Overground vs. treadmill-based robotic gait training to improve seated balance in people with motor-complete spinal cord injury: a case report [PDF]
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2017 Background Robotic overground gait training devices, such as the Ekso, require users to actively participate in triggering steps through weight-shifting movements. It remains unknown how much the trunk muscles are activated during these movements, and if
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Comparison of balance in seated and non-seated employees of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences [PDF]
Physiotherapy Quarterly, 2019 IntroductionDevelopments in modern technology in occupational settings have resulted in prolonged sitting at the workplace. Prolonged sedentarism may cause musculoskeletal complications and impaired balance. The present study aimed to evaluate balance in employees working in a seated position for more than half of their working day compared with ...
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Adaptation of computerized posturography to assess seated balance in persons with spinal cord injury [PDF]
Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2013 The ability to retain or improve seated balance function after spinal cord injury (SCI) may mean the difference between independence and requiring assistance for basic activities of daily living. Compared with assessments of standing and walking balance, seated balance assessments remain relatively underemphasized and under-utilized.To optimize tools ...
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Transferability of a 10-week remotely delivered Virtual Physical Activity Seated Exercise (V-PASE) program on post-stroke functional mobility: study protocol for a multisite randomized controlled trial [PDF]
TrialsBackground Seated exercises may reduce the need for in-person support during home-based exercise programs in people with balance impairments. However, it is uncertain if these exercises can transfer to improved lower extremity function and mobility. Thus,
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Anthropometric and Neuromuscular Characteristics of Breakers Across Different Performance Levels: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Field-Based Study [PDF]
International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy# Background The inclusion of breaking in the 2024 Olympic Games has accelerated the professionalization of the dancesport, leading to increased support from elite sport systems.
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A closed-loop self-righting controller for seated balance in the coronal and diagonal planes following spinal cord injury [PDF]
Medical Engineering and Physics, 2020 Michael E Miller +2 more
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IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2023 Trunk rehabilitation exercises such as those for remediating core stability can help improve the seated balance of patients with weakness or loss of proprioception caused by diseases such as stroke, and aid the recovery of other functions such as gait ...
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Study on the Effects of Different Seat and Leg Support Conditions of a Trunk Rehabilitation Robot
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2022 Performance of trunk rehabilitation exercises while sitting on movable surfaces with feet on the ground can increase trunk and leg muscle activations, and constraining the feet to move with the seat isolates control of the trunk.
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Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2023 Spinal cord injury (SCI) can cause paralysis of trunk and hip musculature that negatively impacts seated balance and ability to lean away from an upright posture and interact fully with the environment.
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The role of age, sex, anthropometry, and body composition as determinants of physical fitness in nonobese children aged 6–12 [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Purpose The determinants of physical fitness in children have been given limited attention. In particular, the relative role of chronological age, sex, anthropometry, and body composition in physical fitness of children has been barely investigated. This
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