Fall risk analysis of construction workers using inertial measurement units: Validating the usefulness of the postural stability metrics in construction

H Jebelli, CR Ahn, TL Stentz - Safety science, 2016 - Elsevier
Fall accidents are a leading cause of fatalities and injuries in the construction industry, and
the loss of bodily stability is one of the primary factors contributing to such falls. Body stability …

Non-linear tools and methodological concerns measuring human movement variability: an overview

CC Sánchez, FDB Murillo… - European Journal of …, 2014 - dialnet.unirioja.es
In recent years, several works have explored variability using different approaches, trying to
describe the variations in motor movement. Traditionally, movement variability was regarded …

Obesity impact on the attentional cost for controlling posture

JB Mignardot, I Olivier, E Promayon, V Nougier - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background This study investigated the effects of obesity on attentional resources allocated
to postural control in seating and unipedal standing. Methods Ten non obese adults (BMI …

[PDF][PDF] Core stability: evaluación y criterios para su entrenamiento

FJ Vera-García, D Barbado… - Revista andaluza de …, 2015 - SciELO Espana
Medicina del Deporte Page 1 Rev Andal Med Deporte. 2015;8(3):130–137 www.elsevier.es/ramd
R evista A ndaluzade Medicina del Deporte Revisión Core stability: evaluación y criterios para …

Immediate effects of Pilates based therapeutic exercise on postural control of young individuals with non-specific low back pain: A randomized controlled trial

S Lopes, C Correia, G Félix, M Lopes, A Cruz… - … therapies in medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives Low back pain affects the person's ability to keep balance, especially in
challenging conditions. The purpose of this study was to determine the immediate effects of …

Sports-related testing protocols are required to reveal trunk stability adaptations in high-level athletes

D Barbado, LC Barbado, JLL Elvira, JH van Dieën… - Gait & Posture, 2016 - Elsevier
Trunk/core stability is considered a key component of training programs, because it could
contribute to prevention of low-back and lower-limb injuries and to sports performance …

Learning to balance on one leg: motor strategy and sensory weighting

JH van Dieën, M van Leeuwen… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
We investigated motor and sensory changes underlying learning of a balance task. Fourteen
participants practiced balancing on one leg on a board that could freely rotate in the frontal …

Effects of fatigue on trunk stability in elite gymnasts

JH van Dieën, T Luger, J van der Eb - European journal of applied …, 2012 - Springer
The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that fatigue due to exercises
performed in training leads to a decrement of trunk stability in elite, female gymnasts. Nine …

[HTML][HTML] Center of pressure trajectories, trunk kinematics and trunk muscle activation during unstable sitting in low back pain patients

NW Willigenburg, I Kingma, JH van Dieën - Gait & posture, 2013 - Elsevier
Trunk motor behavior has been reported to be altered in low-back pain. This may be
associated with impaired lumbar proprioception, which could be compensated by trunk …