Strzalkowski Nicholas (author); Triano John J. (author); Lam Chris K. (author); Templeton Cale A. (author); Bent Leah R. (author)
Date issued
2015
Description
Across the foot sole, there are vibration and monofilament sensory differences despite an alleged even distribution of cutaneous afferents. Mechanical property differences across foot sole sites have been proposed to account for these differences. Vibration (VPT; 3 Hz, 40 Hz, 250 Hz), and monofilament (MF) perception threshold measurements were compared with skin hardness, epidermal thickness, and stretch response across five foot sole locations in young healthy adults (n = 22). Perceptual thresholds were expected to correlate with all mechanical property measurements to help address sensitivity differences between sites. Following this hypothesis, the MedArch was consistently found to be...
Triglav Joseph (author); Howe Erika (author); Cheema Jaskirat (author); Dube Blaire (author); Fenske Mark J. (author); Strzalkowski Nicholas (author); Bent Leah R. (author)
Date issued
2019
Description
Prolonged sitting, common in many workplaces, reduces blood flow to the lower limb and has negative health outcomes. CoreChair is an active-sitting chair that encourages increased movement to help mitigate these outcomes. Physiological and cognitive measures were recorded in ten participants over four hours of sitting in both the CoreChair and a traditional office chair. Sitting in both chairs led to increases in calf circumference (p
