2025
Nonpharmacologic Interventions to Improve Postural Control Among Breast Cancer Survivors With Chemotherapy-induced Neuropathy
Luciani B, Schnell P, Bland C, Wilder J, Lantis K, Hock K, Hackney M, Lustberg M, Worthen-Chaudhari L. Nonpharmacologic Interventions to Improve Postural Control Among Breast Cancer Survivors With Chemotherapy-induced Neuropathy. Archives Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation 2025, 106: e130-e131. DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2025.01.338.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPostural control improvementHome exercisesActivity-based interventionsPostural controlBC survivorsNonpharmacological interventionsHome exercise groupImprove postural controlPostural control deficitsBreast cancer survivorsMeasure postural controlMonths follow-upChemotherapy-induced neuropathyWeeks of interventionBreast cancerMain outcome measuresBilateral standingCancer survivorsFall riskCourse of interventionIntervention effectsTango danceLinear mixed modelsBiomechanical measuresOutcome measures
2023
Biomechanical Effect of Music and Dance on Postural Control Among Breast Cancer Survivors With Neuropathy
Worthen-Chaudhari L, Bland C, WIlder J, Wali R, Bibi A, Taha S, Costa-GIomi E, Crasta J, Schnell P, Hackney M, Lustberg M. Biomechanical Effect of Music and Dance on Postural Control Among Breast Cancer Survivors With Neuropathy. Archives Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation 2023, 104: e14-e15. DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2022.12.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDance trainingEffects of musicBreast cancer survivorsMusic trainingMusicCancer survivorsIntervention pilotDancePostural swayOncology outpatientsBC survivorsIntervention periodPostural controlMovementNeuromotor controlPressure measuresNeuropathyBalance deficitsSurvivorsBiomechanical effectsPositive effect sizesEffect sizeSwayWeeksTrainingCSF-contacting neurons respond to Streptococcus pneumoniae and promote host survival during central nervous system infection
Prendergast A, Jim K, Marnas H, Desban L, Quan F, Djenoune L, Laghi V, Hocquemiller A, Lunsford E, Roussel J, Keiser L, Lejeune F, Dhanasekar M, Bardet P, Levraud J, van de Beek D, Vandenbroucke-Grauls C, Wyart C. CSF-contacting neurons respond to Streptococcus pneumoniae and promote host survival during central nervous system infection. Current Biology 2023, 33: 940-956.e10. PMID: 36791723, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous systemCerebrospinal fluidSensory neuronsNervous systemStreptococcus pneumoniaeCentral nervous system infectionBlockade of neurotransmissionCentral sensory neuronsNervous system infectionHost survivalPeripheral nervous systemCell-specific ablationEpileptic-like seizuresCSF-contacting neuronsSupernatants of cellsPneumococcal meningitisSystem infectionBitter taste receptorsCSF infectionPneumoniae infectionNeurotropic virusesSpinal cordPathogenic bacteriaPostural controlMeningitis
2019
Partnered, adapted argentine tango dance for cancer survivors: A feasibility study and pilot study of efficacy
Worthen-Chaudhari L, Lamantia M, Monfort S, Mysiw W, Chaudhari A, Lustberg M. Partnered, adapted argentine tango dance for cancer survivors: A feasibility study and pilot study of efficacy. Clinical Biomechanics 2019, 70: 257-264. PMID: 31751861, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2019.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer survivorsPostural controlCOP measuresMean satisfaction rateNeurotoxic cancer treatmentsBalance training programPostural control deficitsTango danceHalf of participantsPreliminary efficacySensorimotor trainingNormal rangePromising treatmentPressure measuresQuiet standingSatisfaction rateBalance deficitsCancer treatmentPilot studySurvivorsMore sessionsFeasibility criteriaTango classesControl deficitsMore studiesFronto-Parietal Brain Areas Contribute to the Online Control of Posture during a Continuous Balance Task
Goel R, Nakagome S, Rao N, Paloski W, Contreras-Vidal J, Parikh P. Fronto-Parietal Brain Areas Contribute to the Online Control of Posture during a Continuous Balance Task. Neuroscience 2019, 413: 135-153. PMID: 31200107, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.05.063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBalance tasksContinuous balance taskHealthy young adultsPostural controlTranscranial magnetic stimulationPostural control mechanismsContinuous theta burst stimulationFronto-parietal brain areasControl of postureSham stimulationYoung adultsPostural tasksAnterior cingulatePostural responsesCingulate gyrusBrain areasSway referenceSensory conditionsPostural behaviorDisruptive transcranial magnetic stimulationBilateral posterior parietal regionsFronto-parietal regionsMagnetic stimulationPosterior parietal regionsTheta burst stimulationCauses of Central Vertigo
Lawal O, Navaratnam D. Causes of Central Vertigo. 2019, 363-375. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97858-1_25.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Parent handling of typical infants varies segmentally across development of postural control
Duncan K, Goodworth A, Da Costa CSN, Wininger M, Saavedra S. Parent handling of typical infants varies segmentally across development of postural control. Experimental Brain Research 2017, 236: 645-654. PMID: 29285555, PMCID: PMC6190590, DOI: 10.1007/s00221-017-5156-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEffect of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy on postural control in cancer survivors.
Herman H, Monfort S, Pan X, Chaudhari A, Lustberg M. Effect of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy on postural control in cancer survivors. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 128-128. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.5_suppl.128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathySensory symptomsCancer patientsCIPN symptomsPeripheral neuropathyPostural controlCommon dose-limiting toxicityEORTC QLQ-CIPN20Patients' sensory symptomsDose-limiting toxicityPoor controlPost-treatment sequelaeRisk of fallsCourse of treatmentQuality of lifeQLQ-CIPN20Oxaliplatin chemotherapyCurative treatmentCancer survivorsCenter of pressureClose monitoringPatientsPoor balancePostural stabilityNeuropathy
2016
Intraspinal Sensory Neurons Provide Powerful Inhibition to Motor Circuits Ensuring Postural Control during Locomotion
Hubbard JM, Böhm UL, Prendergast A, Tseng PB, Newman M, Stokes C, Wyart C. Intraspinal Sensory Neurons Provide Powerful Inhibition to Motor Circuits Ensuring Postural Control during Locomotion. Current Biology 2016, 26: 2841-2853. PMID: 27720623, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInhibitory postsynaptic currentsCSF-cNsSensory neuronsPostural controlMotor circuitsFast motor neuronsEscape circuitCerebrospinal fluid-contacting neuronsLarge inhibitory postsynaptic currentsGABAergic neuronsPostsynaptic currentsSpinal cordMotor neuronsVivo electrophysiologyRepetitive stimulationSomatic inhibitionSensory interneuronsNeuronsPowerful inhibitionInhibitory feedbackRecent evidenceVertebrate spinal cordMechanosensory responsesInhibitionInterneurons
2015
Posture effects on spontaneous limb movements, alternated stepping, and the leg extension response in neonatal rats
Mendez-Gallardo V, Roberto M, Kauer S, Brumley M. Posture effects on spontaneous limb movements, alternated stepping, and the leg extension response in neonatal rats. Physiology & Behavior 2015, 155: 122-130. PMID: 26655784, PMCID: PMC4718838, DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.12.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeg extension responseRat pupsOne-day-old rat pupsNewborn rat pupsSpontaneous limb movementsRole of postureNeonatal ratsNewborn ratsSpontaneous activityPostural controlLimb activityLimb movementsPupsPosture effectsRatsCurrent studyStepping behaviorExpressionPostureBehavioral measuresExtension responseLer expressionSupineEarly development
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