Contact
Dr. Prentice is on leave. Going forward he will not be accepting new graduate students in a supervisory capacity.
Email: sprentic@uwaterloo.ca
Education
BSc, University of Waterloo
PhD, University of Waterloo
Post Doctoral Fellowship, Université de Montréal
Fellow of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics (FCSB) Awarded 2008
Selected publications
Gait adaptations
Patla, A.E., Prentice, S.D., Robinson, C. & Neufeld, J. (1991) Visual control of locomotion: strategies for changing direction and for going over obstacles. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 17:603-634
Prentice, S.D., Hasler, E.N., Groves, J.J. & Frank, J.S. (2004) Locomotor Adaptations for Changes in the Slope of the Walking Surface. Gait and Posture 20: 255-265.
Noble, J.W., & Prentice, S.D. (2008) Intersegmental coordination while walking up inclined surfaces: age and ramp angle effects. Experimental Brain Research 189: 249-255
Singer, J.C., McIlroy, W.E. & Prentice, S.D. (2014) Kinetic measures of restabilisation during volitional stepping reveal age-related alterations in the control of mediolateral dynamic stability. Journal of Biomechanics 47:3539-45.
Limb mechanics
Patla, A.E. and Prentice, S.D. (1995) Role of active force and intersegmental dynamics in the control of limb trajectories over obstacles in humans. Experimental Brain Research 106: 499-504.
Noble, J.W. & Prentice, S.D. (2006) Adaptation to Unilateral Change in Lower Limb Mechanical Properties during Human Walking Experimental Brain Research 169: 482-495.
Singer, J.C., Noble, J.W., & Prentice, S.D. (2011) Locomotor strategies in response to altered lower limb segmental mechanical properties Human Movement Science 30: 1199-1209.
Noble, J.W., Singer, J.C. & Prentice, S.D. (2016) Control of standing balance while using constructions stilts: Comparison of expert and novice users. Ergonomics. 59(2):265-75.
Neural aspects
Prentice, S.D. & Drew, T. (2001) Contributions of the reticulospinal system to the postural adjustments during voluntary gait modifications. J. Neurophysiology 85: 679-698
Prentice, S.D., Patla, A.E. & Stacey, D.A. (2001) Artificial neural network model for the generation of muscle activation patterns for human locomotion. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. 11: 19-30
Drew, T., Prentice, S. & Schepens, B. (2004) Cortical and brainstem control of locomotion. Progress in Brain Research 143: 251-261