Fall Prevention

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"New funding supports development of fall prevention technologies for older adults," Kinesiology News, Richard Hughson, February 28, 2018
"Disrupting traditional models of health care," Waterloo Magazine, Helen Chen, Plinio Morita, Fall 2017
"Biomechanics professor striking the perfect balance," Kinesiology Research Stories, Andrew Laing, June 7, 2013
"Breaking the fall: Smart walker will help prevent injuries," Waterloo Stories, Pascal Poupart, April 12, 2013

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"Kinesiology," Youtube, Heather Keller, November 11, 2016

Publications by CBB Researchers

"Validation of a one year fracture prediction tool for absolute hip fracture risk in long term care residents" Negm A, Ioannidis G, Jantzi M, Bucek J, Giangregorio L, et. al. BMC Geriatrics, 2018 vol: ,18 (1) pp: 320 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-1010-1
Boroomand, A., Shaker, G., Morita, P. P., Wong, A., & Boger, J. (2018, March). Autonomous gait speed estimation using 24GHz FMCW radar technology. In Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI), 2018 IEEE EMBS International Conference on (pp. 66-69). IEEE.
Weaver, T. B., Ma, C., & Laing, A. C. (2017). Use of the nintendo wii balance board for studying standing static balance control: technical considerations, force-plate congruency, and the effect of battery life. Journal of applied biomechanics, 33(1), 48-55.
Lachance, C. C., Jurkowski, M. P., Dymarz, A. C., Robinovitch, S. N., Feldman, F., Laing, A. C., & Mackey, D. C. (2017). Compliant flooring to prevent fall-related injuries in older adults: A scoping review of biomechanical efficacy, clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and workplace safety. PLoS one, 12(2), e0171652.
Weaver, T. B., Glinka, M. N., & Laing, A. C. (2017). Stooping, crouching, and standing–Characterizing balance control strategies across postures. Journal of biomechanics, 53, 90-96.
Pretty, S. P., Martel, D. R., & Laing, A. C. (2017). The influence of body mass index, sex, & muscle activation on pressure distribution during lateral falls on the hip. Annals of biomedical engineering, 45(12), 2775-2783.
Chen, J. A., Dickerson, C. R., Wells, R. P., & Laing, A. C. (2017). Older females in the workforce–the effects of age on psychophysical estimates of maximum acceptable lifting loads. Ergonomics, 60(12), 1708-1717.
Martel, D. R., Levine, I. C., Pretty, S. P., & Laing, A. C. (2018). The influence of muscle activation on impact dynamics during lateral falls on the hip. Journal of biomechanics, 66, 111-118.
Huang, H. Y., Farkhatdinov, I., Arami, A., & Burdet, E. (2017). Modelling neuromuscular function of SCI patients in balancing. In Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II (pp. 355-359). Springer, Cham.
Boger, J., Young, V., Hoey, J., Jiancaro, T., & Mihailidis, A. (2018). Zero-Effort Technologies: Considerations, Challenges, and Use in Health, Wellness, and Rehabilitation. Synthesis Lectures on Assistive, Rehabilitative, and Health-Preserving Technologies, 8(1), i-118.
Howcroft, J., Lemaire, E. D., Kofman, J., & McIlroy, W. E. (2017). Elderly fall risk prediction using static posturography. PLoS one, 12(2), e0172398.
Howcroft, J., Kofman, J., & Lemaire, E. D. (2017). Prospective fall-risk prediction models for older adults based on wearable sensors. IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering, 25(10), 1812-1820.
Howcroft, J., Kofman, J., & Lemaire, E. D. (2017). Feature selection for elderly faller classification based on wearable sensors. Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 14(1), 47.
Biswas, A., Lemaire, E. D., & Kofman, J. (2017). Dynamic Gait Stability Index Based on Foot-Pressure Parameters and Fuzzy Logic. CMBES Proceedings, 30(1).
Howcroft, J., Lemaire, E. D., & Kofman, J. (2018). Prospective elderly fall prediction by older-adult fall-risk modeling with feature selection. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 43, 320-328.
Drover, D., Howcroft, J., Kofman, J., & Lemaire, E. D. (2017). Faller Classification in Older Adults Using Wearable Sensors Based on Turn and Straight-Walking Accelerometer-Based Features. Sensors, 17(6), 1321.
Giangregorio, L., & El-Kotob, R. (2017). Exercise, muscle, and the applied load-bone strength balance. Osteoporosis International, 28(1), 21-33.
Kerr, C., Bottomley, C., Shingler, S., Giangregorio, L., de Freitas, H. M., Patel, C., ... & Gold, D. T. (2017). The importance of physical function to people with osteoporosis. Osteoporosis International, 28(5), 1597-1607.
Kapelner, T., Jiang, N., Holobar, A., Vujaklija, I., Roche, A. D., Farina, D., & Aszmann, O. C. (2016). Motor unit characteristics after targeted muscle reinnervation. PloS one, 11(2), e0149772.

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