To investigate if applying Kinesiology Tape (KT) on the unstable ankle may improve static postural control in individuals with Functional instability. A repeated measured study. Participants performed a series of quiet bipedal and unipedal stances force platform. Measurements were taken at three different times: baseline or no tape, immediately 24 h after taping application tape remaining ankle...

CONTEXT Improving postural stability through balance training may prevent ankle sprains. Exercise Sandals may increase the demands placed on ankle muscles during rehabilitation, which could improve postural stability. OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of functional balance training, with and without the use of Exercise Sandals, on postural stability in subjects with stable or unstable ankles. ...

Unexpected support-surface movements delivered during stance elicit "first trial" postural reactions, which are larger and cause greater instability compared with habituated responses. The nature of this first trial reaction remains unknown. We hypothesized that first trial postural reactions consist of a generalized startle reaction, with a similar muscle synergy as the acoustic startle respon...

We aimed to investigate the characteristics of Parkinsonian features assessed by the unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS) and determine their correlations with the computed tomography (CT) findings in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). The total score and the scores for arising from chair, gait, postural stability, and body hypokinesia in the motor examin...

Although atypical motor behaviors have been associated with autism, investigations regarding their possible origins are scarce. This study assessed the visual and vestibular components involved in atypical postural reactivity in autism. Postural reactivity and stability were measured for younger (12-15 years) and older (16-33 years) autistic participants in response to a virtual tunnel oscillat...

Parkinson disease, one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases, is characterized by cardinal motor features including bradykinesia, rigidity, resting tremor, postural instability, freezing gait, and fatigue. Of these, postural instability in the form of hyperflexion of the thoracolumbar spine upon standing and walking that disappears on recumbent positioning is called camptocormia. Many d...

0141-9382/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.displa.2010.09.005 ⇑ Tel.: +31 346 356 371; fax: +31 346 353 977. E-mail address: [email protected] The most cited theory on motion sickness is the conflict theory by Reason and Brand (1975) [1], stating that motion sickness occurs due to a conflict between the senses and stored patterns of motion. In addition, there seems to be evi...

We explore the influence of a secondary cognitive task on concurrent postural control in dyslexic children. Seventeen children with dyslexia (DYS) were compared with thirteen non-dyslexic children (NDYS). Postural control was recorded in Standard Romberg (SR) and Tandem Romberg (TR) conditions while children, in separate sessions, have to fixate on a target and name simple objects appearing con...

The cerebral cortex may play a role in the control of compensatory balance reactions by optimizing these responses to suit the task conditions and/or to stimulus (i.e. perturbation) characteristics. These possible contributions appear to be reflected by pre-perturbation and post-perturbation cortical activity. While studies have explored the characteristics and possible meaning of these differe...

Brain MRI in elderly individuals frequently detects asymptomatic cerebral small-vessel disease (cSVD), such as small infarction in the perforator territory (namely lacunar infarction) and periventricular hyperintensity (PVH). Frequency of lacunar infarction and PVH has been reported to increase with age, potentially indicating strong risk of future symptomatic stroke. In addition to these ische...