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Creator:: Casebier, Justin C.
Abstract:: The surgical standard of care to partially restore grasping function after a traumatic spinal cord injury is a reconstructive tendon transfer-surgery that connects all four finger flexors to an expendable wrist extensor. While restorative, this surgery has a fundamental problem; the movement of all four fingers flexors is directly coupled,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: after Spinal Cord Injury Abstract approved: Ravi Balasubramanian and Michael J. Pavol The surgical

Creator:: Justen, Gabriella
Abstract:: In the United States, 58.7% of the spinal cord injuries that occur each year result in some degree of tetraplegia, this leads to reduced control of upper limb muscle. One surgery that can restore some upper limb function is a brachioradialis (BR) to flexor pollicis longus (FPL) tendon transfer surgery,...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Balasubramanian, Mentor, representing Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Michael Pavol

Creator:: Gibson, Brenton D.
Abstract:: Business and recreation in the modern day world often include air travel as their cornerstone. Travelers who are disabled and wheelchair bound have to undergo a transfer process to board and deplane a commercial aircraft. This transfer process is typically done manually, with agents physically lifting the passenger who is...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Creator:: Ko, Seung-uk
Abstract:: Normal gait of human is believed to be an adapted motor control result of optimal behavior of individual. Normal gait would be altered by aging or injury without being perceived. Subtle changes in gait which is not easy to detect, can cause many serious problems including joint pains and even...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: OF NON-LINEAR FEEDBACK CONTROLTO GAIT ANALYSIS Seung-uk Ko*, Michael Pavol† Oregon State

Creator:: Mast, Jonathan J.
Abstract:: Air travel presents several problems for passengers with disabilities. One in particular is how they get from their wheelchair and to an aircraft seat. The commonly used manual transfer method is hazardous to the assistants and the passenger. There are other alternatives, but they have plenty of room for improvement....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: evaluating the manual transfer method (Pavol, Welsch, & Higginson, 2006

Creator:: Koshti, Sushim
Abstract:: Transportation plays such an important role in daily living that, without it, a person might be totally homebound. The nation’s air travel system for persons with disabilities is an area of substantial dissatisfaction, with both passengers and the airline industry recognizing the need for improvement. One of the major concerns...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: few of them. 2.1.1.1 Biomechanics Study A biomechanics study, conducted by Dr. Michael Pavol

Creator:: Mardula, Katherine L
Abstract:: Since the 1970s, tendon-transfer surgeries have been routinely performed for a variety of conditions such as stroke, paralysis, spinal atrophy, trauma, and birth defects. The surgery involves rerouting a tendon from a disabled muscle and directly suturing it to a functioning muscle in order to partially restore hand function. This...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Creator:: Schafer, Christopher A.
Abstract:: The transfer of air travelers with disabilities between a mobility aid and an aircraft seat is a major source of injury for both the travelers and the airline personnel assisting in the transfer. The risk to both parties might be reduced through the biomechanical study of the transfer task. Such...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . I would like to give a special thanks to the Director of Biomechanics, Dr. Michael Pavol, for his

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