Use it or lose it--the hazards of bed rest and inactivity.

PJ Corcoran - Western Journal of Medicine, 1991 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Professional experience and lay wisdom teach us the benefits of exercise and the hazards
of idleness. Yet the myth persists that" bed rest is good for you" when ill or convalescing. …

Measured versus predicted vertical displacement of the sacrum during gait as a tool to measure biomechanical gait performance

…, BE Viramontes, PJ Corcoran, PJ LaRaia - American journal of …, 1995 - journals.lww.com
The vertical displacement of the sacrum during walking is proposed as an estimation of the
overall biomechanical performance of walking, independent of cardiopulmonary factors. …

Energy expenditure of ambulation in patients with above-knee amputations.

GH Traugh, PJ Corcoran, RL Reyes - Archives of physical medicine …, 1975 - europepmc.org
Oxygen consumption during ambulation was measured in nine middle-aged or elderly
subjects having above-knee amputations, in an effort to determine the mode of ambulation and …

Cardiac disability: the impact of coronary heart disease on patients' daily activities

…, NE Smith, CA Hogan, PJ Corcoran… - Archives of Internal …, 1985 - jamanetwork.com
• We studied 100 men with clinically stable coronary heart disease. Their capacity for
exertion as defined by treadmill test was compared with the physical and social avocational …

Independent living outcomes in spinal cord injury: multivariate analyses.

G DeJong, LG Branch, PJ Corcoran - Archives of Physical Medicine …, 1984 - europepmc.org
This paper presents results of a study designed to isolate those medical, personal, and
environmental factors that best predict a spinal cord injured (SCI) person's ability to live …

Sports medicine and the physiology of wheelchair marathon racing

PJ Corcoran, RF Goldman, EF Hoerner, C Kling… - Orthopedic Clinics of …, 1980 - Elsevier
In the past three decades, wheelchair sports have become an international reality. Disabled
athletes are exercising their right to accept the challenges and risks taken by able-bodied …

A TOOL TO ASSESS BIOMECHANICAL GAIT EFFICIENCY: A Preliminary Clinical Study: 1

…, LR Sheffler, TA Ribaudo, PJ Corcoran - American journal of …, 1996 - journals.lww.com
A goal of many physiatric interventions is to improve biomechanical walking efficiency. Thus,
a tool that helps assess this efficiency, independent of cardiac, pulmonary, psychologic, or …

Energy expenditure during ambulation

EG GONZALEZ, PJ CORCORAN - The physiological basis of rehabilitation …, 1994 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the energy expenditure during ambulation.
During gait, two main events occur in which energy is consumed: one is in controlling forward …

Assistive technology: problems and policy alternatives

BL O'Day, PJ Corcoran - Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 1994 - Elsevier
Assistive technology (AT), defined as any device or product system that increases the physical
functioning or independence of persons with disabilities, is transforming the way disabled …

The proportional work of lifting the Center of mass during Walking1

…, DC Kerrigan, PJ Corcoran… - American journal of …, 1996 - journals.lww.com
The present study determined the proportion of energy consumption used to lift the center of
mass vertically during walking. By assuming that the vertical oscillations of the trunk were …