Oct 21, 2021 | Faculty, ISPGR Blog, Job Post
The School of Kinesiology announces the availability a tenure-track position at the Assistant / Associate Professor level in Motor Behavior with a commitment to teaching excellence, scholarly productivity, and service. The...
Read MoreOct 11, 2021 | ISPGR Blog
By Mr Alexandre Tapin and Dr Cyril Duclos Virtual reality (VR) applications are developed for many purposes: entertainment (video games), culture (visiting a virtual museum) or rehabilitation. However walking is difficult to...
Read MoreSep 6, 2021 | ISPGR Blog
By Lotte Grevendonk and Christopher McCrum There are many benefits of habitual physical activity, exercise and sports participation for older people. However, the extent to which these influence one of the most common causes of...
Read MoreJun 2, 2021 | ISPGR Blog
By Dr Erika Pliner Ladder use is a hazardous activity and the leading cause of fatal falls from a height. Older adults are at highest risk of experiencing a ladder fall during household activities, such as clearing a roof...
Read MoreApr 7, 2021 | ISPGR Blog
By Dr Tarun Arora, Dr Alison Oates and Dr Kristin Musselman After someone has injured their spinal cord, the communication between their brain and body is disrupted, which can make movement challenging. In more than half of...
Read MoreMar 16, 2021 | ISPGR Blog
By Kelly Robb Plantar intrinsic foot muscles are commonly described as acting as one ‘functional unit’. However, previous human studies of EMG recordings of abductor hallucis and flexor digitorum brevis during walking have...
Read MoreMar 1, 2021 | ISPGR Blog
By Liana Tennant Common sense tells us that flip-flops should never be worn in the chemistry lab or when cutting the grass, but could flip-flops increase injury risk in less obvious situations? We were approached by a forensic...
Read MoreFeb 8, 2021 | ISPGR Blog
By Mr Peter Hong, Ms Helen Chong, Dr Vicki Komisar and Dr Steve Robinovitch The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges to the ISPGR research community, especially in the collection of new data with human participants. The...
Read MoreDec 23, 2020 | ISPGR Blog
By Maud van den Bogaart Falls are a major cause of injury and death in older people (1). Based on his appearance, and according to common belief, Santa Claus has been estimated to be around 1750 years of age. Extrapolating the...
Read MoreDec 18, 2020 | ISPGR Blog
By Dr Sudeshna Chatterjee In the past several years, studies have shown that the prefrontal cortex — which has a crucial role in the control of executive functions including attention, working memory, and motor planning...
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