Developing a Multimodal Monitoring System for Geriatric Depression: A Feasibility Study.

The Internet of Medical Things is promising for monitoring depression symptoms. Therefore, it is necessary to develop multimodal monitoring systems tailored for elderly individuals with high feasibility and usability for further research and practice. This study comprised two phases: (1) methodological development of the system; and (2) system validation to evaluate its feasibility.

Factors Associated with Poor Quality of Sleep in Construction Workers: A Secondary Data Analysis.

This study aimed to explore factors associated with poor quality of sleep in construction workers. This study was cross-sectional, correlational in design and used secondary data from fatigue instrument development study. We analyzed the data from 206 participants aged over 19 years who worked at construction sites for more than 6 months.

Impact of Trunk Resistance and Stretching Exercise on Fall-Related Factors in Patients with Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.

Background: This study aimed to examine the effect of a 12-week progressive trunk resistance and stretching exercise program on fall-related factors in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).

Methods: A randomized study assessed a progressive trunk resistance and stretching exercise program over a 12-week period. A total of 17 patients with PD participated and wererandomly allocated into an exercise group ( = 10) or a control group ( = 7).

Current Understanding of Religion, Spirituality, and Their Neurobiological Correlates.

Religion and spirituality (R/S) have been prominent aspects of most human cultures through the ages; however, scientific inquiry into this phenomenon has been limited. We conducted a systematic literature review of research on the neurobiological correlates of R/S, which resulted in 25 reports studying primarily R/S with electroencephalography, structural neuroimaging (MRI), and functional neuroimaging (fMRI, PET). These studies investigated a wide range of religions (e.

Postural stability for taekwondo athletes with repetitive ankle sprains during a single-leg stance.

[Purpose] The purpose of this study is to investigate postural stability in such group of taekwondo athletes by measuring the center-of-pressure variables in both the injured limb and uninjured limb during a single-leg stance with eyes closed. [Subjects and Methods] The study includes eleven taekwondo athletes with repetitive ankle sprains (RASs) and eleven healthy taekwondo athletes (the controls) at the college level participating in taekwondo training sessions. For the controls, the "injured" limb was taken to be the left limb.

Impacts of freezing of gait on forward and backward gait in Parkinson's disease.

Freezing of gait (FOG) is a major risk factor for falls and fall-related injuries in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The characteristics of gait in PD patients with FOG have been studied but remain controversial. To investigate gait characteristics of FOG in PD, this study analyzed the forward and backward walking of patients with PD.

Depression and posture in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Background: Depression is an important non-motor symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD) that significantly impacts the daily activities of affected patients. Furthermore, the stooped posture that characterizes patients with PD has also been associated with depression. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the presence of depressive symptoms and body posture in patients with PD.

The effect of knee flexor and extensor fatigue on shock absorption during cutting movements after a jump landing.

Background: Sporting situations include instances of continuous and/or integrated movements. However, the effect of fatigue on the performance of these movements remains unclear.

Purpose: To investigate the effect of knee flexor and extensor fatigue on the shock absorption strategy of the lower limb during cutting movements performed after jump landings.

Effects of chronic ankle instability and induced mediolateral muscular fatigue of the ankle on competitive taekwondo athletes.

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of chronic ankle instability and induced mediolateral muscular fatigue of the ankle on competitive Taekwondo athletes during single-leg drop landing. [Subjects and Methods] Fourteen competitive taekwondo athletes with chronic ankle instability and 14 healthy adults participated, and they performed three single-leg drop landings from a 40-cm height before and after induced fatigue. Ankle angular position, peak vertical ground reaction force, loading rate, eccentric work, and contribution were calculated and analyzed.

Tunable Temperature Response of a Thermochromic Photonic Gel Sensor Containing N-Isopropylacrylamide and 4-Acryloyilmorpholine.

In this study, thermochromic photonic gels were fabricated using 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) as a hydrogel building block, and 4-Acryloyl morpholine (ACMO) and -isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAM) as thermoresponsive monomers with different critical solution temperature behaviors. Rapid photopolymerization of opal-templated monomer mixtures of varying ACMO contents formed five individual thermochromic inverse opal photonic gels integrated on a single substrate. With temperature variation from 10 °C to 80 °C, the changes in reflective colors and reflectance spectra of the respective thermochromic gels were noted, and λ changes were plotted.

Evaluation of the turning characteristics according to the severity of Parkinson disease during the timed up and go test.

Background: Patients with Parkinson disease (PD) experience problems such as falls and freezing of gait during walking and turning in daily activities. However, few studies have examined the relationship between simultaneous turning tasks and the severity of PD.

Aim: To investigate turning characteristics in patients with PD using three-dimensional (3D) analysis during the timed up and go (TUG) test.

Estimation of Local Bone Loads for the Volume of Interest.

Computational bone remodeling simulations have recently received significant attention with the aid of state-of-the-art high-resolution imaging modalities. They have been performed using localized finite element (FE) models rather than full FE models due to the excessive computational costs of full FE models. However, these localized bone remodeling simulations remain to be investigated in more depth.

Homeostasis-based aging model for trabecular changes and its correlation with age-matched bone mineral densities and radiographs.

Purpose: This paper aims (1) to propose a novel bone adaptation model for age-related trabecular changes by adopting two implicit parameters in optimization, (2) to compare the simulated bone volume fraction (BV/TV) with the reported bone mineral density (BMD), and (3) to review the simulated trabecular architectures with the age-matched radiographs.

Materials And Methods: The proposed model simulated the trabecular changes for an age span of 32-80 years. Quantitative comparison was conducted in terms of BMD and other morphometric indices.