Background As a new technology, electronic wrist‐ankle acupuncture (E‐WAA) combines
the advantages of wrist‐ankle acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation …

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is believed to be an effective treatment for chronic pain
due to its association with cognitive and emotional factors. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of …

The nature of firefighters' duties requires them to work for long periods under unfavorable
conditions. To perform their jobs effectively, they are required to endure long hours of …

BACKGROUND ML underlies many technologies commonly used in our daily lives.
Examples include navigation applications' ability to estimate predicted time to a set location …

Pain is a dynamic, complex and multidimensional experience. The identification of pain from
brain activity as neural readout may effectively provide a neural code for pain, and further …

Chronic pain (CP) has been found to cause significant alternations of the brain's structure
and function due to changes in pain processing and disrupted cognitive functions, including …

Pain is a highly unpleasant sensory experience, for which currently no objective diagnostic
test exists to measure it. Identification and localisation of pain, where the subject is unable to …

Broadband near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy produced by efficient and miniaturized NIR
phosphor-converted light-emitting diodes (pc-LEDs) has been utilized in portable and …

Research investigating the neural processes related to music perception and production
constitutes a well-established field within the cognitive neurosciences. While most …

Aim The diagnosis of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) relies on several methods,
including x-rays, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Although …