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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"biomechanical assessment"”.
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A Biomechanical Assessment Of Canine Body Armor
… purpose of this research was to establish a biomechanical assessment of canine body armor with a primary focus on civilian law enforcement canines. The specific aims included: 1) the compilation of canine casualty data to determine commonly reported causes of death/euthanasia while in service …
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Biomechanical assessment of all-polymer total knee replacement
Contains fulltext : 220339.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Clinical Translation of Dynamic OCE for Corneal Biomechanical Assessment
… OCE system was adapted for noninvasive clinical assessment of corneal elastic modulus. Corneal mechanical waves generated by low-pressure (0.3mmHg) air-pulse stimulation were imaged using high-speed, phase-senstive OCT. Frequency-dependent corneal wave-speed dispersion was measured, and compared …
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Biomechanical assessment of RTSA functional outcomes towards optimising the prosthesis configuration
… obtained by combining multiple modifications. A biomechanical assessment framework was established to characterise reverse shoulder function and the effect of modifying prosthesis configuration. It utilised the Newcastle Shoulder Model (NSM) and a custom-made impingement detection algorithm to …
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Heartbeat Optical Coherence Elastography: A Method for Passive Biomechanical Assessment of the Cornea
In this dissertation, the biomechanical properties of the cornea are explored using a novel, completely passive, biomechanical analysis technique termed heartbeat optical coherence elastography (Hb-OCE). This technology enables mechanical characterization of the cornea with applications in disease …
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THE BIOMECHANICAL ASSESSMENT OF TAI CHI CHUAN MOVEMENT AND IMPLICATION IN REHABILITATION EXERCISE
On the clinical side, the patients with movement disorders need to do reasonable exercise in rehabilitation. Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) is a type of traditional Chinese martial art and is considered benefiting physical fitness. Many studies have examined the effectiveness of TCC on lower limb …
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Improving Effectiveness of Robot-Assisted Ankle Rehabilitation via Biomechanical Assessment and Interaction Control
… freedom (DOFs), and the lack of real-time ankle assessment and adaptive interaction training schemes. This research aims to improve the effectiveness of robot-assisted therapy for the treatment of musculoskeletal and neurological ankle injuries. The fundamental technology is the development of an …
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Biomechanical Assessment of Varied Lifting Tasks With and Without Passive Back Support Exoskeletons
Low back pain is the number one cause of disability in the world. It is a well established problem in industry often caused by excessive repetition, awkward postures, and heavy lifting. Back support exoskeletons have increasingly been studied as a solution to this problem. In addition to evaluating …
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Biomechanical Assessment and Metabolic Evaluation of Passive Lift-Assistive Exoskeletons During Repetitive Lifting Tasks
… the literature by providing comprehensive biomechanical evaluations and metabolic assessments of three passive lift-assistive exoskeletons (VT-Lowe's Exoskeleton (developed in ARLab at VT), Laevo and SuitX). This dissertation has been composed of three related studies. The first study aimed …
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THE BIOMECHANICAL ASSESSMENT OF GAIT FOR STROKE PATIENTS AND THE IMPLICATIONS IN DIAGNOSIS AND REHABILITATION
… have been routinely used in the clinical assessment of cerebral palsy. However, so far, little research has been done on the direct diagnosis of early stroke patients using motion analysis.<b><br/></b><b><br/></b><b>Objectives</b>: The aim of this study was to investigate whether patients …
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Biomechanical Assessment and Monitoring of Thermal Ablation Using Harmonic Motion Imaging for Focused Ultrasound (HMIFU)
… HIFU treatment. In this dissertation, both the assessment and monitoring aspects of HMIFU have been investigated fundamentally and experimentally through development of both a 1-D and 2-D based system. The performance assessment of HMIFU technique in depicting the lesion size increase as well as …
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BIOMECHANICAL MARKERS AS INDICATORS OF POSTURAL INSTABILITY PROGRESSION IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE
… of this research is to identify quantitative biomechanical parameters of postural instability in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) that can in turn be used to assess fall risk. Currently, clinical assessments in PD are not sufficiently sensitive to predict fall risk, making a history of …
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Using fractal dimension analysis to improve clinical balance and mobility assessments for discriminating fallers from non-fallers : a cross-sectional analysis
… high personal and financial costs. Traditional biomechanical assessment of gait and balance using variables such as centre of pressure (COP) is an active area of research that attempts to identify those characteristics associated with fallers. Non-traditional analysis techniques such as the …
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Lower extremity features of Velocardiofacial syndrome and other 22q11 deletions
… deletion and mechanical therapy of diagnosed biomechanical foot abnormalities was instituted. The prevalences of PUA, sleep disturbance and exercise intolerance were found to be significantly higher in patients with 22q11 deletion compared with children of the general population. The clinical …
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Assessing the Biomechanical Properties of Cornea using Optical Coherence Elastography
… development of measurement methods to assess the biomechanical properties of cornea based on low-coherence optical imaging, focusing on optical coherence elastographic techniques, to meet the growing demand for noninvasive high-resolution tissue characterization with improved diagnosis and …
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Identification of in vivo material properties of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm: towards noninvasive risk assessment
… key components in a in vivo patient-specific biomechanical analysis (geometries, loading and boundary conditions, material hyperelastic properties and material failure properties), patient-specific geometries and physiological loading conditions can be obtained at a high level of spatial and …
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Investigation of Upper Limb Kinematics and Corticospinal Pathway Activity Early After Stroke
… of movement can be achieved through neuro-biomechanical assessment. This would provide knowledge of the interaction of the nervous and musculoskeletal system, which may contribute to development of improved targeted upper limb interventions. A systematic review and meta-analysis was …
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The Effects of Youth Football on the Developing Brain: A Multi-Modal Neuroimaging Study
… RHI on the brain include advanced neuroimaging, biomechanical assessment, and neuropsychological testing. mTBI and RHI have been evaluated in high school, collegiate, and professional sports, but limited data are available for the youth age group (8-13 years old). Hence, the overall topic of this …
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Investigating the biomechanical outcomes of a robotic-assisted versus conventional unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
… Oxford) that underwent a one year post-operative biomechanical assessment. The assessment analysed the biomechanics of these patients performing walking tasks, stair navigation, sit to stand and deep knee lunges using a 3-dimensional, 12 camera motion analysis system (Vicon Motion Systems, Oxford, …
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Patient Movement Monitoring Based on IMU and Deep Learning
… replacement patients (TKR) through a detailed biomechanical assessment and development of machine learning algorithms. Specifically, the first study developed a relevant dataset consisting of IMU and associated biomechanical parameters of OA and TKR patients performing various activities, …
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