Lyrtzis C, Papadopoulos C, Natsis K, Noussios G. The effect of diclofenac sodium and paracetamol on active and passive range of ankle motion after sprains. J. Hum. Sport Exerc. Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 40-48, 2011. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a NSAID, Diclofenac sodium, and an analgesic, Paracetamol in the reduction of pain and in the passive and active range of ankle moti...

The purpose of this study was to determine the appropriateness of using an elastic hamstring assistance device to reduce perceived levels of soreness, increase isometric strength, increase passive range of motion, and decrease biomarkers of muscle damage after eccentric exercise, specifically, downhill running This study was conducted in a university exercise physiology laboratory placing sixte...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of passive upper arm exercise on range of motion, muscle strength, and muscle spasticity in hemiplegic patients with cerebral vascular disease. METHODS A quasi-experimental design with nonequivalent control group was utilized. According to inclusion criteria, 25 patients were assigned to the control group with routine care, foll...

[Purpose] To evaluate the effects of early passive range of motion exercise on the function of upper extremities and activities of daily living in patients with acute stroke. [Methods] A total of 37 patients with acute stroke in intensive care units, were assigned to the experimental group (n=19) and control group (n=18). The experimental group performed passive range of motion exercise twice a...

Two hybrid error concealment schemes based on application of forward error control (FEC) coding in combination with passive error concealment techniques to diierent layers of coded data in a video transmission system are evaluated. It is shown that use of passive error concealment schemes alone generally does not provide suucient protection against channel errors, especially in the case of vide...

Continuous passive motion has been shown to be effective in the conservative treatment of idiopathic club foot. We wished to determine whether its use after operation could improve the results in resistant club feet which required an extensive soft-tissue release. There were 50 feet in the study. Posteromedial lateral release was performed in 39 feet but two were excluded due to early relapse. ...

Passive motion of an airfoil in the wake a circular cylinder is compared with driven same configuration, through simultaneous measurement both dynamics and surrounding flow field. The passive mounting allows to move transverse (heaving) direction response oncoming forcing, while introducing significant parasitic effects including friction. reproduces important characteristics imperfect motion, ...

Proprioception is important in maintaining shoulder joint stability. Previous studies investigated the effects of unconstrained multiplanar motion, with subjects able to move freely in space, on repositioning tasks for active shoulder motion but not passive motion. We sought to further explore joint position sense with 3D passive, robot-guided motions. We hypothesized that target repositioning ...

Passive dynamic bipeds were first studied by McGeer (McGeer, 1990) as inspired by a bipedal toy described in (McMahon, 1984). Passive dynamic walkers can walk down a shallow slope without actuators and controllers(McGeer, 1990; 1993). McGeer has built passive walkers that exhibit steady motion using a Poincaré map, which he called as a stride function, to analyze the gaits(McGeer, 1990; 1993). ...