ArticleBrain and behavior2019
Postural stability in people with visual impairment.
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- Balance Performance in People With Peripheral Visual Field Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Translational vision science & technology · 2026Pooled it
- Music-integrated strength-proprioceptive training improves lower-limb performance and postural balance in adolescents with visual impairment: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- An Indoor Accessibility Assessment Framework Based on Multimodal Sensing and Explainable Machine Learning: A Case Study of a Tactile Museum for People with Visual Impairments.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Time-of-Day Effects on Postural Balance in Blind Children: A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Postural Control During Single-Leg Stance Under Degraded and Occluded Visual Conditions in Healthy Young Adults.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Delayed Postural Responses to Fear of Falling During Gait Initiation in Low Vision: Insights from Virtual-Reality-Based Fear Simulation.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Balance Level and Fundamental Motor Skills of Youth with Visual Impairments: Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The efficiency of sensory systems in postural control of children with and without hearing or visual impairments.PloS one · 2025Article
- Sensory reweighting for postural stability in individuals with low vision and blindness: balance adaptation and muscle co-contraction.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- AI-driven balance evaluation: a comparative study between blind and non-blind individuals using the mini-BESTest.PeerJ. Computer science · 2025Article
- Postural Abnormalities in Children with Congenital Zika Syndrome-Related Neurological and Visual Impairment.Viruses · 2024Article
- Assessing fall risk and equilibrium function in patients with age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma: An observational study.PloS one · 2024Observational
- Developing a rapid predictive model for falls in older hospitalized patients.Frontiers in public health · 2024Observational
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- Estimation of Spatio-Temporal Parameters of Gait and Posture of Visually Impaired People Using Wearable Sensors.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Effects of the Loss of Binocular and Motion Parallax on Static Postural Stability.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The impact of additional visual tasks in physical exercise on balance ability among 9-10-year-old children: the mediating effect of visual acuity.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Physical activity and sport practice to improve balance control of visually impaired individuals: a narrative review with future perspectives.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- Body Balance Analysis in the Visually Impaired Individuals Aged 18-24 Years.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Posturographic Analysis in Patients Affected by Central and Peripheral Visual Impairment.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe visual system enables the brain to assess information regarding the position of the body in space. Congenital or acquired blindness leads to the development of abnormal sensory-motor interactions that results in development of typical musculoskeletal deformities and gait patterns that cause disability. Diabetes and related complications are expected to increase exponentially in the next 10 years; thus, the number of people with visual impairment is expected to increase. However, there have been few studies regarding etio-pathogenesis of postural alteration and balance impairment in people with visual impairment; moreover, no previous study has investigated postural stability in this population. This study aimed to assess the center of gravity (COG) velocity in subjects with visual impairment and compared with that in sighted subjects.
methodsSeventy male subjects, 20-40 years of age, participated in this study; they were divided into sighted (control) and visually impaired groups. COG velocity while standing on an unstable surface was measured using the NeuroCom
resultsMean COG velocity was significantly higher in the visually impaired group than in the sighted group with eyes open. However, there was no difference in mean COG velocity between the visually impaired group and the sighted group with eyes closed. The difference in mean COG velocity between sighted subjects with eyes open and eyes closed was also significant. Mean COG velocity while standing on a foam surface varied among visually impaired subjects and sighted subjects with eyes open and closed.
conclusionThis study showed that subjects with visual impairment, regardless of eye opening or closure, behave in the same manner as sighted subjects with eyes closed.
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