Stumbling reactions during perturbed walking: Neuromuscular reflex activity and 3-D kinematics of the trunk - A pilot study
- Stumbling led to an increase in ROM, compared to unperturbed gait, in all segments and planes. These increases ranged between 107 +/- 26% (UTA/rotation) and 262 +/- 132% (UTS/lateral flexion), significant only in lateral flexion. EMG activity of the trunk was increased during stumbling (abdominal: 665 +/- 283%; back: 501 +/- 215%), without significant differences between muscles. Provoked stumbling leads to a measurable effect on the trunk, quantifiable by an increase in ROM and EMG activity, compared to normal walking. Greater abdominal muscle activity and ROM of lateral flexion may indicate a specific compensation pattern occurring during stumbling. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Author details: | Juliane Müller, Steffen Müller, Tilman EngelORCiDGND, Antje Reschke, Heiner BaurORCiDGND, Frank MayerORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.09.041 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9290 |
| ISSN: | 1873-2380 |
| Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26518368 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Journal of biomechanics |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Place of publishing: | Oxford |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2016 |
| Publication year: | 2016 |
| Release date: | 2020/03/22 |
| Tag: | EMG; Gait perturbation; Treadmill walking; Trunk kinematics |
| Volume: | 49 |
| Number of pages: | 6 |
| First page: | 933 |
| Last Page: | 938 |
| Funding institution: | German Federal Institute of Sport Science; MiSpEx - the National Research Network for Medicine in Spine Exercise [BISp IIA1-080102A/11-14]; European Union [80132471] |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Sport- und Gesundheitswissenschaften |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Sportmedizin und Prävention |
