Dr.
Ali
Boolani,
Associate
Professor,
Clarkson
University
Title: Feelings of energy and fatigue influence different aspects of gait and postural control
Abstract:
Until recently, energy and fatigue were viewed on a bipolar continuum, however, the work by Boolani and colleagues (2018, 2018, 2019) distinguishes the two moods as two distinct yet overlapping moods. Boolani and colleagues (2018) are further able to distinguish between stable persisting mood traits and transient feelings of mental and physical energy and fatigue as eight separate constructs. Studies with clinical depression and anxiety have noted that patients with these mood disorders have distinct gait patterns compared to those who do not qualify for a diagnosis. While the influences of clinical mood presentations on gait and posture have been extensively studied, sub-clinical/non-clinical mood states and their influences on gait and postural control are less well understood. Further, the studies that have focused on energy and fatigue and their role on gait and postural control have examined the two moods on a bipolar continuum rather than as two distinct unipolar moods. Additionally, the current work on energy and fatigue has primarily focused on fatiguing a certain muscle or muscle groups and then examining its influence on gait and postural control rather than examining the influence of subjective perceptions of energy and fatigue on gait and postural control. Our studies work on distinguishing the influence of perceptions of mental and physical energy and fatigue states and their influence on gait and postural control. Our research suggests that when examining the influences of these mood states on gait and postural control one must examine these moods separately.
Bio:
Dr.
Ali
Boolani
is
an
associate
professor
at
Clarkson
University.
He
received
his
PhD
in
Applied
Physiology
at
Oklahoma
State
University
and
completed
a
post-doctoral
fellowship
at
the
University
of
Georgia
in
Exercise
Psychology.
Ali’s
work
focuses
on
objective
and
subjective
measurements
of
energy
and
fatigue,
the
influence
of
energy
and
fatigue
on
human
movement,
and
interventions
to
improve
feelings
of
energy
and
fatigue.
His
most
recently
published
work
showed
that
energy
and
fatigue
are
physiologically
two
distinct
moods
with
current
work
displaying
that
energy
and
fatigue
distinctly
influence
human
movement.
His
research
interests
include
applied
physiology
of
the
human
motor
system,
signal
processing
of
intramuscular
and
surface
electromyography
and
modeling
of
spinal
neural
networks.
Keywords: applied physiology, fatique, clinical depression, anxiety, gait, postural control, clinical mood presentations
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