This study investigated whether immobilization-induced hyposensitivity to d-tubocurarine (dTC), up-regulation of acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) and changes in fiber size and motor endplate size persist indefinitely and whether they are causally related. Unilateral disuse of the tibialis muscle was produced in adult rats by pinning the knee and ankle joints at 90 degrees flexion. The contralate...

in present paper, a point to point optimal path is planned for a mobile manipulator with flexible links and joints. for this purpose, a perfect dynamic modeling is performed for mobile manipulators considering large deformation in links, shear effects, elastic joints, effect of gravitation, and non-holonomic constraints. to study large deformation of links, non-linear relation of displacement-s...

I ndependent living skills were impaired in a 26-year-old woman who suffered extensive right, dominant hand burns, resulting in the amputation of the right index finger at the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint, and the middle, ring, and little fingers at the metacarpal phalangeal (Mep) joints. A small portion of the right thumb tip had also been removed. The left hand is normal. At the time ...