ArticleExperimental brain research2011
Trunk sway in mildly disabled multiple sclerosis patients with and without balance impairment.
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- A comparison of balance control during stance and gait in patients with inflammatory and non-inflammatory polyneuropathy.PloS one · 2018Article
- An Initial Passive Phase That Limits the Time to Recover and Emphasizes the Role of Proprioceptive Information.Frontiers in neurology · 2018Article
- Balance Changes in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: A Pilot Study Comparing the Dynamics of the Relapse and Remitting Phases.Frontiers in neurology · 2018Article
- Postural Stability Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Vestibular Schwannoma Microsurgery Employing the Inertial Measurement Unit.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2018Article
- Quantification of Trunk Postural Stability Using Convex Polyhedron of the Time-Series Accelerometer Data.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2016Article
- Effects on Balance and Walking with the CoDuSe Balance Exercise Program in People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.Multiple sclerosis international · 2016Article
- Detection of postural sway abnormalities by wireless inertial sensors in minimally disabled patients with multiple sclerosis: a case-control study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2015Article
- The impact of dynamic balance measures on walking performance in multiple sclerosis.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2015Article
- Strategies used by individuals with multiple sclerosis and with mild disability to maintain dynamic stability during a steering task.Experimental brain research · 2014Article
- Understanding balance differences in individuals with multiple sclerosis with mild disability: an investigation of differences in sensory feedback on postural control during a Romberg task.Experimental brain research · 2014Article
- Using perceptive computing in multiple sclerosis - the Short Maximum Speed Walk test.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2014Article
- The role of clinical and instrumented outcome measures in balance control of individuals with multiple sclerosis.Multiple sclerosis international · 2013Article
- Factors for lower walking speed in persons with multiple sclerosis.Multiple sclerosis international · 2013Article
- Screening for balance disorders in mildly affected multiple sclerosis patients.Journal of neurology · 2012Article
- Characteristics of multiple sclerosis patient stance control disorders, measured by means of posturography and related to brainstem lesions.Audiology research · 2012Review
- Association of Postural Sway with Disability Status and Cerebellar Dysfunction in People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Preliminary Study.International journal of MS careArticle
- Effects of External Perturbations on Anticipatory and Compensatory Postural Adjustments in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and a Fall History.International journal of MS careArticle
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Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes a broad range of neurological symptoms. Most common is poor balance control. However, knowledge of deficient balance control in mildly affected MS patients who are complaining of balance impairment but have normal clinical balance tests (CBT) is limited. This knowledge might provide insights into the normal and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying stance and gait. We analysed differences in trunk sway between mildly disabled MS patients with and without subjective balance impairment (SBI), all with normal CBT. The sway was measured for a battery of stance and gait balance tests (static and dynamic posturography) and compared to that of age- and sex-matched healthy subjects. Eight of 21 patients (38%) with an Expanded Disability Status Scale of 1.0-3.0 complained of SBI during daily activities. For standing on both legs with eyes closed on a normal and on a foam surface, patients in the no SBI group showed significant differences in the range of trunk roll (lateral) sway angle and velocity, compared to normal persons. Patients in the SBI group had significantly greater lateral sway than the no SBI group, and sway was also greater than normal in the pitch (anterior-posterior) direction. Sway for one-legged stance on foam was also greater in the SBI group compared to the no SBI and normal groups. We found a specific laterally directed impairment of balance in all patients, consistent with a deficit in proprioceptive processing, which was greater in the SBI group than in the no SBI group. This finding most likely explains the subjective symptoms of imbalance in patients with MS with normal CBT.
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