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  • The effects of a strong desire to void on gait for incontinent and continent older community-dwelling women at risk of falls 

    Paquin, Marie-Hélène; Duclos, Cyril; Lapierre, Nolwenn; Dubreucq, Lucie; Morin, Mélanie; Meunier, Jean; Rousseau, Jacqueline; Dumoulin, Chantal (Wiley, 2019-11-25)
    Aims The fall rate in urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) and mixed UI (MUI) older women is higher when compared with that of continent women. One hypothesis is that a strong desire to void (SDV) could alter gait parameters and therefore increase the ...

  • Lower-limb coordination and variability during gait : the effects of age and walking surface 

    Ippersiel, Patrick; Robbins, Shawn; Dixon, Philippe (Elsevier, 2021-02-16)
    Background Falls among community-dwelling older adults are often triggered by uneven walkways. Joint coordination and its variability change with age and may place older adults at risk of falling. It is unclear how irregular surfaces impact lower-limb ...

  • Older women's perceptions of a programmable video monitoring system at home : a pilot study 

    Lapierre, Nolwenn; Meunier, Jean; St-Arnaud, Alain; Filiatrault, Johanne; Paquin, Marie-Hélène; Duclos, Cyril; Dumoulin, Chantal; Rousseau, Jacqueline (International Society for Gerontechnology, 2018)
    Introduction：　Developing technologies to help older adults to age in place is paramount in coping with health challenges related to the ageing population. Camera-based technologies are efficient for home monitoring; however, few studies exist of users’ ...