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New Trends in Neuromechanics and Motor Rehabilitation
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ISBN: 3036551786 3036551778 Year: 2022 Publisher: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Neuromechanics has been used to identify optimal rehabilitation protocols that successfully improve motor deficits in various populations, such as elderly people and individuals with neurological diseases (e.g., stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and essential tremor). By investigating structural and functional changes in the central and peripheral nervous systems based on neuromechanical theories and findings, we can expand our knowledge regarding underlying neurophysiological mechanisms and specific motor impairment patterns before and after therapies to further develop new training programs (e.g., non-invasive brain stimulation). Thus, the aim of this Special Issue is to present the main contributions of researchers and rehabilitation specialists in biomechanics, motor control, neurophysiology, neuroscience, and rehabilitation science. The current collection provides new neuromechanical approaches addressing theoretical, methodological, and practical topics for facilitating motor recovery progress.


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Cybersecurity and the Digital Health: An Investigation on the State of the Art and the Position of the Actors
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Cybercrime is increasingly exposing the health domain to growing risk. The push towards a strong connection of citizens to health services, through digitalization, has undisputed advantages. Digital health allows remote care, the use of medical devices with a high mechatronic and IT content with strong automation, and a large interconnection of hospital networks with an increasingly effective exchange of data. However, all this requires a great cybersecurity commitment—a commitment that must start with scholars in research and then reach the stakeholders. New devices and technological solutions are increasingly breaking into healthcare, and are able to change the processes of interaction in the health domain. This requires cybersecurity to become a vital part of patient safety through changes in human behaviour, technology, and processes, as part of a complete solution. All professionals involved in cybersecurity in the health domain were invited to contribute with their experiences. This book contains contributions from various experts and different fields. Aspects of cybersecurity in healthcare relating to technological advance and emerging risks were addressed. The new boundaries of this field and the impact of COVID-19 on some sectors, such as mhealth, have also been addressed. We dedicate the book to all those with different roles involved in cybersecurity in the health domain.


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Wearable Sensors Applied in Movement Analysis
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ISBN: 3036558594 3036558608 Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Recent advances in electronics have led to sensors whose sizes and weights are such that they can be placed on living systems without impairing their natural motion and habits. They may be worn on the body as accessories or as part of the clothing and enable personalized mobile information processing. Wearable sensors open the way for a nonintrusive and continuous monitoring of body orientation, movements, and various physiological parameters during motor activities in real-life settings. Thus, they may become crucial tools not only for researchers, but also for clinicians, as they have the potential to improve diagnosis, better monitor disease development and thereby individualize treatment. Wearable sensors should obviously go unnoticed for the people wearing them and be intuitive in their installation. They should come with wireless connectivity and low-power consumption. Moreover, the electronics system should be self-calibrating and deliver correct information that is easy to interpret. Cross-platform interfaces that provide secure data storage and easy data analysis and visualization are needed.This book contains a selection of research papers presenting new results addressing the above challenges.


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Prevention and Treatment of Sarcopenia
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Sarcopenia represents the decline in skeletal muscle mass and function with age, characterized by the muscle fiber's quality, strength, muscle endurance, and metabolic ability decreasing, as well as the fat and connective tissue growing.Reduction of muscle strength with aging leads to loss of functional capacity, causing disability, mortality, and other adverse health outcomes. Because of the increase of the proportion of elderly in the population, sarcopenia-related morbidity will become an increasing area of health care resource utilization.Diagnostic screening consists of individuation of body composition, assessed by DEXA, anthropometry, bioelectrical impedance, MRI, or CT scan. Management is possible with resistance training exercise and vibration therapy, nutritional supplements, and pharmacological treatment.The book includes articles from different nationalities, treating the experimental and medical applications of sarcopenia. The consequences of sarcopenia in frailty are treated in relation to other associated pathologies or lesions, as femoral neck fractures and hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Medicine --- muscle-mass --- sleep efficiency --- sleep duration --- insomnia --- sarcopenia --- quality of life --- osteoporosis --- postmenopausal women --- sedentary behaviour --- aged --- exercise --- motivation --- hepatoma --- myokine --- decorin --- walking distance --- survival --- muscle strength --- resistance training --- randomized controlled trial --- nutritional status --- nutritional screening tools --- hospitalized older patients --- resistance exercise training --- muscle regulatory factors --- deconditioning --- skeletal muscle --- elderly --- hypertrophy --- multimorbidity --- polypathological patients --- frailty --- oxidative stress --- telomere length --- apoptosis --- spirometry --- urea --- fatigue --- respiratory system --- skeletal muscles --- lipids --- transaminases --- falls --- resistance exercise --- vibration --- electrical stimulation --- hip fracture --- diagnosis --- treatment --- prevention --- dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry --- bisphosphonate --- β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate --- exercise intervention --- fall risk --- balance --- anxiety --- depression --- sleep quality --- type 2 diabetes --- physical activity --- muscle mass --- protein intake --- accelerometer --- aerobic exercise training --- mitochondria --- endurance --- fractures --- ageing fractures --- complications --- recovery --- rehabilitation --- nutritional supplements --- physical therapy --- cognition --- brain-body cross-talk --- older persons --- prevalence --- physical functional performance --- epidemiologic studies --- aging --- panoramic ultrasound --- echogenicity --- specific force --- isokinetic dynamometry --- muscle quality --- strength --- older adults --- diagnostic criteria --- clinical


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Cybersecurity and the Digital Health: An Investigation on the State of the Art and the Position of the Actors
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Cybercrime is increasingly exposing the health domain to growing risk. The push towards a strong connection of citizens to health services, through digitalization, has undisputed advantages. Digital health allows remote care, the use of medical devices with a high mechatronic and IT content with strong automation, and a large interconnection of hospital networks with an increasingly effective exchange of data. However, all this requires a great cybersecurity commitment—a commitment that must start with scholars in research and then reach the stakeholders. New devices and technological solutions are increasingly breaking into healthcare, and are able to change the processes of interaction in the health domain. This requires cybersecurity to become a vital part of patient safety through changes in human behaviour, technology, and processes, as part of a complete solution. All professionals involved in cybersecurity in the health domain were invited to contribute with their experiences. This book contains contributions from various experts and different fields. Aspects of cybersecurity in healthcare relating to technological advance and emerging risks were addressed. The new boundaries of this field and the impact of COVID-19 on some sectors, such as mhealth, have also been addressed. We dedicate the book to all those with different roles involved in cybersecurity in the health domain.


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Prevention and Treatment of Sarcopenia
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Sarcopenia represents the decline in skeletal muscle mass and function with age, characterized by the muscle fiber's quality, strength, muscle endurance, and metabolic ability decreasing, as well as the fat and connective tissue growing.Reduction of muscle strength with aging leads to loss of functional capacity, causing disability, mortality, and other adverse health outcomes. Because of the increase of the proportion of elderly in the population, sarcopenia-related morbidity will become an increasing area of health care resource utilization.Diagnostic screening consists of individuation of body composition, assessed by DEXA, anthropometry, bioelectrical impedance, MRI, or CT scan. Management is possible with resistance training exercise and vibration therapy, nutritional supplements, and pharmacological treatment.The book includes articles from different nationalities, treating the experimental and medical applications of sarcopenia. The consequences of sarcopenia in frailty are treated in relation to other associated pathologies or lesions, as femoral neck fractures and hepatocellular carcinoma.

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muscle-mass --- sleep efficiency --- sleep duration --- insomnia --- sarcopenia --- quality of life --- osteoporosis --- postmenopausal women --- sedentary behaviour --- aged --- exercise --- motivation --- hepatoma --- myokine --- decorin --- walking distance --- survival --- muscle strength --- resistance training --- randomized controlled trial --- nutritional status --- nutritional screening tools --- hospitalized older patients --- resistance exercise training --- muscle regulatory factors --- deconditioning --- skeletal muscle --- elderly --- hypertrophy --- multimorbidity --- polypathological patients --- frailty --- oxidative stress --- telomere length --- apoptosis --- spirometry --- urea --- fatigue --- respiratory system --- skeletal muscles --- lipids --- transaminases --- falls --- resistance exercise --- vibration --- electrical stimulation --- hip fracture --- diagnosis --- treatment --- prevention --- dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry --- bisphosphonate --- β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate --- exercise intervention --- fall risk --- balance --- anxiety --- depression --- sleep quality --- type 2 diabetes --- physical activity --- muscle mass --- protein intake --- accelerometer --- aerobic exercise training --- mitochondria --- endurance --- fractures --- ageing fractures --- complications --- recovery --- rehabilitation --- nutritional supplements --- physical therapy --- cognition --- brain-body cross-talk --- older persons --- prevalence --- physical functional performance --- epidemiologic studies --- aging --- panoramic ultrasound --- echogenicity --- specific force --- isokinetic dynamometry --- muscle quality --- strength --- older adults --- diagnostic criteria --- clinical


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Prevention and Treatment of Sarcopenia
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Sarcopenia represents the decline in skeletal muscle mass and function with age, characterized by the muscle fiber's quality, strength, muscle endurance, and metabolic ability decreasing, as well as the fat and connective tissue growing.Reduction of muscle strength with aging leads to loss of functional capacity, causing disability, mortality, and other adverse health outcomes. Because of the increase of the proportion of elderly in the population, sarcopenia-related morbidity will become an increasing area of health care resource utilization.Diagnostic screening consists of individuation of body composition, assessed by DEXA, anthropometry, bioelectrical impedance, MRI, or CT scan. Management is possible with resistance training exercise and vibration therapy, nutritional supplements, and pharmacological treatment.The book includes articles from different nationalities, treating the experimental and medical applications of sarcopenia. The consequences of sarcopenia in frailty are treated in relation to other associated pathologies or lesions, as femoral neck fractures and hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Medicine --- muscle-mass --- sleep efficiency --- sleep duration --- insomnia --- sarcopenia --- quality of life --- osteoporosis --- postmenopausal women --- sedentary behaviour --- aged --- exercise --- motivation --- hepatoma --- myokine --- decorin --- walking distance --- survival --- muscle strength --- resistance training --- randomized controlled trial --- nutritional status --- nutritional screening tools --- hospitalized older patients --- resistance exercise training --- muscle regulatory factors --- deconditioning --- skeletal muscle --- elderly --- hypertrophy --- multimorbidity --- polypathological patients --- frailty --- oxidative stress --- telomere length --- apoptosis --- spirometry --- urea --- fatigue --- respiratory system --- skeletal muscles --- lipids --- transaminases --- falls --- resistance exercise --- vibration --- electrical stimulation --- hip fracture --- diagnosis --- treatment --- prevention --- dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry --- bisphosphonate --- β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate --- exercise intervention --- fall risk --- balance --- anxiety --- depression --- sleep quality --- type 2 diabetes --- physical activity --- muscle mass --- protein intake --- accelerometer --- aerobic exercise training --- mitochondria --- endurance --- fractures --- ageing fractures --- complications --- recovery --- rehabilitation --- nutritional supplements --- physical therapy --- cognition --- brain-body cross-talk --- older persons --- prevalence --- physical functional performance --- epidemiologic studies --- aging --- panoramic ultrasound --- echogenicity --- specific force --- isokinetic dynamometry --- muscle quality --- strength --- older adults --- diagnostic criteria --- clinical


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Cybersecurity and the Digital Health: An Investigation on the State of the Art and the Position of the Actors
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Cybercrime is increasingly exposing the health domain to growing risk. The push towards a strong connection of citizens to health services, through digitalization, has undisputed advantages. Digital health allows remote care, the use of medical devices with a high mechatronic and IT content with strong automation, and a large interconnection of hospital networks with an increasingly effective exchange of data. However, all this requires a great cybersecurity commitment—a commitment that must start with scholars in research and then reach the stakeholders. New devices and technological solutions are increasingly breaking into healthcare, and are able to change the processes of interaction in the health domain. This requires cybersecurity to become a vital part of patient safety through changes in human behaviour, technology, and processes, as part of a complete solution. All professionals involved in cybersecurity in the health domain were invited to contribute with their experiences. This book contains contributions from various experts and different fields. Aspects of cybersecurity in healthcare relating to technological advance and emerging risks were addressed. The new boundaries of this field and the impact of COVID-19 on some sectors, such as mhealth, have also been addressed. We dedicate the book to all those with different roles involved in cybersecurity in the health domain.


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Intelligent Sensors for Human Motion Analysis
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ISBN: 3036550747 3036550739 Year: 2022 Publisher: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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The book, "Intelligent Sensors for Human Motion Analysis," contains 17 articles published in the Special Issue of the Sensors journal. These articles deal with many aspects related to the analysis of human movement. New techniques and methods for pose estimation, gait recognition, and fall detection have been proposed and verified. Some of them will trigger further research, and some may become the backbone of commercial systems.

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Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- gait recognition --- biometrics --- regularized discriminant analysis --- particle swarm optimization --- grey wolf optimization --- whale optimization algorithm --- FMCW --- vital sign --- XGBoost --- MFCC --- COVID-19 --- 3D human pose estimation --- deep learning --- generalization --- optical sensing principle --- modular sensing unit --- plantar pressure measurement --- gait parameters --- 3D human mesh reconstruction --- deep neural network --- motion capture --- neural networks --- reconstruction --- gap filling --- FFNN --- LSTM --- BILSTM --- GRU --- pose estimation --- movement tracking --- computer vision --- artificial intelligence --- markerless motion capture --- assessment --- kinematics --- development --- machine learning --- human action recognition --- features fusion --- features selection --- recognition --- fall risk detection --- balance --- Berg Balance Scale --- human tracking --- elderly --- telemedicine --- diagnosis --- precedence indicator --- knowledge measure --- fuzzy inference --- rule induction --- posture detection --- aggregation function --- markerless --- human motion analysis --- gait analysis --- data augmentation --- skeletal data --- time series classification --- EMG --- pattern recognition --- robot --- cyber-physical systems --- RGB-D sensors --- human motion modelling --- F-Formation --- Kinect v2 --- Azure Kinect --- Zed 2i --- socially occupied space --- facial expression recognition --- facial landmarks --- action units --- convolutional neural networks --- graph convolutional networks --- artifact classification --- artifact detection --- anomaly detection --- 3D multi-person pose estimation --- absolute poses --- camera-centric coordinates --- deep-learning --- n/a


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Sensors for Gait, Posture, and Health Monitoring Volume 2
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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In recent years, many technologies for gait and posture assessments have emerged. Wearable sensors, active and passive in-house monitors, and many combinations thereof all promise to provide accurate measures of physical activity, gait, and posture parameters. Motivated by market projections for wearable technologies and driven by recent technological innovations in wearable sensors (MEMs, electronic textiles, wireless communications, etc.), wearable health/performance research is growing rapidly and has the potential to transform future healthcare from disease treatment to disease prevention. The objective of this Special Issue is to address and disseminate the latest gait, posture, and activity monitoring systems as well as various mathematical models/methods that characterize mobility functions. This Special Issue focuses on wearable monitoring systems and physical sensors, and its mathematical models can be utilized in varied environments under varied conditions to monitor health and performance

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Humanities --- Social interaction --- step detection --- machine learning --- outlier detection --- transition matrices --- autoencoders --- ground reaction force (GRF) --- micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) --- gait --- walk --- bipedal locomotion --- 3-axis force sensor --- shoe --- force distribution --- multi-sensor gait classification --- distributed compressed sensing --- joint sparse representation classification --- telemonitoring of gait --- operating range --- accelerometer --- stride length --- peak tibial acceleration --- running velocity --- wearable sensors --- feedback technology --- rehabilitation --- motor control --- cerebral palsy --- inertial sensors --- gait events --- spatiotemporal parameters --- postural control --- falls in the elderly --- fall risk assessment --- low-cost instrumented insoles --- foot plantar center of pressure --- flexible sensor --- gait recognition --- piezoelectric material --- wearable --- adaptability --- force sensitive resistors --- self-tuning triple threshold algorithm --- sweat sensor --- sweat rate --- dehydration --- IoT --- PDMS --- surface electromyography --- handgrip force --- force-varying muscle contraction --- nonlinear analysis --- wavelet scale selection --- inertial measurement unit --- gyroscope --- asymmetry --- feature extraction --- gait analysis --- lower limb prosthesis --- trans-femoral amputee --- MR damper --- knee damping control --- inertial measurement units --- motion analysis --- kinematics --- functional activity --- repeatability --- reliability --- biomechanics --- cognitive frailty --- cognitive–motor impairment --- Alzheimer’s disease --- motor planning error --- instrumented trail-making task --- ankle reaching task --- dual task walking --- nondestructive --- joint moment --- partial weight loading --- muscle contributions --- sit-to-stand training --- motion parameters --- step length --- self-adaptation --- Parkinson’s disease (PD) --- tremor dominant (TD) --- postural instability and gait difficulty (PIGD) --- center of pressure (COP) --- fast Fourier transform (FFT) --- wavelet transform (WT) --- fall detection system --- smartphones --- accelerometers --- machine learning algorithms --- supervised learning --- ANOVA analysis --- Step-detection --- ActiGraph --- Pedometer --- acceleration --- physical activity --- physical function --- physical performance test --- chair stand --- sit to stand transfer --- wearables --- gyroscopes --- e-Health application --- physical rehabilitation --- shear and plantar pressure sensor --- biaxial optical fiber sensor --- multiplexed fiber Bragg gratings --- frailty --- pre-frail --- wearable sensor --- sedentary behavior --- moderate-to-vigorous activity --- steps --- fall detection --- elderly people monitoring --- telerehabilitation --- virtual therapy --- Kinect --- eHealth --- telemedicine --- insole --- injury prevention --- biomechanical gait variable estimation --- inertial gait variable --- total knee arthroplasty --- falls in healthy elderly --- fall prevention --- biometrics --- human gait recognition --- ground reaction forces --- Microsoft Kinect --- high heels --- fusion data --- ensemble classifiers --- accidental falls --- older adults --- neural networks --- convolutional neural network --- long short-term memory --- accelerometry --- obesity --- nonlinear --- electrostatic field sensing --- gait measurement --- temporal parameters --- artificial neural network --- propulsion --- aging --- walking --- smart footwear --- frailty prediction --- fall risk --- smartphone based assessments --- adverse post-operative outcome --- intelligent surveillance systems --- human fall detection --- health and well-being --- safety and security --- n/a --- movement control --- anterior cruciate ligament --- kinetics --- real-time feedback --- biomechanical gait features --- impaired gait classification --- pattern recognition --- sensors --- clinical --- knee --- osteoarthritis --- shear stress --- callus --- woman --- TUG --- IMU --- geriatric assessment --- semi-unsupervised --- self-assessment --- domestic environment --- functional decline --- symmetry --- trunk movement --- autocorrelation --- gait rehabilitation --- wearable device --- IMU sensors --- gait classification --- stroke patients --- neurological disorders --- scanning laser rangefinders (SLR), GAITRite --- cadence --- velocity and stride-length --- power --- angular velocity --- human motion measurement --- sensor fusion --- complementary filter --- fuzzy logic --- inertial and magnetic sensors --- ESOQ-2 --- Parkinson’s disease --- UPDRS --- movement disorders --- human computer interface --- RGB-Depth --- hand tracking --- automated assessment --- at-home monitoring --- Parkinson’s Diseases --- motorized walker --- haptic cue --- gait pattern --- statistics study --- walk detection --- step counting --- signal processing --- plantar pressure --- flat foot --- insoles --- force sensors --- arch index --- sports analytics --- deep learning --- classification --- inertial sensor --- cross-country skiing --- classical style --- skating style --- batteryless strain sensor --- wireless strain sensor --- resonant frequency modulation --- Ecoflex --- human activity recognition --- smartphone --- human daily activity --- ensemble method --- running --- velocity --- smart shoe --- concussion --- inertial motion units (IMUs) --- vestibular exercises --- validation --- motion capture --- user intent recognition --- transfemoral prosthesis --- multi-objective optimization --- biogeography-based optimization --- smart cane --- weight-bearing --- health monitoring --- wearable/inertial sensors --- regularity --- variability --- human --- motion --- locomotion --- UPDRS tasks --- posture --- postural stability --- center of mass --- RGB-depth --- neurorehabilitation --- hallux abductus valgus --- high heel --- proximal phalanx of the hallux --- abduction --- valgus --- ultrasonography --- Achilles tendon --- diagnostic --- imaging --- tendinopathy --- foot insoles --- electromyography --- joint instability --- muscle contractions --- motorcycling --- wearable electronic devices --- validity --- relative movement --- lower limb prosthetics --- biomechanic measurement tasks --- quantifying socket fit --- rehabilitation exercise --- dynamic time warping --- automatic coaching --- exergame --- fine-wire intramuscular EMG electrode --- non-human primate model --- traumatic spinal cord injury --- wavelet transform --- relative power --- linear mixed model --- VO2 --- calibration --- MET --- VO2net --- speed --- equivalent speed --- free-living --- children --- adolescents --- adults --- gait event detection --- hemiplegic gait --- appropriate mother wavelet --- acceleration signal --- wavelet-selection criteria --- conductive textile --- stroke --- hemiparetic --- real-time monitoring --- lower limb locomotion activity --- triplet Markov model --- semi-Markov model --- on-line EM algorithm --- human kinematics --- phase difference angle --- cognitive-motor impairment --- Alzheimer's disease --- Parkinson's disease (PD) --- Parkinson's disease --- Parkinson's Diseases

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