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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"biomechanical studies"”.
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A multi finger electromagnetic actuator apparatus for biomechanical studies on the hand
… multi-finger apparatus can be used to conduct biomechanical and perceptual studies of the human hand.
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Femoral Biomechanical Analyses and 3D Printed Femoral Diaphysis for Biomechanical Simulation
BACKGROUND: The biomechanical properties of adult human femurs have significant clinical and surgical implications. Despite an extensive body of literature, a consolidated analysis of those material properties has not been firmly established. Furthermore, the results and limitations of cadaveric …
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Variable damping controller for a prosthetic knee during swing extension
… during level ground walking. Preliminary biomechanical studies suggest that the knee utilizes a variable damping control during swing extension. This thesis proposes a biologically inspired variable damping control strategy which can be simplified into a piecewise function with respect to …
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Comparing Motion Outcomes in Salvage Procedures for Wrist Arthritis
… The optimal clinical treatment remains unclear. Biomechanical studies comparing outcomes of these procedures often only report uniplanar motion, rather than multiplanar motion which is more representative of functional wrist motion. Further, the impact of altering the relationship of the proximal …
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The Effects of Uphill vs. Level-Grade High-Intensity Interval Training on Key Physiological Indices of Distance Running
… distance runners. In contrast, several biomechanical studies suggest uphill vs. level-grade running results in greater electromyographical (EMG) activity in lower body musculature, increased kinetic output at the ankle, knee and hip joints, and represents a sport-specific form of …
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Prediction of Human Hand Motions based on Surface Electromyography
… method for sensing electrical activity in biomechanical studies, and has also been applied to motion tracking in recent years. While most studies focus on the classification of human hand motions within a predefined motion set, the prediction of continuous finger joint angles and wrist …
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Biomechanical Comparison of Meniscal Repair Systems in Shear Loading
… easier, and potentially safer. Many prior biomechanical studies have loaded an excised, repaired meniscus in tension and found that the repaired meniscus performs similarly to an uninjured sample. However, it is more appropriate to apply shear forces to the tissue in order to simulate the …
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Knowing in the body: A dancer's emergent epistemology
… a structured dance technique class, and two biomechanical studies generated data for analysis. The data collected reflects different research and pedagogical approaches which provided multiple sources of information. A case study methodology allowed me to look in depth at each group and …
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Biomechanical Testing of Two-Level Cervical Disc Arthroplasty
<p>In vitro biomechanical studies comparing two-level cervical disc arthroplasty with two-level fusion were completed using an established cadaveric cervical spine model. Three conditions were tested: non-instrumented, instrumented with two-level fusion (C5-C6 and C6-C7), and instrumented with …
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Biomechanics of the canine thoracolumbar spine in lateral bending
… spinal column may result in alterations of the biomechanical properties of the spine through increases or decreases in the range of motion or stability of the spine. A decrease in range of motion between two adjacent vertebrae subsequent to arthrodesis or ankylosis appears, clinically, to be …
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A finite element evaluation of the talocrural join and the effects of ligament injury on joint mechanics
Several cadaveric and in vivo biomechanical studies have looked at the effects that ligament injuries of the ankle joint complex have on the stability of the ankle joint and susceptibility to chronic degeneration of articular surfaces, but the re have been very few studies that use computer …
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A Kinematics-Based Testing Protocol to Study the Mechanics of the Human Lumbar Spine
… fusion surgery. Though there have been many biomechanical studies completed on these devices, there is still a debate over their efficacy. Conventional testing methods provide insight into the rotational properties of the MSU but lack the sensitivity or capacity to quantify lumbar MSU’s …
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Biomechanics of foot function in relation to sports performance
… about the effect of footwear upon the normal biomechanical function of the MPJ during sprinting, as this joint has often been neglected in previous biomechanical studies of lower limb energetics. A series of empirical and theoretical investigations were therefore undertaken to advance the …
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Biomechanical Analyses of Head Acceleration during Contact Sports and Ankle Joint Complex Injury
… This research is divided into two separate biomechanical studies: the design and evaluation of a device to simulate football helmet collisions and its parameters, and a cadaveric study to investigate the effects of ankle sprains. An impactor system was designed and built along with a …
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BIOMECHANICAL MARKERS AS INDICATORS OF POSTURAL INSTABILITY PROGRESSION IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE
… of this research is to identify quantitative biomechanical parameters of postural instability in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) that can in turn be used to assess fall risk. Currently, clinical assessments in PD are not sufficiently sensitive to predict fall risk, making a history of …
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Composition Portfolio
Composition is a process of applied research. In a portfolio of eight original pieces, the technical and aesthetic components of this process are investigated from the perspective of several theoretical precepts which both inform and underpin its creative strategy. Drawing on theories of …
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Biomechanical determinants of injury risk and performance during change of direction : implications for screening and intervention
… and its association with ACL injury risk, biomechanical studies generally investigate performance and injury risk determinants independently. Preliminary evidence indicates that the mechanics and techniques associated with faster change of direction (COD) performance are at odds with safer …
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An Investigation of Technique and Equipment Factors Associated with Clubhead Speed in Golf
… considered to be of importance. However, biomechanical factors such as; the X-factor (separation of the trunk-pelvis alignment when viewed in the transverse plane), have been a major focus of recent research. Further, the interaction of the golfer with the implement they hit with i.e. the …
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La técnica y entrenamiento del salto con pértiga en jóvenes saltadores.
… Babić, 2013; Simona and Cristian, 2015). These studies have provided a vision and approach to the mechanics of the pole vault. These works have focused on the analysis of the speed in the run-up and take-off, the times of execution of actions, the angle positions in different phases and the …
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El tocado con fondo en la esgrima de alto nivel : estudio biomecánico del fondo en competición. El golpe recto clásico
… out, it was verified that there was not many biomechanical studies of the fencing lunge. Most of the studies that exists were carried out in laboratory conditions. None of these articles show however which are the best positions for the fencer to reach their maximum speed. For this …