Do Walking Muscle Synergies Influence Propensity of Severe Slipping?

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• Personal Author:
  Beschorner KE ; Hur P ; Nazifi MM
• Description:
  Slipping is frequently responsible for falling injuries. Preventing slips, and more importantly severe slips, is of importance in fall prevention. Our previous study characterized mild slipping and severe slipping by the analysis of muscle synergies. Significant discrepancies in motor control of slipping have been observed between mild and severe slippers. We are further interested in whether differences exist in baseline motor control patterns between persons who experience mild and severe slips when exposed to a slippery contaminant. This study investigated walking with a muscle synergy approach to detect if walking muscle synergies differ between groups experiencing different slip severities. Twenty healthy young adults (eight mild slippers and 12 severe slippers) participated in this study and their muscle synergies of walking were extracted. Muscle synergy analysis showed that mild slippers had a higher contribution of hamstring and quadriceps during walking while severe slippers had increased contribution of the tibialis group. This study provides novel information that may contribute to identifying diagnostic techniques for identifying persons or populations with a high risk of fall based on their walking patterns. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Biomechanical Phenomena Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Motor Control Biomechanics Fall Gait Injury Prevention Muscle Function Muscle Synergy Neuromotor Function Slip Slips, Trips, And Falls STF Walking Surfaces

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• ISSN:
  1662-5161
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Pennsylvania ; Texas ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068473
• Citation:
  Front Hum Neurosci 2019 Nov; 13:383
• Contact Point Address:
  Pilwon Hur, Human Rehabilitation Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
• Email:
  pilwonhur@tamu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  University of Pittsburgh
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20020801
• Source Full Name:
  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
• End Date:
  20110831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ac84d158e280c77dbd98c4a358addd551c072aa741af104b3fade70c21c096a0f4ef590d5d0110c5cb95afe94acb74cff2442a2605344fbf24c2d01a53a29ec0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207091/cdc_207091_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.21 MB ]