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    • Relationship between daily protein intake and distribution and sarcopenia status 

      Patterson, Kaitlyn M.; Tribby, Aaron C.; Stover, Caitlin D.; Lajza, David G.; Geddam, David A.R. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2014-04-25)
      Sarcopenia, loss of skeletal muscle in older adults, can lead to serious health consequences. One suggestion to prevent sarcopenia is increased protein consumption above the RDA and/or reaching a certain threshold of quality ...

    • Reproducibility of balance measures using motion sensors in smartphone technology to measure balance: preliminary result 

      Staab, Carina A.; Amick, Ryan Zackary; Epps, Elizabeth J.; Thummar, Tarunkumar (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2012-04-18)
      PURPOSE: This pilot study was to determine the reproducibility of the output generated by Smartphone accelerometers when used for balance assessment. METHODS: 61 healthy individuals (28 male, 33 female; mean age = 23.8+6.2yr) ...

    • SWAY balance mobile application as an assessment tool to manage recovery: A case study 

      Geddam, David E.; Amick, Ryan Zackary; Stover, Caitlin D.; Stern, Danielle C. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2014-04-25)
      In post-traumatic athletic rehabilitation, balance assessment is used for prognosis. We compared the SWAY balance Application to the BESS assessment during the rehabilitation of a 19 year old with an ACL tear and arthroscopic ...

    • Validity of field measurements for body composition 

      Ziegler, Bryan Michael; Fetters, Leighton; Patterson, Jeremy A. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)
      Purpose: This study was designed to test the validity of four field measurements for body composition against the standard laboratory measurement. Methods: Six participants were recruited from KSS 860 Research Methods in ...