ArticleHeliyon2024
Postural balance disorders in sarcopenia based on surface electromyography.
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- A Systematic Review of Surface Electromyography in Sarcopenia: Muscles Involved, Signal Processing Techniques, Significant Features, and Artificial Intelligence Approaches.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- The crossroads between osteosarcopenia and intrinsic capacity-a narrative review.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026Review
- Assessment of surface EMG biomarkers in sarcopenic motor dysfunction during postural stabilization.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Hip Abductor Strength Predicts Injurious Falls and Mediates the Balance Confidence-Falls Relationship: A Competing Risk Model.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2026Article
- Neuromuscular characteristics of dynamic balance control in patients with sarcopenia: a combined analysis of surface electromyography and limits of stability.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- Assessing the impact of sarcopenia on balance in the elderly: an analysis using a force platform.BMC geriatrics · 2025Observational
- Impact of frailty on balance, fall risk, and kinesiophobia in sarcopenic elderly.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Altered Body Composition in Dizziness and Vestibular Dysfunction: Insights From the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Journal of Korean medical science · 2025Article
- Capturing Compensatory Reserve in Sarcopenia: A Bioengineering Framework for Multidimensional Temporal Analysis of Center-of-Pressure Signals.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Are There Differences in Postural Control and Muscular Activity in Individuals with COPD and with and Without Sarcopenia?Advances in respiratory medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Sarcopenia is an intrinsic factor that leads to balance disorders and falls in older adults. However, the characterization of sarcopenia-related postural balance deficits remains unclear. Aims: This study aimed to explore the balance performance and postural control strategy in older adults with sarcopenia during static stance tasks using force platforms and surface electromyography. Methods: Older adults with right-sided dominance were recruited, including 27 adults with sarcopenia and 27 healthy counterparts. Postural sway was measured with eyes open/closed on rigid/compliant surfaces. The time- and frequency-domain indexes of bilateral lower extremity muscle activity were simultaneously recorded. Results: The postural sway and activity of multiple lower extremity muscles in the sarcopenia group were increased ( Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that older adults with sarcopenia have decreased balance function and increased cost of electrophysiology. They were found to prefer the postural strategy of dominant ankle dorsiflexion and demonstrated overactivity of the dominant tibialis anterior muscles and fatigue vulnerability of the nondominant gluteus maximus. Improvements in these postural features may have balance benefits.
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