Publications by authors named "Wamis Singhatat"
Real World Evidence of Wearable Smartbelt for Mitigation of Fall Impact in Older Adult Care.
IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med
April 2023
Structured Abstract Falls with major injuries are a devastating occurrence for an older adult with outcomes inclusive of debility, loss of independence and increased mortality. The incidence of falls with major injuries has increased with the growth of the older adult population, and has further risen as a result of reduced physical mobility in recent years due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The standard of care in the effort to reduce major injuries from falling is provided by the CDC through an evidence-based fall risk screening, assessment and intervention initiative (STEADI: Stopping Elderly Accidents and Death Initiative) and is embedded into primary care models throughout residential and institutional settings nationwide.
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- The study explored the mechanical behavior of human lumbar discs after denucleation and the injection of a hydrogel nucleus replacement.
- It aimed to determine if proper pressures and volumes of injection could restore the disc's biomechanics to its normal state.
- Results showed that while denucleation destabilized the segments, using the hydrogel at appropriate pressures effectively restored disc height and stability, allowing the discs to perform similarly to their intact state.
Background: For a tendon graft to function as an anterior cruciate ligament, the tendon must heal to the bone tunnel. We studied the effect of 4 weeks of implantation on the strength and stiffness of a tendon in a bone tunnel using two different fixation devices in an ovine model.
Hypothesis: The type of fixation device in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction may affect early healing, which can be measured as the strength and stiffness of a tendon in a bone tunnel.