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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Stair Negotiation"”.
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Stair Negotiation in an older adult population: Analysis of the lower limb
Stair negotiation has been identified by older adults as one of the most challenging locomotor tasks, one that is associated with a high risk for falls and serious injury. Currently lacking is a comprehensive understanding of the lower limb during stair negotiation in an older adult population. It …
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BIOMECHANICAL PROFILING OF STAIR NEGOTIATION AND FALL RISK DETECTION IN OLDER PEOPLE
Stair falls are a major cause of injury and loss of independence for older people and place escalating demands on the National Health Service (NHS). Individual (e.g. psychological and physiological) and environmental (e.g. stair design) factors influence the biomechanics of stair negotiation and …
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Biomechanical Outcomes of Distinct TKA Surgical Alignments and Implant Designs
… moments and muscle activation patterns during stair negotiation.</p> <p><strong>Methods.</strong> The first aim of this dissertation examined the influence of surgical alignment techniques and restoration of joint line obliquity on knee joint biomechanics. The first study analyzed the surgical …
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Hip joint forces in hip replacement patients and normal subjects during activities of daily living
… hip joint loading has concentrated on gait, stair negotiation and rising from a chair. However, since patients often comment on the difficulty of getting into and out of a car and bath, these activities are also included in the current project. The 3 orthogonal components of hip joint force …
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The Effects of Binocular Vision Impairment on Adaptive Gait. The effects of binocular vision impairment due to monocular refractive blur on adaptive gait involving negotiation of a raised surface.
… of stereopsis affected adaptive gait during a negotiation of a step, secondly by determining which clinical stereotest was the most reliable for measuring stereoacuity in elderly subjects and finally investigating how manipulating the perceived height of a step in both binocular and monocular …