Home-based functional electrical stimulation of human permanent denervated muscles: a narrative review on diagnostics, managements, results and byproducts …

H Kern, U Carraro - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) produces muscle wasting that is especially severe after complete
and permanent damage of lower motor neurons, as can occur in complete conus and cauda …

Machine learning to predict mortality after rehabilitation among patients with severe stroke

D Scrutinio, C Ricciardi, L Donisi, E Losavio… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Stroke is among the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Approximately 20–
25% of stroke survivors present severe disability, which is associated with increased …

Association between serum soluble α-klotho and bone mineral density (BMD) in middle-aged and older adults in the United States: a population-based cross …

Y Zhang, C Zhao, H Zhang, M Chen, Y Meng… - Aging Clinical and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Osteoporosis is a degenerative disease defined by low bone mineral density,
has a high prevalence, and causes fractures at multiple sites throughout the body, greatly …

Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on lower limb function, balance and quality of life after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

E Lima, JMR de Souza Neto… - Neurological Research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective This systematic review with meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of
tDCS on lower limb function, balance and quality of life in stroke patients. Methods The …

Skel etal muscle weakness in older adults home-restricted due to COVID-19 pandemic: a role for full-body in-bed gym and functional electrical stimulation

U Carraro, A Marcante, B Ravara, G Albertin… - Aging clinical and …, 2021 - Springer
Persons suffering with systemic neuromuscular disorders or chronic organ failures, spend
less time for daily physical activity, aggravating their mobility impairments. From 2020 …

Machine learning approaches with textural features to calculate breast density on mammography

M Sansone, R Fusco, F Grassi, G Gatta, MP Belfiore… - Current …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: breast cancer (BC) is the world's most prevalent cancer in the female
population, with 2.3 million new cases diagnosed worldwide in 2020. The great efforts made …

Assessment of therapeutic potential of a dual aav approach for duchenne muscular dystrophy

S Albini, L Palmieri, A Dubois, N Bourg… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a yet incurable rare genetic disease that affects the
skeletal and cardiac muscles, leading to progressive muscle wasting and premature death …

Healthy aging within an image: Using muscle radiodensitometry and lifestyle factors to predict diabetes and hypertension

M Recenti, C Ricciardi, KJ Edmunds… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The strong age dependency of many deleterious health outcomes likely reflects the
cumulative effects from a variety of risk and protective factors that occur over one's life …

Improving prosthetic selection and predicting BMD from biometric measurements in patients receiving total hip arthroplasty

C Ricciardi, H Jónsson Jr, D Jacob, G Improta… - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
There are two surgical approaches to performing total hip arthroplasty (THA): a cemented or
uncemented type of prosthesis. The choice is usually based on the experience of the …

Bidimensional and tridimensional Poincaré maps in cardiology: a multiclass machine learning study

L Donisi, C Ricciardi, G Cesarelli, A Coccia, F Amitrano… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Heart rate is a nonstationary signal and its variation may contain indicators of current
disease or warnings about impending cardiac diseases. Hence, heart rate variation analysis …