A5076499858- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Media Influence and Health
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Face recognition and analysis
- Robot Manipulation and Learning
- Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Sports and Physical Education Research
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Effects of Vibration on Health
- Face and Expression Recognition
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Sports Performance and Training
- Soft Robotics and Applications
- Emotion and Mood Recognition
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Physical Education and Training Studies
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
- Physical Activity and Health
- Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
Bruyère
2022-2023
University of Ottawa
2012-2023
Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital
2021-2022
PURPOSE. Almost twice as many people with arthritis report being physically inactive compared to without arthritis. The objective of this study was examine whether psychological processes including fear movement, explicit attitudes, and approach-avoidance tendencies toward physical activity, are associated lower activity levels in METHODS. An online observational conducted 197 participants, 68 osteoarthritis 13 rheumatoid Arthritis, usual level attitudes were assessed using questionnaires....
Objective. Arthritis is a chronic condition affecting hundreds of millions people worldwide, often leading to pain and functional limitations. This study aimed investigate the direct indirect effects on independence in individuals with arthritis. Depressive symptoms physical activity were examined as potential mediators this relationship. Methods. A total 6972 participants arthritis (4930 osteoarthritis 694 rheumatoid arthritis) included from Canadian Longitudinal Study Aging. Multiple...
Using computerized reaction-time tasks assessing automatic attitudes, studies have shown that healthy young adults faster reaction times when approaching physical activity stimuli than avoiding them. The opposite has been observed for sedentary stimuli. However, it is unclear whether these results hold across the lifespan and error rates a possible generic approach-avoidance tendency are accounted for. Here, errors in online of 130 participants aged 21 to 77 years were analyzed using...
The main aim of this study was to determine sex differences in central and peripheral fatigue produced by a sustained isometric exercise ankle plantar flexors healthy young adults. Ten males fourteen females performed until task failure. Maximal voluntary contraction (MVIC) torque (plantarflexion), activation level (using the twitch interpolation technique), resting contractile properties [twitch peak (ST), half relaxation time, low frequency (LFF) ratio] were measured before, immediately...
This paper presents a new design of tactile-enabled open-source tendon driven robotic hand. The upgraded hand, so-called `Ring Ada,' comprises 3D-printed `rings' used to better control the compliant fingers. Experiments were conducted enhance postural synergy-based teleoperated grasping using multi-finger hand and haptic-feedback data glove for remote human operators.
The paper presents a heart rate detection system using novel miniaturized multimodal tactile sensor that emulates the four main mechanoreceptors - Meissner's corpuscles, Merkel disks, Ruffini, and Pacinian corpuscles of human skin. A wrist monitor was used to validate performance new proposed system. experiment consisted placing sensors on user's carotid artery. In 80% cases, control measured similar values, with difference up 2 bpm. other results had external interference due misplacement
Background: To counteract the pandemic of physical inactivity, current interventions rely mainly on reflective processes that focus increasing motivation to be physically active. Yet, while these successfully increase intention active, their effect actual behavior is weak. Recent findings in line with theory effort minimization activity (TEMPA) suggest this inability turn into action explained by positive automatic reactions stimuli associated sedentary behaviors. These could particularly...
Abstract Using computerized reaction-time tasks assessing automatic attitudes, studies have shown that healthy young adults faster reaction times when approaching physical activity stimuli than avoiding them. The opposite has been observed for sedentary stimuli. However, it is unclear whether these results hold across the lifespan and error rates a possible generic approach-avoidance tendency are accounted for. Here, errors in online of 130 participants aged 21 to 77 years were analyzed...
This paper discusses an experimental study - from a human-centered perspective of object recognition through in-hand manipulation by operators using tactile-enabled prosthetic fingertips equipped with multimodal cutaneous tactile sensors and feedback glove to interactively convey force, vibration, temperature the human operator's hand. Results experiments involving passive active touch conducted five subjects revealed that such system increases ability efficiently perform tasks.
This paper presents an experimental android platform for two-way communication between humans and robots in a healthcare environment using facial expressions. A depth color sensor is used to analyze map human expressions standard 3D face model. An robotic then configured act out the by deforming elastic skin servo actuators.
Abstract The main aim of this study was to determine sex differences in central and peripheral fatigue produced by a sustained isometric exercise ankle plantar flexors healthy young adults. Ten males fourteen females performed until task failure. Maximal voluntary contraction torque (plantarflexion), activation level (using the twitch interpolation technique), contractile properties (twitch peak torque, half relaxation time, low frequency index) were measured before, immediately after,...