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Force-controllable ankle foot orthosis (AFO) to assist drop foot gait
Drop foot, a loss of use of the muscles that lift the foot, can be caused by stroke, cerebral palsy (CP), multiple sclerosis (MS), or neurological trauma. The two major complications of drop foot are slapping of the foot after heel strike (foot slap) and dragging of the toe during swing (toe drag). …
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ACTIVE neuroprosthesis for people with drop foot after stroke: GAIT, muscle and foot nerve
Contains fulltext : 225507.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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The effect of foot orthoses on muscle activity and morphology, foot biomechanics and skin sensitivity
Foot orthoses with a medial wedge or medial arch support are commonly used to treat musculoskeletal pathologies by altering external forces applied to the foot, which could consequently alter internal forces generated by muscles. However, little is known about whether systematic changes in foot …
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On Foot: Pathways Through Contemporary Literature
… organized around and guided by journeys “on foot” – in order to consider the deeply rooted literary-historical, aesthetic, and ethical relationships among practices of walking, writing, remembering, and haunting. By contemplating the ways in which contemporary authors reimagine the walking …
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Evaluation of environmental foot printing techniques
… assessing their product and supply chain footprints. Cisco is a leader in the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) industry and is working to define best practices and standards. Product life cycle assessment (LCA) capability is an important competency as customers begin to …
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Diabetic foot: microbiology, pathogenesis and glycan studies
… and mortality around the world. Diabetic foot infections remain one of the major complications leading to a leg loss every 3 seconds due to amputations causing mental trauma and distress. In diabetic foot ulcers aerobes, anaerobes and fungus often interact with each other and form biofilms …
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Modelling of pad support for foot osteoarthritis
… in the joint. Human who was affected by the foot osteoarthritis (OA) disease always have problem in doing daily activities due to the pain at their foot. OA patients will always feel pain and stiffness in the inflammation joint. They also feel swelling in or near that joint. These symptoms …
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The Kansas City Foot Patrol project : An evaluation of the effectiveness of foot patrol in violent crime micro-places
The Kansas City Foot Patrol Project is a replication of the Philadelphia Foot Patrol Experiment (Ratcliffe et al. (2011). The current study was conducted in Kansas City, Missouri and evaluated the effectiveness of foot patrol in violent crime micro-places. Specifically the goal of foot patrol was …
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Epidemiology of foot and mouth disease in Zambia.
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly infectious and devastating disease of livestock that has affected Zambia’s potential to boost the economy through trade in livestock commodities. The inadequate understanding, due to limited research based epidemiology data, of the disease dynamics has …
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Epidemiology of foot and mouth disease in Zambia.
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly infectious and devastating disease of livestock that has affected Zambia’s potential to boost the economy through trade in livestock commodities. The inadequate understanding, due to limited research based epidemiology data, of the disease dynamics has …
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Compression Molding of Carbon Composite Prosthetic Foot Blade
… of compression molding carbon composite foot blades. A proven method was selected from the literature, the method was chosen due to its usage for compression molding composites with curved surfaces where an elastic medium is used as an interface between the solid mold halve and a …
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Pressure distribution beneath the foot in sideslope walking
Dynamic loading profiles beneath the human foot during sideslope walking were determined and differences to level walking established. The contact area of the foot was measured, and the arch index derived from the footprint. Thirty healthy adults walked on a tillable walkway which had a polymer …
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Foot health education for people with rheumatoid arthritis
Foot problems for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are common resulting in significant pain, activity restriction and reduced quality of life. Provision of information and health education in respect of foot health would therefore seem to be an essential aspect of foot health management for …
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Micro-evolution of foot-and-mouth disease virus
Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) causes an acute vesicular disease of domesticated and wild ruminants, and pigs. The virus is highly variable with 7 serotypes and numerous subtypes. A method was developed to sequence the complete genome of the Pan Asia O serotype FMDV that caused the UK 2001 …
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Predicting Outcomes in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers
… and management of diabetic patients with foot ulcers. In Chapter 1 we present a broad review of the topic emphasising the pathophysiology and principles of management of the diabetic foot. It has been published as a chapter of the book “Mechanisms of Vascular Disease: A reference book for …
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Tuberculosis of the foot and ankle in children
… the long-term outcome of tuberculosis of the foot and ankle in children and to define an initial classification system that would relate to prognosis.
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