Warning Drivers about Impending Collisions Using Vibrotactile Flow.

Changes of drivers’ visual performances when approaching a signalized intersection under different collision avoidance warning conditions

Hip arthroscopy is an increasingly common procedure; however, recommendations for safely returning to driving after hip arthroscopy vary among surgeons. To systematically review and analyze the current available evidence on the optimal time to safely return to driving after hip arthroscopy. Systematic review; Level of evidence, 3. A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed in accordance with the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines. Two authors independently conducted a literature search throughout August 2021 using the PubMed, Google Scholar, Embase, and Cochrane databases. A total of 1425 articles were reviewed, and 5 articles were included. All included articles used brake reaction time (BRT) as an observer-reported outcome measure. A meta-analysis was performed to compare pre- and postoperative BRT values. Study sample sizes and mean BRT values were collected per each included study. First, data were analyzed for the right and left hips combined; then, a subgroup analysis stratified by laterality was performed. The BRT values were divided according to time periods of measurement: preoperatively and 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks postoperatively. The included studies evaluated safety to return to driving after hip arthroscopy in 160 patients. Of these, 142 patients were treated for femoroacetabular impingement, while 18 patients underwent hip arthroscopy for other diagnoses. The mean weighted age was 33.7 ± 9.0 years, 47.5% of the patients were female, and the right hip was affected in 71.2%. The preoperative range of BRT was 566 to 1960 ms, and postoperative BRT range was 567 to 1840 ms at 1 to 2 weeks and 523 to 1860 ms at 3 to 12 weeks. Meta-analysis found the studies to be moderately heterogenic (P = .06). There were no statistically significant differences in BRT between the preoperative period and at 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks postoperatively. Return to driving is likely safe as early as 2 to 4 weeks after right-sided hip arthroscopy, and 2 weeks after a left-sided procedure, as driving performance returns to the preoperative level. CRD42021274460 (PROSPERO identifier).

Do modic changes, disc degeneration, translation and angular motion affect facet osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine

Brake response time after modern total knee arthroplasty: How soon can patients drive?

Previous research on smart phone use while driving has primarily focused on phone calls and texting. Drivers are now increasingly using their phone for other activities during driving, in particular social media, which have different cognitive demands. The present study compared the effects of four different smart phone tasks on car-following performance in a driving simulator. Phone tasks were chosen that vary across two factors: interaction medium (text vs image) and task pacing (self-paced vs experimenter-paced) and were as follows: Text messaging with the experimenter (text/other-paced), reading Facebook posts (text/self-paced), exchanging photos with the experimenter via Snapchat (image, experimenter -paced), and viewing updates on Instagram (image, experimenter -paced). Drivers also performed a driving only baseline. Brake reaction times (BRTs) were significantly greater in the text-based conditions (Mean = 1.16 s) as compared to both the image-based conditions (Mean = 0.92 s) and the baseline (0.88 s). There was no significant difference between BRTs in the image-based and baseline conditions and there was no significant effect of task-pacing. Similar results were obtained for Time Headway variability. These results are consistent with the picture superiority effect found in memory research and suggest that image-based interfaces could provide safer ways to “stay connected” while driving than text-based interfaces.

Does kyphotic configuration on upright lateral radiograph correlate with instability in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis?

Prefrontal activation during simulated driving in people with schizophrenia: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study

The flexibility of future production systems envisioned by Industry 4.0 requires safe but efficient Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC). An important enabler of HRC is a sophisticated collision avoidance mechanism which can detect objects and potential collision events and as a response, it calculates detour trajectories avoiding physical contacts. Digital twins provide a novel way to test the impact of different control decisions in a simulated virtual environment even in parallel. The required computational power can be provided by cloud platforms but at the cost of higher delay and jitter. Moreover, clouds bring a versatile set of novel techniques easing the life of both developers and operators. Can digital twins exploit the benefits of these concepts? Can the robots tolerate the delay characteristics coming with the cloud platforms? In this paper, we answer these questions by building on public and private cloud solutions providing different techniques for parallel computation. Our contribution is threefold. First, we introduce a measurement methodology to characterize different approaches in terms of latency. Second, a real HRC use-case is elaborated and a relevant KPI is defined. Third, we evaluate the pros/cons of different solutions and their impact on the performance.

Effect of two-impact collisions in HF + H

Practice makes better – Learning effects of driving with a multi-stage collision warning

Most of the research relating to neck injuries performed to date has been tested in environments with linear motions. Disabled individuals tend to experience jerky neck rotations during falls, bed transfers, and while travelling in wheelchairs. This thesis, using various signal processing techniques, studied how healthy neck muscles, the head and body react to jerky rotational motion. Electromyogram (EMG) and motion data were gathered from 20 subjects as they were rotated 45 degrees in the forward and backward pitch plane, with and without visual input, in a motion simulator. Results showed that neck muscle behaviour was affected by the direction of motion and visual input. Maximum effective muscle power of 10.54% was reached, relative to maximum voluntary contractions (MVC). The factors found to influence neck muscle responses, such as head weight and visual input should be taken into consideration when designing headrests, neck braces and planning any rehabilitation programs.

Most of the research relating to neck injuries performed to date has been tested in environments with linear motions. Disabled individuals tend to experience jerky neck rotations during falls, bed transfers, and while travelling in wheelchairs. This thesis, using various signal processing techniques, studied how healthy neck muscles, the head and body react to jerky rotational motion. Electromyogram (EMG) and motion data were gathered from 20 subjects as they were rotated 45 degrees in the forward and backward pitch plane, with and without visual input, in a motion simulator. Results showed that neck muscle behaviour was affected by the direction of motion and visual input. Maximum effective muscle power of 10.54% was reached, relative to maximum voluntary contractions (MVC). The factors found to influence neck muscle responses, such as head weight and visual input should be taken into consideration when designing headrests, neck braces and planning any rehabilitation programs.

This is a comparison study evaluating the influence of chewing gum on driving performance by computer simulation in emergency medicine residents doing overnight shift work. A total of eleven subjects were tested. Four simulations were randomized to each test subject at different points in the study. Data was analyzed comparing pre- and post-shift tests for each study group, as well as chewing gum versus non-chewing gum use during testing. Results showed no significant difference in lateral deviation, described as the root mean squared of lane departure measured in feet, or braking reaction time, defined as the time to break measured in seconds when triggered by a predetermined cue, in those using gum versus no gum. Between- and within-group differences were assessed by split-plot analysis measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). Our study showed statistical significance in that divided attention response time, designated as the time in seconds to perform a secondary task while driving, was longer in those driving with chewing gum versus without chewing gum (p < 0.05). This pilot study serves as a potential foundation for further investigation into augmenting the driving performance of emergency medicine residents performing overnight shift work with chewing gum use.

The pattern of contraction of the endocardial wall of the left ventricle in the right anterior oblique cineangiogram was studied by using a frame by frame radial technique and a fixed centroid without correction for rotation and translation motion during the cardiac cycle. Spatial defects of contraction were quantitated by measuring the shortening fraction of each radius and temporospatial defects by using a time-contraction integral. Twelve normal subjects were used as a basis for comparison. Thirty-two patients with isolated disease of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery were divided into seven arbitrary clinicopathological subsets. Five subsets showed significant quantitative differences in contraction from the normal subjects but there was no significant difference between the subsets. They had a typical defect of contraction in the distal two thirds of the anterior wall, the apex and distal quarter of the inferior wall of the left ventricle. The subsets included: (1) patients who had undergone an anterior myocardial infarction and who had total occlusion of the LAD artery and a large anterior infarction on ECG; (2) patients with a previous classical myocardial infarction but with only 95% residual narrowing of the LAD; (3) patients with an anterior infarction and total occlusion of the LAD with return of the R waves in the anterior precordial leads; (4) patients with anterior infarction, LAD obstruction and left bundle branch block and (5) patients with anterior infarction but with early successful reperfusion with intracoronary streptokinase. Two other subsets, (1) patients with total obstruction of the LAD without a clinical myocardial infarction or (2) subtotal occlusion of the LAD without infarction, had mild left ventricular dysfunction at rest and did not differ significantly from normal.

The effects of different physiotherapy protocols on patients suffering from grade-I spondylolisthesis have been thus far examined in a limited number of clinical trials. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to compare the effects of lumbar segmental stabilization and general exercises on clinical and radiologic criteria in grade-I spondylolisthesis patients. This study was a double-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) with a test-retest design and parallel groups. A total of 26 patients with grade-I spondylolisthesis were thus randomly assigned to experimental group (13 patients, lumbar segmental stabilization exercises) and control group (13 patients, general exercises). Subsequently, pain, functional disability, kinesiophobia, translational motion, angular motion and slip percentage of the vertebra were investigated. Of the 120 people recruited in this study, only 26 patients were eligible. According to pre/post-intervention comparison, a statistically significant decrease was observed in the experimental group in terms of pain (p = 0.000), functional disability (p = 0.004), kinesiophobia (p = 0.002), translational motion (p = 0.043) and angular motion (p = 0.011), but not for slip percentage (p = 0.122). Considering the control group, a statistically significant decline was reported for pain (p = 0.043) and functional disability (p = 0.002). However, no significant differences were found for other variables in the control group. With regard to inter-group comparison, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups regarding the given variables except for kinesiophobia (p = 0.040). Both lumbar segmental stabilization and general exercises led to reduction in pain and functional disability of patients with grade-I spondylolisthesis. Therefore, lumbar segmental stabilization exercises seemed to be better than general ones with reference to improving kinesiophobia and intervertebral movements.