ReviewFrontiers in physiology2018
The Promise of Stochastic Resonance in Falls Prevention.
Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effects of Vibratory and Acoustic Stimulations on Postural Control in Healthy People: A Systematic Review.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2023Pooled it
- Stochastic resonance stimulation effect on stability during walking in people with Parkinson disease.International biomechanics · 2025Trial
- Electrical vestibular stimulation to improve balance in older adults: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Categorization is 'baked' into the brain.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2026Review
- Fatigue relief is possible.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2026Review
- Quantifying Changes in Balance, Gait, Fall Risk, and Sensory Reweighting in Older Adults Following Multi-Session Electrical Vestibular Stimulation Therapy.Medical devices (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- Noise as Medicine: The Role of Microbial and Electrical Noise in Restoring Neuroimmune Tolerance Through Stochastic Resonance.NeuroSci · 2025Review
- The Constrained Disorder Principle: A Paradigm Shift for Accurate Interactome Mapping and Information Analysis in Complex Biological Systems.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Wobble board instability enhances proactive postural control.Chaos, solitons, and fractals · 2025Article
- Influence of loud auditory noise on postural stability in autistic children: an exploratory study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Paving the way to better understand the effects of prolonged spaceflight on operational performance and its neural bases.NPJ microgravity · 2023Review
- Effects of stochastic resonance whole-body vibration on sensorimotor function in elderly individuals-A systematic review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Review
- Falls caused by balance disorders in the elderly with multiple systems involved: Pathogenic mechanisms and treatment strategies.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
- Random noise stimulation in the treatment of patients with neurological disorders.Neural regeneration research · 2022Review
- Too Blind to See the Elephant? Why Neuroscientists Ought to Be Interested in Tinnitus.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2021Review
- Correlation between timed up and go test and skeletal muscle tensiomyography in female nursing home residents.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2021Article
- Vestibular attenuation to random-waveform galvanic vestibular stimulation during standing and treadmill walking.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Measuring Vestibular Contributions to Age-Related Balance Impairment: A Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Review
- Exercise of Dynamic Stability in the Presence of Perturbations Elicit Fast Improvements of Simulated Fall Recovery and Strength in Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2020Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
Multisensory integration is essential for maintenance of motor and cognitive abilities, thereby ensuring normal function and personal autonomy. Balance control is challenged during senescence or in motor disorders, leading to potential falls. Increased uncertainty in sensory signals is caused by a number of factors including noise, defined as a random and persistent disturbance that reduces the clarity of information. Counter-intuitively, noise can be beneficial in some conditions. Stochastic resonance is a mechanism whereby a particular level of noise actually enhances the response of non-linear systems to weak sensory signals. Here we review the effects of stochastic resonance on sensory modalities and systems directly involved in balance control. We highlight its potential for improving sensorimotor performance as well as cognitive and autonomic functions. These promising results demonstrate that stochastic resonance represents a flexible and non-invasive technique that can be applied to different modalities simultaneously. Finally we point out its benefits for a variety of scenarios including in ambulant elderly, skilled movements, sports and to patients with sensorimotor or autonomic dysfunctions.
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