Aim: To investigate impact of antenatal squatting activities on labour outcomes. Methods: All eligible primigravida women, with singleton cephalic fetuses, who presented to ward 18 of Colombo South Teaching Hospital, ...
Researchers have proposed various linkage mechanisms to connect knee and ankle joints for above-knee prosthe-ses,but most of them only offer natural walking.However,studies have shown that people assume a squatting po...
BACKGROUND Ankylosing spondylitis(AS)is a chronic rheumatic disease that primarily affects the spine and the sacroiliac and peripheral joints.Juvenile-onset AS(JoAS)patients will likely present with peripheral joint s...
Squatting movements are used frequently in the activities of daily living and squatting exercises are used to strengthen abdominal core and lower limb muscles. However, many individuals cannot perform a traditional sq...
Science and Technology Innovation 2030-Key Project,Grant/Award Number:2021ZD0201402。
Squatting is a basic movement of bipedal robots,which is essential in robotic actions like jumping or picking up objects.Due to the intrinsic complex dynamics of bipedal robots,perfect squatting motion requires high-p...
BACKGROUND Total knee arthroplasty(TKA)has been shown to improve quality of life and reduce pain.High-flexion activities such as squatting,kneeling,and floor transfers are mainly listed as demanding tasks.Among them,s...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[81603618,81603625];Shanghai Municipal Health Commission[2018BR19].
Background Transperineal ultrasonography has been used as a diagnostic imaging modality for rectocele for many years.However,the consistency of ultrasonography and defecography in evaluating the severity of rectocele ...
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of lumbar disc herniation treated with electroacupuncture (EA) assisted by squatting stances. Methods One hundred and twenty-eight patients with lumbar disc herniation were...