Kristin E. Musselman, Brenda Brouwer
This study examined gender differences in balance, gait, and muscle performance in seniors and identified gender-specific factors contributing to physical performance. Forty (20 men, 20 women) healthy, community-dwelling seniors (74.5 ± 5.3 years) participated. Limits of stability, gait speed, lower...
Alison C. Novak, Brenda Brouwer
This study describes and contrasts the kinematics and kinetics of stair ambulation in people with chronic stroke and healthy control subjects. Three-dimensional motion data were collected from 10 persons with stroke (7 males) and 10 sex and age-matched older adults as they ascended and descended an ...
Wendy Pentland, Jan Gordon Walker, Patricia Minnes, Mary Tremblay et al.
Abstract Our understanding of occupational responses across the life course is in its infancy. The occupational responses of women in mid‐life and aging have received little attention. The focus of this paper is on the occupational responses to mid‐and later life of a particularly neglected group of...