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Woohyoung Jeon, Hao-Yuan Hsiao, Lisa Griffin
Summary: The study investigated the effects of different initial foot positions on kinematics, muscle activation patterns, and balance control during a sit-to-stand task in younger and older adults. The toes-out foot position led to smaller trunk flexion angles and greater activation of hip muscles, contributing to improved postural stability during the task. This suggests that training with a toes-out foot position could be an effective rehabilitation strategy for older adults to strengthen hip muscles and improve balance control during a sit-to-stand task.
JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS
(2021)
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Isotta Rigoni, Giulio Degano, Mahmoud Hassan, Antonio Fratini
Summary: This study investigates the effect of whole-body vibratory stimulation on postural control strategies. The stimulation disrupts balance in the short term but leads to a greater contribution of cortical activity and a reconfiguration of muscle recruitment patterns. Results suggest that appropriate mechanical stimulation can trigger a recalibration of the sensorimotor set and offer new perspectives for motor re-education.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Neurosciences
D. Arsenault, T. D. Ivanova, S. J. Garland
Summary: This study investigated the effect of unilateral and bilateral standing perturbations on leg muscle activity in healthy older adults. The results showed that older adults responded to unilateral and bilateral stance perturbations with a combined ankle/hip strategy, pre-activation, and co-contraction of muscles. Older adults demonstrated higher levels of EMG in bilateral perturbations, but no difference in the latency of burst onset.
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Neurosciences
Karin Santana de Carvalho, Daniel Boari Coelho, Caroline Ribeiro de Souza, Carla Silva-Batista, Thiago Kenzo Fujioka Shida, Luis Augusto Teixeira, Andrea Cristina de Lima-Pardini
Summary: The study found that individuals with Parkinson's disease exhibit similar postural responses to healthy individuals on an oscillatory support base, showing the ability to adjust various parameters of body balance based on the oscillation frequency.
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Neurosciences
Hirofumi Ida, Sambit Mohapatra, Alexander S. Aruin
Summary: The use of virtual reality (VR) has been found to modulate postural adjustments in maintaining balance. One potential psychophysical factor is perceptual distortion in VR, providing critical information for the development of VR-based training systems.
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Sport Sciences
Sarah A. Wilson, Kimi D. Dahl, Kristin M. Dunford, Jacqueline N. Foody, Payam Zandiyeh, Travis Lee Turnbull, Scott Tashman
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the impact of canting wedges inserted under ski boots on knee kinematics/kinetics, balance, and neuromuscular activity in recreational alpine skiers. The experimental findings showed that wedges on the medial side of the foot significantly improved skier kinematics and kinetics while also positively influencing postural control measures associated with balance quality.
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT
(2021)
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Neurosciences
Simon A. A. Stehle, Romain Aubonnet, Mahmoud Hassan, Marco Recenti, Deborah Jacob, Hannes Petersen, Paolo Gargiulo
Summary: This study investigates the quantitative response to a complex postural control task using electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG), and center of pressure (CoP) signals. The results show that EMG and CoP features, when used together, can predict most of the postural control responses. This work demonstrates the potential of EEG, CoP, and EMG for assessing pathological conditions in postural control.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
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Physiology
Jacques Abboud, Arianne Lessard, Martin Descarreaux
Summary: This study aimed to characterize superficial lumbar muscle recruitment strategies under the influence of delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) during unexpected trunk perturbations. The results showed that under DOMS effects, there was no attenuation of lumbar muscle activity amplitude, the spatial distribution of muscle activity remained similar, and there were no significant changes in reflex activity latency and trunk flexion movement.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
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Sport Sciences
Nicole M. Bordelon, Kyle W. Wasserberger, Molly M. Cassidy, Gretchen D. Oliver
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JOURNAL OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING RESEARCH
(2021)
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Polymer Science
Alexa S. Kuenstler, Christopher N. Bowman
Summary: The effect of varying nucleophilic strength of catalysts on thiol-thioester bond exchange dynamics and crystallization in a semicrystalline polymer network was investigated. The characteristic time scale of covalent bond exchange could be adjusted by changing the nucleophilicity of the catalyst. Crystallization kinetics were found to slow down with faster bond exchange rates, and a depression in melting temperature was observed with increasing bond exchange rate. Long-term DSC studies showed that bond exchange facilitated isothermal crystal rearrangement and growth.
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Neurosciences
Pedro Zavala, Charles Nathan Vannatta, Thomas W. Kernozek, Drew N. Rutherford
Summary: The study investigated whether dynamic postural control differs in individuals with a history of running-related injury or those who go on to sustain a running-related injury. The results showed that regardless of injury history, the non-dominant limb demonstrated better postural stability indices. An interaction was observed between limbs and history of injury for the anterior-posterior time to stabilization for the lateral task. However, no clear differences were seen between injured and uninjured runners, suggesting that dynamic postural stability may be altered in individuals with a history of a running-related injury, but not related to subsequent injury.
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Neurosciences
Oz Zur, Hadas Ben-Rubi Shimron, Lisa Deutsch, Eli Carmeli
Summary: The study aims to determine the validity, inter- and intra-examiner reliability, and normal performance values of the Zur Balance Scale (ZBS) among individuals aged 29-70 years and introduce the modified version, mZBS. The results show that ZBS is a valid and reliable test, capable of detecting minimal differences in postural control, even in healthy populations.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
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Sport Sciences
S. Sahli, R. Baccouch, R. Borji, B. H. Sassi, H. Rebai
Summary: The study explored the characteristics of postural control in Kung-Fu trained young boys compared to non-trained age-matched individuals. Results showed that Kung-Fu practitioners had better balance in dynamic postures and superior neuromuscular responses. Additionally, both groups demonstrated improved balance and muscle response amplitudes when vision was removed.
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Physiology
Enrico De Martino, Sauro E. Salomoni, Paul W. Hodges, Julie Hides, Kirsty Lindsay, Dorothee Debuse, Andrew Winnard, James Elliott, Mark Hoggarth, David Beard, Jonathan A. Cook, Robert Ekman, Luis Hinterwaldner, Jonathan Scott, Tobias Weber, Nick Caplan
Summary: This study investigated the effect of artificial gravity on the deterioration of standing balance and anticipatory postural adjustments of trunk muscles induced by 60-day head-down tilt bed rest. The results showed that artificial gravity partially mitigated the deterioration in standing balance, but did not have a protective effect on trunk muscle responses.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
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Clinical Neurology
Olivia M. Fischer, Kyle J. Missen, Craig D. Tokuno, Mark G. Carpenter, Allan L. Adkin
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effects of postural threat on sample entropy and traditional balance measures, as well as the role of physiological arousal, perceived anxiety, attention focus, and biological sex. The results showed that participants had increased physiological arousal, anxiety, and attention focus when threatened, and there were changes in sample entropy, anterior-posterior displacement, and balance frequency. Males and females responded similarly to threat, but males had significantly higher attention to balance and high-frequency sway. Increased sample entropy when threatened may reflect a shift to more automatic control, while directing more attention to balance may act to constrain these automatic changes.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2023)
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Orthopedics
Karen G. Roos, Zachary Y. Kerr, Timothy C. Mauntel, Aristarque Djoko, Thomas P. Dompier, Erik A. Wikstrom
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2017)
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Clinical Neurology
Christopher J. Burcal, Matthew C. Hoch, Erik A. Wikstrom
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Sport Sciences
Erik A. Wikstrom, Kyeongtak Song, Ashley Lea, Nastassia Brown
JOURNAL OF ATHLETIC TRAINING
(2017)
Article
Sport Sciences
Tricia Hubbard-Turner, Erik A. Wikstrom, Sophie Guderian, Michael J. Turner
JOURNAL OF ATHLETIC TRAINING
(2017)
Review
Sport Sciences
Abbey C. Thomas, Tricia Hubbard-Turner, Erik A. Wikstrom, Riann M. Palmieri-Smith
JOURNAL OF ATHLETIC TRAINING
(2017)
Article
Sport Sciences
Erik A. Wikstrom, Patrick O. McKeon
JOURNAL OF ATHLETIC TRAINING
(2017)
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Sport Sciences
Kyeongtak Song, Tae Kyu Kang, Erik A. Wikstrom, Hyung-pil Jun, Sae Yong Lee
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT
(2017)
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Sport Sciences
Erik A. Wikstrom, Patrick O. McKeon
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT
(2017)
Article
Rehabilitation
Cameron J. Powden, Kathleen K. Hogan, Erik A. Wikstrom, Matthew C. Hoch
JOURNAL OF SPORT REHABILITATION
(2017)
Review
Sport Sciences
Kyeongtak Song, Evan Rhodes, Erik A. Wikstrom
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Sport Sciences
Eamonn Delahunt, Chris M. Bleakley, Daniela S. Bossard, Brian M. Caulfield, Carrie L. Docherty, Cailbhe Doherty, Francois Fourchet, Daniel T. Fong, Jay Hertel, Claire E. Hiller, Thomas W. Kaminski, Patrick O. McKeon, Kathryn M. Refshauge, Alexandria Remus, Evert Verhagen, Bill T. Vicenzino, Erik A. Wikstrom, Phillip A. Gribble
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2018)
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Sport Sciences
Erik A. Wikstrom, Tricia Hubbard-Turner, Sophie Guderian, Michael J. Turner
JOURNAL OF ATHLETIC TRAINING
(2018)
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Sport Sciences
Sajad Bagherian, Nader Rahnama, Erik A. Wikstrom, Micheal A. Clark, Faroogh Rostami
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ATHLETIC THERAPY & TRAINING
(2018)
Review
Rehabilitation
Erik A. Wikstrom, Kyeongtak Song, Brian G. Pietrosimone, J. Troy Blackburn, Darin A. Padua
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2017)
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Orthopedics
Timothy C. Mauntel, Erik A. Wikstrom, Karen G. Roos, Aristarque Djoko, Thomas P. Dompier, Zachary Y. Kerr
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2017)