Browse the latest research summaries in the field of biomechanics for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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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).
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.
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.
Ann Rehabil Med, 2017 • December 1, 2017
The most important potential contributor for independent walking in patients with incomplete SCI is the muscle strength of hip flexors, followed by knee extensors compared with other sensory and motor...
KEY FINDING: Motor and sensory scores were significantly different between the ambulators and non-ambulators. The majority was associated to the function of lower extremities.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2015 • January 1, 2015
This case study examined the muscle activation patterns of trunk, upper, and lower extremity muscles during walker-assisted paraplegic gait (WAPG) in an individual with a spinal cord injury. The gait ...
KEY FINDING: Reciprocating activation patterns of quadratus lumborum, latissimus dorsi, pectoralis major, and lower trapezius are responsible for trunk extension during balance adjustment, leg unloading, and propulsion force generation.
PM R, 2018 • October 1, 2018
This study compared the pump (P) and semicircular (SC) wheelchair propulsion patterns in able-bodied individuals to evaluate which pattern is more fatiguing to shoulder muscles. The study found that t...
KEY FINDING: Although not significant (P = .23), the Borg RPE scores for the SC condition were consistently higher than the scores for the P condition.
JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA, 2018 • November 1, 2018
This study quantifies the effects of incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) on leg kinematic variability during overground walking, focusing on foot trajectory and joint coordination. The research revea...
KEY FINDING: Persons with iSCI exhibited greater kinematic variability than controls, which scaled with deficits in overground walking speed.
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2018 • May 18, 2018
The study assessed the feasibility of a mobile gait therapy system providing real-time feedback for individuals with gait impairments after iSCI, stroke, and in the elderly. The results showed that th...
KEY FINDING: Mobile, real-time, verbalized feedback is feasible and results in a normalization of the feedback gait parameter.