197 research outputs found
A walk on the wild side: Fall-risk assessment from daily-life gait
No full textDieen, J.H. van [Promotor]Beek, P.J. [Promotor]Pijnappels, M.A.G.M. [Copromotor]Daffertshofer, A. [Copromotor
Hip muscle function and mediolateral balance control in older adults
No full textDieen, J.H. van [Promotor]Verschueren, S. [Promotor]Pijnappels, M.A.G.M. [Copromotor]Hoozemans, M.J.M. [Copromotor
Impact of muscle fatigue on mechanics and motor control of walking
No full textDieen, J.H. van [Promotor]Bucken Gobbi, L.T. [Promotor]Pijnappels, M.A.G.M. [Copromotor
Predicting Falls: Amount and Quality of Daily-life Gait as Risk Factors
No full textDieen, J.H. van [Promotor]Lips, P.T.A.M. [Promotor]Pijnappels, M.A.G.M. [Copromotor]Elders, P.J.M. [Copromotor
Supplementary_Material – Supplemental material for Lack of Knowledge Contrasts the Willingness to Counteract Sarcopenia Among Community-Dwelling Adults
No full textSupplemental material, Supplementary_Material for Lack of Knowledge Contrasts the Willingness to Counteract Sarcopenia Among Community-Dwelling Adults by Jeanine M. Van Ancum, Carel G. M. Meskers, Esmee M. Reijnierse, Suey S. Y. Yeung, Nini H. Jonkman, Marijke C. Trappenburg, Mirjam Pijnappels and Andrea B. Maier in Journal of Aging and Health</p
Reproducibility of a knee and hip proprioception test in healthy older adults
No full textProprioception can be assessed by measuring joint position sense (JPS). Most studies have focused on JPS of the knee joint while literature for other joints especially for hip JPS is scarce. Although some studies have evaluated proprioception of the knee joint, the reproducibility of methods has rarely been investigated.sponsorship: This research was funded by the European Commission through MOVE-AGE, an Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate programme (2011-0015). Mirjam Pijnappels was financially supported by a TOP-NIG Grant (No. 91209021) from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). The authors would like to thank Arjan de Zwart for his valuable assistance on data collection. (European Commission through MOVE-AGE, an Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate programme|2011-0015, TOP-NIG Grant from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)|91209021)status: Publishe
Falls and concern about falling
No full textThe paper related to this data set is published in Plos ONE: Weijer et al 2021, The short- and long-term temporal relation between falls and concern about falling in older adults without a recent history of falling.
Age has been anonymized by substracting it with a random number. This procedure has left the variance unaffected.
This dataset consists of subject characteristics, prospectively assessed falls and retrospectively assessed falls, objective measures of clinical performance tests (Quickscreen and hand grip force), questionnaires related to self-perceived ability (FES-I and mGES), and walking duration per day per subject as measured with the DynaPort® MoveMonitor+
A recommender system for behavioral change in 60-70-year-old adults
No full textEarly old age (60-70 yearsold) is a particular period of life when possible habit modifications may occur, often related to job retirement. While taking up a more sedentary lifestyle may be pernicious for health, changing behavior by introducing simple exercises within daily life routines can effectively prevent age-related functional decline.
This article presents the Profiling Tool, a system that provides 60-70-year-old adults with personalized recommendations to integrate simple activities, promoting balance, strength, and physical activity into their daily life. Its first implementation has been designed on information from literature, data from previously available longitudinal datasets, and experts' opinions. It has been deployed within a randomized controlled trial. Strategies for its update are based on model-based reinforcement learning approaches
Hip abductor neuromuscular capacity: a limiting factor in mediolateral balance control in older adults?
No full textBackground
Mediolateral balance impairment is an important cause of falling in older adults. We aimed to investigate whether hip abductor muscular strength and/or position sense are limiting factors in mediolateral balance control.
Methods
Sixteen community-dwelling older adults performed three
different mediolateral weightshifting tasks, by tracking: (1) a sinusoidally moving visual target, “visual-MELBA”, (2) a sinusoidally translating platform without explicit visual feedback, “mechanical-MELBA”, and
(3) an unpredictable platform translation, “sudden-platform translation”. Balance performance was quantified for each task and correlated with hip abductor position sense, isometric strength, and peak hip abduction/adduction moments and moment rates.
Findings
Participants with better balance performance showed higher and faster hip abduction/adduction moment production during the tasks. Isometric hip abductor strength was significantly correlated with accuracy of tracking the visual target, while hip abductor position sense was associated with the bandwidth over which the mechanical target could be tracked and with a smaller delay between CoM movement and the sudden platform movement.
Interpretation
Hip abductor muscles play an important role in mediolateral balance control. Accurate balance performance appears limited by lower hip abductor strength when explicit visual information on balance reduces the need for hip abductor proprioception, while proprioceptive acuity may limited balance performance when no explicit enhanced feedback is presented and required weight shifts have to be inferred from ‘normal’ sensory information.sponsorship: This work was supported by the European Commission through MOVE-AGE, an Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate program (grant number 2011-0015). Mirjam Pijnappels was financially supported by a VIDI grant (grant number 91714344) from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). (European Commission through MOVE-AGE, an Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate program|2011-0015, VIDI grant from Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)|91714344)status: Publishe
Mobile health applications to promote active and healthy ageing.
No full textThe European population is ageing, and there is a need for health solutions that keep older adults independent longer. With increasing access to mobile technology, such as smartphones and smartwatches, the development and use of mobile health applications is rapidly growing. To meet the societal challenge of changing demography, mobile health solutions are warranted that support older adults to stay healthy and active and that can prevent or delay functional decline. This paper reviews the literature on mobile technology, in particular wearable technology, such as smartphones, smartwatches, and wristbands, presenting new ideas on how this technology can be used to encourage an active lifestyle, and discusses the way forward in order further to advance development and practice in the field of mobile technology for active, healthy ageing
- …
