Analysis of Activity Patterns and Performance in Polio Survivors

Abstract

The goals of this project are: 1) to study the temporal relationship between activity level and health status in polio survivors and to compare the results with those obtained from an age-matched control population and 2) to look at the effect of localized muscle weakness and the associated compensation response on performance of a walking task. Simulation modeling techniques will be used to identify factors critical to task performance, which will provided valuable information for optimizing rehabilitation interventions for polio survivors and other populations with lower extremity muscle weakness. To date, a total of 83 polio survivors and 109 controls have been enrolled and tested for Study *1. Analysis of the longitudinal data is in progress. Data collection for Study *2 has begun. The functional deficits database is being compiled and preliminary analysis using the mechanical-based compensation scheme is underway.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA429589

Entities

People

  • Mary Klein

Organizations

  • Albert Einstein Healthcare Network

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Compensation
  • Computer Simulations
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Intervention
  • Lower Extremity
  • Medical Personnel
  • Muscular Diseases
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Task Performance And Analysis

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