ReviewFrontiers in neurology2018
Sensorimotor Manipulations of the Balance Control Loop-Beyond Imposed External Perturbations.
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.
- Hypoxia and standing balance.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Mechanical Horse-Riding Simulators on Postural Balance in Neurological Rehabilitation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
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- Cortical responses to balance perturbations persist without active postural control.The Journal of physiology · 2026Article
- Foot placement control impairments in persons with chronic stroke become more evident during optic-flow perturbations.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Postural Balance and Human Movement: An Integrative Framework for Mechanisms, Assessment, and Functional Implications.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Age related alteration in EEG evoked responses to balance perturbations on an inclined surface.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Effects of Ankle Versus Plantar Vibrotactile Orthoses on Joint Position Sense and Postural Control in Individuals with Functional Ankle Instability: A Pilot Randomized Trial.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effects of real-time visual feedback (D-WALL) on neuromuscular control in healthy adults: an fNIRS study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Neuromechanical Predictors of Clinical Scores of Balance and Functional Mobility in Chronic Stroke Survivors - A Machine Learning Approach.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Compensation for balance disorders: analysis of this multifactorial process.European journal of translational myology · 2025Article
- Visuoinertial and visual feedback in online steering control.PLoS computational biology · 2025Article
- Incremental ascent to 4300 m does not alter standing balance in lowlanders or Tibetan highlanders.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- Reduced parietal to frontal functional connectivity for dynamic balance in late middle-to-older adults.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
- The influence of sport-related concussion history on standing balance during upper limb movements under varying attentional demands.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
- Standing balance responses and habituation to sinusoidal optic flow virtual reality perturbations.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
- Cortical tracking of postural sways during standing balance.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Vestibular control of standing balance following 24 h of sleep deprivation.Experimental brain research · 2024Article
- Cross-Task Differences in Frontocentral Cortical Activations for Dynamic Balance in Neurotypical Adults.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Context-dependent reduction in corticomuscular coupling for balance control in chronic stroke survivors.Experimental brain research · 2024Article
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Abstract
Standing balance relies on the integration of multiple sensory inputs to generate the motor commands required to stand. Mechanical and sensory perturbations elicit compensatory postural responses that are interpreted as a window into the sensorimotor processing involved in balance control. Popular methods involve imposed external perturbations that disrupt the control of quiet stance. Although these approaches provide critical information on how the balance system responds to external disturbances, the control mechanisms involved in correcting for these errors may differ from those responsible for the regulation of quiet standing. Alternative approaches use manipulations of the balance control loop to alter the relationship between sensory and motor cues. Coupled with imposed perturbations, these manipulations of the balance control loop provide unique opportunities to reveal how sensory and motor signals are integrated to control the upright body. In this review, we first explore imposed perturbation approaches that have been used to investigate the neural control of standing balance. We emphasize imposed perturbations that only elicit balance responses when the disturbing stimuli are relevant to the balance task. Next, we highlight manipulations of the balance control loop that, when carefully implemented, replicate and/or alter the sensorimotor dynamics of quiet standing. We further describe how manipulations of the balance control loop can be used in combination with imposed perturbations to characterize mechanistic principles underlying the control of standing balance. We propose that recent developments in the use of robotics and sensory manipulations will continue to enable new possibilities for simulating and/or altering the sensorimotor control of standing beyond compensatory responses to imposed external perturbations.
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