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Language comprehension in the balance: the robustness of the action-compatibility effect (ACE). [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
How does language comprehension interact with motor activity? We investigated the conditions under which comprehending an action sentence affects people's balance.
Rolf A Zwaan   +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

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of a cognitive or motor task on the gait parameters of those with diabetes, with and without neuropathy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Aims: To compare the gait parameters of older people with diabetes (DM) and people with diabetes and diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and to investigate the effect of a secondary motor or cognitive task on their gait.
Abboud   +25 more
core   +1 more source

8D23 Fundamental experiment on developing a measuring system for seated posture balance.

open access: yesThe Proceedings of the Bioengineering Conference Annual Meeting of BED/JSME, 2012
Kyohei UCHIKATA   +4 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Numerical modeling of deep-seated landslides interacting with man-made structures

open access: yesJournal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2018
This paper describes the interaction between deep-seated landslides and man-made structures such as dams, penstocks, viaducts, and tunnels. Selected case studies are reported first with the intent to gain insights into the complexities associated with ...
Giovanni Barla
doaj   +1 more source

Impulsive supply of volatile-rich magmas in the shallow plumbing system of Mt. Etna volcano [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Magma dynamics at Mt. Etna volcano are frequently recognized as the result of complex crystallization regimes that, at shallow crustal levels, unexpectedly change from H2O -undersaturated to H2O-saturated conditions, due to the impulsive and irregular ...
Gaeta, Mario   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Impact of Aging on Balance and Pattern of Muscle Activation in Elderly Women from Different Age Groups

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gerontology, 2013
Background: Aging causes deterioration in the sensory systems and changes the pattern of muscle activation, which impairs balance in elderly individuals compared to young adults.
Matheus M. Gomes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

How a Diverse Research Ecosystem Has Generated New Rehabilitation Technologies: Review of NIDILRR’s Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Over 50 million United States citizens (1 in 6 people in the US) have a developmental, acquired, or degenerative disability. The average US citizen can expect to live 20% of his or her life with a disability. Rehabilitation technologies play a major role
A Arnoldussen   +295 more
core   +3 more sources

Development of Ergonomic Balance Seat(e-BASE) Chair

open access: yesJournal 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   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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