❝
Nima Toosizadeh is assistant professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, with a co-appointment within the Division of Geriatrics, General Internal Medicine and Palliative Medicine in the University of Arizona College of Medicine.VOSviewer
Research Opportunities
- New Research opportunity
Grant: CAREER: Frailty Assessment for Older Adults with Walking Disabilities using Dynamical Modeling of Cardiac, Brain, and Motor Systems in Response to Provocative Testing
- New Research opportunity
Grant: Heart Rate Dynamics in Response to Upper-Extremity Function Test to Identify Irreversible Frailty After Invasive Therapy in Older Adults with Advanced Heart Disease
Courses
- IBIntroduction to Biomechanics
- BEBiomechanical Engineering
Grants
- CAREER: Frailty Assessment for Older Adults with Walking Disabilities using Dynamical Modeling of Cardiac, Brain, and Motor Systems in Response to Provocative Testing
Principal Investigator (PI)
2023
$461.6K
ActiveOpportunity - Heart Rate Dynamics in Response to Upper-Extremity Function Test to Identify Irreversible Frailty After Invasive Therapy in Older Adults with Advanced Heart Disease
Principal Investigator (PI)
2023
$300.5K
ActiveOpportunity - Frailty Assessment Using Smart Watch: Simultaneous Assessment of Physical and Cardiac Function
Principal Investigator (PI)
2023
$50.0K
Active - Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium Match Projects
Co-Investigator (COI)
2022
$350.0K
Active - WARE-Care: A Novel RF-Based System to Assess and Prevent Falling
Co-Investigator (COI)
2022
$220.5K
Active - Functional Capacity Assessment in Hospitalized Bed-bound COPD Patients; Predicting Outcomes
Principal Investigator (PI)
2019
$410.5K
Active - A Soft, Battery-free, Wireless, Wearable Digital Health Platform for Continuous Frailty Assessment
Co-Investigator (COI)
2019
$100.0K
- MCI and Alzheimer's Disease Screening Using Upper-Extremity Dual-Task
Principal Investigator (PI)
2017
$430.9K
Technologies / Patents
News
- UA Researchers Developing 15-Minute MRI
2019
Publications (95)
Recent
- The association between heart rate behavior and gait performance: The moderating effect of frailty
2022
- Frailty Identification Using Heart Rate Dynamics: A Deep Learning Approach
2022
- Between-day repeatability of sensor-based in-home gait assessment among older adults: assessing the effect of frailty.
2021
- Physical and Cognitive Function Assessment to Predict Postoperative Outcomes of Abdominal Surgery.
2021
- Frailty and heart response to physical activity.
2021
- COMPARING METHODS FOR 3D INVERSE DYNAMICS ANALYSIS OF SQUAT LIFTING USING A FULL BODY LINKED SEGMENT MODEL
2020
- Sensor-based characterization of daily walking: a new paradigm in pre-frailty/frailty assessment
2020
- Low-Rank Representation of Head Impact Kinematics: A Data-Driven Emulator
2020
- Can motor function uncertainty and local instability within upper-extremity dual-tasking predict amnestic mild cognitive impairment and early-stage Alzheimer's disease?
2020
- Sensor-Based Upper-Extremity Frailty Assessment for the Vascular Surgery Risk Stratification
2020
- Comparison of wearable sensor to traditional methods in functional outcome measures: A systematic review
2020
- Frailty and heart response to physical activity
2020
- Between-day repeatability of sensor-based in-home gait assessment among older adults: assessing the effect of frailty
2020
- Upper-extremity function prospectively predicts adverse discharge and all-cause COPD readmissions: a pilot study
2019
- P1-593: ASSESSING THE ASSOCIATION OF FEAR OF FALLING AND DEPRESSION IN OLDER ADULTS
2019
- Abstract P258: Novel Dual-task Balance Challenge to Prevent Falls in Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
2019
- FRAILTY ASSESSMENT BASED ON THE QUALITY OF DAILY WALKING
2019
- A Novel Dual-Task Balance Challenge to Prevent Falls in Older Adults: A Randomized Pilot Study
2019
- Screening older adults for amnestic mild cognitive impairment and early-stage Alzheimer's disease using upper-extremity dual-tasking
2019
- The association between cognition and dual-tasking among older adults: the effect of motor function type and cognition task difficulty
2019
- The association between motor capacity and mobility performance: frailty as a moderator
2019
- P2-591: THE EFFECT OF INTENSITY AND DURATION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON COGNITION
2019
- ASSESSMENT OF DUAL-TASK MOTOR FUNCTION DETERIORATION FOR DETECTING COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
2018
- Proprioceptive impairments in high fall risk older adults: the effect of mechanical calf vibration on postural balance
2018
- Mo1629-Frailty Predicts Colonoscopy Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Screening
2018
- CORRELATIONS BETWEEN REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST (AVLT) AND UPPER EXTREMITY DUAL TASK FUNCTION IN DETECTING COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
2018
- ASSESSING COGNITION USING DUAL-TASK MOTOR FUNCTION: THE INFLUENCE OF COGNITIVE TASK TYPE
2018
- Frailty assessment predicts acute outcomes in patients undergoing screening colonoscopy
2018
- The influence of mechanical vibration on local and central balance control
2018
- Low intensity vibration of ankle muscles improves balance in elderly persons at high risk of falling
2018
- The effect of static neck flexion on mechanical and neuromuscular behaviors of the cervical spine
2018
- Disturbance of neck proprioception and feed-forward motor control following static neck flexion in healthy young adults
2018
- ENHANCING A MATTER OF BALANCE FALL INTERVENTION WITH A PILOT DUAL TASK BALANCE CHALLENGE
2018
- THE ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
2018
- Frailty and Depression in Older Adults: A Cross Sectional Study
2018
- Screening Colonoscopy Adverse Events in Aging Adults: Does Frailty Matter?
2018
- The Effect of Pain Relief on Daily Physical Activity: In-Home Objective Physical Activity Assessment in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients after Paravertebral Spinal Block
2018
- Frailty Status Predicts Screening Colonoscopy Adverse Events
2018
- Frailty assessment in older adults using upper-extremity function: index development
2017
- FRAILTY TRANSITIONS AMONG OLDER ADULTS
2017
- Frailty Assessment For Predicting Readmission And Discharge Disposition Among Patients Hospitalized For Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation
2017
- BALANCE CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH SIX-MONTH FRAILTY STATUS CHANGES
2017
- Upper-Extremity Function Predicts Adverse Health Outcomes among Older Adults Hospitalized for Ground-Level Falls
2017
- Assessing upper-extremity motion: An innovative method to quantify functional capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
2017
- Frailty and age may not Adequately Predict Colonoscopy Outcomes in Adults
2017
- Heart rate asymmetry in response to colored light
2017
- A103 COPD: DISEASE PROGRESSION AND PROGNOSIS: Frailty Assessment For Predicting Readmission And Discharge Disposition Among Patients Hospitalized For Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation
2017
- Postural Transitions during Activities of Daily Living Could Identify Frailty Status: Application of Wearable Technology to Identify Frailty during Unsupervised Condition
2017
- Upper-Extremity Dual-Task Function: An Innovative Method to Assess Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults
2016
- Paravertebral spinal injection for the treatment of patients with degenerative facet osteoarthropathy: Evidence of motor performance improvements based on objective assessments
2016
- Motion Sensors Estimated Upper Extremity Frailty Score: A Practical Method to Identify 30-Day Recurrent Fall and Hospital Readmission in Elderly Trauma Patients
2016
- Front Back Matter
2016
- A Pilot Clinical Trial to Objectively Assess the Efficacy of Electroacupuncture on Gait in Patients with Parkinson's Disease Using Body Worn Sensors
2016
- Contents Vol. 62, 2016
2016
- Postural Balance Parameters as Objective Surgical Assessments in Low Back Disorders: A Systematic Review
2016
- student Presentation Upper-extremity function testing as an alternative to gait performance measures in older adults: d68
2016
- Is there any association between ventricular ectopy and falls in community-dwelling older adults?
2016
- Motor Performance and Physical Activity as Predictors of Prospective Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults by Frailty Level: Application of Wearable Technology
2016
- Gait and balance assessments as early indicators of frailty in patients with known peripheral artery disease
2016
- Changes in spatiotemporal gait patterns during flat ground walking and obstacle crossing 1 year after bariatric surgery
2016
- Alterations in gait parameters with peripheral artery disease: The importance of pre-frailty as a confounding variable
2016
- Assessing Upper-Extremity Motion: An Innovative, Objective Method to Identify Frailty in Older Bed-Bound Trauma Patients
2016
- Association between cognitive impairment and upper-extremity performance under a dual task condition
2016
- Impact of mental stress on heart rate asymmetry
2015
- The influence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy on local postural muscle and central sensory feedback balance control
2015
- Can paravertebral facet injection improve motor performance in patients with degenerative facet osteoarthropathy?
2015
- Motor Performance Assessment in Parkinson's Disease: Association between Objective In-Clinic, Objective In-Home, and Subjective/Semi-Objective Measures
2015
- Regulation of Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System Control across Frailty Statuses: A Systematic Review
2015
- Gait behaviors as an objective surgical outcome in low back disorders: A systematic review
2015
- Does integrative medicine enhance balance in aging adults? Proof of concept for the benefit of electroacupuncture therapy in Parkinson's disease
2015
- Influences of frailty syndrome on open-loop and closed-loop postural control strategy
2015
- Assessing Upper Extremity Motion: An Innovative Method to Identify Frailty
2015
- Objective Assessment of Electro-acupuncture Benefit for Improving Balance and Gait in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease (P3.074)
2014
- Motorized mobility scooters: the use of training/intervention and technology for improving driving skills in aging adults - a mini-review
2014
- Effectiveness of Electro-Acupuncture Therapy in Improving Gait and Balance in People with Parkinson's Disease
2014
- a Novel Upper Limb Kinematics Assessment Using Wearable Sensors to Identify Frailty: b88
2014
- Trunk Tissue Creep Can Increase Spine Forces During a Subsequent Lifting Task
2014
- 5 Trunk Tissue Creep Can Increase Spine Forces During a Subsequent Lifting Task: An Investigation of the Effects of Trunk Flexion on Spine Mechanical Behaviors Using Experimental and Viscoelastic Modeling Approaches
2013
- Disturbance and recovery of trunk mechanical and neuromuscular behaviors following repeated static trunk flexion: influences of duration and duty cycle on creep-induced effects
2013
- Disturbance and recovery of trunk mechanical and neuromuscular behaviours following repetitive lifting: influences of flexion angle and lift rate on creep-induced effects
2013
- PROLONGED TRUNK FLEXION CAN INCREASE SPINE LOADS DURING A SUBSEQUENT LIFTING TASK: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF TRUNK FLEXION DURATION AND ANGLE USING A SAGITTALLY SYMMETRIC, VISCOELASTIC SPINE MODEL
2013
- Evidence for an exposure-response relationship between trunk flexion and impairments in trunk postural control
2013
- Time-dependent assessment of the human lumbar spine in response to flexion exposures: in vivo measurement and modeling
2013
- Creep deformation of the human trunk in response to prolonged and repetitive flexion: measuring and modeling the effect of external moment and flexion rate
2013
- Load-Relaxation Properties of the Human Trunk in Response to Prolonged Flexion
2012
- Load-relaxation properties of the human trunk in response to prolonged flexion: measuring and modeling the effect of flexion angle
2012
- Disturbance and recovery of trunk mechanical and neuromuscular behaviours following prolonged trunk flexion: influences of duration and external load on creep-induced effects
2011
- Disturbance and recovery of trunk stiffness and reflexive muscle responses following prolonged trunk flexion: influences of flexion angle and duration
2011
- Generating a finite element model of the cervical spine: Estimating muscle forces and internal loads
2011
- Disturbances to intrinsic stiffness and reflexive muscle responses following prolonged trunk flexion
2010
- Generating exact finite element model of lower cervical spine (C3-C7)
2008
- Generating finite element model of the cervical spine, investigating the role of the muscle forces in flexion/extension
2008