Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Leg Blood Flow During Exercise with Blood Flow Restriction: Evidence for and Implications of Compensatory Cardiovascular Mechanisms.
J Appl Physiol (1985)
January 2025
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Proximal limb cuff inflation to 40% arterial occlusion pressure (AOP) is assumed to reduce exercising leg perfusion, creating "blood flow restriction" (BFR). However, no study has validated this assumption. 18 healthy young participants (9F) performed two-legged knee flexion/extension exercise at 25% WRpeak with bilateral cuffs applied to the proximal thigh at 0% AOP (CTL), 20% AOP and 40% AOP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLow-temperature on-site in situ high-pressure ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy instrument.
Rev Sci Instrum
January 2025
Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
We design and construct an ultrafast optical spectroscopy instrument that integrates both on-site in situ high-pressure technique and low-temperature tuning capability. Conventional related instruments rely on off-site tuning and calibration of the high pressure. Recently, we have developed an on-site in situ technique, which has the advantage of removing repositioning fluctuation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFToward Damage-Less Robotic Fragile Fruit Grasping: A Closed-Loop Force Control Method for Pneumatic-Driven Soft Gripper.
Soft Robot
December 2024
College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Article Synopsis
- Fragile fruits require careful handling, and current manual methods are labor-intensive, prompting the need for robotic solutions to ensure damage-free grasping.
- Pneumatic-driven soft grippers have benefits for food manipulation but face challenges due to their complex control systems, making robust grasping force control difficult.
- This study presents a double closed-loop control system, utilizing a Kalman filter and a PID controller to effectively manage grasping force in these grippers, achieving a maximum steady-state error of just 0.07 N and demonstrating effective control even under disturbances.
One-Step Digital Light Processing 3D Printing of Robust, Conductive, Shape-Memory Hydrogel for Customizing High-Performance Soft Devices.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
December 2024
Key Laboratory of MEMS of the Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
Mechanically robust and electrically conductive hydrogels hold significant promise for flexible device applications. However, conventional fabrication methods such as casting or injection molding meet challenges in delivering hydrogel objects with complex geometric structures and multicustomized functionalities. Herein, a 3D printable hydrogel with excellent mechanical properties and electrical conductivity is implemented via a facile one-step preparation strategy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe influence of circulating cold water cryotherapy with or without intermittent pneumatic compression on shoulder joint position sense (JPS) in recreationally active adults: A randomized crossover trial.
J Bodyw Mov Ther
October 2024
Centre for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Technologies, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Objectives: Cryotherapy is a widely used intervention in sports settings to facilitate the return of injured athletes to competition, despite a lack of high-quality evidence. Given the possibility cryotherapy may increase the risk of injury, by reducing nerve conduction velocity, muscle force production, and proprioceptive afferent information, further research is needed to evaluate its effects on proprioception, particularly in the shoulder joint, which has the greatest range of motion of any joint in the body, where there is a dearth of studies.
Methods: We conducted a pre-registered, 1:1 block randomized, baseline controlled, double blind (outcome assessor and statistician), crossover trial of cryotherapy without compression and cryotherapy with compression.
Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!