Balance is critical for older adults to perform daily activities. However, age-related declines in balance increase the risk of falls and severe injuries, such as bone fractures and head …
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic joint condition, with 30% of those over the age of 75 exhibiting severe radiographic disease. Nearly 50% of those with knee OA have …
Making rapid and proper compensatory postural adjustments is vital to prevent falls and fall- related injuries. This study aimed to investigate how, especially how rapidly, the multiple …
Falls and fall-related injuries are significant public health problems in older adults. While balance-controlling strategies have been extensively researched, there is still a lack of …
Patterns of adaptive changes to the exposure to a sinusoidal visual stimulus can be influenced by stimulus characteristics as well as the integrity of the sensory and motor …
J Moreira, B Silva, H Faria, R Santos, ASP Sousa - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Principal component analysis (PCA) is a dimensionality reduction method that has identified significant differences in older adults' motion analysis previously not detected by the discrete …
Muscle fatigue is associated with reduced power output and work capacity of the skeletal muscle. Fatigue-induced impairments in muscle function are believed to be a potential …
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ankle and hip muscle fatigue on motor adjustments (experiment 1) and symmetry (experiment 2) of postural control during a quiet …
Maintaining balance stability while turning in a quasi-static stance and/or in dynamic motion requires proper recovery mechanisms to manage sudden center-of-mass displacement …