Human legThe human leg is the entire lower limb of the human body, including the foot, thigh or sometimes even the hip or buttock region. The major bones of the leg are the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shin bone), and adjacent fibula. The thigh is between the hip and knee, while the calf (rear) and shin (front) are between the knee and foot. Legs are used for standing, many forms of human movement, recreation such as dancing, and constitute a significant portion of a person's mass.
Traumatisme médullaireUn traumatisme médullaire ou traumatisme de la moelle épinière (ou moelle spinale) met en jeu le pronostic vital immédiat ou retardé. Il est à l'origine de troubles moteurs et sensitifs, et de troubles des fonctions neuro-végétatives. La médicalisation systématique et les progrès de la prise en charge pré-hospitalière ont permis d'améliorer considérablement la survie de ces blessés. L'évolution des connaissances, notamment dans la physiopathologie des lésions cellulaires, fait proposer régulièrement de nouvelles attitudes thérapeutiques, parfois controversées.
TibiaEn anatomie humaine, le tibia est un os long pair du membre inférieur. Il constitue avec la fibula le squelette de la jambe. C'est le deuxième plus long os du corps humain, le plus long étant le fémur. En latin, tibia signifie « flûte ». Le mot peut s'expliquer par l'analogie de forme entre l'os et l'instrument, et donc aussi par l'usage possible comme flûte du tibia de certains oiseaux tels que la grue, de certains animaux comme le mouton, voire de l'homme, l'os ayant été vidé de sa moelle et percé.
Anatomical terms of motionMotion, the process of movement, is described using specific anatomical terms. Motion includes movement of organs, joints, limbs, and specific sections of the body. The terminology used describes this motion according to its direction relative to the anatomical position of the body parts involved. Anatomists and others use a unified set of terms to describe most of the movements, although other, more specialized terms are necessary for describing unique movements such as those of the hands, feet, and eyes.
Spinal cord injury researchSpinal cord injury research seeks new ways to cure or treat spinal cord injury in order to lessen the debilitating effects of the injury in the short or long term. There is no cure for SCI, and current treatments are mostly focused on spinal cord injury rehabilitation and management of the secondary effects of the condition. Two major areas of research include neuroprotection, ways to prevent damage to cells caused by biological processes that take place in the body after the injury, and neuroregeneration, regrowing or replacing damaged neural circuits.
Spinal cord stimulatorA spinal cord stimulator (SCS) or dorsal column stimulator (DCS) is a type of implantable neuromodulation device (sometimes called a "pain pacemaker") that is used to send electrical signals to select areas of the spinal cord (dorsal columns) for the treatment of certain pain conditions. SCS is a consideration for people who have a pain condition that has not responded to more conservative therapy. There are also spinal cord stimulators under research and development that could enable patients with spinal cord injury to walk again via epidural electrical stimulation (EES).
OrthoticsOrthotics (Ορθός) is a medical specialty that focuses on the design and application of orthoses, or braces. An is "an externally applied device used to influence the structural and functional characteristics of the neuromuscular and skeletal systems." Orthotists are professionals who specialize in designing these braces. Orthotic devices are classified into four areas of the body according to the international classification system (ICS): orthotics of the lower extremities, orthotics of the upper extremities, orthotics for the trunk, and orthotics for the head.
Fourier analysisIn mathematics, Fourier analysis (ˈfʊrieɪ,_-iər) is the study of the way general functions may be represented or approximated by sums of simpler trigonometric functions. Fourier analysis grew from the study of Fourier series, and is named after Joseph Fourier, who showed that representing a function as a sum of trigonometric functions greatly simplifies the study of heat transfer. The subject of Fourier analysis encompasses a vast spectrum of mathematics.
Transformation de Fourier rapideLa transformation de Fourier rapide (sigle anglais : FFT ou fast Fourier transform) est un algorithme de calcul de la transformation de Fourier discrète (TFD). Sa complexité varie en O(n log n) avec le nombre n de points, alors que la complexité de l’algorithme « naïf » s'exprime en O(n). Ainsi, pour n = , le temps de calcul de l'algorithme rapide peut être 100 fois plus court que le calcul utilisant la formule de définition de la TFD.
Transformation de Fourierthumb|Portrait de Joseph Fourier. En mathématiques, plus précisément en analyse, la transformation de Fourier est une extension, pour les fonctions non périodiques, du développement en série de Fourier des fonctions périodiques. La transformation de Fourier associe à toute fonction intégrable définie sur R et à valeurs réelles ou complexes, une autre fonction sur R appelée transformée de Fourier dont la variable indépendante peut s'interpréter en physique comme la fréquence ou la pulsation.
