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The article presents a study on the differences between the automobile steering styles of healthy and disabled individuals. It discusses how the study was conducted which involves an instrumented steering wheel that was used by researcher J. Schiro and colleagues and 45 drivers. The results reportedly revealed that disabled drivers have achieved equal steering performance as the healthy participants under simulated conditions.

The article discusses a study which proposes a method to represent hand position sequences under wheel steering task, which can be used to compare steering strategy of drivers. It describes the protocol where the hand position representation was built, starting from driver recruitment to the coding of hand position sequences. It suggests that the method could help in comparing several scenarios in the same slope taken by drivers.

The article discusses the experimentation that aims to evaluate the elasticity of breast during the whole menstrual cycle. Topics include the influence of hormone fluctuations on breast enlargement and possible mastalgia during the cycle and the importance of dermis on body's thermoregulation and protection. Findings of the study reveal that the elasticity of the breast skin follows the fluctuations of oestrogen.

An abstract of the article "Unipodal landing in individuals with unilateral chronic ankle instability," by R. Pionnier is presented.

The article reports on results of a study of variations in expert rower coordination when rate increases on ergometer. A description of the experimental set-up and measurement method is presented. The study concluded that expert rowers modify their coordination only on recovery phase and not on propulsive phase when they increase their stroke rate.

The article explores the carrying mode on the ground reaction forces (GRF) during gait. It shows the effects of the carrying mode and mass locations on the GRF during gait. The article highlights that backpacking by itself is a perturbing task that modifies propulsion and reception phases during gait, regardless of the mass carried.

The article attempts to verify whether natural trunk leaning attitude in the sagittal plane, during quiet standing and on firm surface, may interfere with balance control mechanisms. It discusses the participation of 25 consenting male subjects in the study. The article highlights two balance control strategies from the natural trunk attitude during upright quiet standing.

The article investigates how the lower movements affect the handle trajectory. Two models of the upper limb are compared. The article suggests that it is more realistic to take into account sternoclavicular joint to stimulate and analyze rowing movement. It discusses the need to improve one of the models to simulate a best hand trajectory in sagittal plane during all the different phases.

The article presents the instrumentation of a balance beam that allowed the study of the dynamics of reaction forces acting during the different supporting phases while acrobatic skills are performed by women gymnasts. The method for the construction of an instrumented balance beam is described. The skills requires the minimization of lateral forces. The experimental device allowed to analyze both dynamic and kinematic measures for understanding how the maintenance of all body balance is controlled.