The use of crutches is mainly related to healing processes after injuries or/and surgery of lower limbs. The design of the handle grips may influence the pressure distribution on the palm of the hand and it can influence ...

This study analyzes the method of hand mapping to assess the perceived discomfort during the use of hand tools by different age groups. The aim was to determine the influence of age and how it affects the perception of ...

Because discomfort caused by different approximal caries detection methods can influence their performance, the assessment of this discomfort is important. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the discomfort reported by ...

Brazil is an extensive country with five administrative regions that have different climates, mainly due to their geographic locations. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation influences the regime of temperature and precipitation ...

A large variability in response is usually found when assessing discomfort glare by semantic differential scaling. This issue may be addressed by considering the individual's tolerance to glare, so we designed an experiment ...

The current Chilean society has shown in diverse surveys to have a bad mental health at a general level. The following text is a bibliographic review that proposes some theoretical axes on which to analyse mental health ...