September 30, 2019A Novel MRI Compatible Balance Simulator to Detect Postural Instability in Parkinson's DiseaseCongratulations 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...Learn more
September 16, 2019Cluster Member Awarded Providence Health Care Practice-Based Research Challenge AwardCongratulations 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-...Learn more
September 4, 2019Post- Doctoral Position: Fall- Related Injury Prevention in Older AdultsThe 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...Learn more
June 23, 2019Effect of handrail height and age on the timing and speed of reach-to-grasp balance reactions during slope descentCluster 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...Learn more
June 11, 2019Cluster Supporting Students to Present at SCAPPS 2019The 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...Learn more
June 4, 2019Dr. 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...Learn more
May 21, 2019Prestigious SSHRC Grant Awarded to Cluster Member Lyndia WuCluster 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...Learn more
May 21, 2019Repeated exposure to the threat of perturbation induces emotive, cognitive, and postural adaptions in young and older adultsCongratulations 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-...Learn more
May 14, 2019A comparison of the magnitude and duration of linear and rotational head accelerations generated during hand-, elbow- and shoulder-to-head checks delivered by hockey playersAn 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...Learn more
