ENHANCING WALKING PERFORMANCE WITH A BILATERAL HIP EXOSKELETON ASSISTANCE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH ABOVE-KNEE AMPUTATION

Enhancing Walking Performance With a Bilateral Hip Exoskeleton Assistance in Individuals With Above-Knee Amputation

Transfemoral amputation is a debilitating condition that leads to long-term mobility restriction and secondary disorders that negatively affect the quality of life of millions of individuals worldwide.Currently available prostheses are not able to restore energetically efficient and functional gait, thus, recently, the alternative strategy to injec

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Monitoring Geologic Hazards and Vegetation Recovery in the Wenchuan Earthquake Region Using Aerial Photography

On 12 May 2008, the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake occurred in Sichuan Province, China, triggering thousands of landslides, debris flows, and barrier lakes, leading to a substantial loss of life and damage to the local environment and infrastructure.This study aimed to monitor the status of geologic hazards and vegetation recovery in a post-eart

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Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging; reliability of assessment and correlation with clinical findings of pelvic organ prolapse

Introduction: Pelvic floor dysfunction and prolapse affect about 50% of women past middle age.Failure to recognize the complex set of pelvic floor defects in individuals leads to most postsurgical failures.Diagnosis and grading of pelvic floor dysfunction is primarily done by physical examination.Imaging does not have yet an established role in the

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