Wearables and machine learning predict five-year fall risk in Parkinson’s patients
Sensor data from wearable devices analyzed over five years reveals walking and posture differences that predict fall risk in Parkinson’s ...
Tag: Posture
Wearable ultrasound sensor revolutionizes continuous blood pressure monitoring
Researchers validated a novel wearable ultrasound blood pressure (BP) sensor, confirming its accuracy and safety across diverse clinical settings. This ...
Confined spaces and stress alter how people perceive food aromas
New research from RMIT University found confined and isolating environments changed the way people smelled and responded emotionally to certain ...
Physician posture impacts patient experience and outcomes
Doctors and others who take care of hospitalized patients may want to sit down for this piece of news. A ...
Doctors must address Parkinson’s patients’ hidden burden of stigma, report says
Even the best treatment approaches for Parkinson's disease are inadequate if they do not address patients' feelings of social rejection, ...
Scientists convert former barn into cutting-edge animal behavior lab
Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour (CASCB) and the Max Planck Institute ...
Individualized treatment for back pain leads to increased effect compared to standard therapies
If a therapy for chronic back pain is tailored specifically to a patient's individual requirements, the chances of success are ...
Multi-legged walking can be much simpler than previously thought
The physics of walking for multi-legged animals and robots is simpler than previously thought. That is the finding described by ...
Scientists perform first completely robot-supported microsurgical operations on humans
It is a great success for robotic microsurgery not only in Münster but worldwide – both for medicine and for ...
Spinal posture assessment in health exams reliably detects cognitive decline
A mass survey of citizens aged 50 to 89 years examined whether cognitive decline could be detected by sagittal spinal ...
