This article attempts to provide a complete and systematic approach to conducting a thorough lower extremity biomechanical examination for the child. It is hoped that the material presented here will allow you, the practitioner, to conduct a thorough and relevant series of examination techniques. Once these techniques are perfected and performed efficiently, you will be capable of providing effective and appropriate care for your pediatric patients.
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J Chin Med Assoc
December 2024
Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
Background: Operative delivery is a technique used during vaginal or cesarean birth to facilitate the patient's labor course through the assistance of a vacuum extractor. This method is increasingly used compared with forceps. This study aimed to investigate the forced effects of vacuum extractors comprising vacuum cups with different thicknesses on the fetal head and the vacuum extractor during vacuum-assisted delivery and to determine the optimal thickness for reducing the failure rate and minimizing neonatal and maternal morbidity.
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Department of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand.
Among control methods for robotic exoskeletons, biologically inspired control based on central pattern generators (CPGs) offer a promising approach to generate natural and robust walking patterns. Compared to other approaches, like model-based and machine learning-based control, the biologically inspired control provides robustness to perturbations, requires less computational power, and does not need system models or large learning datasets. While it has shown effectiveness, a comprehensive evaluation of its user experience is lacking.
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Neurorehabilitation and Biomechanics Research Section, Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America.
Children with cerebral palsy (CP) often participate in training to improve mobility, hand function and other motor abilities. However, responses to these interventions vary considerably across individuals even those with similar brain injuries, ages and functional levels. Dopamine is a neurotrasmitter known to affect motor skill acquistion in animals and humans and may be influenced by individual variations in genes related to brain transmission of dopamine.
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Department of Health and Corrective Exercise, School of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Semnan, Iran.
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