Nonlinear measures to evaluate upright postural stability: A systematic review

J Kędziorek, M Błażkiewicz - Entropy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Conventional biomechanical analyses of human movement have been generally derived
from linear mathematics. While these methods can be useful in many situations, they fail to …

Sports injury forecasting and complexity: a synergetic approach

ST Fonseca, TR Souza, E Verhagen, R Van Emmerik… - Sports medicine, 2020 - Springer
The understanding that sports injury is the result of the interaction among many factors and
that specific profiles could increase the risk of the occurrence of a given injury was a …

A wearable sensor identifies alterations in community ambulation in multiple sclerosis: contributors to real-world gait quality and physical activity

S Shema-Shiratzky, I Hillel, A Mirelman, K Regev… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
People with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) often suffer from gait impairments. These changes in
gait have been well studied in laboratory and clinical settings. A thorough investigation of …

Postural control entropy is increased when adopting an external focus of attention

CK Rhea, JA Diekfuss, JT Fairbrother… - Motor …, 2019 - journals.humankinetics.com
Falls in older adults are a public health challenge due to their influence on well-being and
health-care costs. One way to address this challenge is to discover new methods to enhance …

On the calculation of sample entropy using continuous and discrete human gait data

JD McCamley, W Denton, A Arnold, PC Raffalt… - Entropy, 2018 - mdpi.com
Sample entropy (SE) has relative consistency using biologically-derived, discrete data> 500
data points. For certain populations, collecting this quantity is not feasible and continuous …

Variability of segment coordination using a vector coding technique: reliability analysis for treadmill walking and running

JF Hafer, KA Boyer - Gait & posture, 2017 - Elsevier
Coordination variability (CV) quantifies the variety of movement patterns an individual uses
during a task and may provide a measure of the flexibility of that individual's motor system …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying lower limb inter-joint coordination and coordination variability after four-month wearing arch support foot orthoses in children with flexible flat feet

AA Jafarnezhadgero, SH Mousavi… - Human movement …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Flat feet in children negatively affect lower limb alignment and cause adverse
health-related problems. The long-term application of foot orthoses (FOs) may have the …

Accuracy of image data stream of a markerless motion capture system in determining the local dynamic stability and joint kinematics of human gait

S Chakraborty, A Nandy, T Yamaguchi, V Bonnet… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Assessment of gait parameters is commonly performed through the high-end motion tracking
systems, which limits the measurement to sophisticated laboratory settings due to its …

Gait stability, variability and complexity on inclined surfaces

MF Vieira, FB Rodrigues, GSS e Souza… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the gait stability, variability, and complexity of healthy young adults on
inclined surfaces. A total of 49 individuals walked on a treadmill at their preferred speed for 4 …

Gait deficits and dynamic stability in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Chakraborty, A Nandy, TM Kesar - Clinical biomechanics, 2020 - Elsevier
Background: Studies have demonstrated that ambulatory children and adolescents with
cerebral palsy demonstrate atypical gait patterns. Out of numerous gait variables …