Influence of simulated neuromuscular noise on the dynamic stability and fall risk of a 3D dynamic walking model

Roos, Paulien E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3027-3432 and Dingwell, Jonathan B. 2011. Influence of simulated neuromuscular noise on the dynamic stability and fall risk of a 3D dynamic walking model. Journal of Biomechanics 44 (8) , pp. 1514-1520. 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.03.003

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Abstract

Measures that can predict risk of falling are essential for enrollment of older adults into fall prevention programs. Local and orbital stability directly quantify responses to very small perturbations and are therefore putative candidates for predicting fall risk. However, research to date is not conclusive on whether and how these measures relate to fall risk. Testing this empirically would be time consuming or may require high risk tripping experiments. Simulation studies therefore provide an important tool to initially explore potential measures to predict fall risk. This study performed simulations with a 3D dynamic walking model to explore if and how dynamic stability measures predict fall risk. The model incorporated a lateral step controller to maintain lateral stability. Neuronal noise of increasing amplitude was added to this controller to manipulate fall risk. Short-term () local instability did predict fall risk, but long-term () local instability and orbital stability (maxFM) did not. Additionally, was an early predictor for fall risk as it started increasing before fall risk increased. Therefore, could be a very useful tool to identify older adults whose fall risk is about to increase, so they can be enrolled in fall prevention programs before they actually fall.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Healthcare Sciences
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Dynamic walking; Gait; Neuromuscular noise; Stability; Falling; Elderly; Local stability; Orbital stability
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0021-9290
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 13:35
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/14491

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