... as standing up, bending, walking and running [1,2] The analysisofgait pattern of obese children shows a more flat-footed weight acceptance period in stance phase and greater out-toeing of the ... ability in daily activity such as walking Taken into consideration the peculiar clinical picture of patients with PWS, aim of our study was to characterize the gait pattern of these subjects by using ... kinetic data were collected and comparing the different plots of kinematic and kinetics were extracted three trials able to evidence the same gait pattern (from kinematics and kinetics point of...
... and less than or equal to as 'severe' GaitanalysisAnalysisof the ambulatory gaitof mice was quantified using the DigiGait Imaging System (Mouse Specifics, Inc.) This system enables mice to walk ... progressively increased in animals with increasing clinical scores (Figure 3, top) The hind-limb paw angle (the angle of the hind paws during peak stance in relation to the long axis of the body ... direction of motion) showed a baseline value of 11.4 degrees, which also progressively decreased with increasing clinical scores, indicating that those paws with greatest swelling rotated inward during...
... measure 10 ground control points of height The data such as tide, wave in the area were collected for determining the wave height and sea level at the time of obtaining images to identify mean ... Map of flood area from to 3m of landuse/cover types in Thua Thien - Hue Province Flooded level from to 2m Result of calculation and map of flood level from to 2m of landuse/cover types shows in ... error in DEM development because of sparse landcovers In order to assess the accuracy of the DEM, 10 GCPs points have collected to compare with result of DEM development (table 6) Tab The error of...
... rows of the input vector to the filterbank are obtained by scaling the first row consisting of the signal samples This preprocessing increases the total number of samples leading to an oversampling ... Istanbul, Turkey, all in electrical engineering, in 1981, in 1984, and in 1989, respectively Since 1988, she has been with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Bo¯ azici University ... affine-invariant (multi)scaling function The (multi)scaling function coefficients of the boundary curve depend on the position of the object in the image, since the effect of translation b in (12)...
... augment the winery productivity In addition, increase in tannin content in the medium augmented the fermentation time in both immobilized and free yeast cultures The higher the initial tannin concentration ... acid… influence negatively on the product flavour The higher the content of volatile acidity in wine, the lower the sensory quality of the produced wine The application of immobilized yeast in wine ... immobilized in calcium alginate gel was more tolerant to high content of tannin than the free yeast So, using immobilized yeast can overcome disadvantage effects of tannin on metabolic activities of Saccharomyces...
... manually to define the region of interest (blue line) ABD quantifies the cardiac chamber areas instantaneously by detecting the blood-tissue interface (red line), which results in a continuous, beat-to-beat ... view using M-mode It is interesting to note that in this study the authors showed an inspiratory decrease in LV stroke volume In mechanically ventilated patients, we observed an inspiratory increase ... performed analysis and interpretation of data, drafted the manuscript, and gave final approval of the manuscript OD and FF performed analysis and interpretation of data and gave final approval of the...
... or increased risk of falling Thus, the changes ingaitpatterns observed in fatigued MS patients likely affect a patient’s completion of daily activities Therefore, assessing changes ingaitpatterns ... patient during one minute of treadmill walking at the beginning and at the end of the physical exertion test, respectively * indicates significant differences between mean values at the beginning and ... results of this study clearly showed–despite pre-determined constant walking speed–(a) that fatigue in MS patients manifests as changes ingaitpatterns and (b) that some changes ingait patterns...
... or increased risk of falling Thus, the changes ingaitpatterns observed in fatigued MS patients likely affect a patient’s completion of daily activities Therefore, assessing changes ingaitpatterns ... assessment of motor fatigue using kinematic gaitanalysis based on treadmill walking and an infrared-guided system Patients and Methods: Fourteen patients with clinically definite MS participated in ... coordination Hence, the gait changes observed following the physical exertion test in MS patients may stem from the combination of reduced muscle strength and diminishing coordination reflected in...
... surgical intervention [7] Walking problems following CCS and other incomplete SCI syndromes have led to a wave of interest inusing specific treatments, such as botulinum toxin type A [10] in combination ... spatialtemporal parameters ofgait but also in the joint Page of 10 motion Accordingly, the findings obtained from the kinematic analysisofgait performed here should help to define the treatment necessary ... phase, as well as a diminished range of joint movement in the ankle Some of these kinematic findings coincide with the data published elsewhere regarding the gaitof patients with incomplete SCI [18,19],...
... WAD may be an expression of pain inhibition from soft tissue injury and painful muscle spasm without pathology of the spine Thus, injections of Botox® to trigger points in superficial neck muscles ... decrease in pain and increase in cervical ROM,[8] with similar effect of short duration from injections of local anesthetic to myofascial trigger points in the neck [12] While rarely a definitive ... precise calculation of repeated angle measurements from gait [21] The precision of angle measurements for the cervical spine using the Plug -in gait modeling software has not been determined, but is...
... changes in the proteins rather than changes in protein– protein interaction A combination of several methods seems therefore important for the demonstration of GPCR oligomerization The D2 dopamine ... resuspended in buffer and stored at )80 °C in aliquots of 500 lL The protein concentration was determined by the method of Lowry et al [32], using BSA as the standard Radioligand-binding assay ... of signal Membranes containing the equivalent of 100 fmol of receptors (as labelled with [3H]spiperone) were incubated with 2.5 nM Eu3+-labelled anti-FLAG Ig, in a total volume of 500 lL of incubation...
... is to understand how knowledge of changes ingait parameters can be useful in preventing falls in the healthy elderly, gaitpatterns must be carefully examined in the healthy elderly fallers ... Amerman P, Tobin JN Gait assessment in the elderly rating scale and its relation to falls J Gerontol 1990; 45: 12 Á/19 Lindenberger U, Marsiske M, Baltes B Memorizing while walking: increase in dual-task ... effects of talking while walking on velocity and balance following a stroke Age Ageing 2001; 30: 319 Á/23 Bronstein AM, Hood JD, Gresty MA, Panagi C Visual control of balance in cerebellar and parkinsonian...
... magnitude of change ingait velocity despite slower baseline Table Mean (n = 4) Effect Sizes in Quality of Life Domains Following Robot-Assisted Gait Training Effect Size PDQ-39 SI* Table Gait Rhythmicity, ... Understanding and treating freezing ofgaitin parkinsonism, proposed working definition, and setting the stage Mov Disord 2008, 23(2):S423-425 Backer JH: The symptom experience of patients with Parkinson’s ... Y: Freezing ofgaitin Parkinson’s disease J Neurol 2006, 253(7): VII27-32 Bloem BR, Hausdorff JM, Visser JE, Giladi N: Falls and freezing ofgaitin Parkinson’s disease: a review of two interconnected,...
... was involved in the conception of the research project, design, analysis and interpretation of the data analysis and writing of the manuscript FJD was involved in the design and organization of ... time varying patternsof trunk movements during walking and that are closely related to dynamic balance control during walking and standing The aim of the present study was to examine gait stability ... assume that walking ability is reflected in dynamic characteristics, in terms of variability in, or local stability ofgaitpatterns The outcome variables obtained from studies using these methods,...
... key kinematic variables The kinetic data including time of crossover in the hip flexion-extension moment and the power burst of hip flexor in the late stance were obtained The hip flexor index ... Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2011, 8:4 http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/8/1/4 for clinical use This study examined the validity of kinematic and kinetic variables measuring ... gait pattern consisting of a jump gait pattern [17] with intoeing, equinus, stiff knee, and femoral antetorsion, which is one of the most representative gaitpatternsof diplega; 2) patients...
... of gait, namely the bilateral coordination ofgait (BCG) This feature is distinctive from GA since it evaluates the level of coordination between the ongoing stepping movements of both legs In ... ofgait require attention? Exp Brain Res 2007, 177:336-346 Plotnik M, Hausdorff JM: The role ofgait rhythmicity and bilateral coordination of stepping in the pathophysiology of freezing ofgait ... stepping coordination in post stroke patients What is the source of the dis-coordination of left-right stepping seen in the present study? Impairments in bilateral coordination of rhythmic arm swinging...
... foot drop Using an approach similar to that presented in this paper, they investigated the step-to-step variability in timing of maxima and minima in the sensor signals, suggesting these points could ... possibility ofusing a textile-based transducer to extract the salient features of ankle joint motion and derive information on gait phase during walking The results demonstrated that the output of the ... suggest that, despite training, a number of users of conventional FES devices locate their electrodes incorrectly, resulting in a poor foot response during gait With the advent of electrode array-based...
... activation of fronto-parietal networks by incrementing demand in a working memory task Cereb Cortex 1997, 7:465-471 Klingberg T: Limitations in information processing in the human brain: neuroimaging of ... control of posture and gait: a review of an emerging area of research Gait Posture 2002, 16:1-14 Lundin-Olsson L, Nyberg L, Gustafson Y: "Stops walking when talking" as a predictor of falls in elderly ... occupying these areas with concurrent cognitive processing (dual-tasking) may result in a brain resource limitation that affects gaitin people with MCI Strengths of our study include the use of...
... occurred in the gait cycle Discussion These findings support our hypothesis that asymmetric loading of the paretic limb would change bilateral joint kinematics in individuals with hemiparetic gait ... robot on gait parameters, interlimb symmetry, and lower extremity joint kinematics in chronic stroke survivors We examined these effects in two common rehabilitation training scenarios: walking over ... (TM) training We hypothesized that loading the paretic limb with the robot would change bilateral joint kinematics ankle joint in all three degrees of freedom (DOFs) but actuates the ankle in only...
... the joint kinetics and kinematics of each subject while inverse dynamics using linear and angular Newtonian equations of motion were used to calculate Huisinga et al Journal of NeuroEngineering ... increased range of motion during stance, are affected by changes that occur further up in the kinetic chain at the hip joint The Page of increase in the range of motion of the ankle during stance ... period of five minutes of rest to insure the beginning of test commenced while the patients were pain-free Patients walked on a treadmill at a speed of 0.67 m/s and at a grade of 10% according to...