UNLABELLED The list of individualized needs of the wheelchair user as developed by the medical and personal profile assessment can be categorized under the general goals to be accomplished through the process of the wheelchair recommendation: MEDICAL PROFILE: MEDICAL HISTORY (1) Compensate for loss or absence of function. (2) Promote good health through prevention of problems. Physical Assess...

BACKGROUND This study examines the relationship between race and mobility over 5 years in initially well-functioning older adults and evaluates how a broad set of socioeconomic status indicators affect this relationship. METHODS Data were from 2,969 black and white participants aged 70-79 from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study. Mobility parameters included self-reported capacity t...

OBJECTIVE Compare the quality of life (QOL) of youth living with visible facial differences (FDs) with youth living with a visible nonfacial difference (i.e., mobility limitations), an invisible difference (i.e., attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder), or no known difference. DESIGN An observational study of perceived QOL among adolescents with FDs (n = 56), adolescents with no diagnosed c...

Over the last decades, cellular immunotherapy has revealed its curative potential. However, inherent physiological characteristics of immune cells can limit potency this approach. Best defined in T cells, dysfunction associated with terminal differentiation, exhaustion, senescence, and activation-induced cell death, undermine adoptive therapies. In review, we concentrate on how multiple mechani...

Current limitation is crucial to protect DC motors from overheating in overload situations. This consideration more critical applications that involve the movement of variable loads, such as exoskeleton applications, where there exists dynamic human-robot interaction. work presents a software current method based on continuous motor model predictor. By predicting, according model, voltages woul...