in healthy individuals through scalable, home-based interventions. Rooted in positive psychology, applied psychophysiology, and em...

Background/Objectives: Wheelchair users with multiple sclerosis (MS) often face barriers that restrict participation in physical activity and exercise training. This manuscript reports on participant feedback to guide evaluating and refining a novel...

Background: The dissemination of recommendations on low-value care alone may not lead to physicians’ behavioral changes. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a multifaceted behavioral intervention among internal medicine residents coul...

Background/Objectives: Stuttering is a speech disorder involving fluency disruptions like repetitions, prolongations, and blockages, often leading to emotional distress and social withdrawal. Here, we present Augmented Multisensory Feedback Stimulati...

Manual handling is a major risk factor for work-related musculoskeletal disorders and one of the leading causes of disability-adjusted life years globally, necessitating multifaceted risk reduction measures. One potential intervention for manual hand...

Amyloid beta (Aβ) is believed to play a key role in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), whose causes, progression, diagnosis, and treatment nonetheless remain poorly understood despite decades of research. Recent studies suggest that Aβ in its...

Accessible tools for post-stroke motor rehabilitation are critically needed to promote recovery beyond clinical settings. This pilot study evaluated the impact of a posture correction intervention using the Postural SmartVest, a wearable device that...

Vascular interventional robots have attracted growing attention in recent years. However, current vascular interventional robot systems generally lack force feedback and cannot quickly clamp the catheter/guidewire. The structure of slave systems is u...

Approximately half of all alcohol-related crime is violent crime associated with heavy episodic drinking. Multi-component interventions are highly acceptable to communities and may be effective in reducing alcohol-related crime generally, but their...

Conventional ultrasound phantoms typically lack anatomical surface geometry and procedural access constraints, limiting the transferability of acquired skills to clinical practice. The objective of the present work was to develop and describe such a...

The three-armed cluster-randomized trial ARena (sustainable reduction of antibiotic-induced antimicrobial resistance) aimed to foster appropriate antibiotic use and reduce overprescribing in German ambulatory care to counter antibiotic resistance. Mu...

This paper proposes an operation safety early warning system based on LabView (2014, National Instruments Corporation, Austin, TX, USA) for vascular interventional surgery (VIS) robotic system. The system not only provides intuitive visual feedback i...

This study aimed to assess the effect of systematic self-observation, hetero-observational feedback, and feedforward and intrinsic feedback (SsObserWork components) on workers’ knowledge and behaviour of a manual material handling (MMH) techniq...

Neuroplasticity-based active movement opens an avenue for functional recovery in post-stroke patients. Active rehabilitation techniques have attracted wide attention based on their abilities to enhance patient involvement, facilitate precise personal...

Lateropulsion is a post-stroke phenomenon marked by an active push of the body across the midline towards the more affected side and/or a resistance of the weight shift towards the less affected side. Within the mechanisms of treatment, feedback syst...

To more effectively address the wide range of safety risks faced by construction workers on job sites, machine learning (ML)–based computer vision and augmented reality (AR) technologies are increasingly being employed to enhance efficiency, sa...

Vascular intervention involves inserting a catheter and guidewire into blood vessels to diagnose and treat a disease in an X-ray environment. In this conventional vascular intervention procedure, the doctor is exposed to considerable radiation. To re...

Background: Haptic feedback is an established method to provide sensory information (tactile or kinesthetic) about the performance of an activity that an individual can not consciously detect. After a stroke, hemiparesis usually leads to gait and bal...