Publications by authors named "Kayla Bohlke"

Accelerometers provide an opportunity to expand standing balance assessments outside of the laboratory. The purpose of this narrative review is to show that accelerometers are accurate, objective, and accessible tools for balance assessment. Accelerometry has been validated against current gold standard technology, such as optical motion capture systems and force plates.

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  • Improving postural control in older adults is crucial for preventing falls, and the study focused on how exercise interventions impact both balance and brain activation during balance tasks.
  • Participants were divided into two groups: one that did standard strength training and another that also included training for timing and coordination of movements.
  • Despite improvements in mobility, the study found no significant changes in standing balance or prefrontal cortex activation after the interventions for either group.
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Dual-task balance studies explore interference between balance and cognitive tasks. This study is a descriptive analysis of accelerometry balance metrics to determine if a verbal cognitive task influences postural control after the task ends. Fifty-two healthy older adults (75 ± 6 years old, 30 female) performed standing balance and cognitive dual-tasks.

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High-throughput automated experiments accelerate discovery in neuroscience research and reduce bias. To enable high-throughput behavioral experiments, we developed a user-friendly and scalable automated system that can simultaneously train hundreds of mice on behavioral tasks, with time-stamped behavioral information recorded continuously for weeks. We trained 12 cages of C57BL/6J mice (24 mice, 2 mice/cage) to perform auditory behavioral tasks.

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