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Posturographic tests of candidates for military pilots

Masłowski W., Opara T., Burek M.

Prace Instytutu Lotnictwa

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2017

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Nr 2 (247)

45--56

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One of the many elements of the process of qualifying the candidates for military aircraft pilots is the assessment of the correct functioning of their body balance system, responsible, inter alia, for spatial orientation during a flight. That system continuously controls the spatial position of the center of body mass. To measure that value directly is a complex metrological task. That is why an equivalent measure is used in tests of standing posture stability, i.e. the position of a projection of the center of mass on a supporting plane. Quantitative information determining the characteristics of the body balance system may be obtained in posturographic tests, which include measurement, recording and assessment of the trajectory of a projection of the examined person's center of body mass. At the preliminary stage, examined were nineteen candidates for fighter pilots (one woman and 18 men), students of the Polish Air Force Academy in Dęblin. Based on the conducted measurements of the body mass center position and the stabilographic tests, the correctness of their balance system performance was assessed. The article discusses the examination methodology, presents measurement results and conclusions.

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Jednym z wielu elementów procesu kwalifikacji kandydatów na pilotów wojskowych statków powietrznych jest ocena poprawności funkcjonowania ich systemu utrzymania równowagi, odpowiedzialnego między innymi za orientację przestrzenną wr trakcie lotu. Układ ten w sposób ciągły kontroluje położenie przestrzenne środka masy ciała. Bezpośredni pomiar tej wielkości jest złożonym zadaniem metrologicznym. Z tego powodu, w badaniach stabilności postawy stojącej stosuje się miarę zastępczą, którą jest położenie rzutu środka masy na płaszczyźnie podparcia. Informację ilościową określającą właściwości układu utrzymania równowagi można uzyskać poprzez badania posturograficzne. które obejmują pomiar, rejestrację i ocenę trajektorii rzutu środka masy ciała osoby badanej. We wstępnym etapie przebadano dziewiętnastu kandydatów na pilotów samolotów odrzutowych (jedną kobietę i 18 mężczyzn) - studentów wyższej Szkoły Oficerskiej Sił Powietrznych w Dęblinie. W oparciu o przeprowadzone pomiary położenia środka masy ciała oraz badania stabilograficzne dokonano oceny poprawności funkcjonowania ich układu równowagi. W artykule omówiono metodę badań, przedstawiono wyniki pomiarów: oraz wnioski.

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Behavior of temporal parameters of the ground reactive forces for the walking of postmenopausal women

Sousa A. L. de, Gabriel R. E. C. dias, Faria A. M., Aragao F. R., Moreira M. H. R.

Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics

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2015

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Vol. 17, no. 3

119--127

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The study aimed to examine the influence of body composition and menopause characteristics on certain temporal parameters of the behavior of vertical and anteroposterior components of ground reactive forces, as well as the vertical and anteroposterior rates on the walking of postmenopausal women. The sample consisted of 67 postmenopausal women, average age 59 years. Body composition was assessed by octapolar bioimpedance and ground reactive force by the Kistler force platform. Vertical loading rate correlated positively with age (r = 0.02) and negatively with weight (r = –0.33). The relationship between the rates of vertical loading and unloading associated positively with menopause time (r = 0.27) but negatively with weight (r = –0.27). Vertical unloading rate showed a negative association with abdominal visceral adiposity (r = –0.27). The relationship between the times of the intermediate and final phases of the support correlated significantly with abdominal visceral adiposity (r = 0.25) and fat mass (r = 0.24). The study suggests that fat mass and abdominal visceral adiposity affect the support time, and increased abdominal visceral adiposity implies a slower pre-suspension phase during the walking of postmenopausal women. Hormone replacement therapy was shown to be an enhancer of steeper vertical loading and anteroposterior unloading and longer time in the double support phase, indicating a greater stability of postmenopausal women when walking.

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Estimated ground reaction force in normal and pathological gait

Winiarski S., Rutkowska-Kucharska A.

Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics

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2009

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Vol. 11, nr 1

53-60

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In clinical gait analysis, ground reaction force (GRF) is the gait parameter which can validate the state of disorder of the patient's movement. The purpose of this study was to explore the possibilities of employing the GRF derived from kinematics of the center of gravity (COG) in the study of dynamics of human gait. Gait data was collected for healthy able-bodied men and women and patients after ACL reconstruction who use larger lateral COG excursions during gait. Reasonable agreement between methods was found in fore-aft and vertical directions, where the methods differed by an average of less than 10% in either direction. Based on model predictions of the body's COG trajectory during walking, algorithms were developed to determine spatio-temporal gait parameters related to GRF characteristics. The suitability of calculating ground reaction forces using COG displacement in a patient population is questioned.