Journal of Bioengineering & Biomedical Science

Philippe Gourdou

Publications

• Research Article
  Characterizing Postural Stability in a Quasi-Static Sitting Position among Individuals with Sensorimotor Impairments Following Spinal Cord Injury
  Author(s): Murielle Grangeon, Dany Gagnon, Cyril Duclos, Cindy Gauthier, Christian Larivière and Philippe GourdouMurielle Grangeon, Dany Gagnon, Cyril Duclos, Cindy Gauthier, Christian Larivière and Philippe Gourdou
  
  The objective of this study was to determine a minimum data set of postural measures to characterize seated stability in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) by computing 39 Center-Of-Pressure (COP) measures routinely investigated in standing posture. Two short-sitting positions on an instrumented seat with the feet resting on force plates were compared between 14 individuals with SCI and 14 healthy controls: 1) with both hands on their thighs and 2) with both upper extremities flexed at 70o and abducted at 45o. The correlations between all COP measures for the resultant, anteroposterior and mediolateral components were also computed. Differences in seated stability were observed between individuals with SCI and healthy controls, irrespective of the tasks. More precisely, the bilateral hand support was confirmed to be an effective strategy to compensate for anterior instability i.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9538.1000124

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