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Publications

Papers

Book Chapters

  • Measuring slipperiness – discussions on the state of the art and future research. Measuring Slipperiness-Human Locomotion and Surface Factors
  • Measurement of slipperiness: fundamental concepts and definitions. Measuring Slipperiness-Human Locomotion and Surface Factors
  • Biomechanics of slips. Measuring Slipperiness-Human Locomotion and Surface Factors Flooring and Standing Comfort, Working Postures and Movements - Tools for Evaluation and Engineering
  • Slips and Falls, Working Postures and Movements - Tools for Evaluation and Engineering Ergonomic information resources, Maynard’s Industrial Engineering Handbook (5th Ed)
  • Case Studies: Prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in manufacturing and service environments, Maynard’s Industrial Engineering Handbook (5th Ed)
  • Rehabilitation Biomechanics, Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering

Conference Proceedings

  • Fear of falling: Psychological and gait constructs
  • Anticipation of slippery floors: Muscle onsets and co-contraction of the stance leg
  • Center of mass kinematics at slip onset and slip severity
  • Initial condition variables and age group as determinates of slip severity
  • Slip anticipation effects on hip/knee kinematics – Part 1: gait on dry floors
  • Anticipation of slippery floors and biomechanics of slips
  • Slip anticipation effects on hip/knee kinematics – Part 2: gait on glycerol contaminated floors
  • Do cognitive challenges interfere with walking ability?
  • Vestibular-induced eye movements while performing an information processing task in young and older humans.
  • Kinematics of the slipping foot
  • Validation of five times sit to stand in persons with vestibular disorders
  • Introducing ADAMS, a mechanical system simulation software, to bioengineering students
  • Whole body biomechanics of responses to slips
  • Biomechanics of slips and falls
  • Effect of having a-priori knowledge of the floors’ contaminant condition on the biomechanics of slips
  • Joint kinematics of postural sway response to sinusoidal galvanic vestibular stimulation
  • Slip anticipation effects on ground reaction forces
  • Utilizing biomechanics to prevent slips and falls
  • Heel acceleration at heel strike and slip outcome
  • Trailing leg postural strategies during slipping
  • Striatal doparminergic denervation and control of temporal gait variability in healthy adults
  • The impact of anticipating slippery floors on spatial and temporal variability during gait
  • Fear of falling, its psychological components and slip-warning induced gait adaptations in older adults with mild mobility impairments
  • Swing phase interruption in a slip: active or passive response?
  • Whole body postural responses to slips
  • Arm movements and slip severity
  • Aging-related striatal dopaminergic denervation, balance and gait in healthy adults
  • Do vestibular inputs trigger upper body responses during a slip?
  • Anthropometric parameters in the elderly: a DXA-based study
  • Postural preparation defines the interaction between standing balance and in cognitive processes
  • Measuring computer keyboard style
  • Perceived anxiety in a virtual grocery store in persons with and without vestibular dysfunction
  • Attention influences sensory integration during standing posture
  • Delays in voluntary step initiation are related to increased volume of white matter hyperintensities in older adults
  • Attentional mechanisms in balance control
  • Whole body postural responses to slips
  • The association between computer keyboard style and typing speed
  • Modeling the friction in pin-on disk studies of shoe-floor contaminants
  • White matter hyperintensities in localized motor tracts are associated with delays in step initiation during a choice step reaction task
  • Attention influences balance in patients with vestibular disorders
  • Biomechanics of slips and falls
  • Load carrying and corrective responses to slip events
  • Temporal dynamics of attention during a postural control task.
  • Attentional effects during postural perturbations in young and older adults
  • Attentional dynamics in older adults during perturbations
  • Normal values for the five times sit to stand test and gait speed in healthy older adults
  • Functional reach in older adults with and without vestibular dysfunction
  • The influence of head position on postural sway during galvanic vestibular stimulation
  • Adaptation and habituation in visually-induced postural sway
  • Adjustments in gait biomechanics on potentially slippery floors
  • Heel contact dynamics during slip events
  • Adjustments in gait biomechanics on potentially slippery floors
  • Otolith-ocular function in older adults
  • Slip potentials during load carrying
  • Proprioceptive control of posture in people with Parkinson’s disease
  • The Influence of flooring on subjective standing comfort and fatigue
  • Influence of flooring on objective standing fatigue measures
  • Center of mass acceleration and slip outcome
  • Knee strength and slip severity in young and older adults
  • Aging-related dopamine denervation in the basal ganglia and balance in sway-referenced visual environments
  • The long-term effect of otitis media on the vestibular system in children
  • Postural measurements: seated subjects as gauges of cognitive engagement
  • Postural sway adaptation during initial exposure to periodic and non-periodic optic flow
  • Responses to a virtual reality grocery store in persons with and without vestibular dysfunction
  • A model-based approach to attention and sensory integration in postural control of older adults
  • Whole body locomotive biomechanics in slips, trips and falls
  • Influence of change in surface support on standing postural sway in older adults
  • Modeling attention sensory integration in postural control of older adults
  • Measuring computer style: The frequency and distribution of computer keyboard behaviors
  • Postural control in healthy older adults: age-dependent habituation to changes in visual input
  • Intramural Internship: A Requirement of the Undergraduate Bioengineering Curriculum at the University of Pittsburgh
  • Determining biomechanical properties of falls using an adult anthropometric dummy
  • A mixed-lubrication model for shoe-floor friction applied to pin-on-disk apparatus