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Blynn Shideler

Scholarly Works - Journal articles

Surgeon annual volume impacts recurrence rates of pediatric inguinal hernia repairs: A multi-institutional study.

Journal article Journal of pediatric surgery · August 2026 PurposeThis study aimed to investigate effect of surgeon annual case volume on pediatric inguinal hernia recurrence rates.MethodsSurgeons' individual annual case volumes were calculated from a retrospectively collected data set of pediatr ... Full text Cite

Evaluation of Mesh Placement in Adolescents Undergoing Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Journal article Journal of the American College of Surgeons · March 2026 BACKGROUND:Inguinal hernia repair (IHR) technique varies between children and adults, with adults commonly undergoing mesh placement. This study aimed to evaluate the inci ... Full text Cite

Adjustment Reactions and the Surgical Intern: A Sequel

Journal article Annals of Surgery Open · January 15, 2026 Full text Open Access Cite

Immediate effects of visual feedback on the accuracy of foot landing adjustments in older people with diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study.

Journal article PloS one · January 2025 Diabetes Mellitus in older adults reduces the accuracy of foot landing adjustments and increases the risk of falling. This study investigated whether targeted visual feedback enhances the accuracy of the foot landing in older participants with diabetes. Fo ... Full text Cite

Embryologic remnant of the umbilical vein presenting as an incarcerated umbilical hernia in a 6-month old: A case report

Journal article Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports · January 1, 2024 Introduction: Incarcerated or strangulated pediatric umbilical hernias are uncommon but warrant urgent surgical intervention when present. Rarely, embryologic remnants can mimic an incarcerated umbilical hernia and may be indistinguishable on examination o ... Full text Cite

Delayed hollow viscus injury with an occult seatbelt abrasion presenting as a small bowel obstruction.

Journal article Trauma case reports · December 2023 We present the case of a previously healthy 29-year-old male who presented with a small bowel obstruction in the absence of previous abdominal surgery who was found to have evidence of an occult seatbeltabrasion and ultimately multifocal hollow viscus inju ... Full text Cite

Effects of diabetes mellitus on step length and minimum toe clearance adaptation.

Journal article Biomedical engineering online · May 2023 BackgroundAdaptive gait involves the ability to adjust the leading foot in response to the requirement of dynamic environments during walking. Accurate adjustments of the minimum toe clearance (MTC) height and step length can prevent older people ... Full text Cite

Overground gait adaptability in older adults with type 2 diabetes in response to virtual targets and physical obstacles.

Journal article PloS one · January 2023 BackgroundTo step over an unexpected obstacle, individuals adapt gait; they adjust step length in the anterior-posterior direction prior to the obstacle and minimum toe clearance height in the vertical direction during obstacle avoidance. Inabilit ... Full text Cite

Overground gait training using virtual reality aimed at gait symmetry.

Journal article Human movement science · April 2021 This study investigated if training in a virtual reality (VR) environment that provides visual and audio biofeedback on foot placement can induce changes to spatial and temporal parameters of gait during overground walking. Eighteen healthy young adults wa ... Full text Cite

Toward a hybrid exoskeleton for crouch gait in children with cerebral palsy: neuromuscular electrical stimulation for improved knee extension.

Journal article Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · September 2020 BackgroundNeuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) has been utilized for many years in cerebral palsy (CP) with limited success despite its inherent potential for improving muscle size and/or strength, inhibiting or reducing spasticity, and enh ... Full text Cite

Age effects on step adaptation during treadmill walking with continuous step length biofeedback.

Journal article Gait & posture · July 2020 BackgroundThe inability to adjust step length can lead to falls in older people when navigating everyday terrain. Precisely targeted forward placement of the leading foot, constituting step length adjustment, is required for adaptive gait control, ... Full text Cite

An open source graphical user interface for wireless communication and operation of wearable robotic technology.

Journal article Journal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineering · January 2020 IntroductionWearable robotic exoskeletons offer the potential to move gait training from the clinic to the community thereby providing greater therapy dosage in more naturalistic settings. To capitalize on this potential, intuitive and robust inte ... Full text Cite

An Automated Recording Method in Clinical Consultation to Rate the Limp in Lower Limb Osteoarthritis.

Journal article PloS one · January 2016 For diagnosis and follow up, it is important to be able to quantify limp in an objective, and precise way adapted to daily clinical consultation. The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine if an inertial sensor-based method could provide simple ... Full text Cite