Age-related differences in lower limb muscle activation patterns and balance control strategies while walking over a compliant surface

W Jeon, A Ramadan, J Whitall, N Alissa, K Westlake - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Substantial evidence demonstrates that falls in older adults are leading causes of fatal and
non-fatal injuries and lead to negative impacts on the quality of life in the aging population …

Effects of visual input absence on balance recovery responses to lateral standing surface perturbations in older and younger adults

W Jeon, J Borrelli, HY Hsiao - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Although the ability to recover balance in the lateral direction has important implications with
regard to fall risk in older adults, the effect of visual input on balance recovery in response to …

Age-related differences in kinematics, kinetics, and muscle synergy patterns following a sudden gait perturbation: Changes in movement strategies and implications …

W Jeon, A Ramadan, J Whitall, N Alissa, K Westlake - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Falls in older adults are leading causes of fatal and non-fatal injuries, negatively impacting
quality of life among those in this demographic. Most elderly falls occur due to …

Impact of standing perturbation intensities on fall and stability outcomes in healthy young adults

S Shin, C Simpkins, J Ahn, F Yang - Journal of biomechanics, 2024 - Elsevier
Motorized treadmills have been extensively used in investigating reactive balance control
and developing perturbation-based interventions for fall prevention. However, the …

Young adults accelerate their arms significantly faster and earlier than old adults resulting in improved center of mass dynamics during an overground slip perturbation

JS Lee-Confer, MK Lo, KL Troy - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Arm motions reduce the likelihood of falling from a slip in young adults, and injuries to older
adults from falls are known to occur from a frontal plane fall. Therefore, the purpose of this …

[PDF][PDF] Quantifying Effects of Perturbation Intensity on Slip Outcome in Young Adults

S Shin - 2023 - scholarworks.gsu.edu
Motorized treadmills have been widely used to examine the reactive balance control of the
human body after an external perturbation, like slips or trips, and develop perturbation …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of age-related difference in lower limb muscle activation pattern and movement strategies during walking balance control on a compliant surface

W Jeon, A Ramadan, J Whitall, N Alissa, K Westlake - 2023 - assets-eu.researchsquare.com
Substantial evidence demonstrates that falls in older adults are leading causes of fatal and
non-fatal injuries and lead to negative impacts on quality of life in the aging population. Most …

Effects of Two Tripping Mechanisms on Reactive Balance Control During Walking and Carrying Tasks

K Van Valkenburg - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Within the United States the rate of falls within occupational settings presents a
serious health and safety concern for workers. Previous studies have analyzed the …