Thomas D O’Brien
Biographic Data
| ID | 5095167 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas D O’Brien |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas D |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Brien |
| SIGNATURE | O’BRIEN T D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Liverpool John Moores University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2968-5173 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Talking the Walk (Along)
BACKGROUND: Children with cerebral palsy (CP) regularly fall over, but causes of day-to-day falls are not well understood. Further insight may be revealed by engaging with children with CP and their families during patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) and adopting a participatory, child-centred perspective. PPIE involves designing, conducting and disseminating research with the public and has been used in health research with chil…
The use of control – the actions of informal carers on those at risk from falling at home. A qualitative study
To explore the experiences of informal carers who provide care for frail, older adults who are at risk from falling in their own home. Frail, older adults who fall present a significant challenge for their careers and the health and social care services that support them. Falls can often mean long stays in acute hospital facilities or admission to care homes. Research studies have often investigated the cause and effect of falls in relation to ri…
Biomechanical Mechanisms of Improved Balance Recovery to Repeated Backward Slips Simulated by Treadmill Belt Accelerations in Young and Older Adults
Aim: Exposure to repeated gait perturbations improves the balance of older adults (OAs) and decreases their risks of falling, but little is known about the underpinning mechanical adjustments. We aimed to quantify the changing temporo-spatial and kinetic characteristics of balance recovery following repeated backward slips to better understand the mechanical adjustments responsible for improved balance. Methods: We exposed 17 young adults (YAs) (…
Recovery From a Forward Falling Slip
Aim: Falls commonly occur from trips and slips while walking. Recovery strategies from trips and backward falling slips have been extensively studied. However, until recently, forward falling slips (FFSs) have been considered less dangerous and have been understudied. This study aimed first to create an application to realistically simulate FFSs using a split-belt instrumented treadmill and then to understand the biomechanical requirements for yo…
The morphological affinity of the Early Pleistocene footprints from Happisburgh, England, with other footprints of Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene age
Association between somatosensory, visual and vestibular contributions to postural control, reactive balance capacity and healthy ageing in older women
We investigated the biological systems involved in maintaining equilibrium during unstable and perturbed conditions in 39 healthy older women and estimated the annual difference in performance across the older age spectrum using regression. The largest annual difference in equilibrium occurred when the somatosensory system received inaccurate feedback and visual input was removed. With age, weight distribution became asymmetric at the onset of ba…
The morphological affinity of the Early Pleistocene footprints from Happisburgh, England, with other footprints of Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene age
Recovery From a Forward Falling Slip
Aim: Falls commonly occur from trips and slips while walking. Recovery strategies from trips and backward falling slips have been extensively studied. However, until recently, forward falling slips (FFSs) have been considered less dangerous and have been understudied. This study aimed first to create an application to realistically simulate FFSs using a split-belt instrumented treadmill and then to understand the biomechanical requirements for yo…
Biomechanical Mechanisms of Improved Balance Recovery to Repeated Backward Slips Simulated by Treadmill Belt Accelerations in Young and Older Adults
Aim: Exposure to repeated gait perturbations improves the balance of older adults (OAs) and decreases their risks of falling, but little is known about the underpinning mechanical adjustments. We aimed to quantify the changing temporo-spatial and kinetic characteristics of balance recovery following repeated backward slips to better understand the mechanical adjustments responsible for improved balance. Methods: We exposed 17 young adults (YAs) (…
Association between somatosensory, visual and vestibular contributions to postural control, reactive balance capacity and healthy ageing in older women
We investigated the biological systems involved in maintaining equilibrium during unstable and perturbed conditions in 39 healthy older women and estimated the annual difference in performance across the older age spectrum using regression. The largest annual difference in equilibrium occurred when the somatosensory system received inaccurate feedback and visual input was removed. With age, weight distribution became asymmetric at the onset of ba…
Recovery From a Forward Falling Slip
Aim: Falls commonly occur from trips and slips while walking. Recovery strategies from trips and backward falling slips have been extensively studied. However, until recently, forward falling slips (FFSs) have been considered less dangerous and have been understudied. This study aimed first to create an application to realistically simulate FFSs using a split-belt instrumented treadmill and then to understand the biomechanical requirements for yo…
The morphological affinity of the Early Pleistocene footprints from Happisburgh, England, with other footprints of Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene age
The use of control – the actions of informal carers on those at risk from falling at home. A qualitative study
To explore the experiences of informal carers who provide care for frail, older adults who are at risk from falling in their own home. Frail, older adults who fall present a significant challenge for their careers and the health and social care services that support them. Falls can often mean long stays in acute hospital facilities or admission to care homes. Research studies have often investigated the cause and effect of falls in relation to ri…
Biomechanical Mechanisms of Improved Balance Recovery to Repeated Backward Slips Simulated by Treadmill Belt Accelerations in Young and Older Adults
Aim: Exposure to repeated gait perturbations improves the balance of older adults (OAs) and decreases their risks of falling, but little is known about the underpinning mechanical adjustments. We aimed to quantify the changing temporo-spatial and kinetic characteristics of balance recovery following repeated backward slips to better understand the mechanical adjustments responsible for improved balance. Methods: We exposed 17 young adults (YAs) (…
Talking the Walk (Along)
BACKGROUND: Children with cerebral palsy (CP) regularly fall over, but causes of day-to-day falls are not well understood. Further insight may be revealed by engaging with children with CP and their families during patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) and adopting a participatory, child-centred perspective. PPIE involves designing, conducting and disseminating research with the public and has been used in health research with chil…
Medicine (4 works) · Balance (ability (3 works) · Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (3 works) · Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (3 works) · Falling (accident (3 works) · Physical medicine and rehabilitation (3 works) · Effects of Vibration on Health (2 works) · Physical therapy (2 works) · Poison control (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)