Biomechanics Research

KEY FINDING: MT shows positive effects on spatiotemporal aspects of gait in TBI, with medium effect improvements (Hedge’s g: 0.52).

KEY FINDING: Hybrid bilateral cortical screw - bilateral pedicle screw (CBT-PS) decreases the impact on adjacent segments after spinal fusion.

KEY FINDING: Minimum lateral COM excursion had significant moderate correlations with BBS (ρ = −0.54, p = 0.014), TUG (ρ = 0.59, p = 0.007), FGA (ρ = −0.59, p = 0.007), 10MWT-preferred (ρ = −0.59, p = 0.006) and 10MWT-fast (ρ = −0.68, p = 0.001).

KEY FINDING: Neck position affects the exposed spinal level during contusion injuries, potentially causing variability in observed functional outcomes due to differences in the precise neurological level of injury.

KEY FINDING: Certain gait parameters serve as potential indicators of gait dysfunction across multiple disease models.

KEY FINDING: Bone loss after spinal cord injury (SCI) is not solely due to disuse, suggesting a role for neural regulation.

KEY FINDING: Respiratory muscle training (RMT) increased maximal inspiratory pressure (PImax) by 32% in the active group.

KEY FINDING: The CDA-Cage construct demonstrated the lowest biomechanical responses and ROM ratio at adjacent segments among all RS models, closely approaching or even lower than those in the primary ACDF model.

KEY FINDING: The reduced SCI-GDI (rSCI-GDI) effectively represents gait variability of adults with SCI as does the SCI-GDI.

KEY FINDING: Articular discomfort increases during slope propulsion, with the shoulder, elbow, and wrist being most affected due to increased kinetics.