Reliability of Spatiotemporal Characteristics During Single-Legged Hop and Bilateral Drop Jump Tasks Using an Instrumented Pressure Walkway.

Background: Single-legged hop tests have been widely used to assess performance-based outcomes after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Traditional single, triple, or 6-meter (6m) timed hop tests only measure distance or time as the principal variables, neglecting other variables, such as individual hop distances within a series of hops, flight time, and stance time. The development of portable instrumented pressure walkways has made it possible to collect parameters such as hop velocity, flight time, stance time, distance, and pressure outside of a laboratory setting.

Construction and Validation of a Benchtop Model for Testing of Mechanical Thrombectomy Devices for Pulmonary Embolism.

Purpose: This study aims to define the process of designing and manufacturing 3D printed and glass models of the pulmonary artery (PA) and utilizing them in a test bed for evaluation of devices for mechanical thrombectomy of pulmonary embolism (PE).

Materials And Methods: Patient derived computed tomography angiography (CTA) images of the PA were digitally converted into a hollowed-out structure and translated into clear 3D printed and glass models. A test bed was created using a peristaltic pump and silicone tubing connected to the models.

Evaluation of absorbable PLA nasal implants in an ovine model.

Objective: To examine biocompatibility and absorption profile of a poly (L-lactide-co-D,L-lactide) 70:30 nasal implant.

Methods: In an ovine model, 66 rod-shaped absorbable implants were placed in 11 nasal dorsa. The sheep were sacrificed at 1.

Reversing the diabetes epidemic: a role for primary care in identifying pre-diabetes and referral to an evidence-based program.

In 2012, 8.2 percent (or about 52,000) of adults in Delaware reported being advised by their medical provider they have pre-diabetes. Many additional Delawareans have undiagnosed pre-diabetes.