This study proposes a new tension member with buckling-free function using carbon fiber reinforced polymer for the seismic bracing system. Firstly, concept of composite brace; partially fibred brace, is introduced. Secondly, material strength brace molded by modified pultrusion investigated. Finally, cyclic loading tests to simulate are conducted. As result, it was demonstrated that system can ...

BACKGROUND we investigated how ruptured Achilles tendons are loaded in a brace. There is an ongoing discussion whether patients should be recommended to bear weight on the injured limb. However, little is known about the effects of bracing on tensional loading of the healing Achilles tendon: it is uncertain if load-bearing actually stresses the Achilles tendon inside a brace. METHODS we measu...

Several published articles suggest that an untreated progressive idiopathic scoliosis (IS) curve may present a poor prognosis into adulthood including back pain, pulmonary compromise, cor pulmonale, psychosocial effects, and even death [Rowe 1998, Danielsson et al 2006, Danielsson et al. 2007, Weinstein et al. 1981, Weinstein and Ponsetty 1983, Weinstein et al 2003]. Bracing, even though it has...

The presence and morphology of plant brace roots are important root architecture traits. Brace roots contribute significantly to effective anchorage and water and nutrient uptake during late growth and development, and more importantly, have a substantial influence on grain yield under soil flooding or water limited conditions. However, little is known about the genetic mechanisms that underlie...

Purpose: The present research evaluated the effect of using a back brace for 8 weeks on the Electromyography (EMG) activity of the selected muscles among individuals with chronic back pain in the mid-stance phase of walking. Methods: This quasi-experimental research evaluated 22 women with chronic back pain in terms of erector spinae muscles activity, abdominal erectus, abdominal external obli...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that a custom-fit valgus knee brace and custom-made lateral wedge foot orthotic will have greatest effects on decreasing the external knee adduction moment during gait when used concurrently. DESIGN Proof-of-concept, single test session, crossover trial. SETTING Biomechanics laboratory within a tertiary care center. PARTICIPANTS Patients (n=16) with varus ...

BACKGROUND Adolescent girls treated with a brace for scoliosis are submitted to prolonged stress related to both the disease and the therapy. Currently proposed quality of life questionnaires are focused on the outcome of therapy. Bad Sobernheim Stress Questionnaire (BSSQ) enables monitoring of patients being under treatment with a brace or exercises. The aim of the study was to assess the stre...

The bicontraction of a vertex v of degree two in a graph, with precisely two neighbours v1 and v2, consists of shrinking the set {v1, v, v2} to a single vertex. The retract of a matching covered graph G, denoted by Ĝ, is the graph obtained from G by repeatedly bicontracting vertices of degree two. Up to isomorphism, the retract of a matching covered graph G is unique. If G is a brace on six or ...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Physical deformities caused by adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) coupled with conservative treatment of AIS with orthesis unavoidably impacts on patients' quality of life (QoL). The present study aimed at evaluating the QoL in patients affected by AIS treated with brace. The study also sought to determine the ability of different QoL questionnaires to monitor QoL...