The human gait cycle is incredibly efficient and stable largely because of the use of advance visual information to make intelligent selections of heading direction, foot placement, gait dynamics, and posture when faced with terrain complexity [Patla and Vickers 1997; Patla and Vickers 2003; Matthis and Fajen 2013; Matthis and Hayhoe 2015]. This is behaviorally demonstrated by a coupling betwee...

OBJECTIVE A high prevalence of poor standing posture among elementary schoolchildren indicates the need for the introduction of school-based interventions for improvement of postural alignments. For assessing the effect of intervention programs, reliable quantitative measures of standing posture should be used. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the reliability of a photographi...

[Purpose] This study aimed to determine the effect of forward head posture-improving exercises on rounded shoulder posture when employing the self-stretch exercise, the McKenzie exercise, and the Kendall exercise as intervention methods based on previous studies that reported negative effects of unbalanced posture and musculoskeletal problems on forward head posture and rounded shoulder posture...

AIMS The accuracy of non-radiographic measurement of the spinal shape is influenced by postural sway (PS). The aim of this study was to determine whether certain examination postures prevent PS without changing key spinal characteristics. METHODS We tested 1) natural standing position (posture A), 2) fixation postures standing with the support of the upper limbs against a wall (posture B) and...

Imitation learning is a powerful approach to humanoid behavior generation, however, the most existing methods assume the availability of the information on the internal state of a demonstrator such as joint angles, while humans usually cannot directly access to imitate the observed behavior. This paper presents a method of imitation learning based on visuosomatic mapping from observing the demo...

People's daily sports and patient rehabilitation movement requires standard guidance, this paper puts forward a real-time guidance in mobile terminal system, the main function of using camera to obtain user posture, identify current posture application category, with movement, key body different color grading tips, order prompt correct posture.

Detailed statistical models of body size and shape are valuable for wide range of statistical analyses. Most body shape models represent a single posture, usually standing. Previous efforts to model both posture and body shape have parameterized posture using joint angles. This paper presents a statistical model of body shape in supported seated postures using a posture measured derived from su...

The aim of the study was to assess differences in cerebrovascular reactivity in healthy subjects during orthostasis. Twenty healthy volunteers (11 men and 9 women) with no atherosclerotic risk factors were evaluated by use of transcranial Doppler. The breath holding index (BHI) was obtained in supine and upright posture using standardized procedure. Student's t-test was used on comparison of th...

[Purpose] This study examined possible interrelationships between postural sway and posture parameters in children and adolescents with a particular focus on posture weakness. [Subjects and Methods] 308 healthy children and adolescents (124 girls, 184 boys, aged 12.3 ± 2.5 years) participated in the study. Posture parameters (posture index, head protrusion, trunk inclination) were determined ba...

STUDY DESIGN Random allocation of subjects into a placebo-controlled, crossover study. OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of changing thoracic and scapular posture on shoulder flexion and scapular plane abduction range of motion in asymptomatic subjects, and in subjects with subacromial impingement syndrome. BACKGROUND Changes in upper body posture and concomitant imbalance of the muscle ...