ReviewFrontiers in aging neuroscience2014
Aging causes a reorganization of cortical and spinal control of posture.
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- Postural Control Adjustments with Sensory Manipulations and External Perturbations in Older Adults: Electromyographic Analysis of Lower-limb & Trunk Muscles.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2026Article
- Postural Control During Single-Leg Stance Under Degraded and Occluded Visual Conditions in Healthy Young Adults.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Wobble-board dynamics as a scalable assay of long-latency reflex function in aging.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Wobble-board instability re-orthogonalizes postural geometry in older adults through exogenous constraint.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Neuromuscular adaptation and postural muscle activity patterns during visual virtual reality stimulation: age-related differences between young and older adults.Experimental brain research · 2026Article
- Functional and structural connectome-based predictive modelling of balance in elderly adults.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Age related alteration in EEG evoked responses to balance perturbations on an inclined surface.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The ageing brain: Cortical overactivation - How does it evolve?The Journal of physiology · 2026Review
- Changes in the cortical GABAergic inhibitory system with ageing and ageing-related neurodegenerative diseases.The Journal of physiology · 2026Review
- Effect of Dual-task Standing on prefrontal-motor Cortex Activation and postural-related Muscle Activity between Young and Older Adults.Brain topography · 2025Article
- Aging-related changes in neuromuscular control strategies and their influence on postural stability.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Classical studies in animal preparations suggest a strong role for spinal control of posture. In humans it is now established that the cerebral cortex contributes to postural control of unperturbed and perturbed standing. The age-related degeneration and accompanying functional changes in the brain, reported so far mainly in conjunction with simple manual motor tasks, may also affect the mechanisms that control complex motor tasks involving posture. This review outlines the age-related structural and functional changes at spinal and cortical levels and provides a mechanistic analysis of how such changes may be linked to the behaviorally manifest postural deficits in old adults. The emerging picture is that the age-related reorganization in motor control during voluntary tasks, characterized by differential modulation of spinal reflexes, greater cortical activation and cortical disinhibition, is also present during postural tasks. We discuss the possibility that this reorganization underlies the increased coactivation and dual task interference reported in elderly. Finally, we propose a model for future studies to unravel the structure-function-behavior relations in postural control and aging.
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