Assessing the stability of human locomotion: a review of current measures

SM Bruijn, OG Meijer, PJ Beek… - Journal of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Falling poses a major threat to the steadily growing population of the elderly in modern-day
society. A major challenge in the prevention of falls is the identification of individuals who …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing dynamical systems concepts and techniques for biomechanical analysis

REA Van Emmerik, SW Ducharme, AC Amado… - Journal of sport and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Traditional biomechanical analyses of human movement are generally derived from linear
mathematics. While these methods can be useful in many situations, they do not describe …

Reactive stepping behaviour in response to forward loss of balance predicts future falls in community-dwelling older adults

CP Carty, NJ Cronin, D Nicholson, GA Lichtwark… - Age and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background: a fall occurs when an individual experiences a loss of balance from which they
are unable to recover. Assessment of balance recovery ability in older adults may therefore …

Stepping impairment and falls in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of volitional and reactive step tests

Y Okubo, D Schoene, MJD Caetano, EM Pliner… - Ageing research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To systematically examine stepping performance as a risk factor for falls. More
specifically, we examined (i) if step tests can distinguish fallers from non-fallers and (ii) the …

Dynamic parameters of balance which correlate to elderly persons with a history of falls

JW Muir, DP Kiel, M Hannan, J Magaziner, CT Rubin - Plos one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Poor balance in older persons contributes to a rise in fall risk and serious injury, yet no
consensus has developed on which measures of postural sway can identify those at …

Balance perturbations

MW Rogers, ML Mille - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Impairments of balance and gait leading to loss of mobility, falls, and disability are common
occurrences in many neurologic conditions and with older age. Much of our current …

Fall-portent detection for construction sites based on computer vision and machine learning

X Liu, F Xu, Z Zhang, K Sun - Engineering, Construction and …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Fall accidents can cause casualties and economic losses in the construction
industry. Fall portents, such as loss of balance (LOB) and sudden sways, can result in fatal …

Lower limb muscle weakness predicts use of a multiple-versus single-step strategy to recover from forward loss of balance in older adults

CP Carty, RS Barrett, NJ Cronin… - … Series A: Biomedical …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background. Older adults compared with young adults have reduced strength and balance
recovery ability. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether age, sex …

Effect of sex and fatigue on single leg squat kinematics in healthy young adults

BK Weeks, CP Carty, SA Horan - BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2015 - Springer
Background The single-leg squat (SLS) test is widely used in screening for musculoskeletal
injury risk. Little is known, however, of lower limb, pelvis, and trunk kinematics of SLS …

Wearing a back-support exoskeleton impairs single-step balance recovery performance following a forward loss of balance–An exploratory study

JH Park, Y Lee, ML Madigan, S Kim… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Back-support exoskeletons (BSEs) are a promising ergonomic intervention for reducing
physical demands on the low-back, but little is known regarding whether BSE use alters …