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Open AccessThe ankle dorsiflexion kinetics demand to increase swing phase foot-ground clearance: implications for assistive device design and energy demands
The ankle is usually highly effective in modulating the swing foot’s trajectory to ensure safe ground clearance but there are few reports of ankle kinetics and mechanical energy exchange during the gait cycle ...
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Open AccessEffects of diabetes mellitus on step length and minimum toe clearance adaptation
Adaptive gait involves the ability to adjust the leading foot in response to the requirement of dynamic environments during walking. Accurate adjustments of the minimum toe clearance (MTC) height and step leng...
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Open AccessA cross-sectional study of foot-ground clearance in healthy community dwelling Japanese cohorts aged 50, 60 and 70 years
Falls-related injuries are particularly serious for older people, causing pain, reduced community engagement and associated medical costs. Trip** is the leading cause of falls and the current study examined ...
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The Use of Wearable Assistive Technology to Increase Soldiers’ Effectiveness
The Australian Army contains more than 50 diverse employment specialisations and soldiers are exposed to a number of different tasks that may benefit from the introduction of wearable assistive technology. The...
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Open AccessReal-time foot clearance biofeedback to assist gait rehabilitation following stroke: a randomized controlled trial protocol
The risk of falling is significantly higher in people with chronic stroke and it is, therefore, important to design interventions to improve mobility and decrease falls risk. Minimum toe clearance (MTC) is the...
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Overview of Computational Intelligence (CI) Techniques for Powered Exoskeletons
There is an emerging need to synchronise wearable function with user intention as many exoskeletons reported in current literature have limited capability to predict user intention. In order to achieve good sy...
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The effect of vitamin D status on pain, lower limb strength and knee function during balance recovery in people with knee osteoarthritis: an exploratory study
The association between vitamin D and muscle function associated with balance recovery and falls in people with knee osteoarthritis is unclear. Those with vitamin D insufficiency demonstrated poorer knee funct...
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A simple and inexpensive enteric-coated capsule for delivery of acid-labile macromolecules to the small intestine
Understanding the ecology of the gastrointestinal tract and the impact of the contents on the host mucosa is emerging as an important area for defining both wellness and susceptibility to disease. Targeted del...
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Open AccessA performance analysis of a wireless body-area network monitoring system for professional cycling
It is essential for any highly trained cyclist to optimize his pedalling movement in order to maximize the performance and minimize the risk of injuries. Current techniques rely on bicycle fitting and off-line...
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Mining Gait Pattern for Clinical Locomotion Diagnosis Based on Clustering Techniques
Scientific gait (walking) analysis provides valuable information about an individual’s locomotion function, in turn, to assist clinical diagnosis and prevention, such as assessing treatment for patients with i...
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Artificial Neural Networks in Smart Homes
Many wonderful technological developments in recent years have opened up the possibility of using smart or intelligent homes for a number of important applications. Typical applications range from overall life...
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Gene Selection and Classification of Human Lymphoma from Microarray Data
Experiments in DNA microarray provide information of thousands of genes, and bioinformatics researchers have analyzed them with various machine learning techniques to diagnose diseases. Recently Support Vector...
