Movement

Interview: Prof Paul Hodges talks about pain and altered movement 3

This entry was posted in Interview Motor Impairment Blog New finding Pain & motor control and tagged motor control Movement muscle pain research on February 1, 2018 by Bart Bolsterlee

People with pain move differently. Why is this the case? Prof Paul Hodges talks about his research on muscle adaptations in people with pain.

Ultrasound imaging of tongue muscle movement

This entry was posted in Motor Impairment Blog New finding Research methods and tagged genioglossus Movement obstructive sleep apnea tongue ultrasound upper airway on October 2, 2014 by Ben Kwan

The human upper airway has many important physiological functions including speech, swallowing and breathing. The human tongue forms an important part of the upper airway. It is made up of different muscles with origins both within and external to the tongue. Among these, the genioglossus (GG) is the largest dilator […]

Older people really do have ‘jerkier’ movements

This entry was posted in Motor Impairment Blog New finding Sensation & falls and tagged accelerometers aging head jerk Movement stability synamic walking wearable sensors on January 30, 2014 by Matthew Brodie

Up to one in three people over 65 fall each year (Masud & Morris, 2001) and many older people have impaired dynamic stability. However, a cause and effect relationship between gait speed, step variability, dynamic stability, and falls is complex. For example, older people may walk more slowly to compensate […]