Publications by authors named "John Manor"
Article Synopsis
- Video-based pose estimation can enhance clinical gait analysis by providing accurate, low-cost movement analysis, particularly in common walking scenarios.
- The study involved comparing video recordings of walking to traditional motion capture data from post-stroke patients to evaluate the accuracy of pose estimation.
- Results showed that sagittal views of walking were more reliable for measuring gait parameters and lower extremity kinematics, indicating that this method can serve as a viable alternative for clinicians with limited resources.
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Evidence-Based Advances in Concepts and Treatments.
Curr Pain Headache Rep
September 2023
Purpose Of Review: This review presents the most current information about the epidemiology of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), classification and diagnostic criteria, childhood CRPS, subtypes, pathophysiology, conventional and less conventional treatments, and preventive strategies.
Recent Findings: CRPS is a painful disorder with multifactorial pathophysiology. The data describe sensitization of the central and peripheral nervous systems, inflammation, possible genetic factors, sympatho-afferent coupling, autoimmunity, and mental health factors as contributors to the syndrome.
Introduction: Information on the normal contribution of various body regions to forward reaching provides a basis for assessing the maneuver. The purpose of this study was to describe the kinematics of the shoulder, trunk, pelvis, and hip of healthy young males while they stood and reached toward a target at arm's length and 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% of body height beyond.
Method: Twelve healthy adult males were marked with 22 spherical reflective markers.
Assessment of biometrics during exercise is evolving to create devices that are "all-inclusive", in an effort to decrease the number of devices required during exercise while providing comprehensive and accurate biometric measures. The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of two optical heart rate monitors, the Jabra earbud and the Mio Alpha wristwatch, during aerobic and anaerobic exercise. Twenty-two recreationally active participants (25.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: Vertical jump (VJ) is commonly used to assess lower extremity power in athletic populations. A portable device called the VERT has been validated for this population, but not in nonathletic populations. We sought in this study to assess the clinimetric properties of VJ height measurements obtained with the VERT from older and younger nonathletes.
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- A study was conducted to see if wearing a corrective posture shirt can improve rounded-shoulder and forward-head posture in asymptomatic college students.
- 24 university students participated, and their shoulder and head angles were measured while they wore either a corrective shirt or a sham shirt during different conditions.
- The results showed that the corrective posture shirt had no significant effect on shoulder or head posture, while the sham shirt slightly decreased shoulder angle, suggesting that corrective shirts may not be effective.