ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2017
Loss of Peripheral Sensory Function Explains Much of the Increase in Postural Sway in Healthy Older Adults.
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- Measuring Vestibular Contributions to Age-Related Balance Impairment: A Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Review
- A Perturbed Postural Balance Test Using an Instrumented Treadmill - Precision and Accuracy of Belt Movement and Test-Retest Reliability of Balance Measures.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
- Aging, Vestibular Function, and Balance: Proceedings of a National Institute on Aging/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Workshop.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2020Article
- Assessment of standing balance in normal versus cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients.North American Spine Society journal · 2020Article
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Abstract
Postural sway increases with age and peripheral sensory disease. Whether, peripheral sensory function is related to postural sway independent of age in healthy adults is unclear. Here, we investigated the relationship between tests of visual function (VISFIELD), vestibular function (CANAL or OTOLITH), proprioceptive function (PROP), and age, with center of mass sway area (COM) measured with eyes open then closed on firm and then a foam surface. A cross-sectional sample of 366 community dwelling healthy adults from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging was tested. Multiple linear regressions examined the association between COM and VISFIELD, PROP, CANAL, and OTOLITH separately and in multi-sensory models controlling for age and gender. PROP dominated sensory prediction of sway across most balance conditions (β's = 0.09-0.19,
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