Robot-aided assessment and associated brain lesions of impaired ankle proprioception in chronic stroke

Information Science, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Neurology, Medical Imaging, Life Sciences, Bioengineering,
motion sense   psychometrics   proprioception   robotics   stroke  

Robot-Assisted Assessment of Chronic Stroke Adults’ Ankle Proprioception Deficits and Related Brain Injury Academic Background Stroke is a common neurological disorder, often resulting in hemiplegia, which affects the patient’s balance and gait control. Proprioception refers to the self-perception of body posture and movement, provided by mechanore...

Post-Stroke Hand Gesture Recognition via One-Shot Transfer Learning Using Prototypical Networks

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Science, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery,
post-stroke   hand gesture recognition   machine learning   prototypical networks   few-shot learning  

Background Introduction Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, with the total number of stroke patients increasing globally due to population aging and urbanization. Although advances in treatment have reduced mortality rates, the number of survivors requiring rehabilitation has increased significantly. This is parti...

Enhancing Fall Risk Assessment: Instrumenting Vision with Deep Learning During Walks

Information Science, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Neurology, Medical Imaging, Life Sciences, Bioengineering,
fall risk   gait analysis   object detection   deep learning   visual attention  

Introduction Fall events are common across various clinical populations, with usual risk assessments including visual observation of individual gait. However, gait observation assessments are typically confined to laboratory settings, involving standardized walking protocol tests to identify potential defects that might increase fall risk. Subtle d...

The Ankle Dorsiflexion Kinetics Demand to Increase Swing Phase Foot-Ground Clearance: Implications for Assistive Device Design and Energy Demands

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Science, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Neurology, Life Sciences, Bioengineering,
Ankle Dorsiflexion   Minimum Foot Clearance   Swing Biomechanics   Ankle Foot Orthoses   Assistive Devices  

Research Report Background Introduction With an aging population and the increase in neurological and muscular diseases such as stroke, the risk of tripping and falling due to gait disorders has become a serious problem. Research shows that ankle dorsiflexion is crucial for ensuring foot clearance during the swing phase of gait. However, there is l...

Time Synchronization Between Parietal–Frontocentral Connectivity with MRCP and Gait in Post-Stroke Bipedal Tasks

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Science, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Neurology, Medical Imaging,
stroke   brain-computer interface   functional connectivity   motor execution   motor preparation   bipedal classification   rehabilitation  

Time Synchronization of Motor-Related Cortical Potentials and Parieto-Frontocentral Connectivity in Bilateral Tasks of Stroke Patients Background In stroke rehabilitation research, functional connectivity (FC), motor-related cortical potentials (MRCP), and gait activities are common metrics related to rehabilitation outcomes. Although these have be...

Inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain h3 is a potential biomarker for disease activity in myasthenia gravis

Information Science, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Medical Laboratory Science, Neurology, Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology,
myasthenia gravis   biomarker   inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain h3   muscle proteomics   neuromuscular junction   acetylcholine receptor  

Research Background Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a chronic antibody-mediated autoimmune disease that primarily affects synaptic transmission at the neuromuscular junction. Approximately 85% of MG patients are antibody-mediated targeting acetylcholine receptors (AChR). The clinical features of this disease include muscle weakness, especially fatigue-in...