PURPOSE This study evaluated the clinical characteristics of bilateral leg edema during follow-up of heart failure (HF) patients and determined the added value of monitoring fluid weight gain for deciding whether this non-specific sign is a more clinically relevant sign. METHODS Retrospective analysis was performed on 1826 visits from 83 ambulatory patients with established mild-to-moderate H...

PURPOSE To examine the effects of conservative and surgical treatments for nocturnal leg cramps in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Nocturnal leg cramps is frequently observed in patients with peripheral neuropathy. However, there have been few reports on the relationship between nocturnal leg cramps and LSS, and it remains unknown whether conservative or surgical intervention has an...

CLINICAL PRESENTATION A 28-year-old man referred to the dermatology clinic with an asymptomatic firm, well demarcated violaceous plaque with bumpy surface on his right medial upper shin since two years ago. At first, the lesion was an erythematous patch and gradually became like a plaque. He had pain and sensation of heaviness in his leg (Figure 1). He had no other skin lesions and was otherwis...

This study aims to analyze the biomechanical difference between two legs of male badminton players when they land on one leg, thereby providing some guidance for preventing sports injury. Ten were selected as subjects. They did single-leg landing movement successfully three times. The kinematic data obtained by Vicon infrared high-speed motion capture system. kinetic KISTLER three-dimensional f...

This paper presents local shielding techniques applied to a half-bridge inverter leg with the aim reduce common mode (CM) current noise at converter's DC input. The research study is conducted for 650V Enhancement Gallium Nitride (GaN) power transistor switches. Main contributors of parasitic capacitances referred inverter-leg middle point node are identified. Then, solutions proposed CM emissi...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Although Asian Indians have been shown to have increased body fat compared to Europeans, there have been very few studies in Asian Indians validating the various methods available for body fat measurement. The aim of this study was to test the validity of body fat measured by two commercial impedance analyzers (leg-to-leg and hand-held) as well as by skinfolds with Dual...

In this work, computational modelling and performance assessment of several different types variable thermoelectric legs have been performed under steady-state conditions the results reviewed. The study conducted has covered geometries, not previously analysed in literature, such as Cone-leg Diamond-leg, based on corresponding generator leg shape structure. According to findings, it demonstrate...