ROBOT-ASSISTED ASSESSMENT OF MUSCLE STRENGTH

Robot-assisted assessment of muscle strength

Abstract Impairment of neuromuscular function in neurological disorders leads to reductions in muscle force, which may lower quality of life.Rehabilitation robots that are equipped with sensors are able to quantify the extent of muscle force impairment and to monitor a patient during the process of neurorehabilitation with sensitive and objective a

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Clinician perspectives and recommendations regarding design of clinical prediction models for deteriorating patients in acute care

Abstract Background Successful deployment of clinical prediction models for clinical deterioration relates not only to predictive performance but to integration into the decision making process.Models may demonstrate good discrimination and calibration, but fail to match the needs of practising acute care clinicians who receive, interpret, and act

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Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) driven oropharyngeal cancer in current or previous heavy smokers: should we look for a different treatment paradigm?

IntroductionHuman papillomavirus Virus (HPV)-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has increased in incidence in recent decades and represents a heterogeneous disease entity in the context of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC), in terms of Bucket Hats disease prognosis.Treatment of locoregionally advanced OSCC is mainly

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Rethinking the role of underground political work in the struggle for the liberation of Mozambique, late 1950s- 1970s

Studies on underground (or clandestine forms of political struggle) remain largely unknown with just a few of them published.The study focuses on underground political work in southern Mozambique from the 1950s to the 1970s.The main argument that the study seeks to make is that despite the intensification of colonial exploitation for the benefit of

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