Browse the latest research summaries in the field of biomechanics for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Ann N Y Acad Sci, 2010 • June 1, 2010
Neonatal spinalized rats can achieve autonomous weight-supported locomotion, unlike adult spinalized rats, suggesting greater plasticity in the developing nervous system. Trunk control, influenced by ...
KEY FINDING: Neonatal spinalized rats can develop autonomous weight-supported stepping, unlike adult spinalized rats.
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2010 • August 20, 2010
This study aimed to compare kinematic data of upper limb movements during a drinking task among individuals with C6 tetraplegia, C7 tetraplegia, and a control group. The results indicated that individ...
KEY FINDING: Subjects with C6 tetraplegia performed the drinking task at a slower velocity and with more prolonged phases compared to the control group.
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2011 • February 2, 2011
This study investigates the gait characteristics of patients with Central Cord Syndrome (CCS) compared to healthy controls using 3D kinematic analysis. The results showed that CCS patients walked at a...
KEY FINDING: CCS patients showed reduced knee and ankle movement in the sagittal plane (forward-backward motion) during walking.
J Biomech, 2011 • June 3, 2011
This paper explored the theoretic feasibility of enabling individuals with SCI to undertake posture shifts while standing with FNS using a 3D musculoskeletal model adjusted for muscle properties typic...
KEY FINDING: For anterior shifting, inclusion of the Psoas and External Obliques bilaterally resulted in the least relative UE effort (0.119, mean UE effort = 45.3N ≡ 5.4% BW).
J Rehabil Res Dev, 2011 • January 1, 2011
The study introduces a manual spasticity evaluator (MSE) for quantitative and convenient assessment of spasticity and contracture, particularly in the ankle joint. The MSE was tested on children with ...
KEY FINDING: The Tardieu catch angle was linearly related to the velocity, indicating a position-dependent relationship.
J Appl Biomech, 2012 • February 1, 2012
This pilot study investigates the use of trunk acceleration feedback control of center of pressure (COP) against postural disturbances in standing with a neuroprosthesis following paralysis. Artificia...
KEY FINDING: ANNs can be trained to predict changes in COP from trunk acceleration with correlation coefficients ranging from 0.67 to 0.77.
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon), 2012 • February 1, 2012
This study investigated walking balance in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) by examining the variability in foot placement and other biomechanical measures. Researchers compared SCI participa...
KEY FINDING: Participants with spinal cord injury showed significantly different variability in all biomechanical measures compared to controls.
J Rehabil Res Dev., 2011 • August 1, 2011
This study describes a new custom measurement system designed to investigate the biomechanics of sitting-pivot wheelchair transfers and assesses the reliability of selected biomechanical variables. A ...
KEY FINDING: The custom measurement system recorded reliable and valid biomechanical data for future studies of sitting-pivot wheelchair transfers.
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2011 • December 8, 2011
The study introduces a novel fuzzy logic-based method for classifying rhythmic locomotor patterns from SEMG signals, aiming to understand the role of central pattern generators (CPGs) in human locomot...
KEY FINDING: The fuzzy model, using four rhythmic burst patterns, effectively accounted for approximately 70-83% of the variability in muscle activation during treadmill walking and 74% during overground walking in healthy individuals.
JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA, 2018 • February 1, 2018
This study examined ground reaction forces (GRFs) during overground walking in persons with incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) compared to able-bodied (AB) controls, focusing on the impact of assist...
KEY FINDING: Persons with iSCI exhibit reduced fore-aft GRFs compared to AB controls, with reductions greatest in persons dependent on an AD.