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Experimental setup and block diagram of robotic simulation.

October 13, 2021

Learning to stand with unexpected sensorimotor delays

Congratulations to cluster researchers Drs. Patrick Forbes, Timothy Inglis, Romeo Chua, and Jean-Sébastien Blouin, along with Brandon Rasman, Ryan Peters, Oscar Ortiz, and Ian Franks on their recent publication: "Learning to stand with unexpected sensorimotor delays". Human standing balance relies...

September 30, 2019

A Novel MRI Compatible Balance Simulator to Detect Postural Instability in Parkinson's Disease

Congratulations to cluster researchers Eveline Pasman, and Drs. Martin McKeown, Taylor Cleworth, Bastiaan R. Bloem J. Timothy Inglis, and Mark G. Carpenter on their recent publication: "A Novel MRI Compatible Balance Simulator to Detect Postural Instability in Parkinson's Disease". Postural...

September 16, 2019

Cluster Member Awarded Providence Health Care Practice-Based Research Challenge Award

Congratulations to cluster member Yvette Reid , an Audiologist at St. Paul’s Hospital, for receiving a Providence Health Care Practice-Based Research Challenge Awardin the amount of $5,000 for her research project entitled: “Postural stability in superior canal dehiscence syndrome”. The Practice-...

September 4, 2019

Post- Doctoral Position: Fall- Related Injury Prevention in Older Adults

The Injury Biomecahnics and Aging Labratory Department of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo is seeking a post-doctorate! Post-Doctoral Position: Fall-Related Injury Prevention in Older Adults University of Waterloo (UW), Department of Kinesiology, Injury Biomechanics & Aging Laboratory...

June 23, 2019

Effect of handrail height and age on the timing and speed of reach-to-grasp balance reactions during slope descent

Cluster members Dr. Vicki Komisar and Dr. Alison Novak investigated the effect of handrail height on the timing and speed of reach-to-grasp balance reactions during slope descent, in fourteen younger and thirteen older adults. Participants walked along an 8° slope mounted to a robotic platform...

June 11, 2019

Cluster Supporting Students to Present at SCAPPS 2019

The OBDAF Cluster will be helping to support Conference Registration costs for Cluster Trainees to present balance and falls related research at the upcoming SCAPPS meeting on October 17th to 19th . There will be a dedicated oral presentation session at SCAPPS for the top Cluster trainee...

June 4, 2019

Dr. Courtney Pollock awarded New Frontiers in Research Fund

Cluster Member Dr. Courtney Pollock has been awarded a New Frontiers in Research Fund to support her project aimed at developing and applying innovative technology in order to improve and individualize the rehabilitation of walking balance post stroke. Designed by the Canada Research Coordinating...

May 21, 2019

Prestigious SSHRC Grant Awarded to Cluster Member Lyndia Wu

Cluster member Lyndia Wu along with co-investigators Naznin Virji-Babul and Noah Silverberg have been awared a New Frontiers in Research Fund which supports international, interdisciplinary, fast-breaking and high-risk research (more info here ) for their project aimed at examining the brains...

May 21, 2019

Repeated exposure to the threat of perturbation induces emotive, cognitive, and postural adaptions in young and older adults

Congratulations to cluster members Drs. Mark Carpenter, Allan Adkin, Craig Tokuno, and trainees Kyle Johnson and Martin Zaback on their new publication entitled "Repeated exposure to the threat of peturbation induces emotional, cognitive, and postural adaptions in young and older adults" Threat-...

May 14, 2019

A comparison of the magnitude and duration of linear and rotational head accelerations generated during hand-, elbow- and shoulder-to-head checks delivered by hockey players

An exciting new paper has been published involving cluster members Drs. Stephen Robinovitch and Vicki Komisar along with the rest of their team on what happens to head accelerations when punched, elbowed, or shouldered in the head by collegiate hockey players. Ice hockey has the highest rates for...

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