Fear of heights results in the experience of dizziness and measurable body sway. We investigated the relationship between fear, dizziness, and body sway during height exposure 16 m above ground. Thirty five healthy participants stood on a force-plate to measure sway before, during, and after exposure and an ECG was recorded. Self-report measures were anticipated fear and dizziness before exposu...

The psychosocial impact of the cosmetic defect on Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis patients is an important factor that must be considered when developing treatment plans and monitoring outcomes. There is new emphasis on finding ways to quantify reliably paraspinous back surface volumetric asymmetry, with the objective of providing a scoring that can give an impression of the severity of the def...

Atypically high postural sway measured by a force plate is a known risk factor for falls in older adults. Further, it has been shown that small, but significant, reductions in postural sway are possible with various balance exercise interventions. In the present study, a new low-cost force-plate technology called the Balance Tracking System (BTrackS) was utilized to assess postural sway of olde...

OBJECTIVE To measure sway velocity during static and dynamic posturography in "normal" older people and to determine which tests best distinguish young from older subjects. SUBJECTS A sample of 30 young (18-39 years) and 82 community-dwelling older (> 75 years) subjects who reported normal balance underwent a battery of balance tests. MEASUREMENTS Velocity and frequency of sway, Tinetti gai...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of fingertip light touch on the postural control in poststroke patients. [Subjects] In the study, the subjects were recruited through a rehabilitation hospital, and 21 patients were screened from among 30 volunteers. [Methods] The subjects participated in an experiment that measured postural sway during the static standing pos...

CONTEXT The multifidus muscle plays a role in controlling lumbosacral position and postural sway. One of its attachment sites is the exact site of spina bifida occulta (SBO). OBJECTIVE To investigate the role of the muscle for postural control in SBO. DESIGN Cross-sectional cohort. PARTICIPANTS Eighty subjects with SBO (38 in minor; 42 in major) and controls. INTERVENTIONS N/A. MAIN O...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to assess whether the plantar pressure, the foot posture index (FPI) and foot size can predict the postural sway velocity in terms of postural stability in unilateral stance. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 236 feet of 118 participants (62 males, 56 females; mean age 22.1±3.1 years; range 18 to 36 years) were enrolled. The feet were classified as prone, normal and s...