INTERACTION BETWEEN MUSCLE TONE, SHORT-RANGE STIFFNESS AND INCREASED SENSORY FEEDBACK GAINS EXPLAINS KEY KINEMATIC FEATURES OF THE PENDULUM TEST IN SPASTIC CEREBRAL PALSY: A SIMULATION STUDY.

The pendulum test is a sensitive clinical assessment of spasticity where the lower leg is dropped from the horizontal position and features of limb motion are recorded.Three key kinematic features are associated with the degree of severity of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy: decreased initial limb excursion, reduced number of limb oscill

Abstract Background Antibiotic-containing cement and bone graft substitute-coated orthopedic implants provide the advantages of simultaneous local antibiotic delivery and internal stable fixation, aiding in both infection eradication and osseous healing.Standardized protocols pertaining to implant coating techniques in various clinical and particul

Abstract The calamitous consequences of 2017 Hurricane Maria for the Caribbean island of Dominica highlighted the acute and increasing susceptibility of the COLOR TOUCH region to disasters.Despite increasing international attention to disaster risk reduction, recovery from hazard events can be especially lengthy and difficult for small island devel

Type 3 resistant starch from Canna edulis (Ce-RS3) is an insoluble dietary fiber which could improve blood lipids in animals, but clinically robust evidence is still lacking.We performed a double-blind randomized controlled trial Automotive to assess the effects of Ce-RS3 on lipids in mild hyperlipidemia.One hundred and fifteen patients were includ

Protocell multilevel selection models have been proposed to study the evolutionary dynamics of vesicles encapsulating a set of replicating, competing and mutating sequences.The frequency of the different sequence types determines protocell survival through a fitness function.One of the defining features of these models is the genetic load generated