ArticleBehavioural neurology2020
Associations between Age-Related Changes in the Core Vestibular Projection Pathway and Balance Ability: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study.
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- Effects of Gaze Stabilization Exercises on Gait, Plantar Pressure, and Balance Function in Post-Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Utility of peak torque and rate of torque development characteristics to identify walking performance ability in older women.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2021Article
- Relationship between Dizziness and the Core Vestibular Projection Injury in Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Diagnostic usefulness of 10-step tandem gait test for the patient with degenerative cervical myelopathy.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Associations Between Injury of the Parieto-Insular Vestibular Cortex and Changes in Motor Function According to the Recovery Process: Use of Diffusion Tensor Imaging.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe investigated the changes of the vestibulospinal tract (VST) and parietoinsular vestibular cortex (PIVC) using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and relation to balance between old and young healthy adults.
methodsThis study recruited eleven old adults (6 males, 5 females; mean age 63.36 ± 4.25 years) and 12 young adults (7 males, 5 females; mean age 28.42 ± 4.40 years). The lateral and medial VST and PIVC were reconstructed using DTI. Fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), and tract volume were measured. The six-minute walk test (6-MWT), the timed up and go test (TUG), and the Berg balance scale (BBS) were conducted. Spatiotemporal parameters during tandem gait and values of sway during one-leg standing using the wearable sensors were measured. All parameters between two groups were analyzed by the Mann-Whitney
resultsStatistically significant decrease in old adults was detected in the tract volume of lateral (
conclusionThe results suggested that there was a relationship between DTI parameters in the vestibular neural pathway and balance according to aging.
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