ArticleBiomedical engineering online2018
Proprioceptive impairments in high fall risk older adults: the effect of mechanical calf vibration on postural balance.
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- Assessing the role of ankle and hip joint proprioceptive information in balance recovery using vibratory stimulation.Heliyon · 2024Article
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- Biological Responses to Local Vibratory Stimulation for the Lower Legs and Lower Back and Criterion Values Based on Sweep Frequencies of Healthy Individuals: An Observational Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Electromyographic responses to unexpected Achilles tendon vibration-induced perturbations during standing in young and older people.Experimental brain research · 2022Article
- Reliability of hip joint position sense tests using a clinically applicable measurement tool in elderly participants with unilateral hip osteoarthritis.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Impaired ankle inversion proprioception during walking is associated with fear of falling in older adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- Isolated post-traumatic astereognosis: a case-based review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2022Review
- The effect of vibratory stimulation on the timed-up-and-go mobility test: a pilot study for sensory-related fall risk assessment.Physiological research · 2020Article
- Real-time Positioning Among Nursing Home Residents Living With Dementia: A Case Study.Wound management & prevention · 2020Article
- Can motor function uncertainty and local instability within upper-extremity dual-tasking predict amnestic mild cognitive impairment and early-stage Alzheimer's disease?Computers in biology and medicine · 2020Article
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- Bone health, muscle properties and stretch-shortening cycle function of young and elderly males.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2019Article
- Age-related changes in leg proprioception: implications for postural control.Journal of neurophysiology · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundImpairments in proprioceptive mechanism with aging has been observed and associated with fall risk. The purpose of the current study was to assess proprioceptive deficits among high fall risk individuals in comparison with healthy participants, when postural performance was disturbed using low-frequency mechanical gastrocnemius vibratory stimulation.
methodsThree groups of participants were recruited: healthy young (n = 10; age = 23 ± 2 years), healthy elders (n = 10; age = 73 ± 3 years), and high fall risk elders (n = 10; age = 84 ± 9 years). Eyes-open and eyes-closed upright standing balance performance was measured with no vibration, and 30 and 40 Hz vibration of both calves. Vibration-induced changes in balance behaviors, compared to baseline (no vibratory stimulation) were compared between three groups using multivariable repeated measures analysis of variance models.
resultsOverall, similar results were observed for two vibration frequencies. However, changes in body sway due to vibration were more obvious within the eyes-closed condition, and in the medial-lateral direction. Within the eyes-closed condition high fall risk participants showed 83% less vibration-induced change in medial-lateral body sway, and 58% less sway velocity, when compared to healthy participants (p < 0.001; effect size = 0.45-0.64).
conclusionsThe observed differences in vibration effects on balance performance may be explained by reduced sensitivity in peripheral nervous system among older adults with impaired balance.
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