ArticleExperimental brain research2021
Balance, gait, and navigation performance are related to physical exercise in blind and visually impaired children and adolescents.
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Promoting the Psychophysical Well-Being of Children and Adolescents With Visual Impairment
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effect of peripheral field loss on gait performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Neural substrates of spatial processing and navigation in blindness: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Pooled 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
- Effects of balance, coordination, and strength training in children with low vision: a randomized controlled study.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2026Trial
- Pedestrian Collision Detection and Avoidance in Cerebral Visual Impairment During Unrestricted Walking in an Immersive Virtual Reality Environment.Research square · 2026Article
- Postural stability and optic flow sensitivity following sight restoration from congenital bilateral cataracts.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Balance Level and Fundamental Motor Skills of Youth with Visual Impairments: Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Postural control depends on early visual experience.Journal of vision · 2024Article
- Adapted Training to Boost Upper Body Sensorimotor Control and Daily Living Functionality in Visually Impaired Baseball Players.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- A feasibility study investigating cortical hemodynamic changes during infinity walk with fNIRS.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2024Article
- On the Move: Correlation of Impaired Mobility with Spatial Navigation Ability in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- How path integration abilities of blind people change in different exploration conditions.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Reactive Agility and Pitching Performance Improvement in Visually Impaired Competitive Italian Baseball Players: An Innovative Training and Evaluation Proposal.International journal of environmental research and 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
- Design of Audio-Augmented-Reality-Based O&M Orientation Training for Visually Impaired Children.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Survey on Psychological Well-Being and Quality of Life in Visually Impaired Individuals: Dancesport vs. Other Sound Input-Based Sports.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Reliability of the triangle completion test in the real-world and in virtual reality.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Measuring Gait Stability in People with Multiple Sclerosis Using Different Sensor Locations and Time Scales.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Anxiety and Motion Sickness Susceptibility May Influence the Ability to Update Orientation in the Horizontal Plane of Healthy Subjects.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
Self-motion perception used for locomotion and navigation requires the integration of visual, vestibular, and proprioceptive input. In the absence of vision, postural stability and locomotor tasks become more difficult. Previous research has suggested that in visually deprived children, postural stability and levels of physical activity are overall lower than in sighted controls. Here we hypothesized that visually impaired and blind children and adolescents differ from sighted controls in postural stability and gait parameters, and that physically active individuals outperform sedentary peers in postural stability and gait parameters as well as in navigation performance. Fourteen blind and visually impaired children and adolescents (8-18 years of age) and 14 matched sighted individuals took part. Assessments included postural sway, single-leg stance time, parameters of gait variability and stability, self-reported physical activity, and navigation performance. Postural sway was larger and single-leg stance time was lower in blind and visually impaired participants than in blindfolded sighted individuals. Physical activity was higher in the sighted group. No differences between the group of blind and visually impaired and blindfolded sighted participants were observed for gait parameters and navigation performance. Higher levels of physical activity were related to lower postural sway, longer single-leg stance time, higher gait stability, and superior navigation performance in blind and visually impaired participants. The present data suggest that physical activity may enhance postural stability and gait parameters, and thereby promote navigation performance in blind and visually impaired children and adolescents.
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