Journal ArticleJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports · January 1, 2024
Introduction: Incarcerated or strangulated pediatric umbilical hernias are uncommon but warrant urgent surgical intervention when present. Rarely, embryologic remnants can mimic an incarcerated umbilical hernia and may be indistinguishable on examination o ...
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Journal ArticleTrauma case reports · December 2023
We present the case of a previously healthy 29-year-old male who presented with a small bowel obstruction in the absence of previous abdominal surgery who was found to have evidence of an occult seatbeltabrasion and ultimately multifocal hollow viscus inju ...
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Journal ArticleBiomedical engineering online · May 2023
BackgroundAdaptive gait involves the ability to adjust the leading foot in response to the requirement of dynamic environments during walking. Accurate adjustments of the minimum toe clearance (MTC) height and step length can prevent older people ...
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Journal ArticlePloS one · January 2023
BackgroundTo step over an unexpected obstacle, individuals adapt gait; they adjust step length in the anterior-posterior direction prior to the obstacle and minimum toe clearance height in the vertical direction during obstacle avoidance. Inabilit ...
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Journal ArticleHuman movement science · April 2021
This study investigated if training in a virtual reality (VR) environment that provides visual and audio biofeedback on foot placement can induce changes to spatial and temporal parameters of gait during overground walking. Eighteen healthy young adults wa ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · September 2020
BackgroundNeuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) has been utilized for many years in cerebral palsy (CP) with limited success despite its inherent potential for improving muscle size and/or strength, inhibiting or reducing spasticity, and enh ...
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Journal ArticleGait & posture · July 2020
BackgroundThe inability to adjust step length can lead to falls in older people when navigating everyday terrain. Precisely targeted forward placement of the leading foot, constituting step length adjustment, is required for adaptive gait control, ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineering · January 2020
IntroductionWearable robotic exoskeletons offer the potential to move gait training from the clinic to the community thereby providing greater therapy dosage in more naturalistic settings. To capitalize on this potential, intuitive and robust inte ...
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Journal ArticlePloS one · January 2016
For diagnosis and follow up, it is important to be able to quantify limp in an objective, and precise way adapted to daily clinical consultation. The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine if an inertial sensor-based method could provide simple ...
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