Background: A hamstring injury is one of the most common types of injury affecting athletes.
Despite this, the optimal management of hamstring muscle injuries is not yet defined. The …

Thermoelectric generator, which converts heat into electrical energy, has great potential to
power portable devices. Nevertheless, the efficiency of a thermoelectric generator suffers due …

Wearable sensors and biomedical devices have attracted a great deal of attention among
users. Despite technological advancements in this field, a mixture of both progress and …

Introduction Acute muscle injury is one of the commonest injuries that often result in loss of
training and competition time. The best management for muscle injury has not been identified…

Energy harvesters (EHs) are widely used to transform ambient energy sources into electrical
energy, and have tremendous potential to power wearables electronics and biomedical …

Background Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated
with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate …

Background COVID-19 is an international global health emergency and has posed a great
challenge to mental well-being and resilience. Little is known about the mental health impact …

Background Raised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases
and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean …

Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost
treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of …

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are a class of smart materials characterized by shape memory
effect and pseudo-elastic behavior. They have the capability to retain their original form …