Publications by authors named "G Goto"
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- Human pose estimation is a computer vision technique that captures body representations from images and videos, and its application in clinical photography for conditions like adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is being explored.
- A study with 42 AIS patients analyzed preoperative photographs to derive photographic parameters and compared these to traditional radiographic measures using statistical analysis.
- Significant correlations were found between photographic and radiographic measurements, suggesting that pose estimation via mobile devices could enable safer screening and monitoring of AIS without exposing patients to X-ray radiation.
Precision medicine research has seen growing efforts to increase participation of communities that have been historically underrepresented in biomedical research. Marginalized racial and ethnic communities have received particular attention, toward the goal of improving the generalizability of scientific knowledge and promoting health equity. Against this backdrop, research has highlighted three key issues that could impede the promise of precision medicine research: issues surrounding (dis)trust and representation, challenges in translational efforts to improve health outcomes, and the need for responsive community engagement.
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- The study compares clinical symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and adult spinal deformity (ASD) to improve treatment accuracy, highlighting the importance of using the Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale-25 (GLFS-25) for assessing disease severity.
- It involved 69 patients with ASD and 196 with LSS, evaluating them preoperatively for locomotive dysfunction through GLFS-25 and physical performance tests.
- Findings revealed that both LSS and ASD patients experienced severe locomotive dysfunction, but ASD patients faced greater challenges in daily load-bearing and housework activities compared to those with LSS.
Limb muscle strength asymmetry affects many physical abilities. The present study (1) quantified limb muscle asymmetry in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS); (2) compared AIS patients with major thoracolumbar/lumbar (TL/L) or major thoracic (MT) curves; (3) examined correlations between limb muscle asymmetry and radiographic parameters. Patients with AIS with major TL/L curves (Lenke type 5C) and MT curves (Lenke Type 1A) who underwent posterior spinal fusion at our university hospitals were included.
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