ArticleExperimental brain research2019
Community-dwelling adults with a history of falling report lower perceived postural stability during a foam eyes closed test than non-fallers.
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- Impaired Multisensory Integration Predisposes the Elderly People to Fall: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Pooled it
- Factors associated with falls in older adults: A secondary analysis of a 12-month randomized controlled trial.Archives of gerontology and geriatrics · 2023Trial
- Validity of Center of Pressure Path Length Measured Using a Wii Balance Board for Fall Risk Screening in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Self-Motion Perception Influences Postural Sway More than Environmental Motion Perception.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Relationships of functional connectivity of motor cortex, primary somatosensory cortex, and cerebellum to balance performance in middle-aged and older adults.Neurobiology of aging · 2025Article
- Texture perception at the foot sole: comparison between walking, sitting, and to the hand.Journal of neurophysiology · 2024Article
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- Differences between physical therapist ratings, self-ratings, and posturographic measures when assessing static balance exercise intensity.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Article
- Acute effects of axial loading on postural control during walking and turning in people with multiple sclerosis: A pilot study.Gait & posture · 2022Article
- Balance Adaptation While Standing on a Compliant Base Depends on the Current Sensory Condition in Healthy Young Adults.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Visual Effect on Brain Connectome That Scales Feedforward and Feedback Processes of Aged Postural System During Unstable Stance.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
Perceived postural stability has been reported to decrease as sway area increases on firm surfaces. However, changes in perceived stability under increasingly challenging conditions (e.g., removal of sensory inputs) and the relationship with sway area are not well characterized. Moreover, whether perceived stability varies as a function of age or history of falls is unknown. Here we investigate how perceived postural stability is related to sway area and whether this relationship varies as a function of age and fall history while vision and proprioceptive information are manipulated. Sway area was measured in 427 participants from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging while standing with eyes open and eyes closed on the floor and a foam cushion. Participants rated their stability [0 (completely unstable) to 10 (completely stable)] after each condition, and reported whether they had fallen in the past year. Perceived stability was negatively associated with sway area (cm
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