Smart Homes as Enablers for Depression Pre-Diagnosis Using PHQ-9 on HMI through Fuzzy Logic Decision System.

Depression is a common mental illness characterized by sadness, lack of interest, or pleasure. According to the DSM-5, there are nine symptoms, from which an individual must present 4 or 5 in the last two weeks to fulfill the diagnosis criteria of depression. Nevertheless, the common methods that health care professionals use to assess and monitor depression symptoms are face-to-face questionnaires leading to time-consuming or expensive methods.

Dystonic Golfer's cramp: Pilot study of propranolol and looking at the hole.

Introduction: There is limited data in the scientific literature using quantitative methods to assess response of golfer's cramp to intervention. The objective of this pilot study was to use quantitative measures to study the effect of propranolol and looking at the hole when putting.

Methods: 14 golfers completed 50 10' putts (10 each x 5 conditions): two-handed looking at the ball, right hand only looking at the ball, two-handed looking at the hole, then following a single 10 mg oral dose of propranolol two-handed and right hand only putts looking at the ball.

The Yips: Methods to Identify Golfers with a Dystonic Etiology/Golfer's Cramp.

Purpose: To determine whether quantitative methods could separate golfers with a possible dystonic cause of the "yips" from those that appear to be nondystonic.

Methods: Twenty-seven golfers completed 10 two-handed and 10 right hand-only putts. Surface EMG assessed forearm muscle co-contraction and motion detectors monitored wrist and putter movements.

Oblique reformation in cervical spine computed tomography: a new look at an old friend.

Study Design: Cervical spine computed tomograms were evaluated for neural foraminal stenosis in both the standard axial plane and the oblique reformatted plane.

Objective: To assess whether oblique reformation of cervical spine computed tomograms reduces interobserver variability in the evaluation of neural foraminal stenosis.

Summary Of Background Data: Radiographic assessment of neural foraminal stenosis is subjective, may vary among observers, and can affect surgical planning.