metabolic pathways and potential and current applications. The presented chapters provide a complete overview of the current knowledge on above metabolites, which can be helpful for the academic and scientific communities and the several industries. ...
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Falls in older adults are a critical public health problem. As a means to assess fall risks, free-living digital biomarkers (FLDBs), including spatiotemporal gait measures, drawn from wearable inertial measurement unit (IMU) data have been investigated t
Action tremor occurs during intentional movement of a limb, such as walking or reaching for an object, and can be divided into intention tremor, which manifests when the individual moves toward a target, and a kinetic tremor, which is visible only at the end of the movement toward a target...
The purpose of this study was to assess the concurrent validity and test–retest reliability of a sensor-based gait analysis system. Eleven healthy subjects and four Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients were asked to complete gait tasks whilst wearing two
The aim of the present work is to discuss relevant findings in the field of low-cost upper-limb 3D-printed prosthetics for patients with partial hand loss. Many studies have approached the design of prosthetic limbs. In the case of the present work, a narrative overview based on a methodical...
In 2015, almost half of pregnant women were using four or more drugs at some point during pregnancy, this being predominantly registered in the first semester, a crucial period for organogenesis. An additional point of concern is related with the fact that 51% of pregnancies are unplanned [7]...
Figure 5.(A) Medial view: SA reflected from the RF to visualise the deep muscles underneath. Extensor mechanism insertion of the VM marked by the yellow arrow, and the femoral attachment point of the VM marked by the green arrow, originating from the lesser trochanter. (B) VM sits superfic...