PURPOSE The aim of this study was to develop a cross-culturally adapted Thai version of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) and investigate its reliability and validity among patients with knee osteoarthritis. METHODS The TSK was translated into Thai language and culturally adapted in line with the international standards. The Thai TSK questionnaire was then tested for internal consistenc...

The fuzzy inference system proposed by Takagi, Sugeno, and Kang, known as the TSK model in fuzzy system literature, provides a powerful tool for modeling complex nonlinear systems. Unlike conventional modeling where a single model is used to describe the global behavior of a system, TSK modeling is essentially a multimodel approach in which simple submodels (typically linear models) are combine...

The Tight Skin (TSK) mouse is a mutant strain that displays connective tissue abnormalities characterized by excessive accumulation of collagen in skin, subcutaneous tissues, and some internal organs such as the heart. Increased collagen biosynthesis by skin organ cultures from affected mice has been previously demonstrated, but the mechanisms responsible have not been identified. In order to e...

The paper presents a modified structure of Takaga-Sugeno-Kang (TSK) network with a fully automated building and learning algorithm. The modification has resulted in a great reduction of nonlinear parameters of the network (almost three times). The modified network can be initiated using Gustafson-Kessel clustering algorithm. After initiation all parameters are further fine-tuned by an gradient ...

This article describes an approach to automatically build a Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model (TSK-model) based on a set of input-output data (system identification). Identifying rule-based fuzzy models consists of two parts: structure modeling, i. e. determining the number of rules and input variables involved respectively, and parameter optimization, i. e. optimizing the rules consequences and the lo...

PURPOSE Individuals with cardiac problems avoid physical activity and exercise because they expect to feel shortness of breath, dizziness, or chest pain. Assessing kinesiophobia related to heart problems is important in terms of cardiac rehabilitation. The Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia Swedish Version for the Heart (TSK-SV Heart) is reliable and has been validated for cardiac diseases in the Swe...

OBJECTIVES To create reference values for the general Finnish population using the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK-FIN), to study gender differences in the TSK-FIN, to assess the internal consistency of the TSK-FIN, to estimate the prevalence of high levels of kinesiophobia in Finnish men and women, and to examine the association between kinesiophobia and leisure-time physical activity and th...

Introduction: After anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, potential copers (PCs) and non-copers (NCs) are differentiated based on functional ability and knee stability. Due to frequent episodes of the knee giving way, rehabilitation specialists recommend NCs undergo ACL reconstruction (ACLR) prior to the resumption of sport activities. Some PCs opt to have non-operative management while othe...

An interval type-2 TSK fuzzy logic system can be obtained by considering the membership functions of its existed type-1 counterpart as primary membership functions and assigning uncertainty to cluster centers, standard deviation of Gaussian membership functions and consequence parameters. In many cases it has been difficult to determine the spread percentages for these parameters to obtain an o...