Christopher Frames
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Effects of Rucksack Military Accessory on Gait Dynamic Stability Open
Various factors are responsible for injuries that occur in the U.S. Army soldiers. In particular, rucksack load carriage equipment influences the stability of the lower extremities and possibly affects gait balance. The objective of this i…
Length of Time-Series Gait Data on Lyapunov Exponent for Fall Risk Detection Open
Falls are the leading cause of disability in older adults with a third of adults over the age of 65 falling every year. Quantitative fall risk assessments using inertial measurement units and local dynamics stability (LDS) have shown that …
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Integrated Sensing Systems for Monitoring Interrelated Physiological Parameters in Young and Aged Adults Open
Acute injury to aged individuals represents a significant challenge to the global healthcare community as these injuries are frequently treated in a reactive method due to the infeasibility of frequent visits to the hospital for biometric …
Prediction of Fall Risk Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults Using a Wearable System Open
Falls are among the most common cause of decreased mobility and independence in older adults and rank as one of the most severe public health problems with frequent fatal consequences. In the present study, gait characteristics from 171 co…
Nicotine Bitartrate Reduces Falls and Freezing of Gait in Parkinson Disease: A Reanalysis Open
Objective: Determine if NC001, an oral formulation of nicotine that reduces levodopa-induced dyskinesias (LIDs) in MPTP-Parkinson monkeys, could reduce falls, freezing of gait (FOG), and LIDs in Parkinson disease (PD) patients. Methods: Pr…
Effects of Obesity and Fall Risk on Gait and Posture of Community- Dwelling Older Adults Open
Epidemiological studies link increased fall risk to obesity in older adults, but the mechanism through which obesity increases falls and fall risks is unknown. This study investigates if obesity (Body Mass Index: BM I> 30 kg/m2 ) influence…
Dynamical Properties of Postural Control in Obese Community-Dwelling Older Adults Open
Postural control is a key aspect in preventing falls. The aim of this study was to determine if obesity affected balance in community-dwelling older adults and serve as an indicator of fall risk. The participants were randomly assigned to …
Motor Subtypes of Parkinson’s Disease Can Be Identified by Frequency Component of Postural Stability Open
Parkinson’s disease (PD) can be divided into two subtypes based on clinical features—namely tremor dominant (TD) and postural instability and gait difficulty (PIGD). This categorization is important at the early stage of PD, since identify…
TOWARD AN OBJECTIVE METHOD TO CLASSIFY TREMOR DOMINANT AND POSTURAL INSTABILITY AND GAIT DIFFICULTY SUBTYPES OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE: A PILOT STUDY. Open
Discriminating the two subtypes of tremor dominant (TD) and postural instability/gait difficulty (PIGD) in Parkinson's disease (PD) at early stage is highly valuable and crucial for progression treatment of disease for caregivers. However,…