scholarly journals Flexible submental sensor patch with remote monitoring controls for management of oropharyngeal swallowing disorders

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. eaay3210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Ku Kim ◽  
Cagla Kantarcigil ◽  
Bongjoong Kim ◽  
Ratul Kumar Baruah ◽  
Shovan Maity ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Muscle Activity ◽  
Treatment Compliance ◽  
Swallowing Disorders ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Remote Monitoring System ◽  
Medical Centers ◽  
Healthy Control Participant ◽  
Healthy Control ◽  
Head Neck

Successful rehabilitation of oropharyngeal swallowing disorders (i.e., dysphagia) requires frequent performance of head/neck exercises that primarily rely on expensive biofeedback devices, often only available in large medical centers. This directly affects treatment compliance and outcomes, and highlights the need to develop a portable and inexpensive remote monitoring system for the telerehabilitation of dysphagia. Here, we present the development and preliminarily validation of a skin-mountable sensor patch that can fit on the curvature of the submental (under the chin) area noninvasively and provide simultaneous remote monitoring of muscle activity and laryngeal movement during swallowing tasks and maneuvers. This sensor patch incorporates an optimal design that allows for the accurate recording of submental muscle activity during swallowing and is characterized by ease of use, accessibility, reusability, and cost-effectiveness. Preliminary studies on a patient with Parkinson’s disease and dysphagia, and on a healthy control participant demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of this system.

scholarly journals A Remote Monitoring System of Logistics Carrier Based on Wireless Sensor Network

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Wang Weidong
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Network ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Network ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Remote Monitoring System ◽  
Monitoring Center

To improve the efficiency of the remote monitoring system for logistics transportation, we proposed a remote monitoring system based on wireless sensor network and GPRS communication. The system can collect information from the wireless sensor network and transmit the information to the ZigBee interpreter. The monitoring system mainly includes the following parts: Car terminal, GPRS transmission network and monitoring center. Car terminal mainly consists by the Zigbee microcontroller and peripherals, wireless sensor nodes, RFID reader, GPRS wireless communication module composed of a micro-wireless monitoring network. The information collected by the sensor communicates through the GPRS and the monitoring center on the network coordinator, sends the collected information to the monitoring center, and the monitoring center realizes the information of the logistics vehicle in real time. The system has high applicability, meets the design requirements in the real-time acquisition and information transmission of the information of the logistics transport vehicles and goods, and realizes the function of remote monitoring.

A 4-tiers architecture for mobile WBAN based health remote monitoring system

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 2179-2190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audace Manirabona ◽  
Lamia Chaari Fourati
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring System ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Remote Monitoring System

scholarly journals Back-Support Exoskeleton Control Strategy for Pulling Activities: Design and Preliminary Evaluation

Designs ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Maria Lazzaroni ◽  
Tommaso Poliero ◽  
Matteo Sposito ◽  
Stefano Toxiri ◽  
Darwin G. Caldwell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategy ◽  
Muscle Activity ◽  
Material Handling ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Biomechanical Analysis ◽  
Perceived Support ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Subjective Measurements ◽  
Spinal Muscles ◽  
Forearm Muscle

The execution of manual material handling activities in the workplace exposes workers to large lumbar loads that increase the risk of musculoskeletal disorders and low back pain. In particular, the redesign of the workplace is making the execution of pulling activities more common, as an alternative to lifting and carrying tasks. The biomechanical analysis of the task revealed a substantial activation of the spinal muscles. This suggests that the user may benefit from the assistance of a back-support exoskeleton that reduces the spinal muscle activity and their contribution to lumbar compression. This work addresses this challenge by exploiting the versatility of an active back-support exoskeleton. A control strategy was specifically designed for assisting pulling that modulates the assistive torques using the forearm muscle activity. These torques are expected to adapt to the user’s assistance needs and the pulled object mass, as forearm muscle activity is considered an indicator of grip strength. We devised laboratory experiments to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed strategy. We found that, for the majority of the subjects, back muscle activity reductions were associated with the exoskeleton use. Furthermore, subjective measurements reveal advantages in terms of perceived support, comfort, ease of use, and intuitiveness.

Effects of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury on Muscle Activity of Head, Neck and Trunk Muscles: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation

CRANIO® ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simona Tecco ◽  
Vincenzo Salini ◽  
Stefano Teté ◽  
Felice Festa ◽  
Christian Colucci
Keyword(s):  
Anterior Cruciate Ligament ◽  
Muscle Activity ◽  
Cruciate Ligament ◽  
Acl Injury ◽  
Trunk Muscles ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Anterior Cruciate ◽  
Head Neck
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