Wrist Rigidity Evaluation in Parkinson's Disease: A Scoping Review.

(1) Background: One of the main cardinal signs of Parkinson's disease (PD) is rigidity, whose assessment is important for monitoring the patient's recovery. The wrist is one of the joints most affected by this symptom, which has a great impact on activities of daily living and consequently on quality of life. The assessment of rigidity is traditionally made by clinical scales, which have limitations due to their subjectivity and low intra- and inter-examiner reliability.

Skills assessment metrics of electric powered wheelchair driving in a virtual environment: a survey.

The purpose of this review is to present studies on the parameters for assessing the skills of users of electric wheelchair driving simulators in a virtual environment. In addition, this study also aims to identify the most widely used and validated parameters for the quantification of electric wheelchair driving ability in a virtual environment and to suggest challenges for future research. To carry out this research, the criteria of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) were adopted.

Reflections on epistemological aspects of artificial intelligence during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Artificial intelligence plays an important role and has been used by several countries as a health strategy in an attempt to understand, control and find a cure for the disease caused by Coronavirus. These intelligent systems can assist in accelerating the process of developing antivirals for Coronavirus and in predicting new variants of this virus. For this reason, much research on COVID-19 has been developed with the aim of contributing to new discoveries about the Coronavirus.