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A pilot study investigating arm and leg FES-assisted cycling as an intervention for improving ambulation after Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
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People with incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) have the potential for recovering walking through plasticity-induced changes in the remaining neural circuitry. Current rehabilitation for walking attempts to induce such changes by providing relevant sensory inputs and motor commands through...
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Fall 2017
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is an extremely debilitating condition, leading to sensory and motor dysfunction below the level of the injury. Presently, there are few effective treatments for SCI. This is in part due to the immense complexity of SCI pathophysiology. Thus, combined research approaches...
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Associative plasticity and afferent regulation of corticospinal excitability in uninjured individuals and after incomplete spinal cord injury
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Cortical representations are plastic and are allocated based on the proportional use or disuse of a pathway. A steady stream of sensory input maintains the integrity of cortical networks; while in contrast, alterations in afferent activation promote sensorimotor reorganization. After an...
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Spring 2010
Maintaining balance is controlled by two different processes: feedforward and feedback control. Feed-forward control is used prior to performing voluntary movements whereas feedback control is used to correct for unexpected perturbations. Studies suggested that age-related changes in postural...
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Characterization of WT1-expressing interneurons and investigation of their role in locomotion
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Mammalian locomotion is controlled by a specialized neural network, known as the locomotor central pattern generator (CPG), which is situated entirely within the ventral spinal cord. A number of studies completed over the past two decades have indicated that this neural network is comprised of...
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2016-08-28
Johnson, Jeffrey A., Crick, Katelynn, Nykiforuk, Candace I.J., McGetrick, Jennifer Ann
Walk Score® is a proprietary walkability metric that ranks locations by proximity to destinations, with emerging health promotion applications for increasing walking as physical activity. Currently, field validations of Walk Score® have only occurred in metropolitan regions of the United States;...
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2016
Crick, Katelynn C., Johnson, Jeffrey A., McGetrick, Jennifer Ann, Nykiforuk, Candace I.J.
Highlights: Physical inactivity linked to chronic disease can be addressed by increasing walking. Understanding walkability can support health promotion policies and interventions. Walk Score® provides a uniquely accessible and generalizable metric for walkability. Walk Score® has been validated...
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Clinical Utility of Proposed Gait Stability Measures: Selection, Application and Evaluation of the Extrapolated Centre of Mass
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Gait stability is the ability to maintain a state of equilibrium during locomotion. In humans, this includes the need to maintain a stable walking pattern while regularly positioning the body in a state of imbalance. Thus, it is not surprising that gait is accompanied by an increased risk of...
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Connectivity and Regional Distribution of Constituent Cells of the Mammalian Locomotor Central Pattern Generator
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The mammalian spinal cord contains a network of neurons capable of generating the rhythm and coordinating the complex motor pattern which underlies overground locomotion. This network, called the locomotor central pattern generator (CPG), can operate in isolation from afferent input and...