Upper-Limb Muscle Synergy Features in Human-Robot Interaction with Circle-Drawing Movements by Cheng Wang, Shutao Zhang, Jingyan Hu, Zhejing Huang, Changcheng Shi

“…The upper-limb rehabilitation robots can be developed as an efficient tool for motor function assessments. Circle-drawing has been used as a specific task for robot-based motor function measurement. …”
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Brain Activity during Lower-Limb Movement with Manual Facilitation: An fMRI Study by Patrícia Maria Duarte de Almeida, Ana Isabel Correia Matos de Ferreira Vieira, Nádia Isabel Silva Canário, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Alexandre Lemos de Castro Caldas

“…Brain activity knowledge of healthy subjects is an important reference in the context of motor control and reeducation. While the normal brain behavior for upper-limb motor control has been widely explored, the same is not true for lower-limb control. …”
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Functional Autonomy Affects Elderly Spatial Perception in Body-Centered Coordinates by Giorgia Committeri, Valentina Sebastiani, Francesco de Pasquale, Massimiliano Stocchi, Chiara Fini

“…Such results suggest a general perceptual readaptation promoted by the aging process that is fine-tuned with the decline of the motor resources. However, it is still unknown whether the elderly space perception is affected by interindividual differences in their functional autonomy (FA) and whether the decline of motor resources affects spatial categorization only when distances are judged with reference to the observer’s own body or also when they are judged with reference to the body of another agent present in the scene. …”
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Ascertaining the Effectiveness of Coordination Training Interventions in Enhancing Sports Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Ashwani Saini, Bipin Kumar Dubey, Rakesh Vishwakarma

“…After a thorough analysis, it was concluded that various training regimens involving different stimuli, means and methods, comprising proprioceptive training, spatial training, motor rhythm training, neuromuscular training, balance training, coordination training drills using ladders, wobble board, bosu balls, trampoline and dynamic games, as well as non-specific sports training with basic exercises, have been found to be effective in enhancing motor coordination and sports skills.  …”
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The Effect of Task Cognitive Difficulty on Perceptual-Cognitive Indicators: Evidence on the Relationship Between Challenge Point Framework (CPF) and Cognitive Development in Table... by Taghi MM, Aghdaei M, Farsi A, Badicu G, de Sousa Fernandes MS, Yagin FH, Ardigò LP

“…One key principle in sports training is designing exercise programs that optimize cognitive-motor performance, based on the Challenge Point Framework (CPF). …”
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Are the Menstrual Characteristics Similar in Adolescent and Adult Women with Cerebral Palsy? by Hanife Dogan, Duygu Turker, Ozge Coban, Merve Basol Goksuluk, Nuriye Ozengin, Necmiye Un Yildirim

“…Among 74 women with cerebral palsy, women between the ages of 10-18 formed the adolescent cerebral palsy group (n= 36), and women between the ages of 19-30 formed the adult cerebral palsy group (n=38). Gross motor function levels of women with cerebral palsy were determined by gross motor function classification system expanded and revised. …”
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Design and Prototyping of a Pineapple Juice Extraction Machine. by Kyazze, Sulaiman

“…One is to transmit torque from the motor to the shaft and the second one is to reduce speed. …”
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Morphological and functional decline of the SNc in a model of progressive parkinsonism by Jacob M. Muñoz, John T. Williams, Joseph J. Lebowitz

“…Abstract The motor symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease are attributed to the degeneration of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc). …”
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Synaptic Paths to Neurodegeneration: The Emerging Role of TDP-43 and FUS in Synaptic Functions by Shuo-Chien Ling

“…TAR DNA-binding protein-43 KDa (TDP-43) and fused in sarcoma (FUS) as the defining pathological hallmarks for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), coupled with ALS-FTD-causing mutations in both genes, indicate that their dysfunctions damage the motor system and cognition. On the molecular level, TDP-43 and FUS participate in the biogenesis and metabolism of coding and noncoding RNAs as well as in the transport and translation of mRNAs as part of cytoplasmic mRNA-ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) granules. …”
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The vagal rhizopathies by Christopher R. Honey

“…This chapter will outline the clinical characteristics unique to vagus nerve compression and highlight both the definitive diagnostic protocol and neurosurgical treatment of these conditions. The vagus nerve has motor, sensory and autonomic components. Neurovascular compression of the motor component can cause hemi-laryngopharyngeal spasm (HELPS syndrome). …”
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Neuronal segmentation in cephalopod arms by Cassady S. Olson, Natalie Grace Schulz, Clifton W. Ragsdale

“…These ANC modules offer a template for modeling the motor control of soft tissues and provide a compelling example of nervous system segmentation in molluscs.…”
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Potential Neuroprotective Effect of the Endocannabinoid System on Parkinson’s Disease by María Fernanda Urmeneta-Ortíz, Aldo Rafael Tejeda-Martínez, Orfil González-Reynoso, Mario Eduardo Flores-Soto

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by alterations in motor capacity resulting from a decrease in the neurotransmitter dopamine due to the selective death of dopaminergic neurons of the nigrostriatal pathway. …”
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Treatment of Advanced Parkinson's Disease by Sara Varanese, Zoe Birnbaum, Roger Rossi, Alessandro Di Rocco

“…Patients at late stage Parkinson's disease (PD) develop several motor and nonmotor complications, which dramatically impair their quality of life. …”
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Airborne Laser Communication System with Automated Tracking by Xizheng Ke, Hanli Liang

“…This article proposes a stepping motor as a control servo system and a four-quadrant detector as an automatic tracking method for the detection unit. …”
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Acetylcholine in irritable bowel syndrome pathogenesis and the role of cholineblockers by Yu. O. Shulpekova

“…Acetylcholine represents the major mediator regulating motor and secretory function of intestine. Change of acetylcholine metabolism of has immediate value in pathogenesis of IBS. …”
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Effect of Deep Brain Stimulation on Speech Performance in Parkinson's Disease by Sabine Skodda

“…Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been reported to be successful in relieving the core motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) and motor fluctuations in the more advanced stages of the disease. …”
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Exacerbating Guillain–Barré Syndrome Eight Days after Vector-Based COVID-19 Vaccination by Josef Finsterer

“…Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) exhibited only a marginal effect for both sensory and motor deficits. The patient’s history was moreover positive for previous GBS with marked motor deficits 14 years earlier, which responded favourably to IVIG leading to almost complete recovery within 9 months of rehabilitation. …”
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ANALYTICAL SYNTHESIS OF FORCED PULSE ELECTRONIC DRIVE CONTROL OF A TRACKING SYSTEM by A. S. Abufanas, A. A. Lobaty, Y. F. Yacina

“…This approach can be used for the control of DC-type DC motors used in various tracking systems used on unmanned aerial vehicles. …”
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Signatures of Transient Overvoltages in Low Voltage Power Systems in Tea Factories and Their Implications on Insulation Deterioration and Allied Power Quality Issues by Earl A. R. L. Pannila, Mahesh Edirisinghe

“…Divergently, proliferated heavy inductive motors and some performance additions based on power electronics have introduced power quality issues to the network. …”
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Assessment of Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women: A Cross-sectional Study by T Elamathi, K Ananthi, Rimi Singh

“…The duration of sensory and motor blockade, as well as the time for rescue analgesia, was significantly prolonged in Group-L compared to Group-R (p-value <0.05). …”
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