Browsing College of Health and Human Performance by Author "DeVita, Paul, 1955-"
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Males and Females Respond Similarly to Walking with a Standardized, Heavy Load
DeVita, Paul, 1955-; Rider, Patrick; Domire, Zachary (2015-09-01) -
Muscle Work Discrepancy during Incline and Decline Running at Three Speeds
Long, Benjamin L. (East Carolina University, 2009)Introduction: Previous research has explored muscle function during gait and this work has shown that more positive mechanical muscle work is produced in gait tasks that primarily raise the center of mass (incline gait ... -
Muscle work is biased toward energy generation over dissipation in non-level running
DeVita, Paul, 1955-; Janshen, Lars; Rider, Patrick; Solnik, Stanislaw; Hortobágyi, Tibor (East Carolina University, 2008-12-05)This study tested the hypothesis that skeletal muscles generate more mechanical energy in gait tasks that raise the center of mass compared to the mechanical energy they dissipate in gait tasks that lower the center of ... -
Muscles do more positive than negative work in human locomotion
DeVita, Paul, 1955-; Helseth, Joseph; Hortobágyi, Tibor (East Carolina University, 2007-10)Muscle work during level walking and ascent and descent ramp and stairway walking was assessed in order to explore the proposition that muscles perform more positive than negative work during these locomotion tasks. Thirty ... -
POSITIVE VS. NEGATIVE MUSCLE WORK OF NON-LEVEL WALKING IN LEAN AND OBESE ADULTS.
McNally, Michael P. (East Carolina University, 2010)When walking on non-level surfaces at a constant speed, an individual's total mechanical energy will increase when walking up an incline, and will decrease an equal amount going down a decline. Total muscle work performed ... -
The Relationship between Gait Biomechanics and Body Mass Index
Tullock, Ann Marie Herring (East Carolina University, 2014)Walking gait is one of the basic components of human movements. With the rising obesity epidemic and implied health complications, it is pertinent to examine the relationship between body mass index and the joint torques ... -
The relationship between visual steadiness and force steadiness in young and old adults
Krupenevich, Becky (East Carolina University, 2013)Old adults exhibit a decrease in muscle force steadiness and visual capability compared to young adults. Many studies investigating force steadiness have used a visual target as the stimulus for modulating muscle force. ... -
Skipping the Injuries: A Biomechanical and Metabolic Comparison Between Skipping & Running
McDonnell, Jessica (East Carolina University, 2016-05-20)Introduction: Benefits of aerobic exercise are apparent; the rising awareness has caused an increase in running participation and, an undeniable trend toward injury. The inherit injury risk associated with running calls ... -
Strength Training for Arthritis Trial (START): design and rationale
Messier, Stephen P.; Mihalko, Shannon L.; Beavers, Daniel P.; Nicklas, Barbara J.; DeVita, Paul, 1955-; Carr, J Jeffery; Hunter, David J.; Williamson, Jeff D.; Bennell, Kim L.; Guermazi, Ali; Lyles, Mary F.; Loeser, Richard F. (2013) -
STRIDE LENGTH MANIPULATION IN YOUNG AND OLD ADULTS DURING LEVEL WALKING
Copple, Timothy J. (East Carolina University, 2010)Physiological and neurological changes with healthy aging cause old adults to alter biomechanical gait strategies. Mechanical plasticity is an ambulatory strategy in which old adults rely on proximal musculature in ... -
Teager-Kaiser Operator improves the accuracy of EMG onset detection independent of signal-to-noise ratio
Solnik, Stanislaw; DeVita, Paul, 1955-; Rider, Patrick; Long, Benjamin L.; Hortobágyi, Tibor (East Carolina University, 2008)A temporal analysis of electromyographic (EMG) activity has widely been used for non-invasive study of muscle activation patterns. Such an analysis requires robust methods to accurately detect EMG onset. We examined whether ... -
Teager–Kaiser energy operator signal conditioning improves EMG onset detection
Solnik, Stanislaw; Rider, Patrick; Steinweg, Ken; DeVita, Paul, 1955-; Hortobágyi, Tibor (2010-06) -
The effect of age and speed on mechanical plasticity in level walking
Gruber, Allison H. -
The Effect of Surface Compliance n Knee Joint Loads During Level and Decline Running
Casadonte, Joey (East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)Running is known for providing numerous health benefits that untimely leads to decreased cardiac mortality. Despite these health benefits, running can cause overuse injuries in up to 79% of runners with a high incidence ... -
The Relationships Between Physical Capacity And Biomechanical Plasticity With Age During Level And Incline Walking
Kuhman, Daniel James (East Carolina University, 2017-05-11)Old compared to young adults exhibit a distal-to-proximal redistribution of joint contributions to support phase mechanics during level and incline walking. Although this biomechanical plasticity is now well established ... -
THE VARIATION IN STRENGTH DECREMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY MUSCLE GROUPS AND BIOMECHANICAL PLASTICITY IN OLDER ADULTS
Moulder, Ashley (East Carolina University, 2019-08-13)Age-associated biomechanical plasticity (BP) has been established as the distal to proximal shift of joint mechanical output in old adults while walking. The cause of BP is still unknown, but changes in muscle strength of ...