ReviewFrontiers in human neuroscience2017
Neuroimaging of Human Balance Control: A Systematic Review.
Review in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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80 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 167 citations in OpenAlex.
- Age-related cortical mechanisms underlying postural control: a systematic review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of complex whole-body movements on EEG activity: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Cognitive-motor dual-task training on gait and balance in stroke patients: meta-analytic report and trial sequential analysis of randomized clinical trials.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- Neural Correlates of Balance Skill Learning in Young and Older Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2024Pooled it
- Therapeutic benefits of lower limb prostheses: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Pooled it
- The Effects of Cognitive Loading on Motor Behavior in Injured Individuals: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
- Neural correlates of weight-shift training in older adults: a randomized controlled study.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Utilizing mobile robotics for pelvic perturbations to improve balance and cognitive performance in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Neurosensory Integration and Balance Adaptation: Personalization of Postural Control Through the Prism of Individual Spatial Perception.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The influence of light touch on balance stability in different postural control tasks: evidence from EEG iAPF.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation reduces total striatal GABA+ content, increases DLPFC Glu content, and facilitates early-phase motor learning.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- The opioid flexion phenotype: postural flexion and nodding in the fentanyl era.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- A Home-Based Balance Exercise Training Program with Intermittent Visual Deprivation for Persons with Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study on Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Outcomes.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of different exercise interventions on balance and cognitive functions in stroke patients: A network meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Neurocognitive Disorders: Determinants and Clinical Implications for Health Promotion.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Prefrontal Cortex Activation and Static Balance Mechanisms in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Using fNIRS.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Dynamic modulations of effective brain connectivity associated with postural instability during multi-joint compound movement on compliant surface.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
- The relationship between attentional control and injury-related biomechanics in young female volleyball players.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Impact of sensory organization tasks on prefrontal cortex activity in older women: a comparative fNIRS study of osteoarthritis and healthy aging.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Brain activity during cognitive-motor tasks in older adults with cognitive frailty: a fNIRS study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
This review examined 83 articles using neuroimaging modalities to investigate the neural correlates underlying static and dynamic human balance control, with aims to support future mobile neuroimaging research in the balance control domain. Furthermore, this review analyzed the mobility of the neuroimaging hardware and research paradigms as well as the analytical methodology to identify and remove movement artifact in the acquired brain signal. We found that the majority of static balance control tasks utilized mechanical perturbations to invoke feet-in-place responses (27 out of 38 studies), while cognitive dual-task conditions were commonly used to challenge balance in dynamic balance control tasks (20 out of 32 studies). While frequency analysis and event related potential characteristics supported enhanced brain activation during static balance control, that in dynamic balance control studies was supported by spatial and frequency analysis. Twenty-three of the 50 studies utilizing EEG utilized independent component analysis to remove movement artifacts from the acquired brain signals. Lastly, only eight studies used truly mobile neuroimaging hardware systems. This review provides evidence to support an increase in brain activation in balance control tasks, regardless of mechanical, cognitive, or sensory challenges. Furthermore, the current body of literature demonstrates the use of advanced signal processing methodologies to analyze brain activity during movement. However, the static nature of neuroimaging hardware and conventional balance control paradigms prevent full mobility and limit our knowledge of neural mechanisms underlying balance control.
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