OBJECTIVE: Quality of Life (QoL) measurements to quantify disease burden have become
an important outcome measure in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) research …

Objective. Because the association and its clinical relevance between comorbidities and
primary hand osteoarthritis (OA) disease burden is unclear, we studied this in patients with …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders, frequently
affecting the hands. In the last decade there has been increased awareness concerning this …

Objective To investigate the association between illness perceptions and disability both
cross-sectionally and over 2 years in patients with hand OA. Methods Illness perceptions and self…

Objective. Coping responses have been shown to determine health outcomes in chronic
diseases. The aim of the study was to examine the role of joint-specific factors and coping styles …

Objectives To investigate metric properties of four hand mobility tests in hand OA patients,
using the OMERACT filter. Methods Trained assessors examined the Hand Mobility in …

Given the importance of implicit communication in human interactions, it would be valuable
to have this capability in robotic systems wherein a robot can detect the motivations and …

This paper presents a closed loop human-robot interaction framework where a robot can infer
the implicit affective cues of the human and respond to them appropriately. Affective cues …

Around 99% of cervical cancer and 5%–10% of human cancer are associated with human
papillomaviruses (HPV). Notably, the life‐cycle of HPV begins by low‐level infection of the …

It is argued that a robotic system that is capable of implicit communication with a human and
can modify its behavior appropriately based on such communication could be useful. This …