Publications by authors named "Brenton G Hordacre"
Research addressing lower limb amputee gait and prosthetic design often focuses on men, despite female lower limb amputees having different risk factors and lower success with their prosthetics overall. It is widely agreed that sex differences exist in able-bodied gait, but research analyzing sex differences in amputee gait is rare. This study compared male and female transtibial amputee gait to ascertain potential sex differences.
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- Accurate lesion segmentation is essential for quantifying stroke-related damage and improving image processing, but current automated methods for T1-weighted MRIs remain unreliable.
- Manual segmentation is the standard but is labor-intensive and requires specialized knowledge.
- The newly released ATLAS v2.0 dataset, which includes 1,271 T1-weighted MRIs and segmented lesion masks, aims to enhance algorithm development and provide better evaluation through hidden datasets for more effective stroke research.
Purpose: Lower limb amputee rehabilitation has traditionally focussed on restoration of gait and balance through use of prosthetic limbs and mobility aids. Despite these efforts, some amputees continue to experience difficulties with mastering prosthetic mobility. Emerging techniques in rehabilitation, such as non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS), may be an appropriate tool to enhance prosthetic rehabilitation outcomes by promoting "normal" brain reorganisation and function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine whether normalizing spatial-temporal gait data for walking speed obtained from multiple walking trials leads to differences in gait variability parameters associated with a history of falling in people with transtibial amputations.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Setting: Rehabilitation center.
Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate a change in physiotherapy provision from a 5- to 7-days-a-week service on both physiotherapy and hospital length of stay (LOS) after total knee (TKR) and total hip (THR) replacement.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of a clinical database was conducted for patients who received either a TKR or THR between July 2010 and June 2012 in one regional hospital.
Results: There was a significant decrease in physiotherapy LOS from 5.
Objective: Examine demographics, clinical characteristics and rehabilitation outcomes of lower-limb amputees, using the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC) database.
Methods: Lower-limb amputee rehabilitation separations between 2004 and 2010 were identified using AROC impairment codes 5.3-5.