An Increase In The Number Of Cardiac Patients And A Decrease In Number Of HeartDonors Has triggered The Development Of ArtificialHeartPump To Support The ProperFunctioning Of The Heart.This paperPresents Design Of MagneticallyLevitated (Maglev) Axial Magnetic Flux Brushless Direct CurrentMotor (Af-Bldc) For Axial Blood Flow VentricularAssistDevice (Vad).A ventricularassistdevice (VAD) is an ele...

This paper presents a tool to measure the comfort of wearable computers. The comfort rating scales (CRS) measure wearable comfort across 6 dimensions. These dimensions are Emotion, Attachment, Harm, Perceived change, Movement and Anxiety. This paper also presents two studies in which the CRS have been used to assess the comfort of two types of wearable technology currently being developed at th...

AIMS To determine the incidence, severity, and clinical course of whiplash associated disorder (WAD) in children aged 4-16 years involved as passengers in car crashes. METHODS Prospective surveillance of all paediatric attendances to three English urban emergency departments after car crashes over an eight month period. An initial structured telephone interview at day 2 after the car crash wa...

Dysregulations of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis have been discussed as a physiological substrate of chronic pain and fatigue. The aim of the study was to investigate possible dysregulations of the HPA axis in chronic whiplash-associated disorder (WAD). In 20 patients with chronic WAD and 20 healthy controls, awakening cortisol responses as well as a short circadian free cortisol...

Söderlund, A. 2001. Physiotherapy Management, Coping and Outcome Prediction in Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD). Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine1001. 63 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 91-554-4948-4 The aims of the present thesis were to evaluate the management of acute WAD and to develop, describe and evaluate a cognitive behav...

This paper discusses the experiments used in the design and development of assistive technology interfaces for children with phonological disorders and answering the research question should there be a group of interaction paradigms or one novel interaction paradigm that can be personalised, to enhance the performance of pronunciation skills for children with speech impairments? This research q...

Paralysis is a disease where muscles lose its functionality. Few patients are affected with partial paralysis, where a single limb functions while the other doesn’t function. The developed lower leg assistive device serves as a comfortable, low cost, and compatible and can be used in all physiotherapy and rehabilitation purposes. This particular kind of assistive device can also be effective fo...

BACKGROUND Sensory and motor system dysfunctions have been documented in a proportion of patients with acute whiplash associated disorders (WAD). Sensorimotor incongruence may occur and hence, may explain pain and other sensations in the acute stage after the trauma. OBJECTIVES The present study aimed at (1) evaluating whether a visually mediated incongruence between sensory feedback and moto...

Real-time detection of basic physiological parameters such as blood pressure and heart rate is an important target in wearable smart devices for healthcare. Among these, the core body temperature is one of the most important basic medical indicators of fever, insomnia, fatigue, metabolic functionality, and depression. However, traditional wearable temperature sensors are based upon the measurem...

Wearable haptic assistive devices can provide tactile information to visually impaired people (VIP) support independent living. However, electromechanical feedback has a number of disadvantages, including hardware being relatively heavy, large, and producing excessive sound. Here, we present design-driven investigation the potential shape memory alloy-based for VIP. We followed an iterative app...