Uni- or bilateral vibration effect during postural control for young adults

Mastoid vibration affects dynamic postural control during gait in healthy older adults

Vestibular disorders are difficult to diagnose early due to the lack of a systematic assessment. Our previous work has developed a reliable experimental design and the result shows promising results that vestibular sensory input while walking could be affected through mastoid vibration (MV) and changes are in the direction of motion. In the present paper, we wanted to extend this work to older ...

Postural sway during dual tasks in young and elderly adults.

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that healthy young adults are able to decrease their standing postural sway when an additional postural visual task, such as reading, is performed. OBJECTIVE In this study, we investigated postural sway during dual tasks in young and elderly adults. METHODS Twelve healthy active elderly adults (aged 65-75 years) and 12 healthy young adults (aged 22-39 ...

Falls and postural control in older adults with cataracts

Background: There is increasing evidence that visual impairment contribute to falling. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of vision impairment of old adult patients with cataract on the occurrence of falls and postural control. Methods:According to the results of screening ophthalmic examination, 48 cataract patients (mean±SD aged 68.5 ± 6.08 yrs.) and 50 individuals withou...

Title Differences in muscle coactivation during postural control between healthy older and young adults

Differences in muscle coactivation during postural control between healthy older and young adults.

The purpose of this study was to clarify the difference in muscle coactivation during postural control between older and young adults and to identify the characteristics of postural control strategies in older adults by investigating the relationship between muscle coactivation and postural control ability. Forty-six healthy older adults (82.0±7.5 years) and 34 healthy young adults (22.1±2.3 ye...