Structure Design and Kinematics Simulation of a Novel 7-DOF Upper Limb Rehabilitation Exoskeleton Robot by Tongtong Zhao, Yue Zhang, Gangsheng Cao, Chunming Xia

“…Aiming at the existing problems of rehabilitation robots in passive rehabilitation training for patients with severe upper limb hemiplegia， a novel 7-DOF upper limb exoskeleton robot is proposed， and a new hand fixator is designed to replace the grip of the traditional exoskeleton to better achieve the effective wrist training for patients with severe upper limb hemiplegia. …”
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Sex-differences in the risk of carpal tunnel syndrome: results from a large Ontario, Canada worker cohort by Fanni R. Eros, Paul A. Demers, Jeavana Sritharan

“…Abstract Background Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a prevalent cumulative strain injury associated with occupational risk factors such as vibration, repetitive and forceful wrist movements, and awkward wrist postures. This study aimed to identify Ontario workers at elevated risk for CTS and to explore sex differences in CTS risk among workers. …”
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Gel-Based Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation in a Patient with Noncontained Osteochondral Knee Defect at 9-Year Follow-Up by Ujjval Deliwala, Sumit Jain Sethia

“…It commonly occurs in the knee joint, elbow, wrist, and ankle. Although several surgical concepts have been described to treat OCD (fragment fixation, microfracture, autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI), and mosaicplasty), no gold standard treatment has been accepted for managing OCD. …”
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Integrated Miniature Multiband Antenna Designed for WWD and SAR Assessment for Human Exposure by Brahim Fady, Jaouad Terhzaz, Abdelwahed Tribak, Fatima Riouch

“…To evaluate the exposure amenability of design on human body, we studied the specific absorption rate (SAR) of the design in two main use cases: multilayered human wrist model and a SAM (Specific Anthropomorphic Mannequin) head model. …”
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Analyse ergonomique et mesures biomécaniques dans un abattoir de porcs by Patricia Richard

“…Analysis of their methods revealed a muscular effort in excess of 10 % for wrist flexors when the operators kept the saw latches activated between carcasses. …”
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Extradigital Glomus Tumor of Thigh by Kemal Beksaç, Lutfi Dogan, Nazan Bozdogan, Gulay Dilek, Gokhan Giray Akgul, Cihangir Ozaslan

“…There are rare cases of these tumors reported to be in shoulder, elbow, knee, wrist, even stomach, colon, and larynx. We are reporting a case of a glomus tumor on thigh and discuss the histological and immunohistochemical features.…”
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Design of a New Type of Arm Joint Training Instrument with Multi-posture and Multi-motion Forms for Family Use by Wenjun Xu, Jianfeng Zhou, Liwen Zheng, Yuzhen Lin, Huifen Zhu

“…Aiming at the further acceleration of the aging speed in China， and considering the lack of effective exercise for the elderly， their shoulders， elbows and wrist joints often suffer from soreness， pain， and other problems. …”
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Impaired Visual Motor Coordination in Obese Adults by David Gaul, Arimin Mat, Donal O’Shea, Johann Issartel

“…Methods. 88 participants (44 obese and 44 matched control) sat on a chair equipped with a wrist pendulum oscillating in the sagittal plane. …”
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Diagnostic Value of Measurements of Median Nerve Diameter at the Site of the Maximal Stenosis in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Fryźlewicz A, Rusin G, Rudnicki W, Ułamek-Kozioł M, Antczak J

“…SI CSA may have significant diagnostic potential in CTS.Plain Language Summary: Carpal tunnel syndrome is a frequent condition, where the median nerve is compressed within the wrist by surrounding anatomical structures. As a consequence, the pain and numbness of the wrist, hand and fingers (except the little finger) occur. …”
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Multicentric Giant Cell Tumor of Bone: Synchronous and Metachronous Presentation by Reiner Wirbel, Frank Blümler, Dirk Lommel, Guido Syré, Veit Krenn

“…A 27-year-old man treated 2.5 years ago for synchronous multicentric giant cell tumor of bone located at the right proximal humerus and the right 5th finger presented now with complaints of pain in his right hip and wrist of two-month duration. Radiology and magnetic resonance revealed multicentric giant cell tumor lesions of the right proximal femur, the left ileum, the right distal radius, and the left distal tibia. …”
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Clinical Effect of "RuningⅡ" and Massage along Meridians Treatment on Patients with HER-2 Over-expressing Breast Cancer in Postoperative Rehabilitation Period by Shengfang HU, Hongfeng CHEN, Deming LU

“…There was a significant difference in the arm circumference 10 cm above and 10 cm below the wrist and cubital cease of the affected swollen limb before and after treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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A Bioinspired 10 DOF Wearable Powered Arm Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation by Soumya Kanti Manna, Subhasis Bhaumik

“…The developed exoskeleton device (Exorn) has ten degrees of freedom to control joints starting from shoulder griddle to wrist to provide better redundancy, portability, and flexibility to the human arm motion. …”
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An Unusual Localization of Lunate in a Transcaphoid Volar Lunate Dislocation: Current Concepts by Grigorios Kastanis, George Velivasakis, Anna Pantouvaki, Manolis Spyrantis

“…During operation, the lunate was displaced volarly to the ulnar side of the wrist, forward to the styloid process of the distal ulna, while the scaphoid fracture appeared at the waist with comminution, and the proximal pole of the scaphoid protruded under the dorsal capsule. …”
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MPD-Model: A Distributed Multipreference-Driven Data Fusion Model and Its Application in a WSNs-Based Healthcare Monitoring System by Jibing Gong, Li Cui, Kejiang Xiao, Rui Wang

“…Next, to implement feature extraction of wrist-pulse data, we propose FEA, a light-weight adaptive feature extraction algorithm for time series sensed data. …”
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An Unusual and Complicated Course of a Giant Cell Tumor of the Capitate Bone by Ingo Schmidt

“…Fourth, in the absence of recurrence of GCT, a four-corner fusion (4CF) with a corticocancellous iliac crest bone graft and complete excision of the scaphoid bone had to be performed. Fifth, a total wrist arthroplasty (TWA) was performed due to hardware failure of 4CF with migration of a headless compression screw into radiocarpal joint which led to erosion of articular surface of the distal radius. …”
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Clinical Insights into Tubercular Tenosynovitis: A Series of Eight Compound Palmar Ganglion Cases by Esa Gokulakrishnan, Prem K Kothimbakkam, Bharath Vadivelkumar, Vijayashankar Murugesan

“…Chronic flexor tenosynovitis of the wrist is often associated with tuberculosis in developing countries as opposed to rheumatoid arthritis in developed countries. …”
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Grip Force Modeling and Analysis of the End-effector of Minimally Invasive Surgical Instrument by Fen Liu, Nanxing Du, Hongqiang Sang, Shiming Yang

“…The influences of the nonlinear friction among the steel cable and the guide pulleys，the motion coupling between the finger and wrist joints，and the creep deformation of the steel cable on the guide pulleys on the grip force are considered in the model. …”
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Correction of Length Discrepancy of Radius and Ulna with Distraction Osteogenesis: Three Cases by Kenan Koca, Serkan Akpancar, Cemil Yıldız

“…The patients underwent ulna and radial distraction osteogenesis with unilateral external fixator. Range of wrist and forearm motion, deformities, and length discrepancy of ulna and radius were compared at preoperative and postoperative. …”
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Practical challenges of the concept of using Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in the management of pediatric distal radius fractures by Alireza Mobasseri

“…The diagnosis of distal radius fracture is usually based on history taking, physical examination, and plain wrist radiographies. However, the radiation risk of plain X-ray imaging is its major drawback when obtaining exposures in children in their growing age. …”
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Shot mechanical analysis according to shooting performance in youth basketball players by Fatih Kılınç, Ömer Pamuk

“…Significant differences were found between groups in the shoulder part during the beginning phase and the wrist part during the final shooting phase (p…”
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