Traditional evaluations of handwriting assistive devices have primarily relied on user satisfaction surveys. While recent advancements in computer technologies and digital devices have enabled more objective evaluations, these methods often lack comp...
Upper extremity dysfunction after stroke affects quality of life. Focusing on the shoulder joint, we investigated the safety and effectiveness of rehabilitation using a shoulder joint hybrid assistive limb (HAL). Eight patients with chronic stroke an...
Background: Excessive smartphone use has been associated with musculoskeletal disorders; however, the relationship between smartphone orientation and objective measures of upper limb function remains insufficiently explored. The aim of this study was...
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Background: Aquatic physiotherapy has been shown to be effective in developing balance, strength, and functional reach over time. When dealing with immediate effects, the literature has concentrated more on the body’s physiological response to...
With the continuous increase in the global aging population, stroke has become one of the major diseases affecting the health of the elderly, and the upper limb motor dysfunction it causes often requires long-term rehabilitation. To improve rehabilit...
Upper limb motor dysfunction resulting from stroke requires effective rehabilitation solutions; however, current exoskeletons are limited by single-input control, inadequate adaptation to various rehabilitation stages, and restriction to one limb. Th...
Background/Objectives: The Synchronized Hand Interface for Neurorehabilitation and Innovation (SHINI) is a mechanical device that uses voluntary movement of the unaffected or less affected upper limb to generate synchronized bilateral hand and finger...
The assessment and rehabilitation of upper-limb functionality are crucial for addressing motor disorders in individuals with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). Traditional methods often lack the sensitivity to quantify subtle motor impairments, with cerebell...
Objective: This study investigated the efficacy and neural mechanisms of robot-assisted mirror therapy (RMT) for post-stroke upper limb rehabilitation. RMT integrates the multimodal feedback of mirror therapy with robotic precision and repetition to...
Rehabilitation via virtual reality (VR) training tools allows repetitive, intensive, and task-specific practice in a controlled and safe environment. Our goal was to develop and validate a novel immersive VR system based on the practice of real-life...
For stroke patients with upper limb motor dysfunction, rehabilitation training with the help of rehabilitation robots is a social development trend. Existing upper limb rehabilitation robots have difficulty fully fitting the complex motion of the hum...
Combat sports are characterized by sport-specific asymmetrical movement patterns that may influence neuromuscular control, functional stability, and injury risk. Although lower-limb asymmetry has been widely investigated in taekwon-do experienced ITF...
Clinical studies have demonstrated that robot-involved therapy can effectively improve the rehabilitation training effect of motor ability and daily behavior ability of subjects with an upper limb motor dysfunction. This paper presents an impedance-b...
Background: Traditional common spatial pattern (CSP) algorithms for upper limb neural rehabilitation face inherent challenges of overlapping cortical representations and frequency sensitivity, which hinder the decoding performance of motor imagery (M...
A 38-year-old Brazilian man presented with slowly progressive quadriparesis since age 11 years. He progressed over 15 years with symptoms restricted to the lower limbs, and since then, with a progressive compromise of the upper limbs. His deceased br...
Background/Objectives: Wrist/hand injury incidences in the general population are high and contribute to a significant health problem. Fear of pain from movement can impact physical recovery, contributing to prolonged disability and impaired function...
Immersive virtual therapy technology is a new method that uses head-mounted displays for rehabilitation purposes. It offers a realistic experience that puts the user in a virtual reality. This new type of therapy is used in the rehabilitation of stro...
Robot-assisted rehabilitation therapy has been proven to effectively improve upper limb motor function and daily behavior of patients with motor dysfunction, and the demand has increased at every stage of the rehabilitation recovery. According to the...
Robotic-assisted rehabilitation therapy has been shown to be effective in improving upper limb motor function and the daily behavior of patients with motor dysfunction. At present, the majority of upper limb rehabilitation robots can only move in the...
Background: Breast cancer is the most common neoplasm in women. Despite effective treatments, sequelae such as decreased muscle strength, upper limb dysfunction, and tissue changes are common, highlighting the need for functional assessments during r...
Background: Rate-dependent depression of the Hoffmann reflex (RDD-HR) is a neurophysiological marker of spinal inhibition altered in several neurological conditions, yet no consensus exists on optimal stimulation frequency, number of stimuli, or the...
Background/Objectives: Infrared thermography (IRT) is an imaging technique used in clinical practice to detect changes in skin temperature caused by several dysfunctions, including breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL). Thus, the present study aime...
The current study aimed to compare differences in the cognitive development of children with and without upper limb motor disorders. The study involved 89 children from 3 to 15 years old; 57 children with similar upper limb motor disorders and 32 hea...
Upper limb dysfunctions (ULD) are common following a stroke. Annually, more than 15 million people suffer a stroke worldwide. We have developed a 7 degrees of freedom (DoF) exoskeleton robot named the smart robotic exoskeleton (SREx) to provide upper...
We report a case of 10-year-old Indian girl with history of multiple superficial angiomyxoma, presented with three months history of painless right upper lid swelling. There were no visual dysfunctions. Previously, the patient had multiple superficia...
Upper limb disorders, including carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), are a common cause of pain, functional limitations, and reduced quality of life. Increasing attention has been directed toward the role of inflammatory and angiogenic mediators in the path...
Background/Objectives: Upper-limb motor dysfunction is common after stroke, and patients often have limited recovery during rehabilitation. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between contralesional neurophysiological parameters a...
Neck pain can be associated with specific conditions, such as neurological disorders, vascular or inflammatory diseases, fractures, herniated discs, etc. However, the majority of neck pain cases cannot be attributed to a specific cause. The objective...
The effectiveness of upper extremity rehabilitation in post-stroke patients significantly depends on patient motivation and adherence to therapeutic regimens. Rehabilitation-assistive technologies, including wearable sensors, have been adopted to fac...
Introduction: Autologous native arteriovenous fistula (AVF) created in the non-dominant arm is the gold standard vascular access for dialysis in end-stage renal disease, but the post-surgical vascular access dysfunction causes a reduction in the pati...
Stroke frequently results in persistent upper limb impairments, which are often accompanied by compensatory movement strategies that are not fully captured by conventional clinical assessment scales. Quantitative kinematic analyses may provide more o...
Dysphagia associated with upper esophageal sphincter (UES) dysfunction remarkably affects the quality of life of patients. UES injection of botulinum toxin is an effective treatment for dysphagia. In comparison with skeletal muscles of the limb and t...
Background: Art therapy has a long history of applications in cognitive and motor rehabilitation. More recently, a growing body of scientific literature has highlighted the potential of virtual reality in neurorehabilitation, though it has focused mo...
Upper-limb motor dysfunction resulting from neurological disorders severely limits patients’ activities of daily living and social participation. Pneumatic upper-limb rehabilitation robots have emerged as a promising intervention owing to their...
Acquired reactive perforating dermatosis (ARPD) is characterized by its onset after the age of 18 years, umbilicated papules or nodules with a central keratotic plug, and the presence of necrotic collagen tissue within an epithelial crater. ARPD is s...
This study investigates whether spinal manipulation leads to changes in motor control by measuring the recruitment pattern of motor units in both an upper and lower limb muscle and to see whether such changes may at least in part occur at the cortica...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterised by progressive dysfunction of the upper and lower motor neurons. The disease can evolve over time from focal limb or bulbar onset to involvement of other regions. There is some clinical heterogenei...
Robotic systems for lower limb rehabilitation are essential for improving patients’ physical conditions in lower limb rehabilitation and assisting patients with various locomotor dysfunctions. These robotic systems mainly integrate sensors, act...
Fibromuscular dysplasia is a non-atherosclerotic, non-inflammatory arteriopathy, considered a rare cause of coronary artery disease. Although familial cases have been described, no specific gene association has been detected so far. When the coronary...
Embodied cognition theory suggests that motor dysfunctions affect cognition. We examined this hypothesis by inspecting whether cerebral processing of movies, featuring both goal-directed movements and content without humans, differ between children w...
As demonstrated in COPD, bronchiectasis patients may experience respiratory and peripheral muscle dysfunction. We hypothesized that respiratory and peripheral (upper and lower limbs) muscle function and nutritional status may be more significantly al...
Background: Handwriting is a complex task that requires the integrity of different sensorimotor components to be performed successfully. Patients with hemophilia suffer from recurrent joint bleeds that may occur in the elbow, causing elbow dysfunctio...
Background: Hemiplegic cerebral palsy (HCP) is a motor dysfunction disorder resulting from perinatal developmental brain injury, predominantly impairing upper limb function in children. Nonetheless, there has been insufficient research on the brain a...
In recent years, extended reality (XR) and telerehabilitation (TR) technologies have increasingly been used in the neurorehabilitation of motor dysfunctions in patients with cerebral palsy (CP). The Khymeia Virtual Reality Rehabilitation System (K-VR...
The electromyography bridge (EMGB) plays an important role in promoting the recovery of wrist joint function in stroke patients. We investigated the effects of the EMGB on promoting the recovery of upper limb function in hemiplegia. Twenty-four strok...
Objective: Six months after the onset of stroke, over 60% of patients experience upper limb dysfunction, with spasticity being a major contributor alongside muscle weakness. This study investigated the effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimul...
A concomitant presentation of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is quite rare. However, a review of the literature showed an increased co-occurrence of both diseases, including in genetically determ...
8 June 2023
People living with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD) often have to use clean intermittent catheters (CIC) to manage their bladder function. The use of catheters presents multiple unique challenges, based on both the person’s in...
Spasticity is a common sequala of the upper motor neuron lesions. For instance, it often occurs in the first 4 weeks after stroke and is seen in more than one-third of stroke survivors after 12 months. In recent years, extracorporeal shock wave thera...
This review synthesizes current evidence on clinical nursing practices in the management of arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) among patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD). It investigates the identification of risk factors and elements contributing to AVF...
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