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Filter by:The analysis of human motion using radar has become an increasingly active topic of study due to the diverse applications offered by such an analysis (Lai et al., 2008; Fairchild & Narayanan, 2016; Narayanan et al., 2014). Information about human motion has important applications for urban military operations, search-and-rescue missions, surveillance, and hospital patient monitoring. The micro-motions of human movement in the presence of radar illumination creates unique modulations in the received signal known as the micro-Doppler effect. By analyzing these frequency modulations, one can infer the type of movement being performed. This micro-motion associated with human movement produces a nonlinear and non-stationary signal that can be characterized using time-frequency domain analysis. Such signals will be used to identify high injury risk versus low injury risk athletes, which creates an opportunity to direct limited prevention resources to these high-risk athletes; identify individuals at risk of falls; and, may even be useful in diagnosing conditions such as Parkinson's where asymmetrical movement patterns occur as an early indicator. Traditional methods of movement analysis involve the use of expensive video motion capture systems that accurately measure the 3-dimensional position of passive reflective markers affixed to human body landmarks such as joints and body segments, and while motion capture systems are used to effectively estimate movement dynamics, they are generally not portable, they are expensive, and they can be cumbersome when the reflective markers are applied to older persons or persons with movement deficiencies. Drs. Narayanan and Onks have successfully tested a novel use of Doppler radar that is portable, less expensive, and eliminates the need for affixing cumbersome reflective markers to participants. In addition, preliminary testing has demonstrated the ability to discriminate between certain movement conditions at a level of precision we feel are not obtainable with video motion capture.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a perioperative course of gabapentin in parturients on buprenorphine maintenance would improve analgesia after elective cesarean delivery (CD).
Our study aims to see if the addition of a scheduled non-opioid pain regimen will decrease the use and risk of opioid pain medications as well as improve pain control in head and neck surgery patients. Participants will be randomized to one of two pain regimens (opioid medication regimen vs combination regimen of opioid and non-opioid medications).
The primary objective of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility of comparing two standardized approaches to manage post-operative pain following spine surgery: one approach using Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) devices to deliver opioid analgesics, and the other approach using EXPAREL® infiltration at the site of surgery and nurse-administered opioid analgesics.
Qualitative and quantitatively evaluate the pain control and incidence of adverse effects in patients undergoing corticosteroid infiltration and local anesthetic through sacral epidural puncture with ultrasound assistance or isolated use of fluoroscopy to aid puncture and location of the sacral epidural space. A group will be submitted to epidural corticosteroid infiltration associated with local anesthetic with the use of fluoroscopy for locating the sacral epidural space, which is currently the gold standard for this technique, while in another location group will be held with the use of ultrasound.
The purpose of this study is to compare efficacy of pain treatment with ITDD to efficacy of pain treatment with CMM in patients with pancreatic cancer pain.
A prospective, randomized control study will be conducted to compare postoperative pain control in a series of patients treated with either: 1. a local cocktail. 2. a local cocktail plus Exparel. 3. marcaine plus Exparel prior to wound closure following knee arthroplasty.