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Trial reportPloS one2020

Differential effects of visual versus auditory biofeedback training for voluntary postural sway.

Naoya Hasegawa, Kenta Takeda, Martina Mancini, Laurie A King, Fay B Horak, Tadayoshi Asaka

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In one paragraph

Trial report in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Progressive sway excursion boundaries and stability thresholds during unilateral standing in adults with chronic low back pain.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025
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  2. Sensory integration strategies on repeated postural stability and neuromuscular adaptation in individuals with low back pain.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025
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  3. A review of concurrent sonified biofeedback in balance and gait training.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Naoya HasegawaFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0791-8469
Kenta TakedaDepartment of Rehabilitation for the Movement Functions, Research Institute of National Center for Persons with Disabilities, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.
Martina ManciniDepartment of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America.
Laurie A KingDepartment of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America.
Fay B HorakDepartment of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America.
Tadayoshi AsakaFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Oregon Health & Science University · USHealth Sciences University of Hokkaido · JPNational Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities · JP

Funding

PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL POSTURAL DISORDERS IN THE ELDERLYR01AG006457 · NIA · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI HORAK, FAY BAHLING · 1986 to 2018
$5.2M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG006457
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Augmented sensory biofeedback training is often used to improve postural control. Our previous study showed that continuous auditory biofeedback was more effective than continuous visual biofeedback to improve postural sway while standing. However, it has also been reported that both discrete visual and auditory biofeedback training, presented intermittently, improves bimanual task performance more than continuous visual biofeedback training. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relative effectiveness of discrete visual biofeedback versus discrete auditory biofeedback to improve postural control. Twenty-two healthy young adults were randomly assigned to either a visual or auditory biofeedback group. Participants were asked to shift their center of pressure (COP) by voluntary postural sway forward and backward in line with a hidden target, which moved in a sinusoidal manner and was displayed intermittently. Participants were asked to decrease the diameter of a visual circle (visual biofeedback) or the volume of a sound (auditory biofeedback) based on the distance between the COP and the target in the training session. The feedback and the target were given only when the target reached the inflection points of the sine curves. In addition, the perceptual magnitudes of visual and auditory biofeedback were equalized using Stevens' power law. Results showed that the mean and standard deviation of the distance between COP and the target were reduced int the test session, removing the augmented sensory biofeedback, in both biofeedback training groups. However, the temporal domain of the performance improved in the test session in the auditory biofeedback training group, but not in the visual biofeedback training group. In conclusion, discrete auditory biofeedback training was more effective for the motor learning of voluntarily postural swaying compared to discrete visual biofeedback training, especially in the temporal domain.

Indexed as

Auditory PerceptionBiofeedback, PsychologyFemaleHumansMalePostural BalancePostureVisual PerceptionYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID33370408
PMCPMC7769480
OpenAlexW3116615241

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