Cross-cultural translation, validation, and responsiveness of the Pittsburgh Fatigability Scale - Italian version (PFS-I) in a mixed-sample of older adults.

Introduction: Older adults experience fatigue which impacts health-related quality of life. The Pittsburgh Fatigability Scale (PFS) was specifically designed to assess perceived physical and mental fatigability in older adults. The aim of this study was to translate the PFS into Italian (PFS-I) and to investigate its psychometric properties.

The first case of a competitive basketball player affected by carnitine palmitoyl transferase II deficiency presenting an undescribed compound heterozygous genetic mutation.

Purpose: The risk of exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis, followed by abrupt creatine kinase (CK) augmentation, associated with carnitine palmitoyl transferase II (CPTII) deficiency causes patients to abstain from physical training. However, the exercise adjustment to the disease-induced metabolic impairment, accompanied by a tailored nutritional and supplementation strategy, could make sporting activity feasible, even at a competitive level. Here, we report the case of an 18-year-old male basketball player at a competitive level diagnosed for CPTII deficiency after a rhabdomyolytic event.

Magnetic Sensor Array for Electric Arc Reconstruction in Circuit Breakers.

Noninvasive imaging of circuit breakers under short-circuit testing is addressed by recording the magnetic field produced over an array of external sensors and by solving an inverse problem to identify the causing current distribution. The temporal and spatial resolution of the sensing chain are studied and implemented in a physical set-up. A wire model is adopted to describe electrical current distribution.

Lower-Limb Exoskeletons for Gait Training in Parkinson's Disease: The State of the Art and Future Perspectives.

Gait dysfunction (GD) is a common impairment of Parkinson's disease (PD), which negatively impacts patients' quality of life. Among the most recent rehabilitation technologies, a lower-limb powered exoskeleton (LLEXO) arises as a useful instrument for gait training in several neurological conditions, including PD. However, some questions relating to methods of use, achievable results, and usefulness compared to traditional rehabilitation methodologies still require clear answers.

Maximal Oxygen Consumption Is Negatively Associated with Fat Mass in Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy.

Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) leads to progressive changes in body composition such as loss of muscle mass and increase in adiposity. In healthy subjects, anthropometric parameters are associated with the maximum volume of oxygen consumed per minute (VOmax), which is a health and function indicator in several populations of subjects, both healthy and pathological. Since VOmax can be difficult to test in patients with FSHD due to exercise intolerance, the identification of associated anthropometric parameters could provide new easily obtainable elements for the patients' clinical stratification.