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Showing 1 to 20 of 607 for “"posture"”.
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Posture taxonomy
A diagrammatic method of recording static human postures was developed. Criteria established for the recording method were speed of completion, accuracy, reliability, ease of use, and universal applicability. Design of the recording method was based on cognitive, perceptual, and anthropometric …
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Posture and sports performance
… the influence of a device intended to "modify posture" and its influence on sports performance. We investigated the impact of a hand-grip device (e3 Fitness Grips, BioGrip, Sacramento, CA) designed to put the human skeleton in a "more favorable anatomical position," on 3.2-kilometer (2-mile) …
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Design of human-like posture prediction for inverse kinematic posture control of a humanoid robot
… a redundant humanoid robot by way of human-like posture prediction.
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Mandibular Resting Posture : An Electromyographic Evaluation
<p>Mandibular resting posture is the positional expression of cranial-facial morphology and the myotatic reflex of its contiguous musculature.</p> <p>Alteration of sensory input to the main sensory, mesencephalic and motor nucleus of the Fifth nerve in a myotalic reflex system, theoretically should …
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Sensory feedback in human posture control.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Thesis. 1970. Sc.D.
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Paradoxical Religious Posture: Occupying the Liminal Space
… liminality, one is able to develop a religious posture, a way of standing in relation to the transcendent. The character of that posture will be discovered in a process of inquiry and incongruity.</p>
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Workplace Posture Assessment and Biofeedback with Kinect
… One promising method to ensure good workplace posture is through camera monitoring. To date, camera systems have been used in determining posture in a clean environment. However, an occluded and cluttered background, which is typical in an office setting, imposes a great challenge for a …
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Sex and Virtual Reality: Posture and Motion Sickness
It is well established that exposure to virtual motion environments (VME) can elicit postural instability (PI) in addition to motion sickness (MS). While research has found sex differences in motion sickness, the results of experimental studies are equivocal regarding these differences, and …
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Computer vision based posture estimation and fall detection.
… of the human as three regions for different postures including fall and (C) Recognise fall and non-fall using locations of human body regions as distinguishing features. The first stages of work comprise human silhouette detection and identification of activities in the form of different …
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Beckett’s Bodies, 1953–1983: Movement, Gesture, and Posture
My thesis offers an account of the non-verbal, physical practices of Beckett’s dramatic works from the 1950s to the 1980s. These works are unique for the precision with which the body is choreographed on stage, offering an insight into mid-twentieth century concerns and anxieties about embodiment. …
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A physical model for tracking human seating posture
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1998.
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Modeling of the biomechanics of posture and balance
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 1988.
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Automated posture analysis for detecting learner's affective state
… and dynamical analysis of natural occurring postures when a child is working in a learning-computer situation. Specifically, an experiment was conducted with 10 children between 8 and 11 years old to elicit natural occurring behaviors during a learning-computer task. Two studies were carried …
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Unintended Survivability: Comparative Reactions to Israel's Nuclear Posture
… nuclear paths relative to Israel's nuclear posture. The point of departure for this inquiry is whether the 'introduction' of Israel's nuclear weapons has ever played a pivotal role in the nuclear decisions and escalation dynamics in the Middle East. In so doing, this study addresses why …
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Development and validation of a posture prediction algorithm
… input to most biomechanical models is the body posture of the worker. Measuring posture has proven to be a difficult and time-consuming process. The research reported in this thesis investigated if a posture can be predicted instead of measured. The posture prediction model employs a whole-body …
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Posture Affects Affordance Perception of Reachability in Virtual Reality
<p>Tasks such as standing and reaching require differing levels of postural stability. Postural equilibrium is necessary to perceive the location of objects (Lee, Pacheco, & Newell, 2018). Visual perception of whether an object is within reach was investigated while standing upright. Participants …
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Sleeping Tongue Posture and Its Relationship to Craniofacial Morphology
… supporting the notion that resting tongue posture is an important factor in dental arch development and maintenance as well as airway control. What has yet to be quantitatively measured is the duration of time that a subconscious, resting tongue posture is maintained and whether such …
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Exploring the Effect of Ankle Braces on Foot Posture
Foot posture is an important characteristic that can affect kinematics, plantar loading, and injury risk. Arch height is one common aspect of foot posture, and it is estimated that about 60% of the population has normal arches while 40% of the population is either pes planus or pes cavus. It is …
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Effects of deceptive behavior on biomechanical measures of standing posture
… effects on measures of standing posture using a mock security screening interview. We hypothesized that deceptive participants, compared to truthful would demonstrate significant differences in ground reactions during the interview. Participants were required to pack a backpack …
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