Scoping review: Mobility aids for people with sight loss across the ICF domains of functions, activities, and participation.

Significance: There is little literature linking mobility aids for people with sight loss to the functions, activities, and participation domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Future studies on this relationship should be funded and pursued to better understand ways to maximize the benefit of mobility aids.

Purpose: The ICF domains of functions, activities, and participation are potentially health-supporting aspects of daily living that may be impeded for people with sight loss.

An investigation into the hypoalgesic effects of transcutaneous piezoelectric current on experimentally induced thermal stimuli in healthy participants.

Objectives:   To investigate the effects of transcutaneous piezoelectric currents on experimentally induced thermal pain in healthy human participants.

Materials And Methods:   A repeated measure cross-over study recorded sensory detection and pain thresholds to contact thermal stimuli during active and placebo (no current) transcutaneous piezoelectric current in 15 pain-free healthy human volunteers. Active transcutaneous piezoelectric current (6 µA) was delivered as 35 high voltage single rectangular pulses (1 Hz) at the LI4 (Hegu) acupuncture point.