Associate Professor
School of Kinesiology (KIN)
His research aims to identify the neural, musculo-skeletal and psychological factors that contribute to balance deficits and falls associated with age, Parkinson’s disease, vestibular loss and spinal cord injury. Dr. Carpenter uses a comprehensive approach to studying balance by combining various neuro-physiological and biomechanical techniques within real and virtual environments, in order to identify optimal exercise, training and treatment strategies to reduce the occurrence and impact of falls.
Contributions:
Carpenter MG, Murnaghan CD, Inglis JT. Shifting the balance: Evidence of an exploratory role for postural sway. Neuroscience 2010; 171:196-204.
Davis JR, Horslen BC, Nishikawa K, Fukushima K, Chua R, Inglis JT, Carpenter MG. Human proprioceptive adaptations during states of height-induced fear and anxiety. J Neurophysiol 2011; 106:3082-90.
Carpenter MG, Bloem BR. Postural control in Parkinson patients: a proprioceptive problem? Exp Neurol 2011; 227:26-30.
Campbell AD, Chua R, Inglis JT, Carpenter MG. Startle induces early initiation of classically conditioned postural responses. J Neurophysiol 2012; 108:2946-56.
Horslen BC, Murnaghan CD, Inglis JT, Chua R, Carpenter MG. Modulation of human vestibular reflexes with increased postural threat. J Physiol 2014; 592(Pt 16):3671-3685.
Keywords:
Balance; Posture; Falls; Neural control; Sensori-motor; Fear of falling; Anxiety.
mark.carpenter@ubc.ca
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