Abstract In this study, an ankle intention detection algorithm was developed to calculate the torque user wants exert from starting user’s EMG signal. Since subtalar joint axis of is very important for stability, intent also calculates eversion motion axis. A dry sensor used measure signal, and biaxial measurement device manufactured perform experiment. The experiment conducted on four healthy ...

Stone formation within the intestinal lumen is called enterolith. This stone can encroach into the lumen causing obstruction and surgical emergency. Jejunal obstruction by an enterolith is a very rare entity and often missed preoperatively. To our knowledge, most cases of jejunal obstruction, secondary to stone, were associated with biliary disease (cholecystoenteric fistula), bezoar, jejunal d...

total gastrectomy is one of the most common operative procedures for gastric malignancy, but therecommended method of gastrointestinal reconstruction after gastrectomy is still controversial. significantweight loss has been noted by many observers following gastrectomy. the roux-en-y method is the mostfrequent reconstructive technique performed after gastrectomy. this technique is easy to perfo...

Background Obesity has been suggested as a social issue, but problems in the foot and ankle have not clearly identified people with obesity. Purpose To compare posture, joint position sense, dynamic balance ability, plantar pressure obesity group (OG) normal weight (NWG) Study design Cross-sectional study Methods This included 52 adults (26 for OG 26 NWG). All subjects had their posture index-6...

In a retrospective study of runners with a history of plantar fasciitis, we reported that these runners exhibited significantly greater peak eversion compared to the controls (Davis et al, 2003). A trend towards greater eversion velocity was also noted. Plantar fasciitis is also often associated with limitations in ankle dorsiflexion range of motion. It is believed that this limitation may lead...

Trained, unanaesthetised dogs with jejunal fistula and adapted to 2 h meal-time showed transient taste-correlated changes in pressure (mm H2O) but not in frequency of intestinal motility. Intestinal pressure was increased on bitter taste both before meal-time (4.7 +/- 0.2 mm) and after it (13.1 +/- 0.9 mm) over respective basal pressure (before meal 3.2 +/- 0.4 mm), after meal 10.6 +/- 1.4 mm),...

BACKGROUND Membrane bound guanylyl cyclase-G (mGC-G), a novel form of GC mediates ischemia and reperfusion (IR)-induced renal injury. We investigated the roles of mGC-G in intestinal IR-induced jejunal damage, inflammation, and apoptosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male C57BL/6 wild-type (WT) and mGC-G gene knockout (KO) mice were treated with a sham operation or 45 min of superior mesenteric arte...

OBJECTIVES Total pharyngolaryngectomy with free jejunal reconstruction is often performed in patients with hypopharyngeal carcinoma. However, postoperative speechlessness significantly decreases patient quality of life. We investigated whether Provox® insertion could preserve speech after total pharyngolaryngectomy with free jejunal reconstruction. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective chart review. M...

We consider properties of the total absolute geodesic curvature functional on circle immersions into a Riemann surface. In particular, we study its behavior under regular homotopies, its infima in regular homotopy classes, and the homotopy types of spaces of its local minima. We also consider the total curvature functional on the space of 2-sphere immersions into 3-space in a similar spirit. We...