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Leah Bent
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Latest papers
Modeling foot sole cutaneous afferents: FootSim.
iScience · 2023
The immediate effects of foot orthosis geometry on lower limb muscle activity and foot biomechanics.
Journal of biomechanics · 2021
A systematic review of the effect of footwear, foot orthoses and taping on lower limb muscle activity during walking and running.
Prosthetics and orthotics international · 2019
Latest funding
- $72,000
Mechanisms of cutaneous afferent activation on motor outcomes
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $99,178
Laser Speckled Contrast Imaging to measure blood flow to microvasculature
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $282,000
The cutaneous code: breaking down neural patterns and optimal noise
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
6 publications.
Modeling foot sole cutaneous afferents: FootSim.
Katic N, Siqueira RK, Cleland L, Strzalkowski N, Bent L, Raspopovic S, Saal H
The immediate effects of foot orthosis geometry on lower limb muscle activity and foot biomechanics.
Reeves J, Jones R, Liu A, Bent L, Nester C
A systematic review of the effect of footwear, foot orthoses and taping on lower limb muscle activity during walking and running.
Reeves J, Jones R, Liu A, Bent L, Plater E, Nester C
Can texture change joint position sense at the knee joint in those with poor joint position accuracy?
Lamers M, Reeves J, Alshamali R, Murnaghan C, Bent L
Physiological and cognitive measures during prolonged sitting: Comparisons between a standard and multi-axial office chair.
Triglav J, Howe E, Cheema J, Dube B, Fenske MJ, Strzalkowski N, Bent L
The between-day reliability of peroneus longus EMG during walking.
Reeves J, Jones R, Liu A, Bent L, Nester C
Mechanisms of cutaneous afferent activation on motor outcomes
Principal investigators: Bent, Leah
Keywords: cutaneous; reflexes; motor unit; force; balance; location dependent; recruitment; afferent firing; natural input; motor outcomes
Laser Speckled Contrast Imaging to measure blood flow to microvasculature
Principal investigators: Bent, Leah
The cutaneous code: breaking down neural patterns and optimal noise
Principal investigators: Bent, Leah
Keywords: afferent firing pattern; cutaneous afferents; foot sole; joint position sense; masking; microneurography; sensory augmentation; sensory integration; stochastic resonance; velocity
Textured material for improved body awareness
Principal investigators: Bent, Leah
CoreChair seat pan development
Principal investigators: Bent, Leah
Independent and integrated skin sensory contributions to postural control
Principal investigators: Bent, Leah
Investigating the functional role of sensory receptors in human movement and postural control
Principal investigators: Bent, Leah
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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