Detecting age-related changes in skeletal muscle mechanics using ultrasound shear wave elastography

F Ateş, J Marquetand, M Zimmer - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Aging leads to a decline in muscle mass and force-generating capacity. Ultrasound shear
wave elastography (SWE) is a non-invasive method to capture age-related muscular …

[PDF][PDF] The effect of juggling on the proprioceptive and attentional abilities among older women

J Malik, N Główka, W Jelonek… - Frontiers in Public Health, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background: Age-related changes in attentional abilities can lead to a decline in body
segment awareness in space. However, studies have reported that physical activity can …

The Impact of Multicomponent Exercise Protocols Order on the Maximum Voluntary Contraction of Older Women

AM Monteiro, S Rodrigues, S Matos, S Encarnação… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of exercise order in multicomponent training
(MCT) on the maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) of older women. A total of 91 older …

Perception of torque is impacted by a subset of features related to the motor command

NM Cai, N Gurari - IEEE transactions on haptics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate perception of one's self-generated torques is integral to sensorimotor control. Here,
we examined how features of the motor control task, specifically the variability, duration …

[HTML][HTML] Individuals with hemiparetic stroke abnormally perceive their elbow torques when abducting their paretic shoulder

NM Cai, JPA Dewald, N Gurari - Clinical Neurophysiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Individuals with hemiparetic stroke exhibit an abnormal coupling between
shoulder abduction and elbow flexion, or flexion synergy, due to an increased reliance on …

Rehabilitation technologies for sensory-motor-cognitive impairments

P Giannoni - Cerebral Palsy: A Practical Guide for Rehabilitation …, 2022 - Springer
Technological devices and systems are important tools to be used in all aspects of medical
healthcare, namely, diagnosis, prognosis and cure, and this is also true in rehabilitation …

Impact of abducting at the shoulder on perceiving torques about the elbow

NM Cai, P Cherepanova… - 2021 IEEE World Haptics …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Literature indicates that an individual's perception of their self-generated torques is largely
influenced by their descending motor commands. These studies often rely on between-limbs …

Somatosensory Perception During Motor Activation Post-Hemiparetic Stroke

NM Cai - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Simple sensorimotor tasks, such as lifting a cup or balancing a tray, requires not only
controlled motor output, but also the ability to accurately perceive sensory information. After …