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The support performance and non-invasively extension of this prosthesis were verified.

The support performance and non-invasively extension of this prosthesis were verified.

Force Monitoring Devices (FMDs) reported in the literature to monitor applied force during Joint Mobilization Technique (JMT) possess complex design/bulky which alters the execution of treatment, has poor accuracy and is unable to feel the resistance provided by soft tissues limits its usage in the clinical settings.

This study aims to develop a highly accurate, portable FMD and to demonstrate real-time monitoring of force applied by health professionals during JMT without altering its execution.

The FMD was constructed using the FlexiForce sensor, potential divider, ATmega 328 microcontroller, custom-written software, and liquid crystal display. The calibration, accuracy, and cyclic repeatability of the FMD were tested from 0 to 90 N applied load with a gold standard universal testing machine. For practical demonstration, the FMD was tested for monitoring applied force by a physiotherapist while performing Maitland's grade I to IV over the 6th cervical vertebra among 30 healthy subjects.

The obtained Bland-Altman plot limits agreement for accuracy, and cyclic repeatability was -1.57 N to 1.22 N, and -1.26 N to 1.26 N, respectively with standard deviation and standard error of the mean values of 3.77% and 0.73% and 2.15% and 0.23%, respectively. The test-retest reliability of the FMD tested by the same researcher at an interval of one week showed an excellent intra-class correlation coefficient of r= 1.00. The obtained force readings for grade I to IV among 30 subjects ranged from 10.33 N to 45.24 N.

Appreciable performance of the developed FMD suggested that it may be useful to monitor force applied by clinicians during JMT among neck pain subjects and is a useful educational tool for academicians to teach mobilization skills.

Appreciable performance of the developed FMD suggested that it may be useful to monitor force applied by clinicians during JMT among neck pain subjects and is a useful educational tool for academicians to teach mobilization skills.

The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of health care professionals in pediatric settings on developmental surveillance and screening programs and also to identify the barriers and facilitators during its implementation.

The data were collected from health professionals involved in pediatric developmental care, practicing in various hospitals, clinics and nursing homes in a suburban city on west coast of Southern India. The study involved cross-sectional exploratory sequential mixed method design which included a quantitative questionnaire survey on health professionals (n= 52) followed by qualitative face-to-face interviews with chosen respondents who participated in the survey (n= 8). The survey data are reported with descriptive statistics, and interview data are subjected to inductive content analysis for deriving codes, categories and themes.

The study results indicate that health professionals involved in pediatric developmental care in Indian health care settings have fair knowledge and a favorable attitude towards the use of developmental surveillance and screening. Furthermore, the facilitators and barriers of implementation have been reported. The strategies outlined by interview respondents to improve adherence to implementation have been discussed.

The practice of developmental surveillance and screening is limited despite favorable knowledge and attitude among health professionals in pediatric developmental care and is dependent on health care organizational setup.

The practice of developmental surveillance and screening is limited despite favorable knowledge and attitude among health professionals in pediatric developmental care and is dependent on health care organizational setup.

We explored the test-retest reliability of pelvic rotation measured using a smartphone and established criterion-related validity by analyzing simple linear regression between pelvic rotation data obtained using the smartphone and those measured by a palpation meter.

We recruited 12 children with cerebral palsy (CP) (7 boys and 5 girls) and measured pelvic rotation using a smartphone application and a palpation meter in the sitting, standing, and one-leg standing positions. Test-retest reliability was evaluated by calculating intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs); simple linear regression was analyzed to explore the relationships between smartphone and palpation meter data.

In terms of the test-retest reliability of pelvic rotation measured by the smartphone, the ICCs ranged from 0.85 to 0.95. Pirtobrutinib datasheet A positive linear correlation was found between smartphone and palpation meter data.

We confirmed that measurement of pelvic rotation using a smartphone was reliable when children with CP were in the sitting, standing, and one-leg standing positions. In addition, pelvic rotation measured using the smartphone correlated significantly with that measured using a palpation meter.

We confirmed that measurement of pelvic rotation using a smartphone was reliable when children with CP were in the sitting, standing, and one-leg standing positions. In addition, pelvic rotation measured using the smartphone correlated significantly with that measured using a palpation meter.

In general, the risk to develop Parkinson's disease (PD) is higher in men compared to women. Besides male sex and genetics, research suggests diabetes mellitus (DM) is a risk factor for PD as well.

In this population-level study, we aimed at investigating the sex-specific impact of DM on the risk of developing PD.

Medical claims data were analyzed in a cross-sectional study in the Austrian population between 1997 and 2014. In the age group of 40-79 and 80+, 235,268 patients (46.6%females, 53.4%males) with DM were extracted and compared to 1,938,173 non-diabetic controls (51.9%females, 48.1%males) in terms of risk of developing PD.

Men with DM had a 1.46 times increased odds ratio (OR) to be diagnosed with PD compared to non-diabetic men (95%CI 1.38-1.54, p < 0.001). The association of DM with newly diagnosed PD was significantly greater in women (OR = 1.71, 95%CI 1.60-1.82, p < 0.001) resulting in a relative risk increase of 1.17 (95%CI 1.11-1.30) in the age group 40 to 79 years. In 80+-year-olds the relative risk increase is 1.