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Impact of mobile phone use on accidental falls risk in young adult pedestrians

Heliyon, 2023
Background: Mobile phone use is known to be a distraction to pedestrians, increasing their likelihood of crossing into oncoming traffic or colliding with other people.
Paulo H.S. Pelicioni, Lloyd L.Y. Chan, Shuotong Shi, Kenny Wong, Lauren Kark, Yoshiro Okubo, Matthew A. Brodie   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home-based exercise using balance disc and smartphone inclinometer application improves balance and activity of daily living in individuals with stroke: A randomized controlled trial.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundSitting ability is critical for daily activities in individuals who have experienced a stroke. A combination of seated balance training on an unstable surface and real-time visual feedback via a simple mobile inclinometer application may ...
Pantawit Aphiphaksakul, Akkradate Siriphorn   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Effect of 12 Weeks of Core Stability Exercises on Functional Movement and Balance of Women Working in Hospitals [PDF]

Biyumikānīk-i varzishī, 2021
Objective: This study aims to assess the effect of 12 weeks of core stability exercises on functional movement and balance of women working in hospitals.
Maryam Golmoradi Marani, Mahdi Khalegi, Aezam Ahmadi, Seyyedeh Fatemeh Alavi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interlimb Coordination Performance in Seated Position in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis: Reduced Amplitude Over 6 min and Higher Coordination Variability in Persons With Walking Fatigability

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021
Background: Walking fatigability is prevalent in MS and can be measured by a percentage distance decline during a 6-min walking test. Walking is characterized by an accurate and consistent interlimb antiphase coordination pattern.
Mieke Goetschalckx, Fanny Van Geel, Fanny Van Geel, Raf Meesen, Lisa Tedesco Triccas, Marc Geraerts, Lousin Moumdjian, Lousin Moumdjian, Lousin Moumdjian, Peter Feys, Peter Feys   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

sj-docx-1-cre-10.1177_02692155221150002 - Supplemental material for The influence of seated exercises on balance, mobility, and cardiometabolic health outcomes in individuals living with a stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis

, 2023
Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-cre-10.1177_02692155221150002 for The influence of seated exercises on balance, mobility, and cardiometabolic health outcomes in individuals living with a stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Paul Mackie and ...
Paul Mackie (6837131), Janice J Eng (6684074)   +1 more
core   +1 more source

sj-docx-2-cre-10.1177_02692155221150002 - Supplemental material for The influence of seated exercises on balance, mobility, and cardiometabolic health outcomes in individuals living with a stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis

, 2023
Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-cre-10.1177_02692155221150002 for The influence of seated exercises on balance, mobility, and cardiometabolic health outcomes in individuals living with a stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Paul Mackie and ...
Paul Mackie (6837131), Janice J Eng (6684074)   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Development of Ergonomic Balance Seat(e-BASE) Chair

Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea, 2013
Objective: The aim of this study is to develop an ergonomic office chair that has an alarm function for the unbalanced sitting postures. Background: Contrary to expectation, it is reported that office workers sit on their chairs much more in unbalanced postures during daily work.
Jae Hee Park, Seung Hee Kim, Min Uk Kim, Hanbum Jung, Young Soo Shim, Taehee Ryu   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Trunk Neuromuscular Impairment Following Spinal Cord Injury: Insights into Bidirectional and Nonlinear Corticomuscular Coupling

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to disruptions in trunk motion patterns due to alterations in trunk neuromuscular control, with these changes remaining incompletely understood.
Mianjia Shan, Zilin Wang, Yujia Gao, Haixia Xie, Wenxin Niu, Ming Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interaction between the oculomotor and postural systems during a dual-task: Compensatory reductions in head sway following visually-induced postural perturbations promote the production of accurate double-step saccades in standing human adults. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Humans routinely scan their environment for useful information using saccadic eye movements and/or coordinated movements of the eyes and other body segments such the head and the torso.
Mathieu Boulanger, Guillaume Giraudet, Jocelyn Faubert   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the effects of an exercise program (Staying UpRight) for older adults in long-term care on rates of falls: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials, 2020
Background Falls are two to four times more frequent amongst older adults living in long-term care (LTC) than community-dwelling older adults and have deleterious consequences.
Lynne Taylor, John Parsons, Denise Taylor, Elizabeth Binns, Sue Lord, Richard Edlin, Lynn Rochester, Silvia Del Din, Jochen Klenk, Christopher Buckley, Alana Cavadino, Simon A. Moyes, Ngaire Kerse   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source