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Weronika Joanna Piatkowska, Fabiola Spolaor, Marco Romanato, Roberta Polli, Alessandra Huang, Alessandra Murgia and Zimi Sawacha
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is caused by pathologic expansions of the CGG repeat polymorphic region of the FMR1 gene. There are two main categories of FMR1 mutations, ?premutation? and ?full mutation?, that are associated with different clinical phenotypes,...
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Heather A. Feldner, Christina Papazian, Keshia M. Peters, Claire J. Creutzfeldt and Katherine M. Steele
Arm recovery varies greatly among stroke survivors. Wearable surface electromyography (sEMG) sensors have been used to track recovery in research; however, sEMG is rarely used within acute and subacute clinical settings. The purpose of this case study wa...
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Bong-Jun Choi, Ju-Hwan Kim, Woo-Jin Yang, Dong-Jun Han, Jaewon Park and Dong-Wook Park
Miniaturized flexible microelectrode arrays are desirable for small-area surface electromyography (sEMG) to detect the electrical activity generated by muscles in a specific area of the body. Here, we present a flexible 8-channel microelectrode array wit...
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Osama Dorgham, Ibrahim Al-Mherat, Jawdat Al-Shaer, Sulieman Bani-Ahmad and Stephen Laycock
Bioelectric signals are used to measure electrical potential, but there are different types of signals. The electromyography (EMG) is a type of bioelectric signal used to monitor and recode the electrical activity of the muscles. The current work aims to...
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Denisa Piele, Eva Ilie, Ligia Rusu and Mihnea Ion Marin
Background: According to statistics, worldwide, the number of young persons diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis has tripled in the last 10 years. This tendency seems to be related to the development of technological devices that induce vicious postures. ...
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So-Yeon Baek and Jong-Ho Nam
Welding, a key technology in the shipbuilding industry, is mostly performed by hand, owing to the complex structure and shape of production blocks. This manual welding requires a variety of working postures, which have become an important determinant of ...
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Lukasz Kuta, Piotr Komarnicki, Katarzyna Lakoma and Joanna Praska
The harvest phase plays an important role in the whole process of production of tomato fruit. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure a technological process that will not damage biological materials. The harvest phase plays an important role in the whole p...
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Wensheng Chen, Yinxi Niu, Zhenhua Gan, Baoping Xiong and Shan Huang
Enhancing information representation in electromyography (EMG) signals is pivotal for interpreting human movement intentions. Traditional methods often concentrate on specific aspects of EMG signals, such as the time or frequency domains, while overlooki...
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Jing-Chen Hong, Kazuhiro Yasuda, Hiroki Ohashi and Hiroyasu Iwata
Swing-phase dorsiflexion assistance with robotic ankle?foot orthosis could improve toe clearance and limb shortening such that compensatory movements are suppressed. However, facilitating voluntary effort under assistance remains a challenge. In our prev...
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Bartosz Wieczorek, Mateusz Kukla, Dominik Rybarczyk and Lukasz Wargula
Purpose: The main purpose of the research conducted was the analysis of kinematic and biomechanical parameters measured during manual wheelchair ramp-climbing with the use of the anti-rollback system and the comparison of the values tested with the manua...
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Max Böhme, Hans-Peter Köhler, Robert Thiel, Jens Jäkel, Johannes Zentner and Maren Witt
A novel exoskeleton robotic system was developed to assist stair climbing. This active demonstrator consists of a motor with a cable system, various sensors, and a control system with a power supply. The objective of this preliminary study is a biomechan...
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Jacek Wilczynski, Przemyslaw Karolak, Sylwia Janecka, Magdalena Kabala and Natalia Habik-Tatarowska
The aim of the study was to analyze the relationship between the angle of spinal curvature and surface electromyography (SEMG) amplitude of the erector spinae in young school-children. A total of 251 children aged 7?8 participated in the study. The analy...
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Eleonora Ortu, Sara Di Nicolantonio, Samuele Cova, Davide Pietropaoli, Lucia De Simone and Annalisa Monaco
Background: The main objective of this study was to compare the clinical efficacy of two different devices, the Eptamed elastodontic device and a common bite sold in pharmacies, by assessing a computer aid evaluation of patients? surface electromyography...
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João Freitas, Ana Conceição, Jan ?tastný, Hugo Louro, Luís Leitão, Diana Torres, Daniel A. Marinho and Henrique P. Neiva
This study analyzed muscle activity during the stand-up paddle stroke, considering the paddling side and the adjacent and opposing muscles relative to the position of the arms during paddling. Methods: Fourteen male paddleboarders performed three trials ...
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Angelika Wesolek, Przemyslaw Daroszewski and Juliusz Huber
The present study aimed to assess the function of muscular and nervous systems in high-maneuvering jet fighters with the chosen method of clinical neurophysiology, which methodologically has not yet been presented in detail. Fifteen pilots with the exper...
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Pablo Sarabia, Alvaro Araujo, Luis Antonio Sarabia and María de la Cruz Ortiz
Surface electromyography (sEMG) plays a crucial role in several applications, such as for prosthetic controls, human?machine interfaces (HMI), rehabilitation, and disease diagnosis. These applications are usually occurring in real-time, so the classifier...
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Chu-Yuan Chiang, Kuang-Wei Lin, Hui-Min Lee, Shun-Hwa Wei and Li-Wei Chou
Flatfoot causes abnormal biomechanics in the lower extremity, resulting in discomfort and excessive burden on lower extremity muscles during functional tasks, and it potentially leads to associated syndromes in the lower extremity. The aim of this study ...
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Ji-Hyeon Yoo, Ho-Jin Jung, Yi-Sue Jung, Yoon-Bee Kim, Chang-Jae Lee, Sung-Tae Shin and Han-Ul Yoon
This paper proposes a systemic approach to upper arm gym-workout classification according to spatio-temporal features depicted by biopotential as well as joint kinematics. The key idea of the proposed approach is to impute a biopotential-kinematic relati...
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Alex Rizzato, Antonio Paoli and Giuseppe Marcolin
Background: In proprioceptive training, unstable devices produce multidirectional perturbations that must be counterbalanced by the postural control systems and core-muscle activation. We investigated whether different sizes and shapes of three gymnastic...
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Grzegorz Wojdala, Artur Golas, Michal Krzysztofik, Robert George Lockie, Robert Roczniok, Adam Zajac and Michal Wilk
The aim of this study was to compare the muscle activity between the sling shot assisted (SS) and control (CONT) flat barbell bench press for selected external loads of 70%, 85%, 100% one-repetition maximum (1RM). Ten resistance-trained men participated ...
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