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This paper will describe the NJIT-RAVR system, which combines adaptive robotics with complex VR simulations for the rehabilitation of upper extremity impairments and function in children with CP. The feasibility of this system is examined in the context of two pilot studies. The NJIT-RAVR system consists of the Haptic Master, a 6 degrees of freedom, admittance controlled robot and a suite of rehabilitation...
In this study, we target to automatically detect behavioral patterns of patients with autism. Many stereotypical behavioral patterns may hinder their learning ability as a child and patterns such as self-injurious behaviors (SIB) can lead to critical damages or wounds as they tend to repeatedly harm one single location. Our custom designed accelerometer based wearable sensor can be placed at various...
Obesity due to deposition of acyltriglycerol leads/adds directly or indirectly to various medical complications including; diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, cardio-vascular and neurological disorders. The immediate solution is surgery 'liposuction' or laser/ultrasonic/thermal radiations/ surfactants assisted liposuction or surgical lipectomy without tackling the root cause of obesity. The understanding...
Objective: The study obtains gait feature of children with spastic cerebral palsy (SCP) by analysis of temporal and spatial parameters in stable walking and gait initiation (GI). Method: 24 children with SCP and 18 normally-developing (ND) children were tested by three-dimensional gait analysis system with normal walking speed. Velocity, duration, single support phase (SSP), double support phase (DSP),...
Idiopathic toe walkers are children whose heels do not touch the ground during walking, but who do not have any neurological deficit to explain this. The stretch reflexes for these children are normal, so that the toe walking appears to be voluntary. These children often suffer social problems. Many of these children who are not treated and some during treatment, are likely to develop a dasiaBouncy...
We measured ear pulse waves in 38 children from a nursery school class for 5-year-olds. Ear pulse waves were measured in each child for 1 min. Two children then faced each other, and the ear pulses of both were measured. We used these biological data to examine the effect of facing another child and the relationship of this effect to an action index. The relationship between problem behavior in the...
This paper describes the estimation of the parameter values for the recently introduced augmented RIC respiratory system model from impulse oscillometry data obtained from both asthmatic and normal children. An analysis of these values has indicated that one of the capacitance parameters of the model provides good discrimination between these two groups of children; moreover, this finding corresponds...
This paper describes the estimation of the parameter values for the recently introduced augmented RIC respiratory system model from impulse oscillometry data obtained from both asthmatic and normal children. An analysis of these values has indicated that one of the capacitance parameters of the model provides good discrimination between these two groups of children; moreover, this finding corresponds...
Children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities (SMID) find it almost impossible to communicate whether they are feeling comfortable or uncomfortable. Most of the children with SMID rely on medical care involving disposable-type life support devices such as tracheostomy tubes or gastric tubes. It is believed that the insertion and removal of these medical devices could cause extreme physical...
A simple online system for collecting EMG data from surface recording electrodes and force data has been developed to study muscular weakness in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and children. The parameters of force, integrated EMG, peak positive and negative amplitudes and zero-crossing frequencies are simultaneously recorded. Leg measurements show clear quantifiable differences between normal muscles...
The author points out noninvasive measurements are highly desirable in physiology for two main reasons: (1) absence of interference with the system under evaluation and (2) safety for the subject. Such measurements are especially important in children and during sleep or exercise studies. In these conditions a simple mouth piece, for instance, significantly modifies breathing pattern and can be considered...
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