Aging
Research in Mobility
Ashton-Miller
JA, He Y, Kadhiresan VA, McCubbrey D, Faulkner JA, J. A. Faulkner, An
Apparatus to Measure In Vivo Biomechanical Behavior of Dorsi- and
Plantarflexors of the Mouse Ankle, J. Applied Physiology 72(3):1205-11, 1992.
Schultz AB, Alexander NB, Ashton-Miller JA, Biomechanical Analyses of Rising from a Chair, J.
Biomech. 25(12):1383-91, 1992.
Thelen DG, Schultz AB, Alexander NB, Ashton-Miller JA, Effects of Age on Rapid Ankle Torque Development, J.
Gerontol.: Med. Sci. 51A, M226-32, 1996.
Thelen DG, Ashton-Miller JA, Schultz AB, Alexander NB,
Do Neural Factors Underlie Age Differences in Rapid
Ankle Torque Development? J. Am. Ger. Soc. 44:
804-808, 1996.
Schultz AB, Ashton-Miller JA, Alexander NB. What Leads to Age
and Gender Differences in Balance Maintenance and Recovery?
Muscle and Nerve, Supplement 5, S60-64, 1997.
Alexander
NB, Schultz AB, Ashton-Miller JA, Gross MM, Giordani
B, Muscle Strength and Rising From a Chair in Older
Adults. Muscle and Nerve, 5:S56-9, 1997.
Alexander
NB, Guire KE, Thelen DG, Ashton-Miller JA, Schultz AB,
Grunawalt JC, Giordani BJ, Self-Reported Walking Ability
Predicts Functional Mobility Performance in Frail Older
Adults, Journal of American Geriatrics Society,
48:1408-1413, 2000.
Kozak
K, Ashton-Miller JA, Alexander NB, The Effect of
Age and Movement Speed on Maximum Forward Reach From
an Elevated Surface: A Study of Healthy Women, Clinical
Biomechanics, 18(3):190-196, 2003.
Antonakos
CL, Giordani BJ, Ashton-Miller JA, Wayfinding with Visuo-Spatial
Impair- ment from Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury,
Disability Studies Quarterly, 24 (3):
http://www.dsq-sds.org/_articles_html/2004/summer/dsq_sum04_antonakos_etal.html
,2004.
Meinhart-Shibata
P, Kramer M, Ashton-Miller JA, Persad C, Kinematic Analyses of
180
Degree Standing Turn: Effects of Age on Strategies Adopted by Healthy Young
and Older Women, Gait & Posture, 22:119-125, 2005.
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Ashton-Miller AJ, Yeh WL, Richardson JK, Galloway T, A Cane Reduces the Loss of Balance in Patients
with Peripheral Neuropathy: Results from a From a Challenging
Unipedal Balance Test, Arch. Phys. Med. & Rehab.77:446-52,
1996.
Richardson, JK, Ashton-Miller JA, Peripheral Nerve
Dysfunction and Falls in the Elderly, Post Graduate
Medicine 99(2): 161-171, 1996.
Richardson JK, Ashton-Miller JA, Lee S-G, Jakobs K,
Moderate Peripheral Neuropathy Impairs Weight Transfer
and Unipedal Balance in the Elderly, Arch. Phys.
Med. Rehab. 77:1152-56, 1996.
Gutierrez
LM, Helber MB, Dealva D, AShton-Miller JA, and J.K. Richardson, Mild
Diabetic Neuropathy Affects Ankle Motor Function, Clinical Biomechanics,
16:522-528, 2001.
Richardson
JK, Thies SB, DeMott TK, Ashton-Miller JA, Interventions Improve Gait
Regularity in Patients With Peripheral Neuropathy While Walking On An
Irregular Surface Under Low Light, Journal of the American
Geriatrics Society, 52:510-515, 2004.
Richardson
JK, Thies SB, DeMott TK, Ashton-Miller JA, A Comparison
of Gait Characteristics Between Older Women With and
Without Peripheral Neuropathy in Standard and Challenging
Environments, Journal of the American Gerontological
Society, 52(9):1532-1537, 2004.
Thies
SB, Richardson JK, DeMott T, Ashton-Miller JA, Influence of an Irregular
Surface and Low Light on the Step Variability of Patients with Peripheral
Neuropoathy During Level Gait, Gait & Posture, 22:40-45, 2005.
Richardson
JK, Thies SB, DeMott TK, Ashton-Miller JA, Gait Analysis in a Challenging
Evnironment Differentiates Between Fallers and Non-Fallers Among Older Patients
With Peripheral Neuropathy, Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation,
86(8):1539-1544, 2005.
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Aging
Research in Postural Control
Luchies
CW, Alexander NB, Schultz AB, Ashton-Miller JA, Stepping Stepping
Responses of Young and Old Adults to Postural Disturbances: Kinematics,
JAGS, 42(5):506-12,
1994.
Gilsing M, Van den Bosch C, Lee SG, Ashton-Miller JA, Alexander NB, Schultz AB, Ericson WA,
Association of Age with the Threshold for Detecting Ankle Inversion
and Eversion in Upright Stance, Age and Ageing 24:58-66,
1995.
Thelen DG, Brockmiller C, Ashton-Miller JA, Schultz AB, Alexander
NB, Thresholds For Sensing Ankle Dorsi- and/or Plantarflexor
Rotation During Upright Stance: Effects of Age and Velocity.
J Gerontol: Med Sci, 1997.
Speers
RA, Ashton-MIller JA, Schultz AB, Alexander NB, Age
Differences in Abilities to Perform Tandem Stand and
Walk Tasks of Graded Difficulty. Gait & Posture,
7:207-213, 1998.
Cao
C, Schultz AB, Ashton-Miller JA, Alexander NB, Effects
of Age, Available Response Time and Gender on Ability
to Stop Suddenly When Walking. Gait & Posture,
8: 103-9, 1998.
Cao
C, Schultz AB, Ashton-Miller JA, Alexander NB, Sudden
Turns and Stops While Walking: Kinematic Sources of
Age and Gender Differences, Gait & Posture,
7:45-52, 1998.
Deyer
TW, Ashton-Miller JA, Unipedal Balance in Healthy Adults:
Effect of Visual Environments Yielding Decreased Lateral
Velocity Feedback. Archives of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation 80:1072-77, 1999.
Kozak
K, Ashton-Miller JA, Alexander NB, The Effect of
Age and Movement Speed on Maximum Forward Reach From an Elevated Surface:
A Study of Healthy Women, Clinical Biomechanics,
18(3):190-196, 2003.
Ahmed
AA, Ashton-Miller JA, Is a Loss of Balance a Control Error Anomaly? Evidence
for Three-Sigma Failure Detection in Young Adults, Gait & Posture,
19:252-262, 2004 (ASB 2003 Clinical Biomechanics Award Paper).
Thies
SB, Richardson JK, Ashton-Miller JA, Effects of Surface Irregularity and
Lighting on Step Variability During Gait: A Study in Healthy Young and Older
Women, Gait & Posture, 22:26-31, 2005.
Yang
B-S, Ashton-Miller, Factors Affecting Stepladder Stability During a Lateral
Weight Transfer: A Study in Healthy Young Adults, Applied Ergonomics,
36:601-607, 2005.
Alexander
NB, Ashton-Miller JA, Giordani BJ, Guire K, Schultz AB, Age Differences
in Timed Accurate Stepping With Increasing Cognitive and Visual Demand,
Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 60:1558-1562, 2005.
Schulz
BW, Ashton-Miller JA, Alexander NB, Compensatory Stepping in Response to
Waist Pulls in Balance-Impaired and Unimpaired Women, Gait & Posture,
22(3):198-209, 2005.
Ahmed
AA, Ashton-Miller JA, Effect of Age on Detecting a Loss of Balance in a
Seated Whole-Body Balancing Task, Clinical Biomechanics, 767-775,
2005.
Schulz
BW, Ashton-Miller JA, Alexander NB, Can Initial and Additional Compensatory
Steps Be Predicted in Young, Old, and Balance-Impaired Older Genders in
Response to Anterior and Posterior Waist Pulls While Standing? Journal of
Biomechanics, in press, 2005.
Ashton-Miller
JA, Ottaviani RA, Wojtys EM, What Best Protects the
Invereted Weightbearing Ankle Against Further Inversion?
Evertor Strength Compares Favorably With Shoe Height,
Athletic Tape and Three Orthoses American Journal
of Sports Medicine 24:800-808, Nov. 1996.
Manfroy P, Wojtys EJ, Ashton-Miller JA, Effect of Exercise,
PreWrap, and Athletic Tape on the Active and Passive
Resistance to Ankle Inversion. American Journal of
Sports Medicine 25:156-163, 1997
Ashton-Miller
JA, Response of Muscle and Tendon to Injury and Overuse.
(Invited Paper). Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal
Disorders: The Research Base, National Research Council,
National Academy Press, pp. 1-25, 1999.
Wojtys
EM, Ashton-Miller JA, Huston L, Moga P, The Association
Between Athletic Training Time and the Sagittal Curvature
of the Immature Spine, American Journal of Sports
Medicine, 28(4):490-498, 2000.
Ottaviani
RA, Ashton-Miller JA, Wojtys EM, Inversion and Eversion
Strengths in the Weightbearing Ankle of Young Women:
Effects of Plantarflexion and Basketball Shoe Height.
American Journal of Sports Medicine, 29:219-225,
2001.
Huston
LJ, Vibert B, Ashton-Miller JA, Wojtys EM, Gender Differences
in Knee Angle When Landing From a Drop-Jump. The
American Journal of Knee Surgery, 14(4):215-219,
2001.
Ashton-Miller
JA, Wojtys EM, Huston LJ, Fry-Welch D, Can Proproception
Really Be Improved by Exercises? Knee Surgery, Sports
Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 9(3):128-136, 2001.
Wojtys
EM, Ashton-Miller JA, Huston LJ, A Gender-Related
Difference in the Contribution of the Knee Musculature
to Sagittal-Plane Shear Stiffness in Subjects With Similar
Knee Laxity. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
- American Volume. 84-A(1):10-6, 2002 Jan.
Wojtys
EM, Huston LJ, Schock HJ, Boylan JP, Ashton-Miller JA,
Gender Differences in Muscular Protection of the Knee
in Torsion in Size-Matched Athletes. Journal of
Bone & Joint Surgery. 85-A(5):782-789, 2003.
Ubell
ML, Boylan JP, Ashton-Miller JA, Wojtys EM, The Effect
of Ankle Braces On the Prevention of Dynamic Forced
Ankle Inversion, American Journal of Sports Medicine,
31(6):935-940, 2003.
Ashton-Miller
JA, Thoracic Hyperkyphosis in the Young Athlete: A Review of the Biomechanical
Issues, Current Sports Medicine, 3(1):47-52, 2004.
Withrow
TJ, Huston LJ, Wojtys EM, Ashton-Miller JA. The Relationship Between Quadriceps
Muscle Force, Knee Flexion and ACL Strain in an In Vitro Simulated Jump
Landing, American Journal of Sports Medicine, 34:269-274, 2006.
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Orofacial/Spine/Muscle
Pain
Spine
Research
Spine
Research - Cervical Spine
Moroney SP, Schultz AB, Ashton-Miller JA, Analysis
and Measurement of Neck Loads, J. Orthopaedic Research
6(5):713-720, 1988.
Moroney SP, Schultz AB, Ashton-Miller and Andersson GBJ, Load-Displacement Properties of Lower
Cervical Spine Motion Segments, J. Biomechanics 21(9):769-779,
1988.
Lee S-G, Ashton-Miller JA, A Comparison of Linear
and Non-Linear Optimization Techniques for Predicting
Human Cervical Muscle Forces in Sagittally-Symetric
Static Tasks, In: Issues in Control and Modeling
of Biomechanical Systems, American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, DSC Division Bound Volume #17, pp. 5-12,
1989.
Lee
S-G, Ashton-Miller JA, Graziano GP, On Muscle Control
Strategies, Agonism and Antagonism: A 3-D Study in Human
Cervical Spine Muscles, Bound Volume DSC Vol. 25, pp.
31-38, American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Dallas, November 1990.
Spine
Research - Idiopathic Scoliosis
Spine
Research - Lumbar Spine
Ashton-Miller JA, Haderspeck KA, Schultz AB, Posterior Element Loads in Lumbar Motion Segments, Spine
8:331-337, 1983.
Skipor AF, Ashton-Miller JA, Spencer DL, Schultz AB, Stiffness Properties and Geometry of Lumbar
Spine Posterior Elements, J. Biomechanics 18:821-830,
1985.
Ashton-Miller JA, Schultz AB, Warwick DN, Spencer DL, Mechanical Properties of Lumbar Spine Motion
Segments Under Large Loads, J. Biomech. 19:79-84,
1986.
McGlashen KM, Ashton-Miller JA, Schultz AB, Andersson GBJ, Load-Displacement Behavior of the
Human Lumbo-Sacral Joint, J. Orthopaedic Research
5(4):488-496, 1987.
Ashton-Miller JA, Schmatz C, Schultz AB, Lumbar
Disc Degeneration: Correlation with Age, Sex and Spine
Level in 600 Autopsy Specimens, Spine 13(2):173-178,
1988.
Janevic JT, Ashton-Miller JA, Schultz AB, Large
Compressive Preloads Decrease Lumbar Motion Segment
Flexibility, J. Orthopaedic Research 9(2):228-236,
1991.
Ashton-Miller JA, Schultz AB, Spine Instability
and Segmental Laxity Biomechanics: A Plea for the Definition
and Standardization of Terms, Seminars in Spine Surgery
3:136-148, 1991.
Chaffin DB, Ashton-Miller JA, Biomechanical Aspects
of Low-Back Pain in the Older Worker, J. Exp. Aging
Res. 4: 17(3):177-88, 1991.
Ostgaard HC, Andersson GBJ, Schultz AB, Ashton-Miller JA, The Influence of Biomechanical
Factors on Low Back Pain During Pregnancy, Spine
18:61-65, 1993.
Thelen DG, Schultz AB, Ashton-Miller JA, Quantitative
Interpretation of Lumbar Muscle Myoelectric Signals
During Rapid Cyclic Attempted Trunk Flexions and Extensions,
J. Biomech. 27(2):157-67, 1994
Thelen DG, Schultz AB, Fassios SD, Ashton-Miller JA, Identification of Dynamic Myoelectric Signal to Force
Models During Isometric Lumbar Muscle Contractions,
J. Biomech. 27(7):907-19, 1994.
Thelen DG, Schultz AB, Ashton-Miller JA, Co-contraction
of Lumbar Muscles During the Development of Time-Varying
Triaxial Moments, J. Orthop. Res. 13(3):390-8,
1995.
Thelen DG, Ashton-Miller JA, Schultz AB, Lumbar
Trunk Activities in Rapid Three-Dimensional Pulling
Tasks, Spine 21(5):605-13, 1996.
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Spine
Research - Postural Balance
Son K, Ashton-Miller JA, A Two-Dimensional Biomechanical
Model for Predicting Trunk and Lower Extremity Muscle
Activity in a Dynamic Seated Task: A Quantitative
Comparison of Optimization Schemes, In: Modeling
and Control Issues in Biomechanical Systems. American
Society of Mechanical Engineers Publication DSC-Vol.
12/BED-Vol. 11, pp. 103-120, 1988
Son K, Ashton-Miller JA, Trunk and Lower Extremity
Muscle Activity in Seated Weight-Moving Tasks: Three
Dimensional Analyses of Intersubject and Intertask
Differences, Korean Soc. Mech. Eng. J. 7:372-388,
1993.
Spine
Research - Proprioception
Spine
Research - Sacro-Iliac Joints
McGlashen
KM, Ashton-Miller JA, Schultz AB, Andersson GBJ, Load-Displacement
Behavior of the Human Lumbo-Sacral Joint, J. Orthopaedic
Research 5(4):488-496, 1987.
Scholten
PJM, Schultz AB, Luchies CW, Ashton-Miller JA, Motions
and Loads Within the Human Pelvis: A Biomechanical Model
Study, J. Orthopaedic Research 6:840-850, 1988.
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Spencer DL, Ashton-Miller JA, The Mechanism of
Sciatic Pain Relief by Chemonucleolysis, Orthopedics
6(12):1600-1603, 1983.
Spencer DL, Ashton-Miller JA, Bertolini J, The
Effect of Intervertebral Disc Space Narrowing on the
Contact Force Between the Lumbar Nerve Root and a Simulated
Disc Protrusion, Spine 9:422-426, 1984.
Spencer DL, Ashton-Miller JA, Schultz AB, The
Effects of Chemonucleolysis on the Mechanical Properties
of the Canine Lumbar Disc, Spine 10:555-561,
1985.
Book
Chapters
J.
A. Ashton-Miller, Mechanical Factors in Idiopathic Scoliosis.
In: Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Scoliosis. (Ed.
R.R. Jacobs), Scoliosis Research Society, 1984.
J.
A. Ashton-Miller, Biomechanical Properties of the Posterior
Elements and Sacro-iliac Joints, In: Approaches to
Validation of Manipulation in Low Back Pain. Eds:
A.A. Buerger and P. Greenman, C.C. Thomas, Springfield,
1985.
J. A. Ashton-Miller and A. B. Schultz, Biomechanics of the Human
Spine and Trunk, Ch. 5 in: Exercise and Sports Sciences
Reviews. Pandolf, K.B., Editor. Macmillan Publishing
Co., New York, 1988. Pages 169-204.
A.
B. Schultz and J. A. Ashton-Miller, Biomechanics of
the Human Spine, In: Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanics,
Eds. V.C. Mow and W.C. Hayes, Raven Press, 1991.
C.
S. Stohler, X. Zhang and J. A. Ashton-Miller, Experimental
Model of Jaw Muscle Pain in Man, In: The Biological
Mechanisms of Tooth Movement and Craniofacial vAdaptation
(Ed. Z. Davidovitch), pp. 503-11, 1992.
A.
B. Schultz, N. B. Alexander and J. A. Ashton-Miller,
Mobility Biomechanics in Young and Old Healthy Adults,
In: Sensorimotor Impairments in the Elderly, G.E.
Stelmach & V Homberg (Eds.), Kluver Academic
Publishers, Amsterdam, 1993, pp.169-174.
J.A.
Ashton-Miller and A. B. Schultz, Biomechanics of the
Human Spine, In: Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanics,
2nd Edition, Eds. V. C. Mow and W. C.
Hayes, Lippencott-Raven Publishers, 1997.
Schultz
AB, Ashton-Miller JA, and Alexander NB. Biomechanics
of Mobility in Older Adults. In: Principles of Geriatric
Medicine and Gerontology, Fourth Edition, New York,
McGraw-Hill, Inc., p. 131-141, 1999.
Ashton-MIller
JA. Proprioceptive Thresholds at the Ankle: Implications
for the Prevention of Ligament Injury. In: Proprioception
and Neuromuscular Control in Joint Stability, Eds. S.M.
Lephart & F.H. Fu, Human Kinetrics, Champaign, IL, p.
279-290, 2000.
J.A.
Ashton-Miller, EM Wojtys, L. Huston. Can Proprioception
Really Be Trained? Submitted for publication in: The
Role of Proprioception and Neuromuscular Control in
the Management and Rehabilitation of Joint Pathology,
(Eds., S. Lephart & F. Fung), 2000, Federation of
Sports Medicine, Exercise and Rehabilitation (FSMER).
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Doctoral
Dissertations
Kwon Son
MEAM 1988 now: Professor, Pusan Univ.,
S.Korea
Biomechanical Analyses of Weight-Moving
Tasks in the Seated Position
Sanggyoo
Lee MEAM 1991 now: Engineer,
Dai-Woo Motors, S. Korea
Biomechanical Analyses of Healthy and
Spinal Cord-Injured Subjects Performing Seated Three-dimensional
Tasks with a Manipulandum.
Soon Goel
Lee MEAM 1993 now:
Assistant Professor, Kyung-Hee University, S.Korea.
Theoretical and Experimental Biomechanical
Analyses of the Effects of Age and Peripheral Neuropathy
on Unipedal Stance ;
Hsieh-Ching
Chen MEAM 1993 now: Engineer,
Chaoyang Institute of Technology, Dept. Industrial Engineering
& Management, Taiwan
Tripping Over Obstacles: Biomechanical
Analyses of the Effects of Age and Gender on Obstacle
Avoidance
James K.
Sprague MEAM 1994 now: Engineer, Failure
Analysis Corp, MI
The Use of Stepping to Maintain Upright
Balance: Biomechanical Analyses in Young and Old Adults.
Kyu-Jung
Kim MEAM 1994
now: Post-doctoral Fellow, Mayo Clinic, MN
Stress Urinary Incontinence: Pelvic
Floor Biomechanics
Janis M.
Miller School of
Nursing 1996 now: Assistant Research
Scientist, U-M School of Nursing and Research Investigator
U-M IOG
On Pelvic Floor Muscle Function and
Stress Urinary Incontinence: Effects of Posture, Parity
and Volitional Control
