Houses in the Wood to enjoy the Sun and the Stars by Elena Mucelli

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ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION OF SYMMETRICAL TOGGLE-LEVEL PARALLEL MECHANISM by LU Lin

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Valve-Like and Protruding Calcified Intimal Flap Complicating Common Iliac Arteries Kissing Stenting by George S. Georgiadis, Efstratios I. Georgakarakos, Nikolaos Schoretsanitis, Christos C. Argyriou, George A. Antoniou, Miltos K. Lazarides

“…Additionally, a severe left femoral bifurcation stenosis was also corrected by endarterectomy-arterioplasty with a bovine patch. Postintervention ankle brachial pressure indices were significantly improved. …”
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Skeletal Manifestations of Scurvy: A Case Report from Dubai by Shahryar Noordin, Naveed Baloch, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Abdul Rashid Memon, Tashfeen Ahmad

“…There was significant swelling and tenderness over the wrist, knee and ankle joints, along with painful restriction of motion. …”
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Normal and melanoma skin visualized, quantified and compared by in vivo photoacoustic imaging by Terese von Knorring, Tobias Buhl Ihlemann, Paul Blanche, Charlene Reichl, Niels Møller Israelsen, Caroline Meyer Olesen, Yasemin Topal Yüksel, Mette Mogensen

“…Higher deoxyhemoglobin levels were observed in the ankle compared to the cheek and volar forearm, while melanin, lipids, and collagen showed minimal variation. …”
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Video Analysis of 26 Cases of Second ACL Injury Events in Collegiate and Professional Athletes by Manuela Vargas, Grace K Chaney, María C. Mejía Jaramillo, Paige Cummings, April McPherson, Nathaniel A. Bates

“… # Results Knee flexion and knee frontal plane angles were greater at 66 ms than IC (p ≤ 0.03). Hip, trunk, and ankle frontal plane angles were not greater at 66 ms than IC (p ≥ 0.22). …”
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A comparison between male judo-kas and karate-kaswithin body composition and physical fitness by Satpal Yadav

“…Selected body composition such as Standing Height, Weight, HumerusBiepicondylar, Wrist Diameter, Femur Biepicondylar, Ankle Diameter, Upper arm Circumference, Forearm Circumference, Thigh Circumference, Calf Circumference, Bicep Skinfold, Forearm Skinfold, Suprailiac Skinfold, Subscapular Skinfold, Thigh Skinfold, Calf Skinfold  and Physical fitness variables such as 50 meter Dash, Shuttle Run, Shot Put, 600 yards Run or Walk and Bend and Reach Test were presented to compare the male Judokas and Karatekas from three different weight categories namely light weight, middle weight and heavy weight. …”
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Relationship of Physical Factors to the Occurrence of Injuries in Young Gymnasts by Yuria Kobayashi, Yasuharu Nagano, Makoto Suzukawa

“…Joint range of motion (hip, ankle, shoulder, and wrist), tightness (Thomas test, Ely test, straight leg raise \[SLR], triceps surae, combined abduction test \[CAT], horizontal flexion test \[HFT]), and muscle elasticity (multifidus) were assessed to compare differences in physical function between injured and non-injured participants…”
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A novel and alternative treatment method for moderate diabetic foot ulcer: tibial periosteal distraction by Yusong Yuan, Xiaofang Ding, Hao Lu, Ying Chen, Hailin Xu

“…The patients were followed up at 3, 6, and 12 months after the operation with the ulcer area, skin temperature of the medial malleolus, transcutaneous oxygen pressure of the medial malleolus, ankle brachial index, dorsalis pedis artery pulsation, 12 item short form survey quality of life scale score, and visual analogue scale. …”
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A Concurrent Cognitive Task Does Not Perturb Quiet Standing in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Omid Rasouli, Egil A. Fors, Ottar Vasseljen, Ann-Katrin Stensdotter

“…The center of pressure data was decomposed into a slow component and a fast component representing postural sway and adjusting ankle torque. Results. Compared to controls, CFS and FM displayed lower frequency in the slow component (p<0.001), and CFS displayed greater amplitude in the slow (p=0.038 and p=0.018) and fast (p=0.045) components. …”
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Effect of Drop Foot on Spatiotemporal, Kinematic, and Kinetic Parameters during Gait by Ida Wiszomirska, Michalina Błażkiewicz, Katarzyna Kaczmarczyk, Grażyna Brzuszkiewicz-Kuźmicka, Andrzej Wit

“…The main problem in the DF group was insufficient ankle dorsiflexion in the 0–10% of the gait cycle. …”
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Medial Plantar Artery Flap for Soft Tissue Coverage of Heel Defect: A Case Report by Ramadhani Hengki Wijaya, Achmad Fachrizal

“…Case Report: A 16-year-old girl presented with a necrotic wound on the left heel region with calcaneus, malleolus, and talus fractures following trans-ankle external fixation on her left leg. After debridement and necrotomy, the wound revealed exposed calcaneus and implant. …”
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Investigating the Relationship Between Clinical Characteristics, Mental Health, and Vascular Function in Minor Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack Patients by Witid Mitranun, Witoon Mitarnun, Prasit Peepathum, Amorntheap Wandee, Wenika Mitarnun, Wilasinee Pangwong, Tanormsak Senakham

“…Measurements included clinical characteristics, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-part Anxiety (HADS-A), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-part Depression (HADS-D), mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), flow-mediated dilation (FMD), and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV). Linear regression analysis was employed to investigate the factors associated with vascular function (FMD and baPWV)…”
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Effects of kinesio taping in patients undergoing knee or hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Ting Mei, Yuli Shuai, Dandong Wu, Heping Yu

“…In knee arthroplasty patients, kinesio taping significantly reduced pain (standardized mean difference [SMD] = –0.53, 95% CI –0.91 to –0.14, p = 0.007), and relieved thigh (SMD = –0.38, 95% CI –0.65 to –0.12, p = 0.005) and ankle circumferences (SMD = –0.53, 95% CI –0.95 to –0.12, p = 0.01). …”
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System Review of the Efficacy of Acupuncture on Hemiplegic Gait in Stroke Patients by Meiqin LIN, Weilin LIU

“…Acupuncture could improve time-distance parameters, but reported inconsistent results, improve the kinematic parameters of the hip, knee and ankle joint and enhance EMG of back extensor, slow spasm of limbs, increase the balance and walking function, improve the ability of daily life in stroke patients through analysis of quantitative gait.Conclusion:The existing evidences suggested that acupuncture treatment could improve time-distance and kinematic parameters of lower limbs, suppress spasm and increase balance in stroke patients. …”
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3D-Printed Customized Cages for Foot Arthrodesis by Iozefina Botezatu, Dan Lăptoiu, Diana Popescu, Rodica Marinescu

“…Twenty studies involving different regions of the foot, such as the ankle and subtalar joints, were reviewed to document the 3D-printed custom solutions. …”
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Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with stenting for the treatment of lower limb arteriosclerosis obliterans by Chengxiang Zhang, Shiyuan Chen

“…Pre- and postoperative measurements included the ankle-brachial index (ABI), claudication distance, and quality of life scores derived from the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). …”
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Multimodal fuzzy logic-based gait evaluation system for assessing children with cerebral palsy by Saleh Massoud, Ebrahim Ismaiel, Rasha Massoud, Leila Khadour, Moustafa Al-mawaldi

“…The FLS-GIS utilizes hierarchical feature fusion and fuzzy logic models to systematically evaluate and score gait patterns, focusing on spatial and temporal features across the hip, knee, and ankle joints. The two FLS types-1 (FLS-GIS-T1) and type-2 (FLS-GIS-T2) indices, respectively, were implemented to comprehensively study gait profiles. …”
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Organ pedalboard as a rehabilitation tool: A qualitative exploratory study of healthcare providers' perceptions and recommendations. by Mandy M P Kan, Wai Hang Kwok, Eric C Fan, Fadi M Al Zoubi

“…This will assist in the development of a lower extremity training protocol that can accommodate all the physiological hip, knee, ankle, and foot movements in the future.…”
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A Case of an Unusually Aggressive Cutaneous Anaplastic Large T-Cell Lymphoma in an HIV Patient Treated with CHOP by Jorge Hurtado-Cordovi, Louay Hanna, Vladimir Gotlieb, Alan S. Multz, Anastasia Pigal

“…Our patient is a twenty-year-old African American male with perinatally acquired HIV who presented with a 2×2 centimeter necrotic lesion in the right 1st toe; however, 2-3 weeks later multiple smaller lesions appeared on the anterior aspect of the right foot, ankle, and thigh. Biopsy showed cells strongly positive for CD3 and CD30 and negative for CD56 and the ALK gene product. …”
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