Para-alpine sit skiers face unique challenges in balance control due to their disabilities and the use of sit skis. This study assessed their multi-joint coordination before and after slackline traini...
Nine alpine sit skiers (6 M/3 F; 27 ± 8 years; height: 168.3 ± 6.0 cm; body mass: 55.4 ± 6.9 kg) with different disabilities (LW10-LW12) volunteered for the experiment. All subjects performed slacklin...
After training, performance improved significantly with an increase in balance time (1041%, p = 0.002), and a decrease in joint angular velocities and RMS amplitude of the sit ski foot (p < 0.05). Joi...
Our findings showed the development of joint coordination involving better control of the hip and sit skis during the challenging slackline training task....
This study is a systematic review about the WEB device and addresses the efficacy and safety of this device for the endovascular treatment of ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms....
This systematic literature review followed PRISMA-P guidelines and included studies published until 2010. PubMed and ScienceDirect databases were searched, resulting in 22 articles meeting the inclusi...
The studies involved 1705 patients and 1224 aneurysms, predominantly wide-neck aneurysms in the middle cerebral artery, internal carotid artery, and basilar artery. The treatment success rate was 28.1...
The WEB device demonstrates favorable outcomes in treating patients with intracranial aneurysms, with adequate occlusion rates improving over time. Thromboembolic complications are the primary concern...
Continuously increasing demand for the life-critical water resource induces severe global water shortages. It is imperative to advance effective, economic, and environmentally sustainable strategies t...
Three-dimensional printing has revolutionized drug manufacturing and has provided a solution to the limitations associated with the conventional manufacturing method by designing complex drug delivery...
Percutaneous mechanical aspiration (PMA) of intravascular vegetations is a novel strategy for management of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) who are at high risk of poor outcomes with convent...
To conduct a scoping review of the literature to summarize patient characteristics and outcomes of those undergoing PMA for management of IE....
Two independent reviewers screened abstracts and full text for inclusion and independently extracted data....
MEDLINE, Embase, and Web of Science....
Studies published until February 21, 2023, describing the use of PMA for management of patients with cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) or valvular IE were included....
As this was a scoping review, risk of bias assessment was not performed....
Descriptive data was reported....
We identified 2252 titles, of which 1442 abstracts were screened, and 125 full text articles were reviewed for inclusion. Fifty-one studies, describing a total of 294 patients who underwent PMA for IE...
While PMA is a promising advance in the care of patients with IE, higher quality data regarding patient outcomes are needed to better inform the use of this procedure....
Short-term continuous flow (STCF) ventricular assist devices (VADs) are utilized in adults with cardiogenic shock; however, mortality remains high. Previous studies have found that high pre-operative ...
This was a retrospective review of adults implanted with STCF-VADs between 2009 and 2019. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to predict outcomes and Kaplan-Meier analysis w...
Seventy-nine patients were included with a median MELD-XI score of 21.2 (IQR 13.5, 27.0). Patients with an unsuccessful wean from support (p < 0.001) or major post-operative bleeding (p = 0.03) had si...
Pre-operative MELD-XI score was a moderate predictor of unsuccessful wean with limited utility in predicting bleeding in patients on STCF-VAD support. This scoring system may be useful in the clinical...
The purpose of this study was to objectively evaluate visual discomfort using an eye tracker and aberrometer after a 21-min reading session on an iPad and an Ebook. Additionally, retinal changes were ...
A total of 31 young subjects (24 ± 4 years) participated in this study. They read for 21 min on an Ebook and for another 21 min on an iPad under controlled lighting conditions while their eye movement...
No statistically significant differences (...
Reading speed and visual discomfort resulting from electronic device usage can be objectively assessed using an eye tracker and aberrometer. Additionally, changes found in central and peripheral retin...
In this study, we investigated the gas-sensing mechanism in bottom-gate organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) using poly(triarylamine) (PTAA). A comparison of different device architectures reveale...
Monitoring visual fields via virtual reality device proved to have good inter-test and test-retest reliability as well as easy usability when self-administered by individuals with and without visual f...
To assess the reliability of remote, self-administered visual field monitoring using a virtual reality visual field (VRVF) device in individuals without ocular disease and with stable visual field def...
Individuals without ocular disease and with stable defects were recruited. All participants had a baseline standard automated perimetry (SAP) test. Participants tested remotely on a VRVF device for fo...
A total of 42 eyes from 21 participants were tested on the VRVF device. Participants tested consistently although external factors impacted outcomes. VRVF results were in reasonable agreement with the...
Self-administered, remote VF tests on a VRVF device showed satisfactory test-retest reliability, good inter-test agreement with SAP, and acceptability by its users. External factors may impact at-home...
The flow diverter (FD) device has become a feasible and effective option for treating intracranial aneurysms. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Tubridge FD (TFD) in treating intr...
