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Measuring dynamic stability requirements during sitting pivot transfers using stabilizing and destabilizing forces in individuals with complete motor paraplegia.

Abstract：

:Dynamic stability requirements have never been quantified when long-term manual wheelchair users transfer themselves in a seated position from an initial surface to a target surface, a functional task commonly referred to as sitting pivot transfers (SPTs). Ten individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI), who rely on a manual wheelchair for mobility, underwent a comprehensive biomechanical SPT assessment. SPTs performed toward a target seat of same height (even) and a seat 10cm higher than the initial seat (uneven), repeated three times for each task, were assessed. A dynamic equilibrium model, continuously measuring the theoretical forces required to move the center of pressure to the limit of the base of support (destabilizing force) and to neutralize the kinetic energy and stop the displacement of the center of mass at the limit of the base of support (stabilizing force) at each instance during the performance of SPTs, was used to identify the phases of greatest instability during the SPT tasks. The greatest levels of instability were reached around the time the buttocks lost contact with the initial seat and around the time the buttocks landed on the target seat (pre- and post-lift transition phases). These transition periods, characterized by the lowest destabilizing force (424.7-487.1N) and the greatest stabilizing force (24.2-33.2N), confirmed the greatest level of instability. The height of the target seat had no significant effect (p=0.278-0.739) on dynamic postural stability requirements during the SPTs. During SPTs towards even and uneven target seats, the greatest postural instability occurs during the transition phases in individuals with complete motor thoracic SCI.

journal_name

J Biomech

journal_title

Journal of biomechanics

authors

Gagnon D,Duclos C,Desjardins P,Nadeau S,Danakas M

doi

10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.02.018

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-05-11 00:00:00

pages

1554-8

issue

eissn

0021-9290

issn

1873-2380

pii

S0021-9290(12)00140-6

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Measuring dynamic stability requirements during sitting pivot transfers using stabilizing and destabilizing forces in individuals with complete motor paraplegia.