BACKGROUND Postural control allows performance of daily and sports activities. The previous studies show that postural sway inceases in orthopaedic injuries such as osteoarthritis and total knee arthroplasty. OBJECTIVE To compare postural sway, risk of falling and function between individuals with and without patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFS). METHODS This study included 22 subjects with p...

BACKGROUND Postural control and falls in the elderly constitute a major health problem. The interest in balance deficits is growing, as concern about the rising costs of health care increases. This issue is particularly relevant to the elderly population in which falls occur most frequently. Postural control in the elderly was studied using a cognitive approach. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this ...

ABSTRACT Introduction: Recent research shows that swimmers with greater stability and better balance reflect water performance adjustment ability. Objective: Explore the influence of training on fitness swimmers. Methods: The volunteers selected in this paper were aged 18 to 22 years old a sports school. They randomly divided into experimental control groups for an experiment lasting 8 weeks. B...

Postural control is composed of the integration of vision, vestibular system, and proprioceptive sense along with the balanced control of the musculoskeletal system [1,2]. Muscle fatigue can be defined as the decrease in the maximum muscular strength production capacity due to high intensity or prolonged exercise during physical activity [3,4]. Most studies related to muscle fatigue and postura...

PURPOSE The purpose of this paper was an attempt to evaluate changes in the level of static equilibrium and the impact of visual information on the effectiveness of postural reactions of women in geriatric age. METHODS 36 senior female residents of L.A. Helc Nursing Home in Cracow, Poland, were examined. Considering the age, 2 groups were distinguished: group I - women at the age 71- 80 and g...

Acute vestibular injury, such as vestibular neuritis (VN), can produce a profound alteration in balance manifested by perception disorder and impaired control of postural adjustment and execution of movements. Stabilometry assesses posture balance through the quantification of body oscillations from the orthostatic position in a force platform. It involves monitoring center of pressure (COP) di...

BACKGROUND The cerebellum integrates proprioceptive, vestibular and visual signals for postural control. Cerebellar patients with downbeat nystagmus (DBN) complain of unsteadiness of stance and gait as well as blurred vision and oscillopsia. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to elucidate the differential role of visual input, gaze eccentricity, vestibular and proprioceptive input on the po...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the effects of obesity on attentional resources allocated to postural control in seating and unipedal standing. METHODS Ten non obese adults (BMI = 22.4±1.3, age = 42.4±15.1) and 10 obese adult patients (BMI = 35.2±2.8, age = 46.2±19.6) maintained postural stability on a force platform in two postural tasks (seated and unipedal). The two postural tasks were ...

Background: Postural control requires complex processing of peripheral sensory inputs from the visual, somatosensory and vestibular systems. Motion sensitivity and decreased postural control are influenced by visual-vestibular conflicts. The purpose of this study was to measure the difference between the postural control of healthy adults with and without history of sub-clinical chronic motion ...