“I Am Afraid of Positioning my Baby in Prone”: Beliefs and Knowledge about Tummy Time Practice by Bianca Fernandes Vasconcelos e Silva, Sabrinne Suelen Santos Sampaio, Julia Raffin Moura, Cléa Emanuela Barreto de Medeiros, Carolina Daniel de Lima-Alvarez, Camila Rocha Simão, Ingrid Guerra Azevedo, Silvana Alves Pereira

“…Acquisition of motor milestones prevailed in the TT group, suggesting an association between TT practice and motor milestone achievement.…”
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Health Benefits of Endurance Training: Implications of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor—A Systematic Review by Włodzimierz Mrówczyński

“…This article presents a concept that wide expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its receptors (TrkB) in the nervous tissue, evoked by regular endurance training (ET), can cause numerous motor and metabolic adaptations, which are beneficial for human health. …”
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Gender Was Associated with Depression but Not with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Qin Xiao-ling, Du Yin-zhen, Liu Xue-kui, Li Xue, Cheng Gang, Li Zai-li, Gao Dian-shuai

“…To investigate the association between gender and gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunctions, as well as gender and other motor symptoms/nonmotor symptoms, in a sample of PD patients. …”
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Functional Brain Correlates of Upper Limb Spasticity and Its Mitigation following Rehabilitation in Chronic Stroke Survivors by Svetlana Pundik, Adam D. Falchook, Jessica McCabe, Krisanne Litinas, Janis J. Daly

“…Arm spasticity is a challenge in the care of chronic stroke survivors with motor deficits. In order to advance spasticity treatments, a better understanding of the mechanism of spasticity-related neuroplasticity is needed. …”
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FORMATION OF SCALE PROPERTIES FOR ITS FULL REMOVAL FROM THE ROLLED WIRE SURFACE BEFORE WIRE DRAWING by A. B. Sychkov, M. A. Zhigarev, S. Yu. Zhukova, A. V. Perchatkin, V. I. Gritsayenko

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Postural Synergies and Their Development by Mark L. Latash, Vijaya Krishnamoorthy, John P. Scholz, Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky

“…The recent developments of a particular approach to analyzing motor synergies based on the principle of motor abundance has allowed a quantitative assessment of multieffector coordination in motor tasks involving anticipatory adjustments to self-triggered postural perturbations and in voluntary posturalsway. …”
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PID Control for Electric Vehicles Subject to Control and Speed Signal Constraints by Amanda Danielle O. da S. Dantas, André Felipe O. de A. Dantas, João Tiago L. S. Campos, Domingos L. de Almeida Neto, Carlos Eduardo T. Dórea

“…A PID controller for a vehicle DC motor with a separately excited field winding considering the field current constant was tuned using controlled invariant set and multiparametric programming concepts to consider the physical motor constraints as angular velocity and input armature voltage. …”
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Modification of the Ladder Rung Walking Task—New Options for Analysis of Skilled Movements by Iwa Antonow-Schlorke, Julia Ehrhardt, Marcel Knieling

“…Method sensitivity is critical for evaluation of poststroke motor function. Skilled walking was assessed in horizontal, upward, and downward rung ladder walking to compare the demands of the tasks and test sensitivity. …”
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Financial and Performance Analyses of Microcontroller Based Solar-Powered Autorickshaw for a Developing Country by Abu Raihan Mohammad Siddique, M. Shamim Kaiser

“…The BAR consists of a rickshaw structure, a battery bank, a battery charge controller, a DC motor driver, and a DC motor whereas the proposed m-SBAR contains additional components like solar panel and microcontroller based DC motor driver. …”
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Analysis and Experimental Verification of New Power Flow Control for Grid-Connected Inverter with LCL Filter in Microgrid by Herong Gu, Yajuan Guan, Huaibao Wang, Baoze Wei, Xiaoqiang Guo

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Exploring neuropsychiatric symptoms in Friedreich ataxia by Simona Karamazovova, Lucie Stovickova, Dylan J. Jester, Veronika Matuskova, Jaroslava Paulasova-Schwabova, Michaela Kuzmiak, Alena Zumrova, Ross Andel, Martin Vyhnalek

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Rasagiline as Adjunct to Levodopa for Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Osamu Kano, Hiroshi Tsuda, Ayako Hayashi, Masaki Arai

“…Rasagiline is a selective, irreversible monoamine oxidase type B inhibitor used as monotherapy in early Parkinson’s disease and as an adjunct therapy to levodopa in Parkinson’s disease with motor fluctuations. Objectives. This meta-analysis aimed to provide updated evidence on the efficacy for motor and nonmotor symptoms and the safety of rasagiline/levodopa versus levodopa in patients with Parkinson’s disease experiencing motor fluctuations. …”
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Potential Biomarker in Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review with Recommendations for Future Research by Nicholas J. Snow, Katie P. Wadden, Arthur R. Chaves, Michelle Ploughman

“…Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive method used to study the human motor system, which has shown potential in MS research. …”
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Semantic and Phonemic Verbal Fluency in Parkinson’s Disease: Influence of Clinical and Demographic Variables by Ignacio Obeso, Enrique Casabona, Maria Luisa Bringas, Lázaro Álvarez, Marjan Jahanshahi

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Efficacy of Intrathecal 0.75% Hyperbaric Ropivacaine versus 0.5% Hyperbaric Bupivacaine for Elective Inguinal and Perineal Surgery: A Randomised Double-blinded Clinical Study by Bhavini Shah, Dipanjali Mahanta

“…Bupivacaine, a longer-acting agent that provides dense motor blockade, is known to carry a higher risk of re-entrant arrhythmias and cardiac depression with accidental intravascular injection. …”
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Movements Execution in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease by Rosolino Camarda, Cecilia Camarda, Roberto Monastero, Silvia Grimaldi, Lawrence K. C. Camarda, Carmela Pipia, Carlo Caltagirone, Massimo Gangitano

“…We evaluated the relationship between motor and neuropsychological deficits in subjects affected by amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI) and early Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). …”
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Brain Symmetry Index in Healthy and Stroke Patients for Assessment and Prognosis by Andrei Agius Anastasi, Owen Falzon, Kenneth Camilleri, Malcolm Vella, Richard Muscat

“…Quantitative neurophysiological signal parameters are of value in predicting motor recovery after stroke. The novel role of EEG-derived brain symmetry index for motor function prognostication in the subacute phase after stroke is explored. …”
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Cellular Automata Based Modeling for Evaluating Different Bus Stop Designs in China by Haoyang Ding, Wei Wang, Tianming Luo, Zhen Yang, Ye Li, Zhibin Li

“…A cellular automaton model is proposed to simulate mixed traffic flow composed of motor vehicles and bicycles near bus stops. Three typical types of bus stops which are common in China are considered in the model, including two types of curbside bus stops and one type of bus bay stops. …”
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Bacterial contamination in public transport during COVID-19 pandemic: Characterization of an unusual Staphylococcus aureus isolate tolerant to vancomycin by Eva Smelikova, Marcela Krutova, Vaclav Capek, Marie Brajerova, Pavel Drevinek, Jan Tkadlec

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Neuropathology and Neurochemistry of Nonmotor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease by Isidro Ferrer

“…Parkinson disease (PD) is no longer considered a complex motor disorder characterized by Parkinsonism but rather a systemic disease with variegated non-motor deficits and neurological symptoms, including impaired olfaction, autonomic failure, cognitive impairment, and psychiatric symptoms. …”
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