Gait Pattern Analysis: Integration of a Highly Sensitive Flexible Pressure Sensor on a Wireless Instrumented Insole.

Gait phase monitoring wearable sensors play a crucial role in assessing both health and athletic performance, offering valuable insights into an individual's gait pattern. In this study, we introduced a simple and cost-effective capacitive gait sensor manufacturing approach, utilizing a micropatterned polydimethylsiloxane dielectric layer placed between screen-printed silver electrodes. The sensor demonstrated inherent stretchability and durability, even when the electrode was bent at a 45-degree angle, it maintained an electrode resistance of approximately 3 Ω.

Effect of an Education Intervention on Nursing Students' Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Caring for Transgender and Nonbinary People.

Background: Transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) people experience inequities in health care access, quality, and outcomes. Health care professionals' lack of knowledge and biased attitudes toward gender minorities contribute to inequitable care.

Purpose: This study examined the effect of TGNB health education on nursing students' knowledge and attitudes about caring for TGNB clients.

A Lifestyle Modification Program for Secondary Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation: A Pilot Study.

Background: Lifestyle modification programs, such as cardiac rehabilitation, may reduce atrial fibrillation (AF) burden and improve quality of life (QOL), but remain unproven. The objective of this pilot study was to assess feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of an exercise and nutrition-based cardiac rehabilitation-like program for AF patients.

Methods: We enrolled overweight adults aged ≥ 30 years with symptomatic AF in a 12-week cardiac lifestyle group program, including 6 virtual and 6 in-person visits.

Debossed Contact Printing as a Patterning Method for Paper-Based Electronics.

The proliferation of printed electronic devices is feeding the growth of the Internet of Things, with devices deployed everywhere to collect and communicate data. At the same time, the increase in low-cost disposable devices is a cause for serious environmental concern. In particular, widely used plastic substrates such as poly(ethylene terephthalate) are persistent hazards to the environment.