A Kinect based intelligent e-rehabilitation system in physical therapy.

This paper presents an intelligent Kinect and fuzzy inference system based e-rehabilitation system. The Kinect can detect the posture and motion of the patients while the fuzzy inference system can interpret the acquired data on the cognitive level. The system is capable to assess the initial posture and motion ranges of 20 joints.

Computer assisted treatment prediction of low back pain pathologies.

The paper presents a fuzzy inference system based prediction with the role to determine the appropriate action for patients that presents lower back pain. If not treated correctly lower back pain can degenerate in various diseases. The system infers three possible actions: (1) spinal cord surgery, (2) medication combined with exercises and (3) no action needed.

Physical therapy vs. medical treatment of musculoskeletal disorders in dentistry--a randomised prospective study.

Introduction And Objective: Musculoskeletal disorders are frequently met in dentistry.

Objectives: To show the efficiency of rehabilitation and to make correlations among patients' pain levels, their overall health status, and the number of days of work absenteeism.

Materials And Method: A total of 390 dentists diagnosed with low back pain, scapulohumeral periarthritis, cervicobrachial neuralgia, hand osteoarthritis, tendinitis or tenosynovitis of the upper limb, carpal tunnel syndrome, spinal deformities and fibromyalgia, were followed in a 2-year prospective study.

Treatment posibilities in ectromelia.

Introduction: Ectromelia is a congenital abnormality characterised by limb growth disturbances (aplasia or hypoplasia) during the period from 4th to 8th gestation week.

Case Outline: We present a case of hemimezomelic longitudinal ectromelia of the right upper limb associated with other skeletal abnormalities, surgically treated. An important role in the management of this case is attributed to the complex rehabilitation programme done before and after each surgical intervention.