Joint mobility was assessed in 80 consecutive adult noninsulin-dependent diabetic (NIDD) patients and 47 nondiabetic controls matched for age and sex. Impairment of mobility was observed in 36 NIDD patients but only 7 controls (p less than 0.01). There was no significant differences between diabetic patients with and without impaired mobility with regards to age, duration of diabetes, mean dail...

Mobility of users, transmission of signals through open-air, the requirement of low power consumption by mobile users and smaller data storage area limitation in mobile equipment make mobile wireless networks more vulnerable to security threats like eavesdropping and unauthorized access. This paper proposes a new set of security protocols to enhance the access and data security features of GSM ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to analyze diurnal profiles of physical activity for community-dwelling adults aged 70 years and over, and to explore the moderating effect of sex, age, morbidity, mobility limitation, and season on physical activity throughout the day. METHODS A sample of 149 primary health care patients (mean age 79.5 ± 5.2 years, 74.5% females) was included in the analy...

Objectives: Although for those spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with paralysis of the legs but not at arms, the primary means of mobility post injury is the manual wheelchair, there are many physiological and psychological advantages to standing and walking, such as improvement in respiratory function, lower limb weight bearing and preventing osteoporosis, pressure sores prevention etc. High m...

Introduction One of the most important manifestations of mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) type I, II and VI is a progressive disease of the osteoarticular system. The evaluation of the disease advancement is difficult due to the complexity of symptoms. The characteristic features are progressive limitation of joint mobility and joint pain. These symptoms affect the quality of patient life. A uniform...

MEP (Maps for Easy Paths) is a project for the enrichment of geographical maps with information about accessibility of urban pedestrian pathways, targeted at people with mobility problems. In this paper, we describe the tools developed to collect data along the paths travelled by target people and the algorithms for a good quality reconstruction of the path developed to overcome the intrinsic l...

MOTIVATION Foot placement and its variability can serve as indicators of mobility and walking ability as a function of age, injury, and disease in humans. Inertial measurement units (IMU) can potentially quantify foot motion without need for laboratorybased motion capture equipment, and for relatively long bouts of walking during daily living. One limitation is that integration of IMU data is s...